Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1

PART ONE: HISTORY
1. Threads of a Hidden Teaching 13

PART TWO: THE VISION
2. The World and the Fall 49
3. Salvation and Gnosis 66
4. The Second Birth 81
5. Cosmology 99
6. The Gospels and the Work of Christ 120
7. The Feminine Face of God 137

PART THREE: EXPRESSIONS
8. Spiritual Practices 155
9. Love, Evil, and Forgiveness 174
10. Symbols and Sacraments 195
11. The Secret Church 226

Afterword: Continuing the Journey 241
Notes 249
Selected Bibliography 265
Index 279