Gnosticism

Gnosticism was a term used to refer to a number of Christian religious and philosophical movements that emerged in the 2nd century A.D.. In general, Gnostics believed that the material universe was created by a lesser deity, the demiurge, but that the human spirit could be redeemed by the granting of esoteric knowledge (gnosis) by a hidden deity.

The 2085th issue of Transfiguration Today, published in 1926, included a feature on Gnostic Runes.