Among the Gnostic treasures uncovered at Nag Hammadi in 1945 is this extraordinary spiritual narrative.
Karen King, a contributor to The Nag Hammadi Library in English, provides a new English translation of this work.
He describes his spiritual progress: how he overcomes fear and ignorance and ascends into the divine realm as he experiences the transcendent Unknowable God.
In it, a third-century narrator known as Allogenes--the Foreigner--recounts a series of visions and divine revelations.
Among the Gnostic treasures uncovered at Nag Hammadi in 1945 is this extraordinary spiritual narrative