Contents

1. Cover Image
2. Title Page
3. Epigraph
4. Acknowledgments
5. Introduction — The Gnostic Sex Book
   1. Confessio Churtonatis
6. PART 1 — THE SEX GNOSTICS
   1. Chapter 1 — The “Filthy Gnostickes”
      1. Great Monsters of Heresy
      2. Is an Erotic Christian Religion Really Possible?
      3. The Essential Myth
      4. Androgyny
   2. Chapter 2 — Heresy Starts in Eden: The Accusers
      1. The Heresiologists
      2. Clement of Alexandria
      3. Tertullian
      4. Hippolytus
      5. Epiphanius
   3. Chapter 3 — How to Be a Superman: The First Gnostic
      1. Sex and Simon
      2. Simon Says — According to Hippolytus
      3. Epiphanius on Simon
   4. Chapter 4 — After Simon, the Deluge
      1. Cerdo
      2. Saturnilus
   5. Chapter 5 — The Dirty People
      1. Sethians, Seed-Gatherers, and Serpent-Worshippers
      2. Hippolytus on the Naasseni
      3. Kundalini Gnostics?
      4. Epiphanius on Barbeliotes and Borborites
   6. Chapter 6 — Tantra—Remarkable Parallels
   7. Chapter 7 — Be My Valentine
   8. Chapter 8 — A Question of Seed
      1. Senseless and Crack-Brained
      2. Tertullian on the Valentinians
      3. Clement of Alexandria and Theodotus
      4. A New Picture of Valentinian Sex
   9. Chapter 9 — The Valentinian Marriage
      1. The Knowledge of the Heart
      2. The Good Spermaritan
   10. Chapter 10 — In Search of the Mystery of Prouneikos and Barbelo in Alexandria
       1. Philo of Alexandria (ca. 20 BCE–ca. 50 CE)
   11. Chapter 11 — The Lascivious One
       1. The Wild One
7. PART 2 — GNOSTIC LOVE AND THE SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION
   1. Chapter 12 — All You Need Is Sophia
      1. Return to the Troubadours
   2. Chapter 13 — The Golden Riddle
      1. The Golden Ball
      2. The Coy Mistress
      3. The Spherical Art
      4. The Conversion of the Jews
      5. Heaven’s Gate
      6. Thy Heaven Doors Are My Hell Gates
8. Footnotes
9. Endnotes
10. Bibliography
11. About the Author
12. About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
13. Copyright & Permissions
14. Index