I tend to prefer the Eastern version of this kind of book, rather than the Western version, and my favorite would have to be the Tao Te Ching. I like the idea of something you can read over and over again and each time elicit a new meaning from it, I just prefer that it also be poetic :)
Zen Buddhism, for example, also relies on secret knowledge as the gateway to enlightenment, but it has always come across as a bit more egalitarian than the gnostic traditions of the West.
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Date: 2006-08-18 01:45 pm (UTC)Zen Buddhism, for example, also relies on secret knowledge as the gateway to enlightenment, but it has always come across as a bit more egalitarian than the gnostic traditions of the West.