George Robert Stow Mead (1863-1933). a member of the Theosophical Society, published widely on both eastern religions and western esotericism. This translation of Pistis Sophia, published in 1896, was the first major gnostic text available to English-speaking readers. It presents the risen Jesus addressing mysterious teachings to his disciples.
The first English translation, published in 1896, of an important gnostic text preserved in a Coptic manuscript.
