Explore my arguments for Marcionite Priority, Marcion and Judaism, Gnosticism, as well as lectures on his life, his church, his disciples, and much more. Forever access to updated 15 videos, and over 50 lessons based on Dr. Litwa's own forthcoming monograph on Marcion: Gospel of a Wholly Good God .

Here we explore almost every text in the Nag Hammadi scriptures.  They include the Gospel of Thomas, the Secret Book of John, the Gospel of Philip, the Prayer of Paul, the Nag Hammadi Hermetica, and much more! You'll get forever access to about 40 videos and 70 lessons with updated content, Dr. Litwa's recent research, and plenty of recommendations for further reading

Fully historical introduction to Simon using the best sources, beginning with the Great Declaration, as well as Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, the Refutator, the Pseudo-Clementine literature, and much more. Forever access to 16 videos, and 45 lessons based on Dr. Litwa's book Simon Magus? Sources and Stories of Christianity's First Archenemy (https://amzn.to/3YSKVUC)

Learn everything reliable about Valentinus' life and thought based on his genuine fragments. Explore Valentinus’ vision of the infant Logos, why you are already deathless, how Adam shocked his angelic creators, Jesus' divine digestion, and much more. A bonus video discusses the recovery of Valentinus’ full letter to Agathopous, which more than doubles the size of Valentinus’ surviving work!

Discover the genuine fragments of this titan who—with his son Isidore—first theorized a Christian doctrine of transmigration, dated Christ’s incarnation, defined faith as gnosis, spoke of an Ogdoad, redeemed the creator, and gave some interesting counsel on masturbation.

It’s the only Christian group in antiquity to be accused of homosexual sex, of worshipping a snake, and of attending the mysteries of the Great Mother (Cybele). The Naassenes worshipped God as Human, explored the Phrygian deity Attis as a manifestation of Jesus, and used the Gospel of Thomas. This is Alexandrian Christianity at its best.

He criticized the Gospels before they were canonized, the virgin birth before it became a dogma, and Christians before they became Platonists. But we often forget other fascinating things Celsus reveals about early Christianity: the Ophite diagram, the state of Jewish criticisms of Jesus, arguments for animal intelligence, and a host of details about alternative Christian movements (especially Marcionites)

28 Instructional videos exploring Hermetic tractates in the Corpus Hermeticum and the Stobaean Hermetica, as well as topics like Hermetic astrology, epistemology, and spirituality. 

Explore one of the greatest Alexandrian gnostic thinkers, and his deified son, Epiphanes. Understand the significance of Marcellina, the only known female leader of a Christian group in Rome--and a Carpocratian. Learn whether Secret Mark really is a Carpocratian forgery, how much influence Pythagorean tradition had on the life of Jesus, and why at least one Christian group advocated for reincarnation. 

It's been called the "gnostic Bible"--the very first master story of divine origins, creation, and salvation, and the model text for understanding Sethian Christian thought. It is the Secret Book of John (aka the Apocryphon of John). Find out about Barbelo, Yaldabaoth, Sethian views on sex, astrology, cosmology, and more. Understand whether Irenaeus actually read the Secret Book of John, and why there are at least three distinct versions of it.  

Learn Dr. Litwa's take on Gnosis/Gnosticism by studying its main features and by understanding why and when actual figures in antiquity claimed to be "gnostic." This course is not vague and abstract. It studies actual gnostic texts and figures: Simon of Samaria, Valentinus, Basilides, Carpocrates, Marcion, Sethians, and the Naassene Preacher. Think of this course as the intro to other courses which take a deep-dive into each of these individual figures.