Especially when you tie in Gnosticism, it opens up wide. -- Less related: One can even trace a pretty interesting trail of knowledge inheritance from ancient

Especially when you tie in Gnosticism, it opens up wide. -- Less related: One can even trace a pretty interesting trail of knowledge inheritance from ancient mystery schools, through gnostic traditions in more than one religion, to middle age secret societies, through to the theosophists and magicians like Crowley to modern mens-rights douchebags' ideas of sexual energy conservation and controlling powers inherent. --- For more texts, this is a great resource: http://www.sacred-texts.com/ http://www.sacred-texts.com/