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Alan Jacobs

Alan Jacobs has made a lifelong study of mysticism. He is an accomplished and highly respected anthologist as well as an author in his own right. His own books include The Essential Gnostic Gospels and When Jesus Lived in India, while as an editor he has been responsible for Poetry for the Spirit, Peace of Mind, as well as Tales from Rumi, The Gnostic Gospels, The Upanishads, Native American Wisdom and Plato's Republic in the Watkins 'Sacred Texts' series.
The Gnostic Gospels
Thoreau

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The Gnostic Gospels
Thoreau

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