{"product_id":"loa-allogenes-large-print","title":"Allogenes the Stranger — Large Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the highest truth lies beyond everything you can think, name, or know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllogenes the Stranger is an ancient religious treatise that speaks in the voice of a seeker receiving heavenly instruction. Allogenes records what he is shown for Messos, whom he calls his son. According to the text, the path toward the divine leads beyond the material world and the ordinary powers of mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWithin this Sethian Gnostic vision, divine being unfolds in layers, including the realm of Barbelo. Above all stands the Unknowable Spirit, described through what cannot be said about it. The ascent asks for stillness rather than ordinary thought. This is a demanding exploration of contemplation, not a story driven by plot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA stranger's testimony\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Allogenes as he passes heavenly teaching to Messos in a personal record of revelation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLayers of divine being\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore how the text pictures Barbelo and the divine realms beyond the material world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe turn toward stillness\u003c\/strong\u003e – Trace an ascent in which the seeker leaves ordinary thinking behind for deep contemplation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA God beyond names\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter a way of speaking that approaches the highest God through what God is not.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAncient questions about knowing\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider why Sethian Gnostic readers value a path beyond the usual powers of mind.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of early Christian and Gnostic writings, ancient philosophy, and mystical literature who welcome demanding questions about a God beyond words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and follow Allogenes into this searching vision of stillness and the unknowable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Large Print Paperback","offer_id":58122829332828,"sku":"LOA-4-LPPB","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print Hardcover","offer_id":58123648139612,"sku":"LOA-4-LPHC","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print eBook","offer_id":58181180588380,"sku":"LOA-4-LPEB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/loa-forbidden-00004-en_a4d5cc15-cef2-4441-b2e9-c0d9acfa0206.png?v=1792697426","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/loa-allogenes-large-print","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}