{"product_id":"loa-marsanes","title":"Marsanes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the soul’s path leads through hidden levels of reality, beyond even the reach of thought?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Marsanes, a visionary teacher describes an ascent through thirteen seals, or levels of cosmic reality. This ancient Sethian Gnostic text explores the soul’s climb toward its source. Its teachings place an unknowable God, called the Silent One, beyond thought and naming, and ask how learning and vision can guide the soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe surviving work comes from a badly damaged Coptic book found near Nag Hammadi in Egypt. Its gaps leave broken but striking teachings rather than a clear story or complete argument. Alongside its map of being, Marsanes explores the shape of the soul, the meaning of stars, and Greek letters as signs of divine order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThirteen seals of reality\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the visionary’s account of an ascent beyond the limits of the material world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe unknowable Silent One\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore a Gnostic conception of God beyond names, knowledge, and the reach of thought.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe soul’s path home\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider teachings that connect spiritual ascent with learning, vision, and the soul’s source.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLetters and divine order\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover how vowels, half-vowels, and consonants connect to levels within the text’s spiritual cosmos.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFragments from ancient Egypt\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter striking teachings whose surviving gaps invite patient attention rather than easy certainty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers of early Christian and Gnostic writings, ancient philosophy, and mystical thought who welcome fragments and difficult ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and explore the hidden levels of reality with Marsanes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58108742500700,"sku":"LOA-6-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":58108742533468,"sku":"LOA-6-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58113771340124,"sku":"LOA-6-PB","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/6.jpg?v=1781906142","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/loa-marsanes","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}