Buy new:
$51.96
List Price: $65.95

The List Price is the suggested retail price of a new product as provided by a manufacturer, supplier, or seller. Except for books, Amazon will display a List Price if the product was purchased by customers on Amazon or offered by other retailers at or above the List Price in at least the past 90 days. List prices may not necessarily reflect the product's prevailing market price.
Learn more
Save: $13.99 (21%)
FREE Returns
FREE delivery May 11 - 13
Or fastest delivery May 8 - 10
Usually ships within 3 to 5 days
$$51.96 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$51.96
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Ships from
Amazon.com
Ships from
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Sold by
Amazon.com
Returns
Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt
Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Returns
Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Payment
Secure transaction
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Follow the author

G. R. S. Mead
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

Fragments of a Faith Forgotten Hardcover – September 10, 2010

by G R S Mead (Author)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 42 ratings
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$51.96","priceAmount":51.96,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"51","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"96","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"2QkohcBOR0pEFJstuekk2nVx%2BYB3Rf5ek87rBAZMzRP7uFkRCp6WpyPrkMEy%2FW5DQV7Wno6X1u%2FSJPNOA22xXQCluwpptHBDqN%2FR8WBePLmPVU2ZkDB2m61hRF4JBdWeABAVVS4N49tzqyYMLO65IA%3D%3D","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

Fragments of a Faith Forgotten is a scholarly work by G.R.S. Mead that explores the esoteric and mystical beliefs of ancient religions and philosophies, including Gnosticism, Hermeticism, and Neoplatonism. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of these traditions, such as their cosmology, mythology, and spiritual practices. Mead draws on a wide range of primary sources, including ancient texts and manuscripts, to provide a detailed and comprehensive analysis of these belief systems. He also examines the influence of these traditions on later religious and philosophical movements, including Christianity and the Renaissance. Overall, Fragments of a Faith Forgotten offers a fascinating glimpse into the hidden history of spirituality and provides a valuable resource for scholars and spiritual seekers alike.Some short sketches among the Gnostics, mainly of the first two centuries�������a contribution to the study of Christian Origins based on the most recently discovered materials. �������I have written so that the man of one language only may read from the first to the last page, without being forced to regret his ignorance of other tongues; for I believe that the subject is of profoundly human interest, and not one of merely academical importance...my main object has been to hand on what the earliest Christian philosophers and teachers wrote and thought. They seem to me to have written many beautiful things, and I, for my part, have learned through them to sense the work of the Great Master in a totally new light.������� Contents: Prolegomena; Some Rough Outlines of the Background of the Gnosis; General And Gnostic Christianity; The Gnosis According to Its Foes; Some Gnostic Fragments Recovered from the Polemical Writings of the Church Fathers; Some Traces of the Gnosis in the Uncanonical Acts; The Gnosis According to Its Friends; Bibliographies.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
Previous page
  1. Print length
    690 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Kessinger Publishing
  4. Publication date
    September 10, 2010
  5. Dimensions
    8.5 x 1.44 x 11 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1169821332
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1169821330
  8. See all details
Next page
The Amazon Book Review
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kessinger Publishing (September 10, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 690 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1169821332
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1169821330
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.11 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 1.44 x 11 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 42 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
G. R. S. Mead

G. R. S. Mead

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Discover more of the author’s books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more

Customer reviews

4.3 out of 5 stars
4.3 out of 5
42 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

mrwhiskers
5.0 out of 5 stars What I was looking for!
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2016
Verified Purchase
I really liked the way Mead put this together in a flowing readable manner. Very interesting the first read. I'll reread it in a few months. I'm always looking for authors like this and was compelled to buy a few more of Mead's books.
6 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Fangzine
4.0 out of 5 stars Mead is not Forgotten
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2017
Verified Purchase
This is a very good book and far ahead of its time. G.R.S. Mead represents the movement of scholarship and research in religious texts to move away from the western "orthodox" Christian biases and to conduct research and investigations into other cultural beliefs with an open mind. This book is well over 100 years old and still has relevance. At the time little was known about Gnosticism as this was before the discovery, or at least the public or scholarly recognition of the discoveries at Nag Hammadi, so all Mead had to work with was few actual authentic texts and the quotes of the early Church Fathers who were notorious in there vehemence against the Gnostics. Certainly any tracts written by ones enemies must be taken with a grain of salt. Beyond the heresy hunters, there was the Pistis Sophia (an edition by Mead still selling today), the contents of the Askew, Bruce and Akimim Codices, and some fragments that found there way into non-canonical acts of the apostles.

Sometimes Mead gets a bit out of bounds - pondering if perhaps Jesus lived in 100 B.C. based on minor Talmud references, and comparing some of the aspects of a certain Gnostic system to parts of the human brain. Attempting to think outside of the box and to understand long forgotten and complex religious systems can lead one into minor dead ends or blind alleys. Overall I think this is an admirable work even today and I especially enjoy his chronological history of the early Gnostic individuals (legendary in some cases) and groups. Mead's association with Theosophy caused his work to be scorned or ignored by the scholars and "experts" of his own day (I am not a big Blavatsky fan myself), but after 100 years his works are still being sold while much of the work of these critical or dismissive contemporaries are utterly forgotten. In the modern Neo-Gnostic revival heralded by the public release and dissemination of the Nag Hammadi texts in English, Mead is something of a forerunner, a John the Baptist of the modern Gnostic discovery.
5 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Really a great read.
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2016
Verified Purchase
This is a book I own in hard copy and Kindle. It is a book to open your mind to other posibilities. Really a great read.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
waeshael
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2017
Verified Purchase
Glad I have this book. Helps to understand the earliest teachings of the followers of Jesus, before Nicaea.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Avid Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars A Different Perspective
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2013
Verified Purchase
Biblical knowledge from the perspective of inner reflection instead of searching outside oneself for the Truth. The Truth is within us, not in external worship.
5 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Chris Albert Wells
4.0 out of 5 stars Not a book but a catalogue.
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2014
Verified Purchase
Nobody will read through Mead's text but use it episodically to check on or find specific information. And there is no lack of it. Mead has patiently accumulated all the information he could gather on side-track Christianity with all its many shades. The variations on the theme of non-orthodox Christianity are incredibly profuse, as even a birds-eye view of the book reveals. This online version is however not as easy to handle as could be expected.
5 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
matt
3.0 out of 5 stars Formatting bugs
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2020
Verified Purchase
The content is great, HOWEVER it did not format correctly until I set the text from auto to left-aligned. Once I did that, it became much easier to read.
Helpful
 Report
Norma Assam
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2014
Verified Purchase
Very easy to read with a plethora of information. Recommended for any one interested in this subject.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report

Top reviews from other countries

Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Very insightful
Reviewed in Canada on August 23, 2019
Verified Purchase
An excellent review of the early christian years
Report
BD Fiorista
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 21, 2013
Verified Purchase
It give s a very good summary of the origins of christianity and gnostics after the Christ, and their idealogy, I do raccomend this book for getting an overview how different is the early christianity or gnostics to what we call today christian religions.
Report
Dellwyn Ross
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in Australia on September 3, 2014
Verified Purchase
Good knowledge. Old fashioned presentation.
Report
Kindle Customer
1.0 out of 5 stars Verbose
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2023
Verified Purchase
The feeling while reading this book was of verbosity. So much could have been written with far fewer words and losing the appearance of intellectual pride.
Report
RobJay
3.0 out of 5 stars Obscure sidelines of early Christianity
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2016
Verified Purchase
Some interesting information about obscure Gnostics but written in very old-fashioned and verbose English. Interesting that Mead appears to favour Darwinian ideas on evolution.
Report