Allogenes the Stranger

Nag Hammadi Edition

Allogenes — Greek for “the Stranger” or “the one of another race” — is a Sethian Gnostic revelation text in which a sage receives visions of the heavenly world and ascends through multiple levels of divine reality. It is among the most philosophically sophisticated texts in the Nag Hammadi library, engaging directly with Neoplatonic philosophy in ways that suggest the Gnostics and the Neoplatonist

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TraditionGnostic Gospels

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01 / Historical context

3rd century Sethian Gnostic text. Mentioned by name and condemned by Porphyry’s teacher Plotinus, who ordered it refuted. Buried at Nag Hammadi circa 390 AD.

02 / Why it matters

Plotinus spent years refuting it. Now you can read it yourself.

From / associated with the text

““I was very disturbed, and I turned to myself. Having seen the light that surrounded me and the good that was in me, I became divine.””

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Allogenes the Stranger

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