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Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic StudiesVolume 03, Hermes Trismegistus, 2018&#160;Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies is a peer-reviewed publication devoted to the study of Gnostic religious currents from the ancient world to the modern, where ‘Gnostic’ is broadly conceived as a reference to special direct knowledge of the divine, which either transcends or transgresses conventional religious knowledge. It aims to publish academic papers on: the emergence of the Gnostic, in its many different historical and local cultural contexts; the Gnostic strands that persisted in the middle ages; and modern interpretations of Gnosticism – with the goal of establishing cross-cultural and trans-historical conversations, together with more localized historical analyses.The corpus of Gnostic materials includes (but is not restricted to) testimonies from outsiders as well as insider literature such as the Nag Hammadi collection, the Hermetica, Neoplatonic texts, the Pistis Sophia, the books of Jeu, the Berlin and Tchacos codices, Manichaean documents, Mandaean scriptures, and contemporary Gnostic fiction/film and ‘revealed’ literature. The journal will publish the best of traditional historical and comparative scholarship while also featuring newer approaches that have received less attention in the established literature, such as cognitive science, cognitive linguistics, social memory, psychology, ethnography, sociology, and literary theory.(Text by the organizers)&#160;OtherHermes Trismegistus: Special Issue - Christian H. Bull&#160;Research ArticleWicked Angels and the Good Demon: The Origins of Alchemy According to the Physica of Hermes - Christian H. BullThe Notion of Truth in Some Hermetic Texts and Chaldaean Oracles - Anna van den KerchoveAl-Bīrūnī on Hermetic Forgery - Kevin van BladelThe Interpretation of the Sacrament of the Eucharist as Palingenesis According to Foix-Candale - Claudio MoreschiniHermetic Influences on the Evolutionary System of Helena Blavatsky’s Theosophy - Erin Prophet&#160;Book ReviewThe Gnostic New Age: How a Countercultural Spirituality Revolutionized Religion from Antiquity to Today , written by April D. DeConick - Fryderyk KwiatkowskiRefutation of All Heresies. Translated with an Introduction and Notes , written by M. David Litwa - Miguel Herrero de JáureguiJohn among the Other Gospels: The Reception of the Fourth Gospel in the Extra-Canonical Gospels , written by Lorne R. Zelyck - Emily Ann LaflècheDas Böse, der Teufel und Dämonen—Evil, the Devil, and Demons: Dualistic Characteristics in the Religion of Israel, Ancient Judaism and Christianity , edited by Jan Dochhorn, Susanne Rudnig-Zelt and Benjamin Wold - B.A. Jurgens&#160;OtherBooks ReceivedAuthor: Petru Moldovan