It was the year 415. The famous library of Alexandria had disappeared. It is said that Hypatia was the last known scholar to work in the library.

John van den Berg

John van den Berg

John van den Berg is the author of The Last Myth of Alexandria and The word of the Pistis Sophia. After travelling in Egypt, Tibet and Nepal he found answers of deep inner questions in an ancient scripture. The Codex Askewianus is commonly known as the gospel of the Pistis Sophia. A new translation in modern English to help people answer their own inner questions.

Books

The Last Myth of Alexandria

It was the year 415. The famous library of Alexandria had disappeared. It is said that Hypatia was the last known scholar to work in the library.

The last myth of Alexandria is a novel about the last inner cirkel of Hypatia. The last direct initiation into the old Egypt mysteries. What happened with them after everything changed.

Pistis Sophia: A journey through the spaces of the Ineffable

This scripture is from the time that the New Testament of the Bible reached its final form.
It is a Coptic manuscript from late antiquity, currently known by the scientific name Codex Askewianus, attributed to Anthony Askew. He acquired it at a London market in 1785. His heirs later entrusted it to the curators of the British Museum. At the end...

The word of the Pistis Sophia: Revealed in the order of Jeu

In late antiquity, in Egypt, the Jeuians write their inscrutable texts. In the 21st century there is again interest in the story of the Pistis Sophia among people who want to go the path of initiation. It is a late invitation to go aboard the heavenly ship of the Jeuians. The modern Egyptian mysteries of Osiris, Isis and Horus then become alive...

Blog

Mysteries of the Pistis Sophia, reflection 1, clarifying the context I've

I've often heard it: why should I delve into an ancient text or an old book? I have to live my life here and now, in the twenty-first century; that's where it has to happen. I follow a spiritual path with the possibilities of modern times; an old book can't help with that. Why would I put so much effort into understanding something as incomprehensible as the text we know as the Gospel of the Pistis Sophia?
On the other hand, we could say: I don't care how much effort it takes to find the...