Jacques Lacarrière

Gnostics have always sought to "know" rather than to accept dogma and doctrine, often to their peril. This inquiry into Gnosticism examines the character, history, and beliefs of a brave and vigorous spiritual quest that originated in the ancient Near East and continues into the present day. Lawrence Durrell writes, "This is a strange and original essay, more a work of literature than of scholarship, though its documentation is impeccable. It is as convincing a reconstruction of the way the Gnostics lived and thought as D.H. Lawrences intuitive recreation of the vanished Etruscans."

El primer encuentro entre el escritor Jacques Lacarrière y Grecia se produjo en 1947, durante la turbulenta guerra civil que sacudió el país del Egeo. Nacía una relación apasionada que Jacques Lacarr

Helléniste, connaisseur des anciens, Jacques Lacarrière était l'homme idéal pour mettre ses pas dans ceux d'Hérodote, voyageur infatigable et premier "grand reporter" de l'Histoire. Cheminant à ses c

Jacques Lacarrière ha realizado un inventario personal de lugares, temas, objetos, personales reales o legendarios, seres queridos y amigos del mundo griego. Así, desde Artemisa, Afrodita, Cleopatra,