I wanted to point everyone to a couple of Web sites that I thought would be useful and interesting. The first came up during our conversation; it's the Gnostic Society, located in Los Angeles. http://www.gnosis.org... They are "dedicated to advancing the study, understanding, and individual experience of Gnosis". They also have a large archive of Gnostic books and materials, both online and for sale.

The second is the Sacred Texts Archive, at http://www.sacred-tex... This is a really huge collection of, well, sacred texts for a number of different religions and spiritual backgrounds - including some I'd never even heard of! They have a couple of CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs that they sell, and I'd recommend them for anyone doing serious spiritual study.