Neoplatonism and Gnosticism - Neoplatonism, Gnosticism and Other Movements

Neoplatonism, Gnosticism and Other Movements

Neoplatonism and Gnosticism are probably also both influences on certain contemporary or later movements. A good example is Hermeticism. Hermeticism seems to have roots prior to the 3rd century, but also to have been influenced heavily by both Gnosticism and Neoplatonism.

• Islam- sufism.
• Druze.
• Hermeticism- Egyptian and Greek movements.
• Neoplatonism and Christianity: Irenaeus, Origen, Pseudo-Dionysius, Cappadocian Fathers, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus
• Persian Gnosticism- Manicheanism and Mandaeism