Scriptures
Because the Sophian tradition is a mystical and experiential Christian path, we use many different scriptures in our studies. Here is a list of the major ones we use. It would be impossible to list everything since we use many texts.
Jewish Texts
Torah - The core Jewish Scriptures
Tanakh - Called the "Old Testament" by the Christian Community
Sefer Yetzirah - Book of Formation (Kabbalah)
Sefer Bahir - Book of Brightness (Kabbalah)
Sefer Zohar - Book of Splendor (Kabbalah)
Traditional Christian Texts
New Testament - the Canonized Bible in Christianity (read from a mystical view)
Gnostic Texts
Nag Hammadi Library - Texts found in Egyptian dessert near Nag Hammadi
Other Gnostic Gospels - Other Gnostic Gospels found prior or after Nag Hammadi
Links to Gnostic Gospels
The following are links to some of the Gnostic Gospels:
Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene
There are many more, but these are a few that Sophians use quite often. For other Gnostic texts - click go to the following site: http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhl.html
A Note on Myth
In American culture, the word Myth has gotten a really bad connotation. It has been associated with lies, untruths, and fantasy. This is not the original meaning and not how Sophians view the word in context of spiritual texts. Myth is a story that is spiritually true even if the details are not factual. This means that the spiritual truth is much more important than the details. Yeshua spoke in parables which are the same as myth (just much shorter). So, when we use the word Myth it will refer to spiritual teachings that focus on the spiritual message and not the details or facts of what happened.