Within a matrix of modern depth psychology, Stephan A. Hoeller shows similarities between secret traditions of the Essenes and early Gnostic mysticism. GOSPELS discovered in the 1940s reveal a pre-Christian Judaism of Gnostic character. The Dead Sea Scrolls essentially are mystical documents. It appears the Scrolls` Essene authors of 130 B.C.- 70 A.D., like the Nag Hammadi Gnostic authors of the Apostolic Age, experienced visions of an esoteric nature, and that the Scrolls possess an inner, hidden meaning. The Nag Hammadi Library, discovered by two peasants who unearthed clay jars in 1945 in upper Egypt, did not appear in English for 32 years, because they were knotted in wranglings among scholars, politicians, and antique dealers. The Dead Sea Scrolls, discovered in clay jars in Palestine by a goatherder in 1947, weathered similar storms. The first team of analysts were most Christian clergy, since the material frightened church leaders. As Dr. Hoeller shows in Jung and the Lost Gospels, they rightly feared the documents would reveal information to detract from unique claims of Christianity. Indeed, the Dead Sea Scrolls and Nag Hammadi Library both contradict and complement accepted Old and New Testaments. DR. STEPHAN A. HOELLER is the author of The Gnostic Jung and the Seven Sermons to the Dead, Freedom: Alchemy for a Voluntary Society, and The Royal Road: A Manual of Kaballistic Meditations on the Tarot. He is associate professor of comparative religions at the College of Oriental Studies in Los Angeles and director of the Gnostic Society of Los Angeles, an organization interested in Jungian psychology, the Kabalah, Tarot, classical Gnosticism, myth, and literature. Dr. Hoeller has produced more than 200 audiocassettes aired on radio and available through BC Recordings of Los Angeles. Born in Hungary, he graduated from the University of Innsbruck in Austria. He resides in Hollywood, California.