Prologue: how the West was lost: loss and recovery of psychological spirituality -- Part I: The other tradition. A tale of two heresies: Nag Hammadi and Qumran. Saintly rebels: The people of the scrolls. Essene Messiah and Gnostic Christ: from prototype to archtype. The feminine wisdom and the coming of the knowing ones. The odyssey of Gnosis -- Part II: The other reality. Errant wisdom: the myth of Sophia. The dancing savior: the gnostic christ. The princes of the world: the myth of the tyrant angels. A traveler form Heaven: the myth of the "Song of Pearl". And the myth goes on: some modern Gnostic myths -- Part III: The Other gospels. The secret sayings of Jesus: the gospel of Thomas. Means of transformation: the gospel of Philip. Redemption and ecstasy: the gospel of truth and the gospel of the Egyptians -- Epilogue: from Hiroshima to the secret gospels: the alternative future of human history