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I get what you're saying. By esoteric I meant more towards some of the more obscure Gnostic texts and their convoluted cosmology, ie. Archons, Barbelo, etc. I also think another trap of some aspects of Gnosticism is falling into simplistic dualities like Catharism and Manicheanism. I want to move beyond duality, not trap myself in it forever. Fundamentalists are very trapped in simplistic duality. They just differ on who is responsible (The Debbil!!).
But yeah Gnosticism is a very big tent and to me, the text which I feel is about perfect, is the Gospel of Thomas. I think the Jefforsian Bible and the Gospel of Thomas compliment each other wonderfully. If I could form my own Council of Nicea and rewrite the bible I'd just have two books in it:
1. The (natually extrapolated) Book of Q or Sayings Gospel; and 2. The Gospel of Thomas. That to me would be a nice simple basic framework to start from.
