When Wisdom Wears Robes

What if some of the world’s most influential “religions” were never meant to be religions at all? Across cultures and centuries, traditions such as Gnosticism, Stoicism, Taoism, and Buddhism have been absorbed into religious frameworks of belief, ritual, authority, and obedience. In the process, their original purpose has often been obscured. This book argues that beneath the robes of religion li...