Gnosis: Spiritual Library
A library. A Guide. Your way in.
Every book is free to read, here and in the Gnosis app. Membership adds narration, commentary, lessons and the Guide.
Inside the app
A walk through the app.
Free reading tools
Read the whole book
The complete text on a calm, clear page. Free, and the app keeps your place.
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Stay with a difficult line
Tap the Guide, then a passage, for a plain explanation, with more depth or an example when you want it.
With membership
Listen as you read
Narration highlights each word as it reads. Keep going on a walk or before sleep.
With membership
Spend time with a painted reading
Short illustrated readings open a book a few pages at a time.
With membership
Ask the Guide
Ask about what you're reading by text or voice, and get a plain answer that points back to the page.
With membership
Follow one question
Lessons trace a single theme across many books, one chapter at a time.
Free reading tools
Make the page yours
Choose a theme, type size and layout that are easy on your eyes. Free.
From App Store reviews
“I really love how approachable it makes texts that would be otherwise so dense and hard to understand!”
Great app · June 2026
“…the best app for ancient wisdom and is legitimately 100% free to read over 400 books. …”
Absolutely amazing · October 2026
“…Gnosis is remarkably ambitious, beautifully designed, and filled with an incredible depth of spiritual, philosophical, and historical material. …”
One of the Most Impressive Apps I’ve Used · August 2026
In the Gnosis app
Reading is the start.
431 books from 39 traditions. Take a book with you, then see where it leads.
Free reading tools
Every book, free to read
Open any book in the library and read it from beginning to end, without an account.
431 books
Make the page your own
Choose your theme, type size and spacing for a comfortable page.
Keep a line. Mark a place.
Highlight passages and bookmark the places you want to return to.
Pick up where you left off
The app keeps your place in each book on your device.
Find the passage
Search for words and passages across the library.
Take a book with you
Downloaded books stay available to read without a connection.
With membership
Listen to the books
Hear narrated chapters in the app, and start listening from a passage. Availability varies by book.
10,032 narrated chapters
Read a little deeper
Explore the full commentary for context, connections and another way into a difficult passage.
57,369 commentary notes
Stay with a difficult line
Ask Clarify to explain a passage, then explore its context and examples.
See the shape of a chapter
Return to the main ideas with a chapter summary.
Talk with the Guide
Ask the Guide about what you’re reading by text or voice. It can help you follow a question across books and traditions.
Follow a question across books
Lessons follow a subject across traditions, with reading and practices to work through at your own pace.
69 lessons
Spend time with a painted reading
Explore illustrated Readings from individual books, with passages, interpretation and a practice to try.
181 books with illustrated Readings
A lesson to keep. Pay once for an individual lesson and keep it. Membership includes every lesson. An individual lesson does not include Guide chat or voice.
iPhone and Android · Every book stays free to read