Tim has written more than thirty books exploring all the major spiritual traditions of the world. He established his reputation as a groundbreaking scholar with his controversial books on Ancient Paganism and Christian Gnosticism, co-authored with his life-long friend Peter Gandy, including the top 10 international bestseller The Jesus Mysteries. In recent years he has drawn on his wealth of knowledge and his personal experience of awakening to articulate his own revolutionary approach to spirituality.
Recent books by Tim Freke
The Mystery Experience
A Revolutionary Approach To Spiritual Awakening
Tim takes you on a experiential journey into the depths of life, helping you to become ‘deep awake … to discover the ‘deep self’ … and to feel the ‘deep love’. He articulates a lucid philosophy that embraces both spirituality and cutting-edge science. He offers you the practical tools you need to spiritually awaken and become a ‘lover of life’.
Tim’s latest book
How Long Is Now?
A Journey To Enlightenment … And Beyond
In this inspiring and accessible book Tim uses fascinating anecdotes from his own life to convey some profoundly transformative ideas. Full of warmth, humour and humanity, this book teaches us how to spiritually awaken in the real world.
Waking up wont wait!
Lucid Living
A Book That Will Turn Your World Inside Out
In this book Tim points directly to the awakened state. Deep, simple and quick to read, it doesn’t require you to believe anything he says … only to closely examine your own experience of life as you read the book.
Available as an audiobook read by Tim
Books co-authored with Peter Gandy
The Jesus Mysteries
Was The Original Jesus A Pagan God?
A controversial work of cutting edge scholarship that claims there was no historical Jesus. The Jesus story is a Jewish adaptation of ancient Pagan myths. This groundbreaking book will transform your understanding of the roots of western spirituality.
International top 10 bestseller and a ‘Daily Telegraph ‘Book of the Year’
Jesus and the Lost Goddess
The Secret Teachings Of The Original Christians
The sequel to the Jesus Mysteries, this book explores the meaning of Gnostic myths about Jesus and the Goddess Sophia. It opens up the astonishing depths of the true Christian message for the first time in nearly two millenia!
A profoundly esoteric book that many have found completely life-changing
The Laughing Jesus
Religious Lies And Gnostic Wisdom
In part one of this book – The Bathwater – Freke and Gandy take a critical look at a Literalist understanding of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In part two – The Baby – they articulate a new way of understanding the profound perennial teachings found at the heart of these religious traditions.
A brave and uplifting read that will transform your understanding of western religion
The Gospel of the Second Coming
Jesus Is Back … And This Time He’s Funny!
Having written about how the Gnostics updated ancient allegorical myths to create new gospels that could speak deep truth to their own times, Freke and Gandy decided to do this themselves. The result is a profoundly satirical gospel that will have you laughing out loud. It contains all the important ideas found in their scholarly works on Gnosticism… plus some great gags!
Available as an audiobook. WARNING : Not for those offended by playful irreverence
The Hermetica
The Lost Wisdom Of The Pharaohs
The Hermetica is an extremely important work of philosophy in the western spiritual tradition. In their translation Freke and Gandy make this ancient wisdom easily accessible for the first time.
An extraordinary insight into the roots of western spirituality