Secret Sayings
Secret Sayings
By Kimberly Botbyl
Inspired by the true discovery story
of the Nag Hammadi Library
(or "Gnostic Gospels")
Logline
A hotshot historian accused of fraud and the resourceful daughter of an antiquities dealer race against outlaws, religious authorities and government agencies to track down ancient texts that could reveal the secret to mind control.
About
The true story of the 1945 discovery of the Nag Hammadi Library (later called “The Gnostic Gospels”) is full of symbolism and irony.
Murderous clansmen, one-eyed bandits, shrewd antiquities dealers from all over the world, multiple religious factions, learned historians, and even famed psychoanalyst Dr. Carl Jung, were all intricately involved in the recovery of these ancient texts, which inspired “The Da Vinci Code,” “The Matrix,” and “Stigmata.”
This fictional adventure interweaves real-life events with the unfolding story of two American archetypes who each have secrets of their own which only come to light as they dig deeper into what they truly believe and uncover the meaning of “gnosis."
Photo: The Jabal al Tarif (mountainside where the texts were discovered) across the Nile
Copyright: James Robinson, Claremont University
Real People
Copyright: The Institute for Antiquity and Early Christianity at Claremont University.
All photos compiled and / or taken in 1975 (30 years after the discovery) by James M. Robinson, General Editor of The Nag Hammadi Library in English (except Aniela). Jean Doresse and his wife Marianne were largely responsible for gathering what they could in 1945.
Photos are for reference only. Creator does not have permission to use.
Additional Real People
"For there is nothing hidden which will not become manifest and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered."