List of Gnostic sects

The following is a list of sects involved in Gnosticism:

Proto-Gnosticism

 * Thomasines

Judean-Israelite Gnosticism

 * Elkesaites
 * Kentaeans
 * Mandaeism
 * Samaritan Baptist sects

Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism

 * Bardesanites
 * Basilidians
 * Hermeticism
 * Satornilians
 * Sethians
 * Valesians
 * Valentinianism
 * Heracleonites
 * Ptolemaeans

Persian Gnosticism

 * Manichaeism
 * Al-Dayhuri's Sect
 * Albanenses
 * Astati
 * Audianism
 * Shinang's Sect

Unclassified Christian Gnosticism

 * Cerdonians
 * Marcionism
 * Apelliacos
 * Lucianists
 * Colorbasians
 * Dositheans (could be offshoot of Simonianism or proto-Gnostic)
 * Justinians
 * Simonians
 * Menandrians

Others

 * Abelonians
 * Agapetae
 * Alogians
 * Angelici
 * Antitactae
 * Aquarii
 * Archontics
 * Ascodroutes
 * Barbeliotae
 * Borborites
 * Coddians (also called Koddians)
 * Levitics (also called Levitici)
 * Phibionites
 * Stratiotici
 * Cainites
 * Carpocratians
 * Cerinthians
 * Adamites (also called Adamians)
 * Marcellianas
 * Cleobians
 * Docetae
 * Elcesaites
 * Encratites
 * Apotactics (also called Apostolics)
 * Severians
 * Marcosians
 * Messalians
 * Nicolaism
 * Ophites
 * Naassenes
 * Perates
 * Priscillianism
 * Quintillians, Montanist sect that may have come under Gnostic influence
 * Secundians
 * Seleucians

Middle Ages

 * Athinganoi
 * Bagnolians
 * Bogomils
 * Bosnian Church
 * Cathars
 * Black Brotherhood
 * Credentes
 * Pasagians
 * Pataria
 * Novgorodians - the owners of the Novgorod Codex; it is likely that the owners of the codex were dualistic like the Bogomils
 * Paulicianism (However the dualism of Paulicianism is not certain)
 * Picards (Neo-Adamites)
 * Tondrakians

Modern era

 * Mandaeism

Neo-Gnostic

 * Anthroposophy
 * The Church of St Mary & St John
 * Ecclesia Gnostica
 * Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica
 * Ecclesia Gnostica Mysteriorum
 * Ecclesia Pistis Sophia
 * Eglise Gnostique
 * Gnostic Society
 * Holy Order of Mans (Quasi-Gnostic)
 * Johannite Church
 * Liberal Catholic Union
 * Martinism
 * Muckers
 * Neo-Luciferian Church
 * Order of the Nazorean Essenes (influenced by Gnosticism)
 * Rosicrucianism
 * Samael Aun Weor
 * Society of Novus Spiritus
 * Theosophy
 * Angelici Christian Church