Gnosticism was an early Christian heresy predicated ... The book addresses Christianity and symbols when Giovanni falls in love with a beautiful young professor named Roberto.

This symbol is used in paganism, witchcraft, freemasonry and Gnosticism. It represents to pagans the 4 elements of the material universe, plus spirit, and also man, representing the 4 limbs and head.

The conventional explanation for the historical recurrence of gnostic themes and Egyptian iconography-that people peruse old texts and art works and adapt their ideas and symbols to new purposes ...