Andrew Phillip Smith is a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 writer who has written books on Gnosticism

Gnosticism

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He grew up in Penarth

Penarth

Penarth is a town and seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales, 5.2 miles south west from the city centre of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the Severn Estuary at the southern end of Cardiff Bay...

, south Wales and attended the University College of Wales, Swansea. He has recently moved from California

California

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 and lives in Dublin with his wife and son. His published works include:

• The Gospel of Thomas: A New Version Based On the Inner Meaning (Ulysses Books, 2002)
• The Gospel of Philip: Annotated & Explained (Skylight Paths, 2005)
• The Lost Sayings of Jesus: Annotated & Explained
• Gnostic Writings on the Soul: Annotated & Explained (Skylight Paths)
• The Gnostics: History Tradition Scriptures Influence (Watkins, 2008) (http://www.dbp.co.uk/book_preview.asp?b_id=577) and
• A Dictionary of Gnosticism http://www.questbooks.net/ Quest Books], 2009).

He also runs the Bardic Press publisher, is the editor of The Gnostic magazine
He was interviewed by Fortean Times

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in March 2010