The Testament of Simon the Mage was not written to leave readers comfortably indifferent. It asks them to revisit a figure remembered almost entirely through accusation: Simon of Samaria—the magician rebuked by Peter, the supposed archetype of spiritual corruption, and the name later attached to “simony.”

The book presents a fuller and sharply different interior world: Samarian memory, Magi tradition, rival apostolic claims, women as custodians and interpreters of sacred history, and early Christian communities still arguing over what the Jesus movement meant. Its claims, provenance, and implications are therefore open to scrutiny. They should be.

Otikos does not ask readers to suspend judgment. We ask them to read carefully, distinguish evidence from inference, and consider how historical memory is shaped when some voices are preserved chiefly by their opponents. The historical status and claimed transmission of the material remain matters for continuing research rather than settled fact; our public materials identify what can be supported, what remains uncertain, and what kinds of evidence would change the assessment.

The Archive contains free downloadable PDFs related to Otikos publications: research papers, source notes, methodological statements, essays, reader guides, and revised materials as they become available. It is meant to be a working public record—not a closed display case.

The collection will grow alongside the Otikos catalog. It will also grow as these publications generate new questions, serious disagreement, and contributions from researchers, independent scholars, writers, and readers who want to examine the evidence or advance competing interpretations. We welcome argument that is specific, informed, and open about its assumptions. Research materials and reader resources are intended to extend the book’s encounter into ongoing critical engagement rather than passive consumption.