Gnostic=Knowledge, Occult=Hidden, Apocolypse= Reveakling of hidden knowledge. Elohim, Yahweh, God, LORD God, god, Jehovah, so many names.
Why did the church want to keep us from gnostic text? Find out for yourself from the Gnostics. If you are secure in your Religion, what could it hurt to just listen for a few minutes to hear what has been kept from you and all of us?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh_Wcd23uFA

Interesting.
To me, this vid pushes the gnostic more than the Christ.
St. Paul stated, “For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, ...
and him crucified.”
Meaning, the gnostic push 'knowledge and enlightenment' more than knowing Jesus Christ, who is the Source, they missed the mark.

I get what's being said about the d'vil running the religions leading people astray, but is studying the gnostics teaching a direct line to communing w/ God?

Knowing the Lord is different than talking about Him or remembering verses, the Holy Spirit ignites that 'spark' of Life of The Word working in us - renewing our minds.
He does the work, and we abide in Him, lest any man boast.