The Gnosis Restored

<p>A landmark anthology of some the seminal texts that ignited the modern Gnostic revival. <em>The Gnosis Restored</em> gathers for the first time in English foundational writings of Jules-Benoît Stanislas Doinel du Val-Michel and his successors-Papus Léonce-Eugène-Joseph Fabre des Essarts Marie Chauvel de Chauvigny Louis-Sophrone Fugairon and Jean Joanny Bricaud.</p><p></p><p>From Doinel's visionary discourses on Isis initiation and the esotericism of the grades to penetrating studies of Simon Magus Valentinus and the <em>Philosophumena</em> these pages reveal the theological symbolic and ritual heart of the restored Gnosis. The volume includes the historic decree of the Synod the Gnostic Catechism meditations on love and martyrdom and rare documents on the Church's statutes hierarchy and conciliations.</p><p></p><p>Later contributions explore the mysteries of the Cabiri the Magists' calendar the origins of the Tarot and the esoteric architecture of cathedrals-culminating in Bricaud's study of J.-K. Huysmans and the shadow of fin-de-siècle Satanism.</p><p></p><p>Meticulously translated and introduced this collection is an indispensable resource for scholars initiates and seekers drawn to the living current of Gnostic Martinist and esoteric Masonic traditions.</p>