CHURTON: GNOSTIC PHILOSOPHY ANCIENT & MODERN ~ 2005 SC ~ MASONIC OCCULT TEMPLARS

Description

TOBIAS CHURTON.
GNOSTIC PHILOSOPHY: FROM ANCIENT PERSIA TO MODERN TIMES.
Rochester VT: Inner Traditions.
FIRST EDITION, 3rd printing.
[2005].
xvi (16) + 463 pages with Index. Large octavo (9 by 6 inch) softcover.
Light rubbing, lightest bit of wear bottom corner of front cover, o/w
NEAR FINE CONDITION.
CONTENTS:
FOREWORD BY CHRISTOPHER MCINTOSH. • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. • INTRODUCTION.
PART ONE: ANTIQUITY.
1.) BEFORE THE GNOSTICS. • 2.) FROM THE MAGI TO ST. PAUL. • 3.) THE FIRST GNOSTICS.
PART TWO: THE MIDDLE AGES.
4.) MAGIC IN THE MIDDLE AGES. • 5.) THE SUFIS. • 6.) THE TROUBADOURS. • 7.) THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
PART THREE: ENLIGHTENMENT.
8.) JACOB BOEHME'S THEOSOPHICK COSMOS. • 9.) GERMANY 1710-1800: THE RETURN OF THE ROSY CROSS. • 10.) FREEMASONRY IN EUROPE.
PART FOUR: THE MODERN AGE.
11.) A NEW AEON: ALEISTER CROWLEY. • 12.) LIGHT IN THE JAR: CARL JUNG. • 13.) GNOSIS AND THE NEW PHYSICS. • 14.) GNOSIS TODAY: A PERSONAL VIEW.
NOTES. • BIBLIOGRAPHY. • INDEX.
[rosy rose cross rosicrucian occult occultism esoteric hidden knowledge esoterica divination scrying metaphysics metaphysical spiritualism spiritism wicca wiccan magic magick rose cross ancient mysteries mystery religions mediaeval medieval renaissance alchemy hermeticism freemasonry masonic secret societies conspiracy egypt egyptian greece greek rome roman paganism pagan carl jung jungian analytical depth psychology myth mythology alchemy golden dawn o.t.o. oto aleister crowley]
AN ENLIGHTENING GUIDE TO THE UNDERCURRENT OF GNOSTICISM THROUGHOUT HISTORY AND HOW IT HAS EMERGED ONCE AGAIN IN THE MODERN AGE...