After a slight delay (visiting France!), here is Chapter 3 of Ecce Homo by Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin. I was staying in Lyon for some of the trip, but managed to avoid the rioting, though a lot was happening right outside the hotel I stayed at for the first two nights! For an explanation see the […]
As promised, here is Chapter 2 of Ecce Homo by Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin. For an explanation see the previous post. Ecce Homo by Mihály Munkácsy, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Over the coming weeks I will be publishing Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin’s book Ecce Homo in installments. At the end of that time I will make the entire tome available as one PDF file. ‘Ecce Homo‘ is Latin for ‘Behold the Man‘. This phrase was used by Pontius Pilate, as we see in John 19. Having […]
“From the Doctrine of Reintegration to the Imago Templi“ The latest of Rémi Boyer’s important books made available to us through the translation skills of Michael Sanborn focuses on the Rectified Scottish Rite. Following on from deeply moving analyses of the Blue Lodge, the Rose Croix and Elias Artista, and Martinism, this book, while not exactly part of […]
The other week I was in Perth, Scotland for the Annual Convocation of the Societas Rosicruciana in Scotia. While I enjoyed several days of sightseeing in the region, the one omission was of course Scone. There was little point visiting it, even if it is virtually a suburb of Perth, since the Stone of Destiny […]
It is wonderful to see this much sought-after volume finally available to the English-speaking world. While the rituals of the various Orders of that time make for a fun and sometimes exciting read (particularly the parts with cadavers strewn around the room!), without a good grasp of the background philosophy behind them and how these […]
Most people know that Éliphas Lévi (or Alphonse Louis Constant) was a clergyman who wrote a large number of very influential books on esoteric topics, and that he was a major influence on the occult revival of the 19th Century, particularly in England and France. However, far fewer people are aware that he was a […]
This blog reviews the new book by Michael Osborne, entitled Son of Perdition – The Magic & Hubris of Simon Magus, Simon Magus is one of those characters who looms large in the theurgical world. While we find tangential references to witchcraft and the use of magic in the Old Testament, Simon is the first […]
It is always refreshing to come across a theory which attempts to tie together number of varying threads. Sadly, like movie critics, the number of those who naysay such attempts without providing any meaningful alternatives are far more common than those who attempt to set new ideas before us. Such a novel theory is the […]
A new book which I am sure will be of interest to readers of this blog is Letters to Friends of the Spirit. Written by Rémi Boyer and his wife, Sylvie, it represents two series of 22 letters (no coincidence, of course) adding to 44 letters in all. These letters, each no more than 2 […]
