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A Mystic of Lyon

Jean-Baptiste Willermoz and the Secrets of Freemasonry
by Alice Joly

First published in France in 1938 and never previously translated into English, Alice Joly's Un mystique lyonnais et les secrets de la Franc-Maçonnerie (1730-1824) is the foundational scholarly biography of Jean-Baptiste Willermoz - the Lyon merchant, mystic, and Masonic reformer whose influence on the initiatic Freemasonry of the eighteenth century was as profound as it was far-reaching.

Among the major subjects treated are: the founding and development of the Order of the Élus Coëns under Martines de Pasqually; the composition and reception of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin's Des Erreurs et de la Vérité; the Convent des Gaules and the creation of the Rectified Scottish Rite; the Convent of Wilhelmsbad and the complex politics of high-grade Masonry in France and Germany; the encounter between Willermoz's circle and the movement of animal magnetism; the mystical somnambulism of the Société de la Concorde and its Unknown Agent; and the gradual dissolution of the Lyon Masonic world in the shadow of the French Revolution.

Essential reading for initiates and scholars of the Rectified Scottish Rite, the Chevaliers Bienfaisants de la Cité Sainte, the Martinist and Coën traditions, and the history of Western esotericism.

$40 / £30

Episodes of the Esoteric Life,
1780-1824:

Selections from the Unpublished Correspondence of J.-B. Willermoz, Prince Charles de Hesse-Cassel, and Some of Their Contemporaries
by Gérard van Rijnberk

In the final decades of the eighteenth century and the opening years of the nineteenth, a remarkable circle of men - high-grade Masons, Martinist initiates, mystics, and princes - conducted an extraordinary correspondence on the deepest questions of esoteric life. Episodes of the Esoteric Life, 1780-1824 gathers the most significant of those letters, most of them previously unpublished, and presents them with the commentary of a scholar who was himself an initiate of the tradition he was documenting. Gérard van Rijnberk (1875-1953) - Professor of Physiology at the University of Amsterdam, editor of the Dutch Journal of Medicine for thirty-three years, and Martinist initiate - spent decades in archives across Europe recovering the private correspondence of Jean-Baptiste Willermoz of Lyon and Prince Charles of Hesse-Cassel, together with letters exchanged among their contemporaries: Lavater, Jung-Stilling, the Count of Saint-Germain, the founder of the Asiatic Brethren, and dozens of others. First published in a limited edition of one thousand copies in 1948, the work has long been recognized within French esoteric circles as an indispensable primary source. This is its first complete translation into English.

$35 / £26

Levitikon

An Exposition of the Fundamental Principles of the Doctrine of the Primitive Catholic Christians by Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat

Published in Paris in 1831, Bernard-Raymond Fabré-Palaprat's Levitikon is one of the most remarkable and consequential documents in the history of esoteric Christianity. At once an ecclesiastical constitution, a levitical rule, a liturgical handbook, a Gnostic Gospel, and a historical argument, it served as the foundational text of the Johannite Church of Primitive Christians - the institution through which Fabré-Palaprat, physician, former priest, and self-proclaimed Grand Master of a restored Order of the Knights Templar, sought to instantiate a vision of Christianity older, purer, and more philosophically coherent than anything Rome could offer. The present translation is the first complete scholarly rendering of the 1831 Paris edition, including all supplementary texts, the Table of Principal Subjects, and the Extract from the Supplement.

This edition will be an indispensable resource for scholars of nineteenth-century French religious history, Gnosticism, Martinism, esoteric Freemasonry, and the independent sacramental movement, as well as for practitioners within Johannite, Gnostic, and neo-Templar traditions for whom the Levitikon is not merely an historical curiosity but the charter of a living spiritual inheritance.

$40 / £30

Philosophical and Interpretive Course on the Initiations, Ancient & Modern

by Jean-Marie Ragon

Jean-Marie Ragon de Bettignies (1781-1862) - called by his contemporaries "the most learned Freemason of the nineteenth century" - delivered his Philosophical and Interpretive Course on the Initiations, Ancient and Modern as a series of lectures before the Lodge of the Trinosophes in Paris in 1818-19, repeated at the lodge's request in 1838-39, and published in 1841 with the authorization of the Grand Orient of France. Now available in English for the first time, this landmark work presents Ragon's systematic interpretation of the degrees of Freemasonry in the light of the ancient mysteries, Pythagorean number-mysticism, and the solar-astronomical philosophy of the antique sages.

Ragon occupies a singular position in the history of esoteric Masonry: the bridge between the documentary historians of the Napoleonic era and the great synthesizers of the fin de siècle - Éliphas Lévi, Papus, Oswald Wirth - who would draw on his systematic method while infusing it with the romantic esotericism of the occult revival. Situating Masonic symbolism within the universal tradition of solar religion, and insisting that its mysteries are grounded not in pious fable but in the philosophy of nature and the science of man, Ragon produced a work that remains indispensable to every serious student of initiation.

$40 / £30

History of the Foundation of the Grand Orient of France

by Claude-Antoine Thory

First published in Paris in 1812, Claude-Antoine Thory's Annales Originis Magni Galliarum Orientis is the foundational history of the Grand Orient of France - and one of the rarest books in Masonic literature. Written by a librarian to the Mother Lodge of the Philosophic Scottish Rite with unparalleled access to the archives and documents of his age, it chronicles the schism of 1772 that produced the Grand Orient, the decades of rivalry and revolutionary turbulence that followed, and the hard-won consolidation that shaped French Freemasonry into the nineteenth century. But Thory's scope extends far beyond institutional history. The Annales surveys the full landscape of eighteenth-century esoteric Freemasonry: the Élus-Coëns of Martinès de Pasqually, the Illuminati of Weishaupt, the Egyptian Masonry of Cagliostro, the Philalèthes, the Modern Templars, the adoption lodges, the hermetic societies, and the initiation of Voltaire. Papal condemnations, royal edicts, statistical tables of lodges, and original documents appear alongside the narrative, making this as much a primary source collection as a history. History of the Foundation of the Grand Orient of France is the first English translation of this essential work.

$40 / £30

The Baylot Manuscript in Translation: BnF FM4 15

Tranlated, Annotated, & Introduced by Tau Phosphoros

This revised and expanded second edition of The Baylot Manuscript in Translation features full-color reproductions of all 77 folios of the original manuscript - BnF FM4 15, held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France - making the primary source directly accessible to readers for the first time. The translation has been thoroughly revised and corrected through systematic comparison with the original, with nearly 70 new annotations added to the original corpus of 296 endnotes, now converted to footnotes for ease of reference. New discoveries made during the editorial process - including previously unrecorded interlinear glosses, marginalia, and text absent from all prior transcriptions - are documented throughout.

 Drafted between the early 1750s and the late 1760s and bearing a final date of 1768, this codex of over thirty unique ritual pieces across more than seventy folios was assembled by and/or for Martinès de Pasqually, founder of the influential Ordre des Chevaliers Maçons Élus Coëns de l'Univers. The manuscript is primarily a compendium of early Scottish or écossais grades that would later form the core of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, including grades found in no other known manuscript collection. Predating the Francken Manuscript by at least fifteen years, it preserves ritual forms already lost to standardization by the time the Rite of Perfection reached maturity.

$60 / £45

A New Historical Notice on Martinèsism and Martinism
by Albéric Thomas

Followed by The Secret Teachings of Martinèz Pasqualis
by Franz von Baader

First published in Paris in December 1899 as No. 5 in the Second Series of the Bibliothèque Rosicrucienne -- the imprint of the Ordre Kabbalistique de la Rose-Croïx -- this volume appeared at the height of the French esoteric revival and amid vigorous controversy over the origins and nature of the tradition now known as Martinism. Its principal author, Alexandre-Albéric Thomas (Tau Marnès), was a bishop of the Gnostic Church, a Supérieur Inconnu of the Ordre Martiniste, active secretary of the Grande Loge Misraïmite, and secretary of the journal La Gnose. Working from primary archives never previously subjected to systematic scholarly scrutiny -- the Villaréal archives of the Ordre des Élus-Coëns, the records of the Philalèthes, and documents in private hands - Thomas produced a work of meticulous historical scholarship that remains the foundational study of its subject.

Following the Notice, Baader's essay offers a philosophical and theosophical appreciation of Pasqually's doctrine of Reintegration, framing it within the christiano-theosophical tradition of Boehme and Eckhart. Together, the two texts -- the historical and the philosophical -- present the teaching of Martinès de Pasqually from complementary perspectives.

$20 / £15

Lucifer Resurrexit

A Gnostic Doctrine of the Christo-Luciferian Current
by Tau Phosphoros

For centuries the name Lucifer has been synonymous with the adversary of God - the proud angel of rebellion, the prince of darkness, the patron of left-hand path occultism in its many modern forms. Lucifer Resurrexit: A Gnostic Doctrine of the Christo-Luciferian Current argues that this identification is an historical error of profound consequence, and that the authentic meaning of the name belongs not to the adversary but to Christ himself.

Drawing on the Sethian and Valentinian traditions of the Nag Hammadi library, Lucifer Resurrexit develops the recovered Christological identification into a coherent Gnostic doctrine of the Christo-Luciferian current. The Logos - the divine creative principle incarnate in Jesus Christ - is the authentic Lucifer: the Light-Bearer who descends into the darkness of the hylic world to awaken the pneumatic spark within every human being and initiate its return to the Pleroma, the divine fullness from which it descended. The arising of the Morning Star within the heart of the practitioner - the illumination of the indwelling Logos, the theosis of the whole person through gnosis - is the goal of the initiatic life as the Gnostic tradition has always understood it.

The Morning Star has always been Christ. This book says so plainly, and follows where that saying leads.

$20 / £15

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Gnosticism

Revealing the hidden light within the ancient mysteries.

Catechism of the Église Gnostique Explained
by Tau Sophronius

Drawing from the Pistis Sophia, the Bruce Codex, Valentinian and Basilidean traditions, Cathar mythos, and the esoteric Catholicism of the era, the work presents a sweeping vision of the divine, pneumatic, and hylic worlds; the hierarchies of the Pleroma; the fall and redemption of the soul; and the sacramental mysteries that guide the initiate toward liberation. At once mystical, speculative, devotional, and idiosyncratic, it reveals both the brilliance and the contradictions of early modern Gnostic thought.

$25 / £19

The Gnosis Restored: Essays from the Masters of the French Gnostic Renaissance

A landmark anthology of some the seminal texts that ignited the modern Gnostic revival. The Gnosis Restored 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. 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.

$30 / £25

Light Beyond Shadows
by Tau Phosphoros
and Tau Bruno II

Light Beyond Shadows is a compilation of homilies delivered by Tau Phosphoros and Tau Bruno II to the Parish of St. Ambelain from 2014 to 2018. These homilies cover significant liturgical events and themes within the Apostolic Church of the Pleroma (ACP), a Gnostic Christian tradition. Overall, this work emphasizes the balance between tradition and new revelation, the transformative power of the Holy Spirit, the importance of initiation and guided instruction, and the central role of Love and Gnosis in the Christian faith.

$30 / £23

The Pleromic Light Unveiled
by Tau Phosphoros

Tau Phosphoros, archbishop and Patriarch of the Apostolic Church of the Pleroma, examines in detail the principal liturgy of the ACP. This is both a practical manual and theoretical exegesis, giving detailed instruction for the celebration of the liturgy as well as delving into the philosophical, theological, and occult bases of this ceremony, described by Tau Phosphoros as a rite of High Theurgy. While intended primarily for ACP clergy, this work will be appreciated by all ecclesiastical Gnostics, Liberal Catholics, and those of the Independent Sacramental Movement who are looking to study the esoteric foundation of the Eucharistic Mass.

$14 / £11

ACP Clergy Handbook (Hardcover, Full Color) 

The ACP Clergy Handbook is an invaluable tool for Gnostic clergy in formation. It is a useful reference book for all levels of clergy, and a fascinating glimpse into Gnostic theology, exegesis, history, and liturgical practice for anyone interested in ecclesiastical Gnosticism. Included are liturgies, theurgic operations, theoretical studies, and a comprehensive outline of the entire Minor Orders curriculum. Also includes the full text of The Kybalion and the Sepher Yetzirah. This revised and enlarged 4th edition is in full color and includes additional liturgies and discourses, as well as an expanded lesson plan outline. 

$70 / £57

ACP Clergy Handbook (Paperback, Full Color)

The ACP Clergy Handbook is an invaluable tool for Gnostic clergy in formation. It is a useful reference book for all levels of clergy, and a fascinating glimpse into Gnostic theology, exegesis, history, and liturgical practice for anyone interested in ecclesiastical Gnosticism. Included are liturgies, theurgic operations, theoretical studies, and a comprehensive outline of the entire Minor Orders curriculum. Also includes the full text of The Kybalion and the Sepher Yetzirah. This revised and enlarged 4th edition is in full color and includes additional liturgies and discourses, as well as an expanded lesson plan outline.  

$55 / £42

ACP Clergy Handbook
(Paperback, B&W) 

The ACP Clergy Handbook is an invaluable tool for Gnostic clergy in formation. It is a useful reference book for all levels of clergy, and a fascinating glimpse into Gnostic theology, exegesis, history, and liturgical practice for anyone interested in ecclesiastical Gnosticism. Included are liturgies, theurgic operations, theoretical studies, and a comprehensive outline of the entire Minor Orders curriculum. Also includes the full text of The Kybalion and the Sepher Yetzirah. This revised and enlarged 4th edition includes additional liturgies and discourses, as well as an expanded lesson plan outline.

$40 / £32

ACP Lectionary for Mass (Hardcover)

The ACP Lectionary contains three complete years of full-text liturgical readings for Sundays and other select Feast Days. This lectionary is intended for use with the liturgies of the Apostolic Church of the Pleroma (included), but may be easily adapted for use within other Gnostic liturgies.

$70 / £55

ACP Lectionary for Mass (Paperback)

The ACP Lectionary contains three complete years of full-text liturgical readings for Sundays and other select Feast Days. This lectionary is intended for use with the liturgies of the Apostolic Church of the Pleroma (included), but may be easily adapted for use within other Gnostic liturgies.

$55 / £42

Abbé Julio

The prayers, visions, and healing wisdom of a modern mystic.

Liturgical Prayers

This is the second volume of the 3-part work of the influential French priest-healer of fin-de-siècle, Abbé Julio. This work contains many rare prayers, litanies, and novenas, as well as the full liturgical calendar of both the Roman Church and of Abbé Julio's Église Catholique Française, inherited from the famous French-American bishop Joseph-René Vilatte. As with the first volume, the prayers, novenas, healing operations, etc. for every possible case are well indexed. Also included are the prayers of the Mass in English and Latin, special masses, marriage and funerary rites, etc., etc.

$60 / £45

Abbé Julio: His Life, His Work, His Doctrine by Robert Ambelain

This concise work by the late bishop Robert Ambelain gives the details of the remarkable life and work of Abbé Julio, from hero of the Franco-Prussian War, to ostracized priest of the Roman Catholic Church, to priest-healer extraordinaire and archbishop metropolitan of the Église Catholique Française. In addition to the historical brief, Ambelain also gives a thoughtful exposition of the doctrine of Abbé Julio, arguing convincingly for a neo-Origenian theology. Also included are 15 of Abbé Julio's most powerful prayers, making this work not only informative, but practical. This is a great primer for anyone not familiar with Abbé Julio's life and works, and a valuable addition to the library of every current follower of the preeminent priest-healer.

$12 / £9.50

Martinism & Esoteric Freemasonry

Exploring initiatic lineages of tradition, symbolism, and light.

Spirit Builders: A Free Illuminist Approach to the Antient & Primitive Rite of Memphis+Misraïm Standard Edition (One vol. b&w)
by PALAMAS

+PALAMAS, working with his companion in the mysteries and wife, SALOME+, has merged together the two worlds of the Voudon Gnostic inspired points-chauds empowerments with the degrees of the Rites of Memphis & Misraïm in an innovative and unique system. In a single tome +PALAMAS has provided an introduction to the movement and practice of Free Illuminism and revealed an operative and spiritist ritual monitor and guide for working all 97 degrees.

$35 / £27

Degrees of Wisdom: A Compendium of Rituals from the Rites of Memphis and Misraïm (Paperback)

The Egyptian Rites of Memphis-Misraïm represent a fascinating yet often overlooked dimension of Western esoteric and Masonic traditions. This volume presents a carefully prepared English translation of rare French ritual texts, offering insights into a system that integrates Hermetic, Neoplatonic, and Kabbalistic influences within a unique initiatic framework.

$55.50 / £42

Degrees of Wisdom: A Compendium of Rituals from the Rites of Memphis and Misraïm (Hardcover)

The Egyptian Rites of Memphis-Misraïm represent a fascinating yet often overlooked dimension of Western esoteric and Masonic traditions. This volume presents a carefully prepared English translation of rare French ritual texts, offering insights into a system that integrates Hermetic, Neoplatonic, and Kabbalistic influences within a unique initiatic framework. 

$75 / £57

Masonic Orthodoxy: Followed by Occult Masonry and Hermetic Initiation by J.-M. Ragon

This classic tome on Masonic history and doctrine is available in English for the first time since its publication in 1853. This important work is often referenced by Masonic historians. Indeed, most English-speaking Masonic enthusiasts are familiar with the name of Ragon, but very few have read his principal work. Every student of Masonic and para-Masonic organizations will want this volume on their shelves.

$45 / £34

Treatise on the Reintegration of Beings by Martinès de Pasqually

This is the principal work of the founder of the Élus Coens. Written by Pasqually cir. 1772 for private dissemination among his "emulators," this work was only published in full over 125 years after his death. This peculiar biblical exegesis has both fascinated and frustrated students and researchers for years, because of Pasqually's often poor mastery of the French language (which seems not to have been his native tongue) and his unique jargon. It is strongly recommended that the student of this work procure also the work of Le Forestier, as it is of invaluable aid in the deciphering of Pasqually's doctrine.

$27 / £21

Occultist Freemasonry in the 18th Century and the Order of Élus Coens by René Le Forestier

This classic tome is considered by many to be the definitive analysis of one of the most mysterious and enigmatic, yet one of the most influential orders of esoteric Freemasonry. Le Forestier carefully examines the doctrine, rituals, and history of this theurgical order par excellence of the 18th century. This will be of particular interest not only to every student of Martinism, but also to the students of the early development of the so-called Scottish degrees in France.

$50 / £38

Glimpses of Masonic History by C. W. Leadbeater 

This restored edition presents the text in its complete, unabridged form for the first time in decades. Editions published since the 1980s under titles such as Ancient Mystic Rites or Freemasonry and Its Ancient Mystic Rites removed passages and omitted many of the original plates. Here, all textual excisions have been reinstated and every plate faithfully reproduced, returning the work to the form in which Leadbeater originally issued it.

$20 / £15

Martinès de Pasqually: His life, his magical practices, his work, his disciples by Papus

This seminal work by Papus looks at the life and teachings of the founder of the Élus Coens through examinations of the personal correspondence of the master with his disciples, whom he calls "emulators." This volume makes an excellent companion to the work of Le Forestier, containing much of the source material upon which the latter relies. Papus includes as an appendix some of the catechisms of the Élus Coens, which further elucidate Pasqually's doctrine of reintegration.

$20 / £15.50

What a Master Mason Ought to Know by Papus

This classic tome is considered by many to be the definitive analysis of one of the most mysterious and enigmatic, yet one of the most influential orders of esoteric Freemasonry. Le Forestier carefully examines the doctrine, rituals, and history of this theurgical order par excellence of the 18th century. This will be of particular interest not only to every student of Martinism, but also to the students of the early development of the so-called Scottish degrees in France.

$13.50 / £10.50

Studies in Esotericism

A treasury of diverse paths into the arcane and the eternal.

Exegesis of the Soul: Three Treatises on the Nature, Origin, & Destiny of the Human Soul
by Papus

This special compilation collects three previously untranslated works by Papus: - The Human Soul Before Birth and After Death (1898) is a fascinating exegesis on the Amélineau translation of the Pistis Sophia. - How Is the Human Being Constituted? (1900) offers a thorough summary of the constituent parts of the human being: body, soul, and spirit, examining the unique function of each and how they work together to form a cohesive whole. - What Becomes of Our Dead (1914), written in the midst of the horrors of the First World War, makes a contemplative analysis of the faculties and evolution of the human soul.

$13.50 / £10.50

The Little Religions of Paris
by Jules Bois

In The Little Religions of Paris French author, journalist, and playwright Jules Bois briefly examines some of the lesser-known religious sects percolating in the environs of fin-de-siècle Paris. Originally published in 1894, this work surveys such movements as the Theosophists, the Buddhists, the Swedenborgians, and of course the Gnostics. Even included herein are the Humanist cult of sociology pioneer Auguste Comte, and the later-discredited Palladian conspiracy of Leo Taxil, as well as several other interesting groups. This small volume provides an important snapshot of religious thought in the belle époque.

$13.50 / £10.50

Satan's Secret Pylon
by Reginald Freeman

In this provocative and meticulously documented monograph, Reginald Freeman-former Executive Director of the Friary / Ordo Sacrae Flammae-offers a bold exposé of the hidden doctrinal architecture underpinning the Apostolic Johannite Church (AJC). Drawing upon firsthand experience, archival evidence, and comparative analysis, Freeman contends that the inner teachings of the AJC and its initiatic counterpart, the Friary, are deeply rooted in Setian and left-hand path philosophy, despite public denials by its leadership. The work begins with a personal preamble, addressing recent controversies and affirming the author's commitment to transparency and accountability. From there, Freeman systematically dismantles official narratives, juxtaposing AJC statements with organizational documents and initiatic teachings that mirror those of the Temple of Set. Through side-by-side comparisons of by-laws, ritual structures, and philosophical texts, the book reveals a striking continuity between the AJC's inner order and Setian metaphysics.

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$6.66 / £6.66 (PB)
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What Is Occultism? by Papus

Papus, in his customary succinct yet erudite style, introduces the reader to the major tenets of traditional occultism. A remarkable amount of information is packed into this little work. With chapter headings such as: Theory, Metaphysics, Logic, Moral, Aesthetics, Theodicy, Sociology, etc. This work touches upon all of the fundamentals of occult thought, including traditional history, practical occultism, and social reform. The novice will find this to be a particularly useful guide while navigating his or her studies. There is much to be found here that is normally only introduced within the traditional initiatic fraternities and societies.

$13.50 / £10.50

The Arcane Schools by John Yarker

This hardbound edition of Yarker's classic opus is not merely another facsimile edition. It has been completely reformatted, yet retains a look and feel that is comparable to the original 1909 edition, right down to the blue cloth binding and gold stamped spine. From Alchemy to Zoroaster, and everything in between, The Arcane Schools continues to be one of the most comprehensive and authoritative works concerning the history and migration of the Western Mystery Tradition. Students of Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, and Theosophy will find this to be an indispensable addition to their collection.

$31 / £24

The Philosopher's Stone: Irrefutable Proofs of its Existence by Papus

Papus, a towering figure in the French occult revival, draws upon the writings of Helvetius, Van Helmont, and Bérigard of Pisa, among others, to present a compelling case for transmutation and the unity of matter. With characteristic clarity and conviction, he explores the Stone's role as a "medicine of the three kingdoms"-mineral, vegetable, and animal-and its enduring presence in Hermetic traditions, Freemasonry, and sacred architecture.

$7 / £5.50

Esoteric Fiction

Brother of the Third Degree

by Will L. Garver

In the shadowed halls of mystic brotherhoods and ancient wisdom, Brother of the Third Degree unravels a tale of spiritual awakening, forbidden knowledge, and hidden power. When Alphonso Colono-ambitious, skeptical, and scientifically trained-is drawn into a secretive occult order, he enters a world where the veil between the material and the spiritual is thin, and initiation comes at a steep cost. Set against the political turmoil of 19th-century Europe, Garver's esoteric novel bridges science and mysticism, charting Alphonso's journey from intellectual arrogance to inner illumination. As he ascends through the mysteries of the First, Second, and Third Degrees, Alphonso confronts astral phenomena, karmic debts, and moral trials that challenge his identity and allegiance. At once a spiritual adventure, a veiled autobiography, and a philosophical manifesto, this classic of Theosophical fiction offers readers a vivid tapestry of esoteric symbolism and transformative vision. For seekers of hidden wisdom and lovers of metaphysical fiction, Brother of the Third Degree opens a portal to a world where the soul's quest transcends time-and where the highest initiation is self-mastery.

$25 / £20

The Buried Light

A novel by René Maret and Aldous Vane

Helena Arendt is a scholar without an institution. Expelled from the academy for pursuing a manuscript tradition her colleagues found inadvisable and her supervisors found alarming, she has spent three years working alone in the after-hours margins of a Boston library, assembling a grammar for something that predates every language she knows. When a package arrives at the reference desk - anonymous, addressed to her specifically, containing a reproduction she has never seen and a call number for a book she will have to find herself - the isolation ends. What follows takes her from Boston to Chicago to Frankfurt to the south of France, through rooms that have been waiting for her arrival and conversations with people who have known she was coming longer than she has. Her grandfather worked on the same material a generation before her. Whatever stopped him has been watching her since she began. The Buried Light is a novel about the kind of knowledge that institutions suppress not because it is false but because it is dangerous to the right people; about a woman who inherits a work she did not choose and chooses it anyway; about what it costs to complete what the dead could not finish, and what it is worth.

$25 / £20

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PALAMAS
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PALAMAS (1973-present) is the author of SYZYZGY: Reflections on the Monastery of the Seven Rays, SPIRIT BUILDERS: A Free Illuminist Approach to the Antient & Primitive Rites of Memphis+Misraïm, COALESCENCE: Esoteric and Philosophical Musings of a Gyrovague, ENKRATEIA: The Essence of Spirit Building, LUX OCCULTA: The Theology and Ritual of a Spiritist Chapter of Martinism & Martinèsism, SYMPATHEIA: A Liturgical Guide to Esoteric Stoicism, and The HOMEROMANTEION: A Literary & Philosophical Oracle for Stoics. An Art Teacher by vocation with a Masters in English & Creative Non-Fiction, PALAMAS lives a quiet, philosophical life with his family in the mountains of Northwest Georgia.

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Tau Phosphoros Amazon Author Page

Tau Phosphoros, Archbishop and Patriarch of the Apostolic Church of the Pleroma, is the author of The Apostolic Church of the Pleroma Clergy Handbook, ACP Lectionary for Mass, The Pleromic Light Unveiled, Lucifer Resurrexit: A Gnostic Doctrine of the Christo-Luciferian Current, and co-author of Light Beyond Shadows: A Collection of Gnostic Homilies from the Apostolic Church of the Pleroma. He is also the translator of several works by Abbé Julio, Fabre des Essarts, Jean Bricaud, J.-M. Ragon, Claude-Antoine Thory, Papus, René Le Forestier, Alice Joly and others.

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Apostolic Church of the Pleroma

Rooted in the rich heritage of the French Gnostic Tradition, our community is dedicated to exploring the depths of ancient wisdom while integrating contemporary scholarship, particularly in the study of the Nag Hammadi texts. Each aspect of our practice is designed to foster a deeper understanding of Gnostic teachings, harmonizing them with the principles of Hermetic and Qabalistic gnosis that have shaped the Western Mystery Tradition.

The mission of the Apostolic Church of the Pleroma is to cultivate spiritual growth and foster a deeper connection to the divine through the exploration of Gnostic teachings. We aim to provide a welcoming space for individuals seeking to enrich their understanding of spirituality, offering resources that bridge ancient wisdom with modern insights. Our commitment to education and community encourages each member to embark on their unique spiritual journey, illuminating their path with knowledge and grace.

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Ordo Luciferis Resurgentis

The Ordo Luciferis Resurgentis is a Gnostic initiatory order working within the Christo-Luciferian current: the recognition that the name Lucifer belongs, authentically and primarily, to Christ: the bright Morning Star of 2 Peter 1:19, the Light-Bearer who is the Logos, the light that shines in the darkness and is not overcome by it.

The Order welcomes those who come from Christian Gnostic backgrounds, from the Western esoteric tradition in its various currents (Martinism, esoteric Freemasonry, the broader ceremonial tradition) and from serious independent study of the Gnostic texts. It does not require prior initiatic affiliation, but it does require genuine intellectual and spiritual seriousness.