The very first translation into English of the notes and lectures written between 1774 and 1776 of Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, Jean-Baptiste Willermoz, and Jean-Jacques Du Roy d'Hauterive. The collection contains exegesis on the teachings given to the group by Martinez (Martinès) de Pasqually.
The book also includes translations of many of Pasqually's letters. This is an essential volume for anyone interested in the early Masonic movement in France and the Élus Coëns in particular.
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"It is clear the translator knows his stuff ... and his translation style gives evidence of his general command of French, and the fact that, like some less worthy recent translations, it came from a thinking mind and not a computer ... M.R. Osborne exhibits a strong ability to translate rather than simply transliterate, and the prose flows in a pleasantly readable style."
Piers Vaughan, Primate of the Apostolic Church of the Golden and Rosy Cross
The Lessons of Lyons
Founded in 1754 by the enigmatic Martinez (Martinès) de Pasqually, the Order of Knight-Masons Elect Priests of the Universe (or Élus Coën) left an indelible impression on French Freemasonry and worldwide Martinism.
Pasqually's Élus Coëns worked tirelessly to restore man's inner divinity and eventual reintegration with God. The fraternity practised a system of white magic (theurgy) aimed at recovering humanity's original spiritual memory.
Composed by Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, Jean-Baptiste Willermoz and Jean-Jacques Du Roy d'Hauterive, The Lessons of Lyons (sometimes called "A Course in Martinism during the 18th Century") is a contemporary commentary on the instructions given by Pasqually, reproduced here in English for the first time. Also contained in this edition are several of Pasqually's surviving letters.
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"I highly recommend this book to all those interested in early French Masonry, esoteric currents and a singular path of theurgic praxis which drew so heavily on the earlier European currents"
Piers A. Vaughan, Primate of the Apostolic Church of the Golden and Rosy Cross
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