Philosophical and Interpretive Course on the Initiations, Ancient and Modern (Hardcover)

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Triad Press, 2026

1946814288 / 9781946814289

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Hardcover. 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. Nine discourses conduct the reader from the symbolic degrees of Blue Masonry - Apprentice, Companion, Master - through the chapteral degrees of Red Masonry - the Elu, the Ecossais, the Knight of the East, the Rose-Croix - and on to the philosophical degrees of the Scottish Rite, culminating in the Knight Kadosh, which Ragon presents as the crown and philosophical completion of the entire initiatic system. Along the way, the author provides comprehensive interpretations of each degree's symbols, words, and ritual actions; a vast excursus on Pythagorean numerology and its Masonic applications; detailed histories of the reformers of Masonry including Swedenborg, Martines de Pasqually, and Weishaupt; a penetrating parallel between Masonic governance and the institutions of revolutionary France; and a frank and often ironic institutional critique of the Grand Orient and the uses - and abuses - to which Masonry was put by the successive political regimes of his era. 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 siecle - Eliphas Levi, 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. This translation - by the translator of Ragon's Masonic Orthodoxy: Followed by Occult Masonry and Hermetic Initiation (Triad Press, 2023) - is complete and unabridged, including all footnotes and sub-notes, and is accompanied by a scholarly introduction placing the work in its biographical and historical context and a glossary of French rite terminology. The first complete English translation of Ragon's masterwork: nine discourses interpreting the degrees of Freemasonry through the ancient mysteries, Pythagorean philosophy, and solar symbolism - from Blue Masonry to the Knight Kadosh. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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Titolo
Philosophical and Interpretive Course on the Initiations, Ancient and Modern (Hardcover)
Autore
Jean-Marie Ragon
Editore
Triad Press
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
Condizione
new
Rilegatura
Hardcover
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
1946814288
ISBN 13
9781946814289

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