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"Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century France gave rise to a unique current of esoteric Christianity. Philosophical, mystical, and initiatory streamsâNeoplatonism, Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Christian Kabbalah, and a revived Gnostic liturgyâall converged around a single principle: rĂ©intĂ©gration, the return of all beings to Divine Unity in the Logos.
This book follows that current through MartinĂšs de Pasqually's theurgy, Saint-Martin's interior path, LĂ©vi's symbolic synthesis, Papus's initiatory system, and Doinel's visionary Gnostic Eucharist, revealing how a genuine "Christian non-duality" took shape in lodges, journals, and churches. More than a historical curiosity, the French tradition offers a rigorous account of unityâone that resonates with Buddhism, VedÄnta, and Taoism while remaining unmistakably Christian."...>>
"Most spiritual searching begins with a simple assumption: that something essential is missing. But what if the one doing the searching is itself the illusion?
Most people assume there is a separate individual at the centre of experience â a thinker of thoughts, a chooser of actions, a controller of life. From childhood onward, we are taught to protect, improve, and fulfil this identity. But what if the "self" we believe we are is nothing more than a story created by thought?
In The Illusion of Me, Terrence Stephens invites the reader into a direct and uncompromising investigation of the nature of identity, awareness, and experience. Rather than offering spiritual beliefs, techniques, or philosophies ...>>
