Table Of ContentGNOSIS
Boris Mouravieff
Boris Mouravieff
GNOSIS
BOOK THREE
The Esoteric Cycle
STUDY AND COMMENTARIES
ON THE ESOTERIC TRADITION
OF EASTERN ORTHODOXY
Transloted from the French by Maneck d'Oncien
wilh the belp of L. and §. Witkin,
and edised by Robin Amis.
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First published in French by
les Editions du Vieux Colombier,
collection La Colombe, Paris, 1965,
then by les Editions de La Baconniére,
Neuchitel, Switzerland, 1972
English edition first published 1993
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ISBN 1-872292-12-7
JESUS SAID TO THE SADDUCEES: YE DO ERR,
NOT KNOWING THE SCRIPTURES,
NORTHE POWER QF GOD/
(Marthew xxii: 29; Mark xii: 24.)
CONTENTS
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PUBLISHER’S INTRODUCTION
AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION xvii
FIRST PART: THE WAY
CHAPTER 1 3
The question of the organization of human society. Fraternity, Equality,
Liberty. The role which could be played by the international Organization
of the United Nations, as a result of introducing a bicameral system. The
problem of the new man. Prophets, the artisans of the New Order ...
CHAPTER II 13
The main consequences of the energy revolution. The need to develop
international co-operation. The process of technical progress acts on the
plane of civilization as that of consciousness works itself out on the plane of
culture. The flowering of national cultures is necessary before a universal
cuiture can be attained in the framework ofa wortld civilization,
CHAPTER III 19
Alexander the Great, founder of the Hellenistic world, called to become a
container for the word of Christ. The conception of the substitution
formula in the event of a refusal by the chosen pcople. Alexander
regarded as a saint. Peter the Great and his Reform. The esoteric mean-
ing of his work. The renaissance of Russia began that of the peoples
forming the Hellenistic perimeter. The esoteric meaning of his death.
CHAPTER 1V
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The problem of peace on a planetary scale. The primitive role of the
geopolitical grouping defined by the Hellenistic perimeter, the grouping
called on to become the cradle of the Era of the Holy Spirit. Its position in
relation to other geopolitical groupings and their relations to .
CHAPTER V 41
Problems that the population explosion of China poses for the world, The
present historical situation with a projection into the future, examined
form the esotericangle, of relations between Eastand West. The constants
of history, Meaning of the conquest of Russia by the Tartars and of the
East by the Turks. The renaissance of Greece.
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CHAPTER VI
Efforts necessary during the end of the Time of Transition to allow the
coming of the Era of the Holy spirit. The two streams of Jewish thought,
the Pharisees and Sadducees at the time of the preaching of Jesus. Points
they have in common with streams of thought we can observe in our own
civilization. Theirimporttance from the point of view of the new era. The
dogmatic materialist is obsolcte. In our time the viewpoints of Pharisee,
Sadducee and Essene must converge.
CHAPTER VII 59
The esotericism of our time has become a public concern. The meaning of
the task of Eastern Orthodoxy within the Hellenistic perimeter. The two
Decalogues. The esoteric tradition of Moses transmitted to David. Since
Solomon, the pcople of Isracl have been split by dualism. Birth ofa double
tradition: the tradition of David (based on the Absclure II), and the
tradition of Solomon, (based on the Absolute I11).
SECOND PART: THE TRUTH
CHAPTER VIII 77
The circle as symbol of eternity. The esoteric meaning of
‘Symbol’. Traditional division of the circumference into three hundred
and sixty degrees. The reason why of this division. In addition to the
circle, the two other figures at the basis of the Tradition are the Circle and
the Square.
CHAPTER IX 83
The circle, symbol of Eternity, and of Zero. From Zero develops the
system of symbols of the second order which gave birth to the sacred
alphabets. The passage from geometric concepts to algebraic con-
cepts. Geometrical consciousness. The Triangle, symbol of the
principle of Being. The inscribed Square. Diagram of the Circle with
inscribed Triangle and Square. Its first meaning...
CHAPTER X 87
The diagram of the three fundamental clements which form the human
being. System of twenty-two polygons inscribed in the Circle. The Pen-
tagon, the Hlexagon, the Octagon. Inscribed in the circle with the Triangle
and the Square, these three figures reflect the structure of the Universe.
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CHAPTER XI
The Octogram, the Hexagram and the Pentagram as reflections of the
structure of the three cosmic octaves. Means of access to understanding of
these symbols. The methed is divided into two elements: the sequence in
which the figures are placed in the diagrams, and the Table of twenty-two
Major Numbers. The figures of the Pentagram, Hexagram and
Octogram. The table of the twenty-two Major Numbers and their mean-
ings.
CHAPTER 1X 97
The distinction between the modern meaning of the symbol and its esoteric
meaning. To undersrand esoteric symbols demands a tension of the will,
and is achieved in stages. This work is based on faith. Transformation of
being following partial revelations. Initiation into the mystery of
Knowledge (Connaissance). Study of the Pentagram. Numbered schemas
of the Hexagram and Octogram. The study of these three schemas
demands the use of thoughr in *harmony’. These three cosmic symbols
are the keys of Gnosis: they form a kind of general map containing an
objective classification of ideas.
CHAPTER XIII 103
The properties of the major numbers on which the whole structure of
creation depends. The method of studying these properties based on the
three fundamental elements: the Circle, the Law of Three and the Law of
Seven. This last is completed by a divine double artifice: the curving of
time and the filling of the intervals in the Great Octave. The ten auton-
omous elements of that Octave. Propetties of the Major Numbers XII1
and VII, esoteric symbols of the two great relative mechanisms of life.
CHAPTER XIV 107
Two humanities: the pre-adamics and the adamics. Study of major
Numbers XIII and VI1. Graphic representation of these num-
bers. XTI and nutrition. Creation of the two humanities and the
corresponding two enneagrams. Enneagram ‘B’ isa universal instrument
for working which allows the solution of any problem, in being or in
action. Examination of this enneagramas it applies to the transmutation of
hydrogens. The practice of courtly love allows transmuration beyond SI
12. The couple of polar beings and the androgynous consciousness. The
two voluneary shocks.
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