Author:
Collis, Robert, author.
ImprintNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Descriptionxii, 255 pages ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction -- In the Beginning was the (Holy) Word: The Foundation of the Initiatic Society and its early years in Berlin, Rheinsberg and Podolia,1779-1784 -- In Search of Guidance: Grabianka, Swedenborgians and the Prophecies of Samuel Best in London, 1785-1786 -- The Era of the Seven Brothers in Avignon, 1783-1790 -- A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing? The Rise and Fall of Ottavio Cappelli in Rome, 1789-1800 -- Trials, Tribulations and Transformation: The Illumines d'Avignon in Revolutionary France, 1791-1802 -- Light from the North: The New Israel Society Revived in the Russian Empire, 1802-1807 -- The Legacy of the New Israel Society: The Pleshcheeva Circle, 1807-1830s -- The Prophetess Madame Bouche and the Triune of Emperor Alexander, A. N. Golitsyn and R. A. Koshelev, 1810-1822 -- Conclusion.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.
Note:This work is devoted to the Avignon Society, which ranks as one of the most remarkable and influential initiatic societies in Europe between 1779 and 1807. Influenced by the burgeoning strand of illuminist high-degree freemasonry, the Avignon Society, nevertheless, developed a unique culture that incorporated strands of Western esotericism within a millenarian framework.
