The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal: Book IX: The Argument BOOK IX SECRET TRADITION IN CHRISTIAN TIMES THE ARGUMENT I. PRELIMINARY TO THE WHOLE SUBJECT.--The atmosphere of the Middle Ages--After what manner the subsurface meanings in Graal books suggest the possibility of other concealments in literature about the same period--Mediæval mystic thought--Independent schools--The purpose of the present consideration--The assumption of a Secret Tradition--A question which arises there from--Multiplicity of traditions--A distinction between occult and mystic schools. II. SOME ALLEGED SECRET SCHOOLS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.--Albigensian sects and the misconceptions concerning them--Foolish attempt to connect them with the literature of the Holy Graal--The test question of Eucharistic doctrine in heresies--The Eucharist among the Manichæans--Albigenses from a Protestant standpoint--Various forms of the heresy--Persecution of all and sundry--The crusade under Innocent III.--Documentary evidence concerning points of Albigensian belief--The hostile evidence--On either assumption the Albigenses offer nothing to our purpose--The doctrine of transubstantiation--The speculations of Aroux--And those of the elder Rossetti--The argument from the Divine Comedy--Confusions on the subject of the Graal--Thesis concerning chivalry--An analogy from another controversy--General conclusion on the subject. III. THE LATIN LITERATURE OF ALCHEMY AND THE HERMETIC SECRET IN THE LIGHT OF THE EUCHARISTIC MYSTERY.--Development of two concurrent // More from Sub Rosa[8 texts]See all >Brother of the Third DegreeCode of the IlluminatiIn the Pronaos of the Temple of WisdomProofs of a ConspiracySecret Societies of the Middle AgesThe Comte de St. GermainThe History of the Knights TemplarsThe Real History of the Rosicrucians// Related TextsUntitled1K wordsChristian Texts2K wordsEarth Mysteries1K wordsSub Rosa887 wordsChurch FathersHidden Treasures of the Ancient QabalahThe Hidden Church of the Holy Graal: Book IX: The Argument | DeepTome | DeepTome
