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Initiating the millennium : the Avignon society and illuminism in Europe /

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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 in...

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Main Authors: Collis, Robert (Author), Bayer, Natalie (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]
Series:Oxford studies in Western esotericism.
Subjects:
Avignon Society.
Secret societies > France > Avignon > History.
Freemasonry > France > Avignon > History.
Occultism > France > History.
Sociétés secrètes > France > Avignon > Histoire.
Franc-maçonnerie > France > Avignon > Histoire.
Occultisme > France > Histoire.
Freemasonry
Occultism
Secret societies
France
France > Avignon
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 255 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190903381
0190903384
9780190903404
0190903406
9780190903398
0190903392