DR. GERARD ENCAUSSE (1865 1916), also known as Papus, was an influential French occultist who cofounded periodicals L Initiation and Le Voile d Isis (The Veil of Isis) and several occult organisations. MARK ANTHONY MIKITUK (France) previously collaborated with John Michael Greer on a translation of Eliphas Levi s The Doctrine and Ritual of High Magic (TarcherPerigee, 2017). JOHN MICHAEL GREER (Rhode Island) is an initiate in the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, and is the former Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America. www.EcoSophia.net

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• ContentsForeword by John Michael Greer....................................................................................................... xiTranslator's Note by Mark Anthony Mikituk......................................................................................xvIntroduction: The Tri-Unity • Correspondences and Analogy • The Astral............................................... 1PART ONE: THEORYChapter One: The Ancient Science • The Visible Manifestation of the Invisible • Definition of Occult Science.......................................................................................................5Chapter Two: The Method of the Ancient Science • Analogy • The Three Worlds • The Ternary • The Theosophical Operations • The Cyclical Laws...........................................17Chapter Three: Universal Life • The Great Secret of the Sanctuary • The Astral Light (Universal Energy) • Involution and Evolution • Man According to Pythagoras............35PART TWO: REALIZATIONChapter Four: The Expression of Ideas • The Signs • The Origin of Language • Symbolic Stories and Their Interpretation • Hermes’s Emerald Tablet and Its Explanation • The Telesma • Alchemy • Explanation of Hermetic Texts • Qualitative Geometry • Proper Names and Their Utility...............................................................................................51Chapter Five: The Analytical Expression of Ideas • Analogical Tables • Magic • Ten Suggestions from Isis Unveiled by H. P. Blavatsky • Agrippa’s Magical Table of the Quaternary • Astrology • Adaptation of the Ternary.........................................................73Chapter Six: The Integrative Expression of Ideas • The Pentacles • The Serpent and Its Significance • The Method of Explaining the Pentacles • The Cross • The Triangle • The Seal of Solomon • Cagliostro’s Device • (yhvh) • Hermes’s 21st Key • The Three Primitive Languages • The Sphinx and Its Significance • The Pyramids • The Pentagram • The Right-Angle Triangle and the Chinese Book of Tchen- Pey...............................................93PART THREE: ADAPTATIONIntroduction to Part Three..............................................................................................................117Chapter Seven: The Earth and Its Secret History.........................................................................121Chapter Eight: The White Race and the Formation of Its Tradition...........................................141Summary of Chapter Eight.............................................................................................................179Chapter Nine: The Constitution of Man......................................................................................181Chapter Ten: The Astral Plane......................................................................................................205Chapter Eleven: Occult Science and Contemporary Science.......................................................229Appendix I: Explication of the Alchemical Hieroglyph of Notre Dame de Paris by Cambriel..................... 243Appendix II: The Esotericism of the Pater Noster............................................................................... 247Appendix III: How I Became a Mystic: Notes on an Intellectual Autobiography..................................... 257Bibliographical Notes..................................................................................................................... 263Index........................................................................................................................................... 273