QADOSH: THE JOHANNITE TRADITION ~~ Titles

1. Preliminary Notes.

2. Overview.

3. Historical Background.

4. The Mythos.

5. Chronology and Eschatology.

6. Festivals and Priesthood.

7. Influences on the West.

8. Recapitulation and Conclusion.

9. Readings.

10. Documentary Sources / Bibliography.

11. Online Documentation.

The Pure Brethren of Basra: Sufi, Isma'ili, Yezidi.

1. Overview ~~ The Arab World.

2. The Adherents of the Hidden Dimension ~~ The Batiniyya of Abdallah ibn Maimun.

3. The Carmathians.

-- Timeline Chart: Survival of the Johannite Gnosis in Islamic Secret Sects.

4. The Fatimites.

-- Map: Yezidi Sites.

5. The Peacock Angel Cult.

Part One | Part Two

6. The Brethren of Purity.

7. The Wise Men of Damcar.

8. Concluding Remarks.

The City of Sin.

1. Preliminary Remarks.

2. Ancient Harran.

3. The Sabians of Harran -- General Information.

4. The Sabians of Harran -- Historical Details.

5. Readings in the Authentic Tradition ~~ relating to this subject matter.

[Page links to a .pdf file with the Readings materials. [qadosh46.zip]

6. Concluding Remarks.

7. Sources.

CONCLUSION TO SECTION TWO.

PART THREE: THE SONS OF THE SERPENT TRIBE.

THE SONS OF THE SERPENT TRIBE.

a. The Serpent Cult: Preliminary Estimate.

b. The Nergals from Cutha.

c. Notes on Transmission of these Doctrines / Sects / Schools.

--- appendix Map of Transmission.

d. Ophiolatreia.

e. Comments.

f. Origins of Serpent Gods.

g. A Message from "Count Welldone™".

h. The Dionysian Artificers.

i. The Devil's Throne.

j. Le Serpent Rouge.

j. The Ophites.

k. TimeLine Charts.

l. Readings in the Serpent Cult, the Ophites, the Naassenes, from various sources collected by us. Page links to a zip archive containing an Acrobat file.

m. The Knight of the Brazen Serpent.

n. The relevance of the Serpent Tribe mythos to today / Recapitulation.

THE OLD BATTLE-AXE.

1. The Knight of the Royal Axe, or Prince Libanus (22° AASR): The Degree and its Legend.

2. The Old Battle-Axe.

3. The Cedar Mountain.

4. The Druzes -- Historical Background.

5. The Druzes -- Doctrines in Brief.

6. Concluding Remarks.

CONCLUSION TO SECTION THREE.

INTERLUDE: Knight of the East and West (17° AASR)

PART FOUR: ORMUS AND THE GRAIL CHALICE.

OVERVIEW

THE PREMISE.

THE BRETHREN OF THE ROSE+CROIX OF GOLD AND THE DISCIPLES OF MEMPHIS

1.THE ROSE CROIX OF GOLD

a.Preliminary Remarks

THE TRACK OF HISTORY

b.The story presented by "Lady Queensborough" in Occult Theocrasy

c.MacKenzie's Chart and the Degrees of the 1777 Rite

d.The Story from Nesta Webster

e.TimeLine materials I

f.Readings

g.Sources

h.Recapitulation/Conclusions for this segment.

2.THE PHILADELPHIAN SOCIETY AND FRENCH QUIETISTS.

Overview

Fénelon/Ramsay and the Principal Quietists

What is Quietism?

THE TRACK OF HISTORY

Connections to the Rose+Croix, to Freemasonry, to the Authentic Tradition.

Recapitulation

Readings

Sources

3. THE PHILADELPHES AND THE DISCIPLES OF MEMPHIS.

Overview

TimeLine and Grades

The Legends - Overview.

The Legends - Ramsay, Pasqually.

The Legends - Tschoudy.

The Legends - Memphis.

Historical Factors Behind the Rite of Memphis: The Mission to Egypt

Historical Narratives from the Encyclopaedias and other texts.

Amis Rèunis.

Philalethes.

Savalette de Langes.

Scots Philosophic Rite.

Philadelphes.

Primitive Rite of Narbonne.

The Early Primitive Rite.

The Disciples of Memphis.

The Antient and Primitive Rite / Rite of Memphis.

Conclusions.

READINGS: MEMPHIS.

4.WHO IS ORMUS?

THE THEBAID BRETHREN: A SOLID CLUE.

5. MARK AND THE YOUNG MAN IN THE TOMB

The Deep Things of SATAN

READINGS: Carpocrates, Carpocratians, Epiphanes

HONEY AND PEPPERS: Syrian Gnosis

1. Overview.

2. Honey and Peppers.

3. READINGS Segment: Epiphanius on the Gnostics. (Our loosely-rendered version of Layton's translation, btw.)

4. Comments.

About Allegro and the controversy surrounding his research.

Allegro's thesis in a nutshell.

Comments upon the Love Feast.

5. The Track of History.

6. Conclusions.

THE GRAIL CHALICE::::PURITY OF ESSENCE

1. Precautionary Notice

2. Overview.

3. The Mythos.

4. Early Roots.

5. The Track of History.

6. Connections to the Material.

7. Conclusions.

THE GRAIL CHALICE::::WHAT IS THE SECRET OF THE GRAIL?

1. Preliminary.

2. An Illustration.

3. The Grail as an Artifact.

4. The Grail as a Bloodline.

5. The Grail's Real Lineage of Transmission.

6. The Grail as Technology.

7. Concluding Remarks.

THE GRAIL CHALICE::::READINGS IN THE AUTHENTIC TRADITION.

ADDITIONAL REMARKS AND CONCLUSION TO PART FOUR.

PART FIVE: LA VOIE LACTÉE

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

Acknowledgments

Author's Foreword

1. INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

Brief Statement of this Introduction
How I got interested in this subject
What we are about to reveal…

RECAP OF THE STORY SO FAR

THE PROBLEM

THE THESIS OF THIS WORK

2. THE JOHANNITE LEGEND OF THE TEMPLARS, Remixed

3. PREVIOUS TRAVELLERS / RESEARCHERS -- Ancient World through the 18th Century.

Interlude: A Short Section on the Prince of Bees and other relevant material.

4. A Summary of our research on the early history of this sect.

5. THE WAY OF THE STARS / CONCLUSION TO PART FIVE.

STILL TO COME:

CONCLUSION TO BOOK TWO.

In this WORK as a whole, Volume One is entitled

THE BRETHREN OF THE GIFT.

Book One is entitled "The Legacy of the GIFT"; this is done;

Book Two is entitled "Qadosh: The Johannite Tradition"; this is mostly done;

and Book Three is entitled "Rose-Croix: the GIFT "; this is partly done.

Volume Two is the TIMELINE. Some of this is done.

Volume Three is the READINGS. Some of this also, is done.

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