Contents of Gnosis #6

	#6: Secret Societies
	"At present, books are widely available which contain the lion's share of the secret teachings that one is likely to come upon in most secret societies. Yet the lack of interest most people have in penetrating into inner realities assures that these teachings remain unperceived - and therefore 'secret'." - Jay Kinney, from the introduction


	Contents		Winter 1987-'88
	1 Editorial 2 News and Letter 3 Forum Our readers and contributors discuss politics and the spiritual quest. 6 Introduction: Human Rites and Hidden Assets by Jay Kinney 8 The Templar Tradition: Yesterday and Today by Gaetan Delaforge A short history of the Knights Templar and a look at the ideals of their spiritual heirs. 14 The Rosicrucian Dream by Christopher McIntosh The relevance and influence of Christian Rosenkreutz today. 18 The Mountain of the Philosophers by Adam McLean A Rosicrucian emlem interpreted. 20 The GNOSIS Interview: Gwenc'hlan Le Scouezec by Sophie Moore The Great Druid of Brittany discusses contemporary Druidism. 24 Freemasonry and the Hermetic Tradition by R.A. Gilbert What links, if any, are there between Freemasonry and esoteric teachings? 28 The Craft Meets the Craft by Chas Clifton Talking with male witches who are also masons. 30 The Priory of Sion by Robert Anton Wilson What hath Holy Blood, Holy Grail wrought? A close look at the bizarre world of the ultimate secret society. 40 The Hermetic Secret of Sir Walter Raleigh by David Fideler Unveiling Raleigh's kabbalistic interests and " the School of Night." 43 The Invocation of the Black Sun by Tim O'Neill What happens when performance art, post-industrial music, and ritual magic meet? 68 Book Reviews The Murdered Magicians: The Templars and their Myth by Peter Partner Dashwood - The Man and The Myth: The Life and Times of the Hell-Fire Club's Founder by Eric Towers The Grail Seeker's Companion by John Matthews and Marian Green All Rites Reversed?!: Ritual Technology for Self-Initiation by Antero Alli The Invisible Temple: The Nature and Use of the Group Mind by Peter Roche de Coppens Against the Protestant Gnostics by Philip J. Lee Jung's Challenge to Contemporary Religion edited by Murray Stein and Robert L. Moore C.G. Jung and the Archetypes of the Collective Unconscious by Robin Robertson The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library compiled and translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie Classical Mediterranian Spirituality edited by A.H. Armstrong Everyman Today Call Rome by Charles A. Coulombe Spiritual Revolution by Kyle and Kerry Griffith Thomas Merton on Mysticism by Raymond Bailey The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind by Garth Fowden

#6: Secret Societies

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