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The Lost Teachings of the Cathars

Author : Andrew Phillip Smith
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1780288042
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Teachings of the Cathars written by Andrew Phillip Smith and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deep-dive into the history, culture, and legacy of the medieval Christian dualist movement, Catharism—as seen in popular novels by Dan Brown and Kate Mosse Centuries after the brutal slaughter of the Cathars by papally endorsed Northern French forces, and their suppression by the Inquisition, the medieval Cathars continue to exert a powerful influence on both popular culture and spiritual seekers. Yet few people know anything of the beliefs of the Cathars beyond vague notions that they believed in reincarnation, were vegetarians, were somehow Gnostic, and had some relation to Mary Magdalene. The Lost Teachings of the Cathars explores the history of this Christian dualist movement between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries, offering a sympathetic yet critical examination of its beliefs and practices. In addition to investigating the Cathars’ origin, their relationship to Gnosticism, and their possible survival of the Inquisition, author Andrew Philip Smith also addresses theories and figures from the Cathars’ recent past. Eccentric esotericists initiated a neo-Cathar revival in the Languedoc which inspired the philosopher Simone Weil. The German Otto Rahn—the real-life Indiana Jones—believed that the Cathars were protectors of the Holy Grail and received support from Heinrich Himmler. Meanwhile, English psychiatrist Arthur Guirdham became convinced that he and a circle of patients had all been Cathars in previous lives. Tourists flock to the Languedoc to visit Cathar country. Bestsellers such as Kate Mosse’ timeslip novel Labyrinth continue to fascinate readers. But what did the Cathars really believe and practice?

The Lost Teachings of the Cathars

Author : Andrew Philip Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781525231148
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book The Lost Teachings of the Cathars written by Andrew Philip Smith and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Phillip Smith is editor of The Gnostic and the author of several books on Gnosticism, esotericism and early Christianity, including the first ever dictionary of Gnosticism. He has also written for New Dawn, Fortean Times and the Guardian

Montségur and the Mystery of the Cathars

Author : Jean Markale
Publisher : Inner Traditions
ISBN 13 : 9780892810901
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Montségur and the Mystery of the Cathars written by Jean Markale and published by Inner Traditions. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history and philosophy of the mysterious Cathar religion and its lost treasure • Demonstrates that Catharism is not simply a heretical Christian cult as it is often portrayed • Examines the evidence for the existence of a lost Cathar treasure and its possible connection to the Holy Grail On March 16, 1244, over 200 Cathars were captured in their fortress stronghold of Montségur and were burned alive by troops of the Inquisition. While some Cathar enclaves survived into the next century, this was the death blow to a religion that had been a powerful symbol of Occitain sovereignty against the designs of the French monarchy and the papacy. History has recorded that four high-ranking Cathar perfecti carried a great treasure out of Montségur the night before its fall, a fact that led rebel Huguenots of the 17th century and members of Hitler’s S.S. to believe that an enormous treasure or weapon of awesome spiritual power lay hidden somewhere nearby the ruins of the former Cathar stronghold. Seeking to untangle the true from the false, Celtic and medieval scholar Jean Markale meticulously searches through the obscure history of the Cathars, tracing their roots back to the ancient Zoroastrian religion of Persia. He examines what earned the Cathars--who practiced vegetarianism, non-violence, and tolerance--the ruthless persecution of both the Church and the state. He explores their doctrine, their place in medieval Occitain culture, and their secret pact with the Knights Templar. Most important, he uses all available documentation to reveal the nature of the treasure the Cathars spirited away from their fortress at Montségur the night before its surrender to French troops.

The Cathars and Reincarnation

Author : DR ARTHUR. GUIRDHAM
Publisher : C.W. Daniel Company, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781846045486
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (454 download)

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Download or read book The Cathars and Reincarnation written by DR ARTHUR. GUIRDHAM and published by C.W. Daniel Company, Limited. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Factual record of a woman who remembers her life in the 13th century.

The Cathars

Author : Malcolm Barber
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317890388
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book The Cathars written by Malcolm Barber and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cathars are one of the most famous heretical movements of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. They infiltrated the highest ranks of society and posed a major threat not only to the Catholic Church but also to secular authorities as well. The movement was finally smashed by the crusade and the inquisitional proceedings that followed. This new study is the first comprehensive history of the Cathars. It addresses major topics in medieval history including heresy, orthodoxy and the Crusades as well as providing a history of the social and political history of Languedoc and the rise of the Capetian dynasty. A fascinating study of the development of radical religious belief and its violent suppression.

Cathars

Author : Sean Martin
Publisher : Oldacastle Books
ISBN 13 : 184243568X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Cathars written by Sean Martin and published by Oldacastle Books. This book was released on 2012-02-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catharism was the most successful heresy of the Middle Ages. Flourishing principally in the Languedoc and Italy, the Cathars taught that the world is evil and must be transcended through a simple life of prayer, work, fasting, and non-violence. They believed themselves to be the heirs of the true heritage of Christianity going back to apostolic times, and completely rejected the Catholic Church and all its trappings, regarding it as the Church of Satan. Cathar services and ceremonies, by contrast, were held in fields, barns, and in people's homes. Finding support from the nobility in the fractious political situation in southern France, the Cathars also found widespread popularity among peasants and artisans. And, unlike the Church, the Cathars respected women; they played a major role in the movement. Alarmed at the success of Catharism, the Church founded the Inquisition and launched the Albigensian Crusade to exterminate the heresy. While previous Crusades had been directed against Muslims in the Middle East, the Albigensian Crusade was the first Crusade to be directed against fellow Christians, and was also the first European genocide. With the fall of the Cathar fortress of Montségur in 1244, Catharism was largely obliterated, although the faith survived into the early fourteenth century. Today, the mystique surrounding the Cathars is as strong as ever, and Sean Martin recounts their story and the myths associated with them in this lively and gripping book.

The Friar of Carcassonne

Author : Stephen O'Shea
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802778011
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book The Friar of Carcassonne written by Stephen O'Shea and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1300, the French region of Languedoc had been cowed under the authority of both Rome and France since Pope Innocent III 's Albigensian Crusade nearly a century earlier. That crusade almost wiped out the Cathars, a group of heretical Christians whose beliefs threatened the authority of the Catholic Church. But decades of harrowing repression-enforced by the ruthless Pope Boniface VIII , the Machiavellian French King Philip the Fair of France, and the pitiless grand inquisitor of Toulouse, Bernard Gui (the villain in The Name of the Rose)-had bred resentment. In the city of Carcassonne, anger at the abuses of the Inquisition reached a boiling point and a great orator and fearless rebel emerged to unite the resistance among Cathar and Catholic alike. The people rose up, led by the charismatic Franciscan friar Bernard Délicieux and for a time reclaimed control of their lives and communities. Having written the acclaimed chronicle of the Cathars The Perfect Heresy , Stephen O'Shea returns to the medieval world to chronicle a rare and remarkable story of personal courage and principle standing up to power, amidst the last vestiges of the endlessly fascinating Cathar world. Praise for The Perfect Heresy : "At once a cautionary tale about the corruption of temporal power...and an accounting of the power of faith ...It is also just a darn good read."-Baltimore Sun "An accessible, readable history with lessons ...that were not learned by broad humanity until it saw 20th-century tyrants applying the goals and methods of the Inquisition on a universal scale."-New York Times

The Fire and the Light

Author : Glen Craney
Publisher : Brigids Fire Press
ISBN 13 : 9780981648477
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (484 download)

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Download or read book The Fire and the Light written by Glen Craney and published by Brigids Fire Press. This book was released on 2008-09 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esclarmonde de Foix, a young noblewoman in southern France, joins the Cathars, a radical sect of Christians, who accept her as their high priestess as they defend their faith against Pope Innocent III's persecution.

The Cathars

Author : Malcolm D. Lambert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Cathars written by Malcolm D. Lambert and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Massacre at Montségur

Author : Zoé Oldenbourg
Publisher : Phoenix
ISBN 13 : 9780753802021
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Massacre at Montségur written by Zoé Oldenbourg and published by Phoenix. This book was released on 1998-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1208 Pope Innocent III called for a Crusade against a country of fellow- Christians. The new enemy was Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse, one of the greatest princes in Western Christendom, premier baron of all the territories in southern France. So began the Albigensian Crusade, which was to culminate in 1244 with the massacre of Cathars at the mountain fortress of Montsegur.

Montaillou

Author : Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141977868
Total Pages : 581 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Montaillou written by Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The village of Montaillou was the last stronghold of the cult of Catharism in medieval France. Under the Inquisition of Bishop Fournier members of this sect were persecuted and some burnt at the stake, and the interrogations about the way they lived were chronicled in a Register. From this document Ladurie has reconstructed an intruging account of everyday peasant life in a medieval village. Montaillou gives us a unique glimpse into how people really lived 700 years ago: from their homes and the food they ate to their body language and attitudes to sex. EMMANUEL LE ROY LADURIE was born in 1929. He has had a distinguished career, serving as Administrateur Général of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (1987-94); member of the Institute (Academy of Moral and Political Sciences). He is a professor at the Collège de France and chair of the department of the History of Modern Civilization. 'Fascinating ... a Chaucerian gallery of vivid medieval persons' Hugh Trevor-Roper, Sunday Times 'It is so good, so human that, as at the end of a great novel, one is sorry to leave the endearing company of the Clergue brothers, of the smiling Pierre Maury, of the generous Béatrice, the saintly Authié brothers, the rascally Bélibaste' Richard Cobb, New Statesman 'Sheer brilliance in the use of a unique document to reconstruct in fascinating detail a previously totally unknown world, the mental, emotional, sexual life of late thirteenth-century peasants in a remote Pyrenean village' Lawrence Stone, New York Review of Books

The Cathar View

Author : Dave Patrick
Publisher : View
ISBN 13 : 9781905398287
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book The Cathar View written by Dave Patrick and published by View. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 20 visionary contributors on the continuing mystery of the Cathars

The Spiritual Roots of the Tarot

Author : Russell A. Sturgess
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1644110571
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (441 download)

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Download or read book The Spiritual Roots of the Tarot written by Russell A. Sturgess and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the path to enlightenment and inner peace encoded by the Cathar in the Major Arcana of the Marseille Tarot • Reveals how the secret wisdom teachings of the heretical Cathar sect were hidden in plain sight in the imagery of the Major Arcana of the Marseille Tarot deck • Decodes each of the cards in detail and shows how they offer clear instructions for recalibrating human consciousness and achieving enlightenment • Shares the author’s self-development program, based on the wisdom of the cards, for creating a lifestyle filled with peace, joy, good health, and meaning The Holy Grail has been discovered. Not a cup or chalice as myth leads us to believe, the Holy Grail is sacred knowledge of the path to enlightenment and inner peace. While author Russell Sturgess was conducting research on the Marseille Tarot, he found evidence that this tarot deck, while masquerading as a simple card game, held the teachings of an ancient heretical religious group from southern France, the Cathar, believed to be the keepers of the Holy Grail. To avoid persecution by the papacy, this sect used portable art like illuminations to convey their Gnostic Christian teachings, in the same way the stained glass windows of churches spoke to their congregations. This portable Cathar art then inspired the creation of the Tarot. After his breakthrough discovery of a hidden key on the Magician and Strength cards, Sturgess examined the Major Arcana cards further and used the key to unlock their symbolism, discovering clear instructions for recalibrating human consciousness and achieving enlightenment, with specific cards representing pivotal points in making the journey from ignorance to awareness. Decoding the cards in detail, the author shows how they reveal a journey of transformed consciousness that can result in finding what the Cathar called “the kingdom of heaven.” Calling this sacred knowledge “the Cathar Code,” Sturgess reveals his personal development program based on the Code that opens access to a meaningful lifestyle filled with peace and joy and that naturally fosters health and well-being. He shows how these teachings offer a clear path that transforms a life burdened by fear of failure, rejection, and scarcity into one with clarity of purpose, self-honoring, kindness, and the abundance that comes with making a fulfilling difference in the world.

The Yellow Cross

Author : René Weis
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0140276696
Total Pages : 557 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Yellow Cross written by René Weis and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2001-08-02 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work aims to reconstruct one of the most vividly documented fragments of medieval life concerning the late Cathar community in south-west France. Following the inquisition of the 1240s in which 10,000 Cathars were burned at the stake, it seemed this early heretical movement had been fully quashed. Fifty years later however, a revival was started, centred around the small town of Montaillou and led by the charismatic Authies brothers. It would be another 30 years before Rome finally stamped out the movement.

The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

Author : M. D. Costen
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719043321
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book The Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade written by M. D. Costen and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-15 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling introduction to the war against the heretics of Languedoc launched in 1209, combined with a description of the political, economic, religious and social conditions of south-western France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Michael Costen shows why the Cathar heresy came to flourish and how the campaign against it developed into a programme of conquest by which an alliance of church and state finally destroyed the heresy and united the region with the newly expanding French kingdom.

Crusade Against the Grail

Author : Otto Rahn
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1594777217
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Crusade Against the Grail written by Otto Rahn and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-09-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English translation of the book that reveals the Cathar stronghold at Montségur to be the repository of the Holy Grail • Presents the history of the Papal persecution of the Cathars that lies hidden in the medieval epic Parzival and in the poetry of the troubadours • Provides new insights into the life and death of this gifted and controversial author Crusade Against the Grail is the daring book that popularized the legend of the Cathars and the Holy Grail. The first edition appeared in Germany in 1933 and drew upon Rahn’s account of his explorations of the Pyrenean caves where the heretical Cathar sect sought refuge during the 13th century. Over the years the book has been translated into many languages and exerted a large influence on such authors as Trevor Ravenscroft and Jean-Michel Angebert, but it has never appeared in English until now. Much as German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann used Homer’s Iliad to locate ancient Troy, Rahn believed that Wolfram von Eschenbach’s medieval epic Parzival held the keys to the mysteries of the Cathars and the secret location of the Holy Grail. Rahn saw Parzival not as a work of fiction, but as a historical account of the Cathars and the Knights Templar and their guardianship of the Grail, a “stone from the stars.” The Crusade that the Vatican led against the Cathars became a war pitting Roma (Rome) against Amor (love), in which the Church triumphed with flame and sword over the pure faith of the Cathars.

The Secret Legacy of Jesus

Author : Jeffrey J. Bütz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 159477921X
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book The Secret Legacy of Jesus written by Jeffrey J. Bütz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how the true teachings of Jesus were passed down through the centuries and shaped the vision of the Founding Fathers • Reveals for the first time the hidden link that connects James the Brother, Islam, the Cathars, the Knights Templar, and Freemasonry • Shows how the Founding Fathers used these teachings enshrined in Masonic principles to build a new nation With the success of Paul’s desire to impose his vision for the Church, the true teachings of Jesus--as preserved by his family and disciples--were forced into hiding. This clandestine movement was evidenced by such early groups as the Nazarenes, Ebionites, and Elkesaites but is generally thought to have died out when the Church of Paul branded these groups as heretics. However, despite the ongoing persecution by the Roman Catholic orthodoxy, this underground Jewish strain of Christianity was able to survive and resist incorporation into its more powerful rival. Jeffrey Bütz, author of The Brother of Jesus and the Lost Teachings of Christianity, reveals for the first time the hidden theological link that connects James the Brother of Jesus and the Ebionites with the religion of Islam, the Cathars, the Knights Templar, and Freemasonry. In The Secret Legacy of Jesus, Bütz demonstrates how this centuries-old underground stream of Christ’s original teachings remained alive and how it surfaced again in Colonial America, where the Founding Fathers used Masonic principles rooted in Jewish Christian teachings to establish what they believed would be a “New Jerusalem.” With the rise of a fundamentalist Christianity, this potent spiritual vision was lost, but Bütz contends it can be recovered and used to bring about the reconciliation of Christians, Jews, and Muslims throughout the world.