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Auteur(s) : Collis, Robert (19..-.... ; historien)
Bayer, Natalie
Titre(s) : Initiating the Millennium [Texte imprimé] : the Avignon society and illuminism in Europe / Robert Collis, Natalie Bayer
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University Press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii-255 p.) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism
Lien à la collection : Oxford studies in Western esotericism
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 235-239. Index
"In Initiating the Millennium, Robert Collis and Natalie Bayer fill a substantial
lacuna in the study of an initiatic society-known variously as the Illumines d'Avignon,
the Avignon Society, the New Israel Society, and the Union-that flourished across
Europe between 1779 and 1807. Based on hitherto neglected archival material, this
study provides a wealth of fresh insights into a group that included members of various
Christian confessions from countries spanning the length and breadth of the Continent.
The founding members of this society forged a unique group that incorporated distinct
strands of Western esotericism (particularly alchemy and arithmancy) within an all-pervading
millenarian worldview. Collis and Bayer demonstrate that the doctrine of premillennialism-belief
in the imminent advent of Christ's reign on Earth-soon came to constitute the raison
d'etre of the society. Using a chronological approach, the authors chart the machinations
of the leading figures of the society (most notably the Polish gentleman Tadeusz Grabianka).
They also examine the way in which the group reacted to and was impacted by the tumultuous
events that rocked Europe during its twenty-eight years of existence. The result is
a new understanding of the vital role played by the so-called Union within the wider
millenarian and illuministic milieu at the close of the eighteenth century and beginning
of the nineteenth century."
Sujet(s) : Pernety, Antoine-Joseph (1716-1796)
Illuminisme -- Europe -- 18e siècle
Franc-maçonnerie -- Europe -- 18e siècle
Illuminés d'Avignon -- Histoire
Indice(s) Dewey :
366.109 409033 (23e éd.) = Franc-maçonnerie - Europe - 1700-1799
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780190903374 (rel.). - ISBN 0190903376 (rel.)
EAN 9780190903374
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46542406n
Notice n° :
FRBNF46542406
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