The hidden tradition in Europe

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The hidden tradition in Europe

Yuri Stoyanov

Arkana , Penguin Books, 1994

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The secret history of medieval Christian heresy

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-[241]) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The main esoteric "schools" of religious and mystical theory and practice in Europe between the turn of the era and the Middle Ages are gnosticism, merkabah and catharism. Stoyanov shows how these and other threads of European mysticism are in fact a single stream. The unifying factor is the Bogomils. This underrated and understudied sect - the name means "grace of God" - was introduced into Bulgaria by 3 shadowy figures, flourished there for 4 centuries, and then spread throughout Europe.

Table of Contents

  • CHAPTER ONE - The Dualist Reformation: Two Principles
  • Twin Spirits
  • Spirit and Flesh
  • Creator and Destroyer
  • The Father of Light and Darkness
  • The 'Anointed' and the 'King of Babylon'
  • Creator and Accuser
  • The Prince of Light and the Angel of Darkness. CHAPTER TWO Syncretism and Orthodoxy: Three Empires
  • Syncretism in the East
  • Mithras the Mediator
  • Michael and Samael
  • Demiurge and Redeemer
  • The Throne and the Altar
  • The Prophet of Babylon
  • The Father of Greatness and the Prince of Darkness
  • The Diffusion of the 'Religion of Light'
  • Successors in Byzantium. CHAPTER THREE - The Rise of the Great Heresy: From the Steppes to the Balk
  • Kans and Emperors
  • Paganism, Heresy and Christianity
  • Rome, Constantinople and Theprice
  • The Anniversary of Zoroaster
  • The Descent of the 'Manichaean Darkness'
  • The Riddle of Bogomil Beginnings
  • The Time of Troubles
  • The Heresy in Anatolia
  • The Three Principles of the Thracian Euchites
  • The Crusades of Alexius Comnenus
  • Trials in Constantinople
  • Manuel Comnenus and Stefan Nemanja. CHAPTER FOUR - The Dualist Communion: Heresy in the West
  • The Rise of Catharism
  • Catharism in Languedoc
  • The Council at St-Felix and the Dualist Churches
  • The Schism. CHAPTER FIVE - The Crusade Against Dualism: Councils and Crusades
  • Suppression and Resistance
  • The Fall of Montsegur
  • Rome and the Balkan Heresy
  • The Decline of Catharism
  • The Antipope
  • The Bosnian Church and Ecclesia Sclavoniae
  • The Hesychast Mystics and the Bogomils
  • Heresy and Politics in Bosnia
  • The Fate of Balkan Dualism. CHAPTER SIX - The Dualist Legends: Christ-Michael and Samael-Satan
  • The Good God and the God of Evil
  • Bethlehem and Capernaum.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA2344675X
  • ISBN
    • 0140193197
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    [London],Harmondsworth, Middlesex
  • Pages/Volumes
    xviii, 308 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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