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 Boris Mouravieff 
 
GNOSIS
 
BOOK TWO
 
The Mesoteric Cycle
 
STUDY AND COMMENTARIES
 
ON THE ESOTERIC TRADITION
 
OF EASTERN ORTHODOXY
 
Translated by S. A.
Wissa,
 
 Mmtek d'Onciesi and Robin Amis,and (dittd by Robin Amis.
 
PRAXIS INSTITUTE PRESS
 
 
Praxis Institute Press,
 
275 High Road, Newbury,
 
 MA 01951, USA "
 
and 
 
China Hill, Brigbtting Road,
 
 Robertsbridge, East Sussex,
 
TN32 5EH, UK 
 Printed in Great Britain byBPCC Whearons Ltd., ExeterCover design by Lance Hidy, typesettingand drawings by Martin Gordon.We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of a supporting team of translators and editorsincluding S and L.K., D.A.B.L., T.N., S.\X'.and L.G.A., and contributions towardsproduction costs by D.A.B.L. and others.
AND HE SA1TH UNTO ME, SEAL NOT THE SAYINGS OFTHE PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK: FOR THE TIME IS ATHAND. HE THAT IS UNJUST, LET HIM BE UNJUST STILL:AND HE THAT IS FILTHY, LET HIM BE FILTHY STILL: ANDHE THAT IS RIGHTEOUS, LET HIM BE RIGHTEOUS STILL:AND HE THAT IS HOLY LET HIM BE HOLY STILL
 
AND, BEHOLD, I COME QUICKLY; AND MY REWARD IS
 
WITH ME. TO GIVE EVERY MAN ACCORDING AS HIS
 
WORK SHALL BE.
 
I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END,THE FIRST AND THE LAST.
 
I JESUS HAVE SENT MINE ANGEL TO TESTIFY UNTO
 
YOU THESE THINGS IN THE CHURCHES. I AM THE
 
ROOT AND THE OFFSPRING OF DAVID, AND THE
 
BRIGHT AND MORNING STAR.
 
AND THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE' SAY, COME. AND LET
 
HIM THAT HEARETH SAY, COME. AND LET HIM THAT
 
IS ATH1RST COME. AND WHOSOEVER WILL, LET HIM
 
TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY.
 Original text © L. MouravierT and heir 1992Translation © Praxis Research Institute 1992No parr of this book may be reproduced in any formwithout permission from the publisher, except forthe quotation of brief passages in criticism.First published in French byles Editions du Vieux Colombier,collection La Colombe, Paris, 1961,then by les Editions de La Baconniere,Neuchatel, Switzerland, 1972English edition first published 1992(Revelation xxii: 10-17)British Library Catsloguing-in-Publication Data: Acatalogue record for this book is available from theBritish LibrarvLibrary of Congress catalogue card number:91-226573ISBN 1-872292-U-9
1. In the Greek text: fiiju^f; in Slavonic: HEBECTA (fiincee); in the Vulgate:
spoma.
 
 
CONTENTS
 PUBLISHER'S INTRODUCTIONRelation to the Church
 
xiiiRelation to the Fourth Way
 
xivEsotericism is just inner science
 
xviEDITOR'S NOTESThe question of translation
 
xixWords in question
 
xxPREFACE
 
xxiiiAUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION
 
xxv
FIRST PART:
MAN
 CHAPTER I
 
3Plan of the mesoteric studies in Volume II of 
Gnosis.
The meaning of theevolution
of organic life on Earth.
Its growth and its development. The notes LA,SOL and FA of the
lateral octave:
Man and the Fauna and Flora. The process of creation follows, in the most general sense, a descending scale. Threeconsecutive stages. Process of creation of a human prototype. The formation of the lower intellectual centre. The problem of Man goes incommensurablybeyond his immediate interests here below and even in the hereafter.CHAPTERn
 
15The place occupied by the human being in the context of 
organic life.
The unityof 
organic life
expressed by a common factor — respiration. Connections of 
organic life
with the sun and the moon. Growth and development of man inrelation to fauna and flora; quantitative and qualitative aspects of the energyrequired by the
transmission station
to meet cosmic needs. The necessity forman to modify his attitude towards the higher planes of Love.CHAPTER III
 
27Manifestations of Love, the noumenal basis of the Macrocos-mos. Mechanismsand forms through which the Earth transmits solar energy to its satellite. Processof development of the Ray of creation so as to vivify this satellite, by therefinement of 
organic life on Earth.
The role of man in these transformations. Tomake the MI of the lateral octave
of 00

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