Contents

Foreword ... vii I Apparent and Hidden Meaning ... 1 II The "Fede Santa" ... 7 III Masonic and Hermetic Parallels ... 13 IV Dante and Rosicrucianism ... 25 V Extra-Terrestrial Journeys in Different Traditions ... 33 VI The Three Worlds ... 41 VII The Symbolic Numbers ... 47 VIII The Cosmic Cycles ... 57 IX The Error of Systematic Interpretations ... 69 The Works of René Guénon ... 71

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