Explores the unified science-religion of early humanity and the
impact of Hermetic philosophy on religion and spirituality *
Investigates the Jewish and Egyptian origins of Josephus's famous
story that Seth's descendants inscribed knowledge on two pillars to
save it from global catastrophe * Reveals how this original
knowledge has influenced civilization through Hermetic, Gnostic,
Kabbalistic, Masonic, Hindu, and Islamic mystical knowledge *
Examines how "Enoch's Pillars" relate to the origins of
Hermeticism, Freemasonry, Newtonian science, William Blake, and
Theosophy Esoteric tradition has long maintained that at the dawn
of human civilization there existed a unified science-religion, a
spiritual grasp of the universe and our place in it. The biblical
Enoch--also known as Hermes Trismegistus, Thoth, or Idris--was seen
as the guardian of this sacred knowledge, which was inscribed on
pillars known as Enoch's or Seth's pillars. Examining the idea of
the lost pillars of pure knowledge, the sacred science behind
Hermetic philosophy, Tobias Churton investigates the controversial
Jewish and Egyptian origins of Josephus's famous story that Seth's
descendants inscribed knowledge on two pillars to save it from
global catastrophe. He traces the fragments of this sacred
knowledge as it descended through the ages into initiated circles,
influencing civilization through Hermetic, Gnostic, Kabbalistic,
Masonic, Hindu, and Islamic mystical knowledge. He follows the path
of the pillars' fragments through Egyptian alchemy and the Gnostic
Sethites, the Kabbalah, and medieval mystic Ramon Llull. He
explores the arrival of the Hermetic manuscripts in Renaissance
Florence, the philosophy of Copernicus, Pico della Mirandola,
Giordano Bruno, and the origins of Freemasonry, including the
"revival" of Enoch in Masonry's Scottish Rite. He reveals the
centrality of primal knowledge to Isaac Newton, William Stukeley,
John Dee, and William Blake, resurfacing as the tradition of
Martinism, Theosophy, and Thelema. Churton also unravels what
Josephus meant when he asserted one Sethite pillar still stood in
the "Seiriadic" land: land of Sirius worshippers. Showing how the
lost pillars stand as a twenty-first century symbol for reattaining
our heritage, Churton ultimately reveals how the esoteric strands
of all religions unite in a gnosis that could offer a basis for
reuniting religion and science.
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