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In writing about the Cathars the author is not dealing with the misfortunes of an obscure sect persecuted out of existence seven centuries ago.
Catharism was the mediaeval expression of one of the oldest and most influential philosophies known to man. When the Inquisition was organised to subdue the great heresy it was concerned with the represson of something infinitely more radical than the Reformation in its potential capacity to transform and transcend the life of European man.
Catharism is, in its implications, amazingly contemporary. Those who regard it as ascetic and impossibly unworldly have missed its significance. A large proportion of advanced and creative contemporary thought is indubitably Cathar. The current and increasing interest in the esoteric is strongly impregnated with Catharism.
The author devotes the first fourteen chapters of his book to the history and beliefs of Catharism.
ISBN:9780852072714
