The Mysteries of Initiation by Rudolf Steiner Violet MacDermot or the Government of Evil

or the Government of Evil Spirits

was born in Romania and travelled throughout Europe and India in his early years studying religion

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and became one of the most remarkable Hermetic magicians of the 20th centuryIn the 1930s Franz Bardon revealed the Holy Mysteries to the world at large

The Mysteries of Initiation by Rudolf Steiner Violet MacDermot or the Government of EvilIn a concise study, Rudolf Steiner presents an inspirational sketch of the evolution of the Mysteries from ancient Persia through Egypt and Greece, to the Christian era and the present day. He traces the line of initiates from Egyptian divinities Isis and Osiris to Moses, King Arthurs Round Table and the Holy Grail in the twelfth century. Steiner focuses on the process of initiation as a historical topic: how initiation worked in ancient Egypt and in