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Who Was Swami Sevananda? Léo Costet de Mascheville

Contents — 18 chapters
  1. The Mascheville Lineage — Martinism in South America
  2. Jehel, GIDEE, and the founding of La Iniciación
  3. Suddha Dharma and the name Sevananda
  4. AMO-PAX Monastery, Resende (1953)
  5. The Expectant Church succession and death (1970)
  6. Sri Sevananda (Leo Alvares Costet de Mascheville): Architect of GIDEE and Custodian of the Cedaior Transmission
  7. The Seminary Crisis and Spiritual Reorientation (circa 1913)
  8. Assumption of First Mystical Name: Krimi
  9. The Marriage to Jeanne: Love, Sacrifice, and Spiritual Commitment
  10. PART V: SUDDHA DHARMA MANDALAM AND SRI SEVANANDA (1941–1970)
  11. PART VI: IGREJA EXPECTANTE AND PATRIARCHAL SUCCESSION (194
  12. The Final Transition (November 6, 1970)
  13. Succession and Contemporary Igreja Expectante
  14. Core Philosophical Principles
  15. Brazilian Integral Yoga Movement
  16. Martinist Networks in South America
  17. Appendix B: Key Publications and Archives
  18. Appendix C: Glossary of Key Terms

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Belle-Époque occult revival (Papus, L'Initiation, 1888)Fin-de-siècle French esotericism · late 19th c. CEgrounded in · high confidence
Martinez de PasquallyMartinism / Élus Coëns · c. 1727–1774 CEgrounded in · high confidence
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Pseudo-Dionysius the AreopagiteChristian apophatic theology · late 5th–early 6th c. CEderives-motif-from · asserted
“Guide us to that topmost height of mystic lore which exceedeth light and more than exceedeth knowledge, where the simple, absolute, and unchangeable mysteries of heavenly Truth lie hidden in the dazzling obscurity of the secret Silence.”
— The Mystical Theology, ch. 1, trans. C. E. Rolt (1920)
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