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Pierre Fournie's Treatise (1)

Created on: 2024-10-18
What We Have Been, What We Are And What We Will Become

Pierre Fournié wrote his treatise What We Have Been, What We Are, And What We Will Become between 1775 and 1801. It was published in England and French in 1801, and was intended to be the first of two treatises dealing with his metaphysical system. The second volume was never published, although a manuscript may have been written. This is the first English translation of this critical work.

One discovers just how erudite Fourie's ability to explain symbology is. His treatise has many autobiographical references, and he remarks that the key to his clairvoyance lay in the experiences he underwent with Pasqually's Élus Coëns, which did not cease after the Order's disbandment. He continued to ‘meet' Pasqually, his late parents, a deceased sister and another being whom he says was not human (neither was it male or female). These visitations sometimes occurred daily and continued for the rest of the Abbé's life. Fournié tells us that he had visions of Christ on three occasions: before, during and after the crucifixion. Swedenborg's writings on vitality influenced him. Suppose you consider the Swedenborgian layering of reality, which is very similar and reminiscent of the seven spheres in the above diagram. In that case, we can see how Fournié would or could begin to understand his perception of the spirit world before him.
This rare treatise is a seminal part of any collection. With a detailed introduction about the Abbé's life and the influences on his thinking, the book includes a Preface by the Great Sovereign of the Ordre des Chevaliers Maçons Élus Coëns de l'Univers, O.O.E.C.

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