CHAPTER I

FABULOUS SOURCES

The Book of Enoch concerning the Fall of the Angels—Meaning of the Legend—The Book of the Penitence of Adam—The Personality of Enoch—The Apocalypse of St. Methodius—Children of Seth and of Cain—Rationale of occultism—Error of Rousseau—Traditions of Jewry—The glory of Christianity—The _Sepher Yetzirah_, _Zohar_ and _Apocalypse_—Opening of the Zohar 39

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