PROOFREADING!!! This book was published in France in 1841 and is presented in bilingual format (English side-by-side with the Original French). One hour after this book originally went on sale to the public (on February 13th, 1841) all remaining copies were confiscated and the Author was arrested. On May 11th, 1841 lÕAbbŽ Constant was sentenced to 8 months in prison and a 300 franc fine.
It is a very interesting perspective from a former catholic priest and future occultist. It is clearly a Gnostic view of Christianity and the Catholic teachings from an insider's perspective.
The final chapter of the book discusses the benefits of pure love between man & woman and summarizes Levi's doctrine of Gnostic Christianity as "Love... this is the whole of the law of the Lord, and God himself is but love!"
The Editor's Appendix includes a story about the life of l'AbbŽ Constant including quotes from articles in which he renounced parts of this book.