The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy 9780300190144

This fascinating book explores the evolution of religious dualism, the doctrine that man and cosmos are constant battleg

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The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy
 9780300190144

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Chapter one. The Bridge of the Separator
Chapter two. The Time of Mixture
Chapter three. The Thread of the Great Heresy
Chapter four. The Dualist Communion
Chapter five. The Crusade Against Dualism
Chapter six. Legends, Parables and ‚Secret Myths‘
Christ-Michael and Samael-Satan
The Good God, the God of Evil and the Divine Feminine
Bethlehem and Capernaum
Epilogue: The War of Labels
Abbreviations
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

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