Alexander Dugin, The Metaphysics of the Gospel: Orthodox Esotericism
(Moscow: Arktogeia, 1996 / 1999 in the volume Absolute Homeland)
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Christian Metaphysics: The Essence of the Problem
Part I: The Metaphysics of Orthodox Dogma
Chapter 2: Three Aspects of the Metaphysical Absolute
Chapter 3: The Apophatic Trinity
Chapter 4: The World of Divine Energies (The Eternal Eve of Creation)
Chapter 5: Between Manifestation and Creation
Chapter 6: “Bereshit bara Elohim”
Chapter 7: The Separation of the Waters
Chapter 8: The Freedom of the Creature and the Choice of Angels
Chapter 9: Paradisal Adam and Fallen Adam
Part II: The Metaphysics of Incarnation
Chapter 10: God Became Flesh (“Neither Jew Nor Hellene”)
Chapter 11: The Evil Demiurge (A First Excursion into Gnostic Doctrines)
Chapter 12: The Freedom of the New Testament
Chapter 13: Salvation and/or Deification
Part III: The Metaphysical Aspect of the Dormition of the Mother of God
Chapter 14: The Head of the Angels
Chapter 15: The Immaculate and Barbelo
Chapter 16: The Virgin Mary and Spiritual Realization
Chapter 17: “He led me to the banquet hall”
Part IV: The Initiatic Meaning of Christian Mysteries
Chapter 18: The Mysteries of the Eastern and Western Churches
Chapter 19: The Protestant Question
Chapter 20: The Meaning of Initiation
Chapter 21: Born Again: The Lesser Mysteries
Chapter 22: The Royal Priesthood: The Greater Mysteries
Chapter 23: The Rank of Melchizedek
Chapter 24: The Eucharist and Liturgy
Chapter 25: The Pneumatic Aspect of Confession
Chapter 26: The Mystery of Marriage: The Soteriological Function of Woman
Chapter 27: The Monastic Path and the Transcendence of Love
Chapter 28: The Seraphim Mystery (Anointment)
Chapter 29: The “Consuming Fire”
Part V: The Christian Year
Chapter 30: The Metaphysics of the Year
Chapter 31: The Great Circle
Chapter 32: Orthodox Time
Chapter 33: The Symbolism of the Cross
Chapter 34: Two Mountains
Chapter 35: The Russian Year and Orthodox Tradition
Chapter 36: The Summer Chariot of Elijah the Prophet
Chapter 37: The Polar Paraskeva-Friday
Chapter 38: The Calendric “Aspiration of Creation”
Part VI: The Symbolism of the Apostolic Rank
Chapter 39: The Three Fences of the Heavenly Church
Chapter 40: The Legacies of Peter and Paul (On the Outer and Inner Church)
Chapter 41: Judea, Israel, and Counter-Initiation
Part VII: Reign and Kingdom
Chapter 42: Saints and Warriors
Chapter 43: The Symphony of Powers
Chapter 44: Theocracy and Tyranny – Judaism and Hellenism
Chapter 45: Byzantium, Katechon, and the Thousand-Year Kingdom
Chapter 47: The Brief Era of the Sovereign Withholder
Chapter 48: “Let Thy Kingdom Come”
Part VIII: Christianity and Eschatology
Chapter 49: The First Times – The End Times
Chapter 50: The Pistis Sophia (A Third Excursion into Gnostic Doctrines)
Chapter 51: “There Shall Be Time No Longer”
Chapter 52: The Eighth Day
Chapter 53: Kenosis and Eschatology
Conclusion: To Become a Son of Thunder
Chapter 54: The Testament of Orthodox Metaphysics
Chapter 55: The Called, the Chosen, and Alienation
Chapter 56: The Trumpet
APPENDICES:
1. The Burning Bush
2. The Dormition of the Mother of God
3. The Order of Elijah
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