Pierre Fournié - What We Have Been, What We Are And What We Will Become

A Martinist Treatise on Reconciliation, Regeneration and Reintegration from the Eighteenth CenturyDigital Cloth Cover with Dustjacket.Pierre Fournié (1738-1825) wrote his treatise titled 'What We Have Been, What We Are, And What We Will Become' between 1774 - 1801. It is translated here into English and in its entirety for the very first time.The Abbé's work focuses on the core Martinist doctrine of reconciliation, regeneration, and reintegration expounded by the original Élus Coëns of Martinez de Pasqually. This is an incomparable record of one of the leading lights of eighteenth-century French esotericism.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.Volume 4 in The Élus Coëns Collection