The Order of Melchisedek

About this book

Melchizedek is a brief and elusive figure in the Bible. Enoch Penn turns that ancient name into the foundation of an initiatory brotherhood, with spiritual training arranged through four degrees.

The Order of Melchisedek was associated with claims of guidance from advanced beings and with demanding ideas about personal discipline, including sexual restraint. These doctrines belong to Penn's movement and cannot establish a continuous historical priesthood. The structure is revealing: entry into the order is made to seem both a spiritual privilege and a programme of change with explicit requirements for the candidate.