From Crypt to Pronaos

About this book

Before entering a temple, the novice must pass through its entrance chamber. From Crypt to Pronaos uses that architectural journey to describe the first approaches to esoteric study.

The anonymous author writes in the idiom of initiation, turning rooms, thresholds and stages of training into images of inward development. Discipline, secrecy and the search for knowledge are treated as linked responsibilities. The exact rites are less important to the argument than a recurring idea: the seeker must change before the mysteries can be understood. The temple provides a physical setting for that demand.