Mystery Schools → Gnosticism → Cathar Transmission (1500 BCE - 1300 CE)
The 2,800-Year Bridge
Eleusinian Mysteries: best-documented ancient mystery school. Kykeon psychoactive compound (Wasson/Ruck/Hofmann).
Also in The Antinomian Chain
Canaanite Substrate (1800-600 BCE)Archaeological Foundation — The Antinomian PrincipRenaissance Hermeticism → John Dee → FreemasonryOccultism Operationalized as Statecraft (1463-1717Freemasonry Decoded — Organizational Technology, Not Puppet MasterThe Craft as Sociophysical Inflexible Minority (17Sabbatai Zevi (1626-1676)The First AntinomianJacob Frank (1726-1791)Purification Through TransgressionAdam Weishaupt (1776)Illuminati — Organizational TechnologyLéo Taxil (1884-1897)The Forgery Payoff — Proof of ConceptGiuseppe MazziniRevolutionary Internationalism