Comte de Gabalis is a 17th-century French text by the Abbé Nicolas-Pierre-Henri de Montfaucon de Villars. Its title character, the Comte de Gabalis, is an esotericist who explains the secret mysteries of the world to the narrator across a series of dialogues. It first appeared anonymously in Paris in 1670 under the full title Le comte de Gabalis, ou entretiens sur les sciences secrètes, though the author's identity later became known.
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Comte de Gabalis is a 17th-century French text by Abbé Nicolas-Pierre-Henri de Montfaucon de Villars (1635-1673).
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Comte de Gabalis is a 17th-century French text by Abbé Nicolas-Pierre-Henri de Montfaucon de Villars (1635-1673). The titular "Comte de Gabalis" ("Count of Cabala") is an esotericist who explains the mysteries of the world to the author. It first appeared in Paris in 1670, anonymously, though the identity of the author came to be known.
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In recent times it has been considered by some to have been intended as a satire of occult philosophy
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His eloquence in the pulpit won him numerous admirers, but he grew more interested in literature than in clerical affairs, and in 1670 he published his first and most important book, Comte du Gabalis.
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