The Cathars (also known as Cathari from the Greek Katharoi for “pure ones”) were a dualist medieval religious sect of Southern France which flourished in the 12th century and challenged the authority of the Catholic Church. https://www.worldhistory.org/Cathars/ #History #AlbigensianCrusade #Cathars #Christianity

Eleanor of Aquitaine (l. https://www.worldhistory.org/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine/ #History #Cathars #CourtlyLove #EleanorofAquitaine

The medieval Church established its monopoly over the spiritual life of Europeans in the Early Middle Ages (c. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1414/six-great-heresies-of-the-middle-ages/ #History #AlbigensianCrusade #Cathars #Christianity

The Albigensian Crusade (aka Cathars' Crusade, 1209-1229 CE), was the first crusade to specifically target heretic Christians - the Cathars of southern France. Not successful in repressing the heresy, the on-off campaigns over two decades, led by Simon IV de Montfort, did achieve their real purpose: the political annexation of the Languedoc region, eventually bringing it under the control of th...https://www.worldhistory.org/Albigensian_Crusade/ #AlbigensianCrusade #Cathars #Crusades

Prof. M. David Litwa segment on Saturninus of Antioch, his series on #Gnostic, #Platonist, #Pythagorean or #ChristianMystics of antiquity. Saturninus reminds me of the prophet #Mani (#Manichaeanism), also the #Cathars, with an outer circle of normies with a newly acquired faith or belief-system (religion 101) and inner circle of initiates with #vegetarianism being one of the ethical requirements to qualify for #initiation into the #mysteries of #spiritual practice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE4LBiSgqRQ&list=PLQl0BipQXVy436zEJKefujiWraA1FSpKQ&index=6&ab_channel=M.DavidLitwa

Gnostic Vowel Chant, Tones, Overtones, and the AEIOU of the Cathars, by James Bean:
https://sant-mat.medium.com/gnostic-vowel-chant-tones-overtones-and-the-aeiou-of-the-cathars-db33af706c93

#Gnostic #Cathars #OvertoneChant #Chant #Mantras