The Cathars and Reincarnation: The Record of a Past Life in 13th Century France (A Quest Book)

214 Pages·11.002 MB·English

by  Arthur Guirdham

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Arthur Guirdham
This publication made possible with the
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looks The Theosophical Publishing House
Wheaton, Ill. / Madras, India / London, England
Theology Library
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© Copyright 1970 by Arthur Guirdham
All rights reserved.
First Quest edition, 1978, published by the
Theosophical Publishing House, a department of the
Theosophical Society in America.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Guirdham, Arthur.
The Cathars and reincarnation.
(A Quest book)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index,
1. Reincarnation — Case studies. I. Title,
BLS515.G8 1978 133.9 77-17012
ISBN 0-8356-0506-X
Printed in the United States of America
To My Wife

FOREWORD
It is impossible to mention all those to whom I am indebted in the
production of this book. In writing it I had to assume the, for me,
unusual réle of a research student in history. I could not have
acquired all the information I needed without help from others.
I am chiefly indebted to Professor René Nelli, formerly professor
of mediaeval studies at the University of Toulouse, and to Mon-
sieur Jean Duvernoy. In letters and encounters over five years
Professor Nelli has rendered me inestimable service in verifying
the statements made by Mrs. Smith in her dreams and revelations.
Contact with him also stimulated me to increase my knowledge of,
and insight into, the aims and philosophy of Catharism.
I owe a tremendous debt to Monsieur Jean Duvernoy whose
works, along with those of Professor Nelli, are enumerated in the
bibliography. Monsieur Duvernoy has never failed to supply me
with valuable information, particularly with regard to the close-
knit relationship between the families involved in my story. In
the late Summer of 1969 when I visited the Languedoc, Monsieur
Duvernoy not only read this book to exclude the possibility of
historical errors but also gave up the best part of three days to
increasing my education.
Mademoiselle Josette Lamé and Ash Hanson were immensely and
productively helpful in commenting on the mediaeval songs recorded
by Mrs. Smith.
I am also grateful to Miss Madge Lovell, who typed this book,
for her repeat performance of the perpetual miracle of reading my
handwriting, to my wife for typing intricate insertions and footnotes,
to Brenda Smith and Quentin Guirdham for their scrutiny of the
finished product, to Mr. Ian Macdonald and the Reverend K. B.
Flenley for translating the depositions in Latin, and to Peter Pagan
and the staff of the Bath Libraries for their amazing persistence and
conscientiousness in obtaining, from all manner of sources, the books
I required for my researches.
I do not need to say that I am indebted to Mrs. Smith for the
remarkable and copious raw material with which she supplied me.
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