De Cressac provides the rarest and most valid bibliography to support the authenticity of the Hermetic Initiatory Orders of Europe. The Mystic must construct the Body of Glory in order to ascend to the Spiritual world and to assure himself of his immortality.

The External Paths, the Universal Spirit and the Celestial Fire, the Rosicrucian and Hermetic currents, "The Riding of the Tiger," the Initiatory current Arcana Arcanorum (the Secret of Secrets), the Hermetic Order of Myriam and that of Memphidos - Misra(gi)m, Gnostics and Rose + Croix in Corsica, the permanence of Tradition, the Johannites, the Elder Brothers of Rose + Croix, the 'Holy Grail and Alchemy, the doctrine of the Immortal Body, the Path of Awakening, the Path of Sounds, the Secret Path or the true Chymical Art, the Lodge of Ammon (Alchemical Workshop), Hermes Trismegistus and the Master Initiator, the aid of the gods or the Angels of Light during the quest, Esotericism, Tradition and Freemasonry, Esotericism, Paganism and Religions.

The true succession of Knowledge is Pythagorean and Orphic. Women, Esotericism and Chivalry, the first Ladies (Knights) of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in 1104, the Ladies (Knights) of the Axe and the Ladies (Knights) of the Sash, the King of the World, the Secret History of Pythagoreanism in Europe, the Women's Alchemical Path in the Taoism of China.