Esoteric Christianity traces the words and actions of Jesus Christ when he lived among men in first-century Palestine. Historically, it was expressed through the writings and life examples of sages like John the Evangelist, Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Dionysius the Areopagite, and Meister Eckhart, among others.
From the advent of Jesus Christ in the first century until 325 (with the celebration of the First Council of Nicaea), Primitive Christianity maintained its original form with multiple and small heterogeneous communities, without standardized orthodoxy, ecclesiastical hierarchy, or centralized institutions, and keeping the wisdom still in its original mystical form.
After the institutionalization process promoted by Constantine, the Church became an enemy and persecutor of those who professed the true gnosis of Jesus Christ (Yeshua).
Therefore, those who took on the mission of transmitting the spiritual truths delivered by the Logos to future generations had to do so discreetly, almost in secrecy. One of the main groups responsible for this movement was the Essenes, especially those on the island of Cyprus.
As centuries passed, persecution intensified, and there was a serious risk of Jesus' mystical teachings disappearing from the face of the earth. After the purchase of the Island of Cyprus in the 12th century by the Knights Templar, the Essenes, who occupied the entire island at that time, entrusted the complete set of Jesus' teachings (including the most advanced part) to the Templars, as one of the Templars' main secret missions at the time was to protect spiritual pilgrims of all paths of the Esoteric Tradition from the dangers of the journey (persecution).
With the official end of the Order of the Temple in 1307 and the end of the Cathars (who were also spiritual descendants of the Essenes) around the same period, Christian gnosis in its complete form was lost to humanity, continuing to exist, however, in a fragmented form in various brotherhoods, orders, and paths.
In 1500, two brothers managed through spiritual means to contact the source of the Esoteric Christian Tradition, which was the beloved Yohannan, and thus once again Christic wisdom manifested in the world. It began in the 14th century with the constitution of a secret brotherhood of holy men designated as the Rosicrucian Order, which first exposed itself through the profound esoteric work called Fama Fraternitatis R.C.
This Order opened the Initiation into the Mysteries, at that time and in the centuries that followed, to individuals with greater preparation and merit, qualities achieved through their own efforts. Around this time, the age of Alchemy also began, expressing occult knowledge through hermetic, cryptographic writings to avoid persecution and misuse of sacred teachings by man.
In its Manifestos of the early 17th century, the Rosicrucian Order mentions "We sincerely and truly profess Christ (…) we dedicate ourselves to true Philosophy, we lead a Christian life" (in Confessio Fraternitatis, 1615) and establishes the time and manner in which it would publicly present its knowledge to the world in an effort to bring about a "Reformation of Humanity" through the most advanced expression of Christian wisdom. However, the teachings were not fully absorbed by the brothers who founded the Rosy Cross, and due to internal conflicts even before the manifestation of the Fama Fraternitatis R.C., the connection with the spiritual source of these teachings had been severed.
The classical Christian theosophy that precedes the Theosophical Society and Martinism includes alchemists known through their writings as being linked to the Rosicrucian movement. Among the Christian theosophists, we find men like Valentin Weigel, Heinrich Kunrath, Johann Arndt, Johann Georg Gichtel, Jakob Böhme, Gottfried Arnold, Jan Baptist Van Helmont, Robert Fludd, John Pordage, Jane Leade, Pierre Poiret, and Emanuel Swedenborg.
It is important to note that the paths, schools, and exponents mentioned above are all connected to Christian Esotericism, but not all were part of the same Circle or specific lineage.
Mystical Christianity also manifested in exemplary schools such as the remnants of the Knights Templar, the Fedeli d'Amore (Dante Alighieri), the "Friends of God" (Gottensfreund, led by Meister Eckhart in medieval Germany and Switzerland), as well as the great exponent in the century of Christian wisdom between the 19th and early 20th centuries, Maître Philippe de Lyon.
In the early 20th century (1912), a Self-Realized Master of Mystical Christianity, whose presence extends through the centuries since the time of Golgotha, incarnated with the mission of restoring and transmitting the sublime teachings of Esoteric Christianity, maintaining their original essence, but updated and adapted to modern times.
This being, considered not only a Master but also a close brother and friend to all of us who walk this path, is called within Metanoia simply Daskalos (a Greek word meaning teacher) or Brother-Guide.
He taught not only with words but also through his actions and personal examples, incorporating into his daily life the principles he preached. From his childhood, at the age of 7, and for over 70 years, he lovingly dedicated himself to the mission of teaching the truth to those who wished, offering help and healing not only for the physical body but also for the heart and soul of those who sought him.
Moreover, he served as a channel for the Invisible Masters of this path to manifest, especially the beloved Yohannan (John the Evangelist), expressing the Love, Wisdom, and Power characteristic of those who have achieved spiritual realization.
Through the work carried out by the Brother-Guide, these teachings, originating directly from the source (Yohannan), have reached our hands and in turn, we share them with those who feel inspired to follow this path.
