| Sumario: | "Initiating the Millennium: The Avignon Society and Illuminism in Europe" by Robert Collis and Natalie Bayer is a book that explores the history of a theosophic, alchemical, and millenarian movement known as the Société d'Avignon or Avignon Illuminated. The book covers the period from the founding of the group in Berlin in 1779 to its disappearance in 1807. The authors use new archival sources to provide a comprehensive account of the society's activities and its main figure, Tadeusz Grabianka. The book sheds light on the society's alchemical practices, its connections to Freemasonry and Swedenborgianism, and its transformation into the Société du Nouvel Israël in Russia. Overall, the book offers valuable insights into millenarianism in the late eighteenth century and the fascination with esoteric societies and prophets during that time.
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