CRATA REPOA original: "КРАТА РЕПОА" — A title of uncertain origin, possibly meaning "Silence of the Earth" or "Strong Gate." It refers to a highly influential 18th-century ritual system that claimed to reconstruct the ancient Egyptian mysteries through seven degrees of initiation.

OR

INITIATION

INTO THE

ANCIENT

SECRET SOCIETY

OF EGYPTIAN PRIESTS.

A woodcut illustration of a flowering plant, likely a tulip or lily, growing from a small patch of earth. In the symbolic language of the 18th century, such images often represented the cultivation of the soul or the unfolding of hidden wisdom.

IN MOSCOW,

At the University Press

At the time of this publication in 1779, the Moscow University Press was under the direction of Nikolay Novikov, a prominent journalist and Freemason who used the press to disseminate Enlightenment and mystical literature.

In the year 1779.