What Voltaire Tries to Tell Us: The Esoteric Substance of Voltairian Thought

The main focus of this daring study is the veiled message concealed in the trilogy consisting of Zadig, Candide and L'Ingénu. Micromégas, Le Mondain and the Poem on the Disaster of Lisbon are also examined esoterically.

The Voltairian "contraband," which is the core of those writings, was too explosive for overt publication during the lifetime of Voltaire. More dangerous to reveal than his well-known, subversive socio-political views was the spiritual ...