If anything seems like a definitive title it is this one, the 'Apotheosis of the Gnosis', a work of aphoristic philosophy which enabled John O'Loughlin to draw the various strands of his thinking together and to enunciate his world-view with such logical consistency and comprehensive exactitude ... that he felt as though nothing significant had been overlooked and there was even room for one or two long-standing grudges and resentments to be aired in the interests of enhanced credibility.