Category: Philosophy
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Flames of Illumination: Dialogue on Zoroastrian Martialism, Weishaupt’s Pedagogy, and Suhrawardi’s Ishraq
The Meaning OF Illuminati and WEISHAUPT’S IdeaS ON ENLIGHTENMENT REASON AND MORAL ORDER There are solely two relations or meanings to the term ILLUMINATI we permit as authentic: Although, it can be said, that the Illuminati got their name from European sources, and not directly from Zoroastrianism or Manichean dualism, this is a surface-level understanding…
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Giuseppi Mazzini’s Political Theology on the Origin of Revolution
A rejection of the Marxist or materialist view that economic conditions drive history has been one of the most consistent aspects in my writings and views shared among colleagues who adopt the materialist view for many years. Revolutions indeed have their origin in the human mind and its guiding principles. A true revolution is not…
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Classical Republicanism and Stoicism refutes Racial Hierarchies
Classical Republicanism, as articulated in ancient Greek and Roman political philosophy emphasizes the pursuit of the common good for the CIVITAS through civic virtue, balanced governance, and participation in public life, without grounding these ideals in biological or racial hierarchies as understood in modern terms. Far from being inherently racist, its foundational texts reveal a…
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The Fourteen Black Classicists from Michele Valerie Ronnick’s Exhibition
Michele Valerie Ronnick’s traveling photographic exhibition originally focused on twelve BLACK CLASSICISTS debuted in 2003 and was later expanded to fourteen Black Classicists. Ronnick’s exhibition has undergone 50 iterations in 15 years and her project began in the 1990s. This mosaic history displays pioneering Black scholars of Greek and Latin from the late nineteenth and…
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The Garden Philosopher: Epicurus of Samos on the existence of the Gods
“The gods exist, but they are not what the hoi polloi suppose them to be. And the impious man (Gr. ἀσεβὴς, asebēs) is not he who denies the existence of the gods whom the multitude worship, but he is such who attaches to the gods the beliefs of the multitude.” EPICURUS OF SAMOS, EPISTLE TO MENOECEUS.…
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Introduction to the Pre-Socratic Sages: All the Wise Sages
THE TRADITIONAL SEVEN SAGES OF GREECE AND THEIR FAMOUS MAXIMS Peter Kingsley portrays these pre-Socratic philosophers not as rationalists but as sages in a sacred, shamanic tradition and lineage originating from eastern influences e.g., Phocaea, an ancient Ionian Greek city of Anatolia, transplanted to southern Italy. The schools of these eminent sages emphasized incubation, divine…
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Our Pre-Stoic Roots in Human Rights Theory in the United States
On the sacred philosophical tradition underlying the foundations of Western Civilization influencing republican theory of human rights in the United States from Heraclitus of the Ioanian tradition, even preceding him. Tracing this history demonstrates how the concept of a divine (primordial) element becomes gradually secularized through the Renaissance Humanists, Enlightenment and Neo-Classical Republican traditions. ORIGINS…
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Johann Adam Weishaupt on the Source of the Decay of all Nations
“Since the number of men is large but the earthly realm is not inexhaustible, one man can no longer profit from the labour of twenty. Moderation, contentment, and frugality must become the general morals of mankind. (…) The whole earth becomes a garden, and nature has at last completed her day’s work here below, bringing…
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Heraclitus of Ephesus: Philosopher of the Ever-Living Fire in the Ionian Tradition
Imagine stepping into a river, only to find that both you and the water have transformed in the blink of an eye. “No man ever steps in the same river twice,” declared Heraclitus. This simple yet profound observation captures the fundamentals of his philosophy; and one that revolutionized how we understand change, unity, and the…
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David Reigle’s Analysis on legitimate Buddhist Esoteric Lineage in Theosophy: Great Madhyamaka and Samkhya
INTRODUCTION In David Reigle’s analysis when discussing the relation of Theosophy to Great Madhyamaka and the Samkhya school, he positions Theosophy as the contemporary manifestation of an ancient Wisdom Tradition, emphasizing its doctrinal coherence with esoteric Eastern systems, rather than eclectic borrowings. This distinction in defining Theosophy is key to future research, because standard definitions…
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Logos and Divine Providence in George Washington’s Faith
An equivalent of the “divine spark” in ancient Stoic philosophy is the logos spermatikos, which was transmitted through Roman Republicanism, Christianity, and Enlightenment thinkers. While George Washington’s writings and speeches do not explicitly use the term, his quiet Christian faith relies heavily on Christian divine providence, natural rights endowed by a Creator, and the moral…
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Athena, Virgin Guardian of Aries: Courage and Noetic Enlightenment in Hellenic Esotericism
INTRODUCTION TO ZODIACAL SYMBOLISM AND SALVATION IN PRYSE’S INTERPRETATION We adventure once more into The Restored New Testament (1914) of Theosophist James Morgan Pryse to understand the significance of Athena in Hellenic religion. Pryse’s work reinterprets the New Testament as a Hellenic mystery drama infused with esoteric symbolism, blending Greek mythology, zodiacal astrology, and theosophical…
The American Minervan 