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  • The Significant Loss of an Extinct Philosophy: Zurvanism, Theosophy and the Truths behind Them

    The Significant Loss of an Extinct Philosophy: Zurvanism, Theosophy and the Truths behind Them

    Central to this article is my argument in favor of Theosophy in its claims on the antiquity of Iranian mythology, the philosophical truth of positions considered heretical in Zoroastrianism, and its contrast (elimination of anthropomorphism) and difference from ZURVANISM which influenced Mithraism and Manichaeism. ☀ KEY MISUNDERSTANDINGS CLEARED AWAY ABOUT THEOSOPHY The significant loss from…

  • Did Helena Blavatsky Study with the Druze of Lebanon?

    Did Helena Blavatsky Study with the Druze of Lebanon?

    “The religion of the Druses is said to be a compound of Judaism, Mahomedanism and Christianity, strongly tinged with Gnosticism and the Magian system of Persia. Were people to call things by their right names, sacrificing all self-conceit to truth, they might confess things otherwise. They could say, for instance, that Mahomedanism being a compound…