Category: Esotericism
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Indo-Iranian Roots: Why is Theosophy called “Pre‑Vedic Buddhism”?
I wanted to re-articulate some points in a different way from the approach of providing a barrage of quotations in The Connection of Theosophy to Tibet, Iran and Chaldea, because this is not a light subject. I am not approaching it in the way Reigle does, to identify the origins of the Theosophical Positions, but in…
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Six Short Articles on God in Theosophy, Cultural Barriers in Modernity, Prayer and Theological Limits
Six Short Articles CONTENTS SETTING NO LIMITATIONS BEGINS WITH CONCEPTS OF CULTURE, GOD AND NATURE SPACE, DURATION, MATTER, MOTION — a tetractys of interconnected aspects of the timeless Absolute in Theosophy differs from what is called “God,” and it is the understanding of these interlocked four that elevates Theosophy. This is not what the theists…
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The Early Greek Natural Philosophers of Physis and the Way of Heaven
In the spirit of the ancient Ionian and Eleatic thinkers, who sought the archē, the fundamental principle of all things through reason and observation of physis or dynamic generative nature as a self-unfolding process of emergence. INTRODUCTION The key to Theosophy can also be found in the Hellenic cosmology of the early Greek natural philosophers…
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Time’s Circle in Zurvanite Philosophy and Theosophy: Monism beyond Dualism
INTRODUCTION Alireza Assary, an independent researcher of ancient Iranian mythology, David Reigle and Henry Corbin are influences for my approach and dialogue here. Assary explains in Zurvan and the Philosophy of Time: On the Necessity of Reinterpretation, that modern reinterpretations view Zurvan as a philosophical framework for TIME, where infinite time flows cyclically, arguing that…
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The Heretical School of Zurvanism and its connection to Theosophy
OR ZURVANISM AND THEOSOPHY: EXAMINING THE UNMEASURED CONSEQUENCES WHEN PHILOSOPHICAL SCHOOLS GO EXTINCT 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 and cosmological notions considered heretical in Zoroastrianism, and its contrast (elimination of anthropomorphism) and difference from ZURVANISM…
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Everything about Satan: Theosophy’s Systematic Refutation of Popular and Christian Hysteria against Occult Philosophy
Behind popular culture’s misguided and manipulated hysteria, the topics, doctrines and nature of teachings fundamental to Theosophy or Occult Philosophy have been defined and judged according to its adherence or non-alignment to Christian theology and beliefs. Theosophy and Occultism have stood falsely accused of representing, teaching and even practicing Satanism, Devil-Worship, or Luciferianism. Wisdom in…
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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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Theosophy, Pre-Socratic Monism and Cosmology in relation to Abrahamic Monotheistic Claims
Within the Theosophical framework, as articulated by H.P. Blavatsky and in David Reigle’s analyses of an ancient, pre-Vedic Wisdom Tradition, the Pre-Socratic sages such as Thales, Anaximander, Xenophanes, Parmenides, Heraclitus, and Pythagoras (often included in this group) are regarded as pivotal figures who birthed Western civilization and philosophy by drawing from a primordial, universal esoteric…
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Oral Traditions in Africa
The statement that oral traditions in Africa predate writing for example is well-supported by scholarly consensus in African historiography, linguistics, archaeology, and anthropology. The only people that initially denied these facts were scientists with bias during the colonial-era. Oral traditions tend to encompass storytelling, epics, proverbs, genealogies, praise poetry, and historical narratives transmitted verbally across…
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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…
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Jewish Kabbalah and Hindu Account of the Origin of the Universe: Cosmological Notes
INTRODUCTION This article aims to demonstrate a fundamental unity of ancient esoteric wisdom traditions by comparing Hindu cosmogony with Jewish cosmogony in addition to correcting certain ideas about shared geometric symbolism. These systems are not oppositional but “two leaves on the same stem,” sharing an identical esoteric core that originates from a primordial universal secret…
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Chain of Transmission of Ancient Wisdom in the Writings of Helena Blavatsky
It was proposed in her earlier works like Isis Unveiled that the transmission of ancient wisdom or cultural influences originating in India passed through Egypt and/or Chaldea (ancient Babylonia in southern Mesopotamia), and then extending to ancient Greece and Jewish traditions. This was central in early Theosophical frameworks in books such as later in The…
The American Minervan 