Category: Esotericism
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Georges Méautis: “Theosophy and Theosophism” Dissects Rene Guenon’s Critique, 1922
Swiss scholar, Georges Méautis (professor at the University of Neuchâtel and president of the “Société Suisse de Théosophie”) in 1922 wrote a response to Rene Guenon’s critique of Modern Theosophy in Theosophy and Theosophism: Response to a Criticism of Theosophy by René Guénon. In the Friends of the Theosophical Archives (FOTA), Joscelyn Godwin graced us with an…
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Al Pacino’s Speech about God in The Devil’s Advocate
“I’m peaking Kevin. It’s my time now.” The ferocity of the lower mind and egotism are peaking. It has always been peaking throughout time. That is our sad and mortal condition. Pacino says “I’ve nurtured every sensation man has been inspired to have!” ‘…Lucifer, or Satan is in us. It is our mind,Our tempter and redeemer…
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Letter to Baron J. Spealieri (a Student of Eliphas Levi) on Western Kabbalism
When Helena Blavatsky wrote to a close student of Eliphas Levi on the state of the Western traditions, Kabbalism, and Christological influences. The letter highlights something to be taken into important account and not by-pass it as insignificant, or a trifling detail. She states, Eliphas Levi helps us so far, as it helps to compare Western…
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Six Points on “Magic”: Theosophy rejects Supernaturalism and Miracle
“The problem of life is man. Magic, or rather Wisdom, is the evolved knowledge of the potencies of man’s interior being; which forces are Divine emanations, as intuition is the perception of their origin, and initiation our induction into that knowledge (…) We begin with instinct: the end is OMNISCIENCE.” ALEXANDER WILDER Real magical operations…
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William Q. Judge on Eastern Occultism in Theosophy versus Western Occultism
The theosophists were trying to explain in their time, that the history, nature and implications of Occult Philosophy are far more than what was being introduced to Western thinkers, and certain fundamental elements of Occultism should direct its development and influence. It is not for the sake of division, that Judge and Blavatsky made the…
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Blavatsky and Christianity: Her Fundamental Christological Disputes and Her Defense of the Theosophical Position
“There are several ways of acquiring knowledge: (a) by accepting blindly the dicta of the church or modern science; (b) by rejecting both and starting to find the truth for oneself. The first method is easy and leads to social respectability and the praise of men; the other is difficult and requires more than ordinary…
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Theosophy and Freemasonry: Esoteric Schools within the Theosophical Society
HISTORY OF ESOTERIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY The Theosophical Society did not become a secret, or occult fraternity, but it is true that the ideal for the Society was not to be a mere intellectual or literary society. The current condition of the Theosophical Society and its divided branches survive, though like a shell.…
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Sophia and the Alchemical Wedding in the Rosicrucian Vision
“You are my mind, bring me forth.You are my treasure-house, open for me.You are my fullness, take me to you.” THE PRAYER OF APOSTLE PAUL, NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY
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Cosmological Notes on Pythagorean Number Theory, the Vedas and Kabbalah
COSMOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE MATRIX AND THE FIGURE OF THE DECADE The Rig Veda teaches that the one animating principle of all the gods and man is a UNITY. IT is the eternally self-existent one, that lies behind Hiraṇyagarbha (the Womb) and brings forth a Universe. It is from Hiraṇyagarbha that the drama of creation, the first…
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The Ancient Religion of the Sacred Fire: Sun-Gods and their Progeny
THE ANCIENT RELIGION OF FIRE-WORSHIP AND SUN-GODS THE ANCIENTS OF THE EAST ERECTED HIGHPLACES, from the pyramids of Giza through Ramah, Philistine, Shiloh, Beth Shemesh, Moab and to Babylon, sacred to Baal, Adon, Iao, or El, the Sun (a High-God). What is the mystery of the “Sun-God” worshiped by those who held fire as sacred?…
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Short Lexicon of Titles and Terms used in Theosophical Literature
“THERE are persons whose minds would be incapable of appreciating the intellectual grandeur of the ancients, even in physical science, were they to receive the most complete demonstration of their profound learning and achievements.” (ISIS UNVEILED, 1877, Vol. 1, pg. 461.) “Lo, warrior! now the cross of RedPoints to the grave of the mighty dead;Within it…
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Guanshiyin the Mother Buddha in The Secret Doctrine
“The valley spirit, undying Is called the Mystic Female The gate of the Mystic Female Is called the root of Heaven and Earth It flows continuously, barely perceptible Utilize it; it is never exhausted.” (Tao te Ching, Chapter 6) “The Secret Doctrine” notes that no exoteric religious system have indeed ever adopted a female Demiurge,…
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