Greek & Classical Philosophy – The American Minervan

Antiquity for Everyone: Compilation of Classicists critiquing the Alt-Right’s Misappropriation of the Classics

1 Jan 201927 Dec 2019No Comments

In the mid-point to the last quarter of 2018, many articles were written across platforms and the internet on how the Alt-Right and Conservatives were misappropriating “the Greek and Latin Classics” to lend credibility to vicious and vindictive white supremacist and Identitarian ideology. I have compiled several to introduce to us a problem. Classics and … Continue reading Antiquity for Everyone: Compilation of Classicists critiquing the Alt-Right’s Misappropriation of the Classics

James M. Pryse’s Works: The Oracular Gnosis of Christianity, Revelations, and the Mysteries of John

17 May 20187 Jun 2018No Comments

THE ORACULAR GNOSIS OF CHRISTIANITY CHRISTIANITY RESTORED TO ITS HELLENIC AND PRIMITIVE FORM James Morgan Pryse was an author, theosophist and his brother John founded the Gnostic Society in 1928. In The Apocalypse Unsealed (1910) Pryse published the secret key to decoding the esoteric meaning of the Biblical Book of Revelation. In 1914, The Restored New Testament … Continue reading James M. Pryse’s Works: The Oracular Gnosis of Christianity, Revelations, and the Mysteries of John

Theosophy and Platonism: The Seven Principles of the Human Constitution

8 Apr 20188 May 2018No Comments

The concept of the Septenary Constitution describes two distinct beings in man: (1) The spiritual (or monadic); and (2) the physical (or somatic), i.e.— “The man who thinks and the man who records as much of these thoughts as it is able to assimilate.” †In Theosophy, the spiritual constitution is termed the “imperishable triad.” It … Continue reading Theosophy and Platonism: The Seven Principles of the Human Constitution

Everything About Lucifer in Ancient Mythology I

30 Jan 201824 Apr 2018No Comments

The term Lucifer (Septuagint translation of Helel ben Shaḥar) is used in the Torah in reference to the King of Babylon. The myth of the King of Babylon is derived from a Babylonian or Hebrew sidereal or star-myth (similar to the Greek myth of Helio’s son, Phaéthōn). In times then, stars were regarded as celestial beings, but … Continue reading Everything About Lucifer in Ancient Mythology I

“I Believe in Philosophy” | Hypatia of Alexandria in Agora and History

20 Jan 201814 Jan 20202 Comments

“There have been times when “a considerable portion of enlightened minds” were taught in our schools. Such times there were in India, Persia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. But, as I remarked (…) the adept is the efflorescence of his age, and comparatively few ever appear in a single century. Earth is the battle-ground of moral no … Continue reading “I Believe in Philosophy” | Hypatia of Alexandria in Agora and History

The Liberator-God in Ancient Religion: Salvation and Resurrection of the Initiated

9 Jan 20184 Nov 20192 Comments

Resurrection of the DEAD and the Liberation of MAN in the MYSTERIES. Ipsa scientia potestas est “Knowledge itself is power.” (Francis Bacon, Meditationes Sacrae, 1597) The Drama of Graduation in the Mysteries Think only the Greeks and Romans celebrated “the MYSTERIES?” I must be INITIATED, ere I die!! —Aristophanes, Eirene (“Peace” Comedy). The INITIATED, are the “just.”—Aristophanes. “Open your ears, O ye Initiated, … Continue reading The Liberator-God in Ancient Religion: Salvation and Resurrection of the Initiated

Baptized with Fire: Proclus and Simonian Theosophy on the Symbolism of Fire and Water

29 Jun 20175 Nov 2018No Comments

“I baptize you with water (υδορ), but (…) he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost (Paraklêtos) and with fire (pyro or πῦρ)” LUKE 3:16 Iaonnes baptizes Iesous with water, and it goes on to say that Iesous will baptize with the FIRE, being the higher knowledge, or Gnosis. The Meaning of Fire in Baptism Is it the fire on … Continue reading Baptized with Fire: Proclus and Simonian Theosophy on the Symbolism of Fire and Water

Peter Kingsley: The Presocratic Sages who created Western Civilization

24 Mar 20174 Jun 2018No Comments

Peter Kingsley on the sacred Tradition at the heart of Western Civilization “We can romanticize about the sacred origins of Tibetan Buddhism and South American Shamanic Traditions, and anything, as long as it’s not our own; and that’s apart of this tremendous understanding, this tremendous resistance. (…) and this is one of the paradoxes I … Continue reading Peter Kingsley: The Presocratic Sages who created Western Civilization

The Decade and Matrix in Theosophy and the Pythagorean Science of Numbers

25 Feb 201713 Dec 2018No Comments

From the INFINITE SPACE (the No Number, ZERO) preceded all the numbers, which contain in the DECADE (ten)†, all the Universe. That which the ancients called FATHER-MOTHER, is the visible, and invisible expanse of NIGHT beyond the earth and sky, i.e., Space and Substance. It is the Universal MATRIX (Devimatri), from which all her spawn (Nebula, Suns, Stars, and Planets) were gradually born. They … Continue reading The Decade and Matrix in Theosophy and the Pythagorean Science of Numbers

Virgin Goddesses in the Ancient Pantheons and Roman Mariolatry

7 Dec 201610 Jun 2018No Comments

What is the meaning of the Virgin Mother-Goddesses in ancient mythology? In Egypt, Uta-Hor-resenet, a provost of the temples and prophet of the goddess NEITH at Sais had risen to positions of high dignity under the last kings of the 26th (XXVIth) Dynasty. The great King of all lands, Cambyses I, came to Egypt, and the provost taught … Continue reading Virgin Goddesses in the Ancient Pantheons and Roman Mariolatry