Anna Kingsford and Helena Blavatsky on the True Ancient Meaning of Satan
KINGSFORD AND BLAVATSKY’S PHILOSOPHICAL AND METAPHYSICAL EXPLANATIONS OF SATAN AND THE ORIGINS OF SATAN ARE ILLUMINATING AND TEACHES A LESSON “But St. James teaches two kinds of wisdom; a teaching […]
The Oracular Gnosis of Christianity: Christian Syncretism, Revelations, and the Mysteries of John | James M. Pryse’s Writings
I. 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 […]
Theosophy and Platonism: The Seven Principles of the Human Constitution
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 […]
Everything About Lucifer in Ancient Mythology I
DRAFT 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 […]
“I Believe in Philosophy” | Hypatia of Alexandria in Agora and History
“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 Liberator-God in Ancient Religion: Salvation and Resurrection of the Initiated
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 […]
Baptized with Fire: Proclus and Simonian Theosophy on the Symbolism of Fire and Water
“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 […]
Peter Kingsley: The Presocratic Sages who created Western Civilization
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 […]
The Decade and Matrix in Theosophy and the Pythagorean Science of Numbers
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 […]
Virgin Goddesses in the Ancient Pantheons and Roman Mariolatry
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 […]
Disney’s Hercules “One Last Hope” is no mere Child’s Song
Although, the mythical legend and moral of the story of Herakles, should not be learned from the Disney film, this song remains a childhood favorite. Being one for drama, it […]
Interpretations of Serpents and Dragons in Theosophy and Ancient Mythology
ANCIENT INITIATES CALLED SERPENTS First Part I. Human Serpents and the Immortal Sages “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as […]
Jean-Louis Siemons: “Theosophy” in Neo-Platonic and Christian Literature
Dr. Jean-Louis Siémons article Theosofia in Neo-Platonic and Christian Literature (2nd to 6th Century A.D.), Theosophical History Centre, London, 1988, pp. 24-26. Dr. Siémons was an Associate of the United Lodge […]
A Gem from ‘Poemandres’ and ‘Corinthians’
A man says in the Poemandres: “Upon a time while my mind was meditating on the things that are, my thought was raised to a great height, while the physical […]
The Manifestation of Divine Light
“But All-Father Mind, being Life and Light, did bring forth Man (Ἄνθρωπον) co-equal to Himself.” (Pœmandres treatise) “This Man or Anthrōpos is the Spiritual Prototype of humanity and of every […]
James M. Pryse On The Delphian Key-Note of Esotericism: Plato’s Four Degrees of Knowledge
Theosophist, James Morgan Pryse describes the true meaning of the Delphian axiom, “Man, Known Thyself,” in his highly interesting work, Apocalypse Unsealed: Being an Esoteric Interpretation of Initiation (1910). Pryse argued, […]
