The Desatir or Dasātīr (Per. دساتیر lit. “Ordinances”), also known as Dasatir-i-Asmani, is a collection of writings now generally taken to be a literary forgery written in an invented or artificial language, with elements from Indian and Iranian dialects, and Persian grammar. It is recommended in “The […]
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The Last Word on Trump, Social Politics, and Republicans | Sentantiq’s “Rant on Classics and Politics”
Sentantiq’s “Rant on Classics and Politics” Important for both Theosophists and Classicists A late reaction to reading A Rant on Classics and Politics related articles on SENTENTIAE ANTIQUAE from a classicist, and in reflection of my returned state to Political Apathy, on Losing Friends and Regret. […]
Solace and Inspiration in Gustav Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand”
This was originally posted in two parts (I and II) as a source of inspiration. It was actually at first inspired by a dream, and an emotional one years ago I imagined myself playing this knight and cape game with this child, happy, who was […]
Russian MS. of H.P.B. criticized V.S. Solovyov’s Review of Theosophy: ‘Theosophists worship the wisdom that is from Above’
‘Theosophists worship the wisdom that is from Above’ In relation to Russian Philosopher Vladimir Solovyov and Charles J. Ryan: ‘H.P.B. did not invent the Tibetan Brotherhood and Chelas’, an insightful Russian MS. (the date reads London, 1890) in H.P. Blavatsky’s handwriting was discovered in the Adyar […]
Adoration of Athena and the Owl and the “Hiraf” Article on Rosicrucians and Illuminati
Blavatsky Hopes Truth will Prevail So do we “They worship Hermes (WISDOM) most of gods. And they swear an oath by Him alone, and say that they were born from Hermes (WISDOM).”—Herodotus, Thrace: The Getai and the Trausians, Bk 5.7; see Robert B. Strassler, The […]
H.P. Blavatsky involvement in Italian Politics with Garibaldi and Mazzini, and the Carbonari’s Role in the Republican Revolutions
Blavatsky interest in Italian Politics, and the Carbonari It is not enough to study history, but to make history, and the movers of history is a function we take interest in. The subject of the relation between Secret Societies, Politics and Theosophy is a fascinating […]
The Evolution of the God-Idea | H.P. Blavatsky on the Limits of the Greeks and Christians
A section from the 1888 work of H.P. Blavatsky’s The Secret Doctrine (pp. 326-28: Divine Thought, or Cineritious Matter) discusses the evolution of the GOD-IDEA. This is the beginning of some far more dense commentary on occult physics that will be central to the completed […]
The New Woman in Fascism! Victoria de Grazia on Fascism and Women in Italy, Women Occultists, and Mirra Alfassa on Max Theon
The New Woman (Nuova Italiana!) in the Italian Fascist Ideal was not as one might imagine, as displayed in pictures and the propaganda of Athena-esque women, marching and standing militantly in discipline. I am reading Victoria de Grazia’s “How Fascism Ruled Women: Italy, 1922-1945.” After […]
‘The snub-nosed Saxons’ [Borderland Magazine, 1894]
THE SNUB-NOSED SAXONS Borderland Magazine, October 15th, 1894 tribute highlights influence of Blavatsky in the successful periods of the theosophical movement on the cultural milieu. In The Mahatma Letters, we often find interesting insights into the interaction between two different cultures and people, the Anglo, or […]
Satan in the Occult Philosophy: Refutations of Past Accusations against Modern Theosophists
SATAN Satan In the Occult Philosophy, Refutation, pdf. “But St. James teaches two kinds of wisdom; a teaching with which we fully concur. He draws a strong line of separation between the divine or noëtic “Sophia”—the Wisdom from above—and the terrestrial, psychic, or devilish wisdom—the […]
Kalachakra and Theosophy: The Sources of the Book of Dzyan and Kiu-te in The Secret Doctrine and Tantras
“The Secret Doctrine has neither been invented nor exaggerated, but, on the contrary, simply outlined; and finally (…) its teachings antedate the Vedas.” (Helena P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1., pg. xxxvii). Authorship of The Secret Doctrine Concerning the authorship of The Secret Doctrine, a […]
[Helena Blavatsky] “Between these two conflicting Titans — Science and Theology — is a bewildered public”
“IT is nineteen centuries since, as we are told, the night of Heathenism and Paganism was first dispelled by the divine light of Christianity; and two-and-a-half centuries since the bright lamp of Modern Science began to shine on the darkness of the ignorance of the […]
