Tag: Alchemists

The Initiates’ Tower of Babel and Jargon: Mystery-Language of Symbolism and Allegory

Helena P. Blavatsky asserts (not argues) there existed in antiquity ‘one knowledge and one language,’ but became limited to a few, and this knowledge was denied to subsequent generations (see […]

Dominique Johnson November 3, 2018 Leave a Comment

The Spanish Alumbrados: Origin of the Term ‘Illuminati’

Definition The Iluminados, Perfectibilists and TheosophiCAL REFERENCES Illuminati. the past participle of illuminare, meaning to “light up,” or “illuminate.” The plural term, “Illuminati” (Lat. illuminatus; Ital. Illuminato) was originally applied to a […]

Blavatsky questions Eliphas Levi interpretation of the Astral Light and Lucifer

The Astral Light and Lucifer What is called energy and force in Science is the very soul of the world, and light is according to the Occult Philosophy of the […]

Timeline of Templars-Enlightenment (1075-1875) and Modern Theosophists (1875-1935)

Notable Western Influences (1075-1875) “Visit the interior of the Earth; by rectification thou shalt find the hidden stone.”(Visita Interiora Terrae RectificandoInvenies Occultum Lapidem Veram Medicinam) Alchemical Motto 1075-1275 The period of […]

Limitations Of Kabbalah And Bible Challenge Authority Of Western Esotericism

Does the limitations of Kabbalah and the Christian Bible in the Studies of Esotericism blind Western Philosophers? Helena P. Blavatsky challenged the esotericists of her time, who saw in the […]