The American Minervan

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  • Hilarion Smerdis, Serapis Bey and the Legend of the “Brotherhood of Light” and Luxor

    Hilarion Smerdis, Serapis Bey and the Legend of the “Brotherhood of Light” and Luxor

    THE FRATRES LUCIS AND THE EGYPTIAN BROTHERHOOD OF LUXOR INVOLVING HILARION SMERDIS AND SERAPIS BEY Another less known Theosophical master of a sub-brotherhood of the Greater Fraternity of Adepts, known as the Egyptian Brotherhood of Luxor is Hilarion Smerdis, whom K. Paul Johnson attempts to identify with a little known character by the name of…

  • A Second Look at Blavatsky on Indigenous People in The Secret Doctrine

    A Second Look at Blavatsky on Indigenous People in The Secret Doctrine

    There are a couple passages in The Secret Doctrine that come to mind when dealing with accusations against H.P. Blavatsky. When she mentions for example, “sterility between two human races” as observed by Darwin, H.P.B. references Sir William Henry Flower, a leading authority on mammals and especially on the primate brain of his time, in speaking of “semi-animal…