Tag: China
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Early Reflection on my Journey to Greece: Black Classicism, Childhood and American Identity
I just returned abroad from my journey to the island of Hydra (Gr: Ύδρα, romanized: Ýdra) and Athens in Greece back home to the state of Illinois and came back very happily engaged to my beautiful partner. It has been over two years since I went on a trip through a tour agency to Italy…
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A Queer Icon and the Power and Eloquence of Effeminacy
POWER AND THE ELOQUENCE OF EFFEMINACY Jin Yong’s wuxia novel The Smiling and Proud Wanderer antagonist was given the name, Dongfang Bubai, meaning Invincible East, Asia the East, or Asia the Invincible. In the novel and film, Bubai heads the “Sun-Moon Holy Sect” (Rì Yuè Shén Jiào), an unorthodox martial arts sect. Bubai wanted to…
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Confucian Philosopher Mencius on Dealing with Tyrannical Rulers
Mengzi 孟子 (372–289 BCE) on corruption and brutal rulers taught, that we must be moved by a moral disposition to do good, understand, and relieve humanity and other life each day a little more of its suffering. Mencius taught, that benevolence is the essence of the human being, and with the cultivation of virtue, comes our…
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Guanshiyin the Mother Buddha in The Secret Doctrine
“The valley spirit, undying Is called the Mystic Female The gate of the Mystic Female Is called the root of Heaven and Earth It flows continuously, barely perceptible Utilize it; it is never exhausted.” (Tao te Ching, Chapter 6) “The Secret Doctrine” notes that no exoteric religious system have indeed ever adopted a female Demiurge,…
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Shénzhìlún, or Zhèngdàoxué: Theosophy in China and How to Translate it in Mandarin?
What would be the translation of Theosophy in Mandarin and what is Xīn Yin? The closest term phonetically to Dzyan is in Ancient (Middle) Chinese dʑjen, the ʑ sounding like zya, but it is also merely from the Sanskrit jñāna. The pronunciation of dʑjen is where we get the word Zen 禪, and Zen comes from Chan 禅, originating…
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Interpretations of Serpents and Dragons in Theosophy and Ancient Mythology
Part I. ON “Human Serpents” and Immortal Sages: ANCIENT INITIATES CALLED SERPENTS MEANING “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” (Matthew x: xvi) ⊕ “(…) the “Serpent” and “Dragon” were the names given to the “Wise Ones,” the initiated adepts…
The American Minervan 