How Helena Blavatsky Uses the term “Illuminati”
In A Few Questions to Hiraf (1875), H.P. Blavatsky wrote in the Spiritualist Scientist to the author of the article “Rosicrucianism,” and uses the term ILLUMINATI numerous times. In what […]
Requiem: Sanctus | John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, Aurora Orchestra
From John Rutter’s “Visions and Rutter Requiem” Mass. Requiem was written in 1985.
Requiem: The Lord is my Shepherd | John Rutter
“The Lord is My Shepherd” (Psalm 23) is a beautiful melody to listen to and contemplate in these times. From John Rutter’s rendition in “Visions and Rutter Requiem” comes the […]
Did the Valentinian Gnostic Marcus use Gnosticism to Sexually Harass Women?
“It is also worth noting that some of the Gnostic leaders’ supposedly pro-woman stance is not all it is cracked up to be. The Valentinian Gnostic Marcus was actually known […]
The Meaning of Pistis and the Science of Gnosis
AS CONTRARY TO CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONS AND POLEMICS In stating that this is the correct meaning, I mean it in the sense of standing in contrast to the attitude I […]
So-called “Heresies”: Can Modern Theosophy be considered the Successor of Neoplatonism?
In Key to Theosophy, H.P. Blavatsky calls the Theosophical Society the modern successor of the Neoplatonic School. I say, this would have come true, if only Theosophy managed to stay […]
Blurring Reality and Fiction: Theosophical Masters and Conspiratorial Thinking
The Theosophical Masters believed in a grand conspiracy themselves. What does this mean? The Theosophical Masters themselves did not merely believe but claimed to know or often come across their […]
Helena Blavatsky Critique of the French Revolution of 1789, Material Progress and the Rich
“Let us understand each other. I am speaking of the progress of civilization on the physical plane (…) Are three quarters of humanity happier due to the progress of science […]
Helena Blavatsky on Government Systems: “They have no sway over the inner man…”
“…Whether the physical man be under the rule of an empire or a republic, concerns only the man of matter. His body may be enslaved; as to his Soul, he […]
Blood, the Universal Proteus: Significance of Blood in Ancient Magic and Religion according to Theosophy
“…it was then that I understood for the first time a little of that message proclaimed by my ancestors on the banks of the Ganges thirty centuries ago–‘They who see but One in all the changing […]
The Original Red Shirts’ and Red Hats’: The Classical Roots of the American Republic
Republicanism of MINVRA is not associated with, nor propagandizes for one particular party, nor is it about the U.S. Republican Party, or whatever Party under such name in France, or […]
