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  • G. de Purucker’s Introduction to the Esoteric Tradition: The Word “Dogma”

    G. de Purucker’s Introduction to the Esoteric Tradition: The Word “Dogma”

    G. de Purucker in his introduction of the Esoteric Tradition (1940) explains the meaning of Theosophy being non-dogmatic.  DOGMA IN THE ESOTERIC TRADITION BY G. DE PURUCKER “The word dogma comes from the Greek verb dokein, “to seem to be,” “to appear to be.” A dogma, therefore, was something which appeared to be a truth: an…