Tag: Eliphas Levi
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Nahmanides to Theosophy: Views about the Kabbalah
Traditionally, Kabbalah is the mystical, esoteric tradition within Judaism, and its transmission was restricted to a small few highly learned Jewish sages or advanced scholars under the direct tutelgage of a rabbi or a qualified mekubal (master). Therefore, there are levels as discussed. When you ask about the Kabbalah, you will be given a simple…
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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 Alchemists, a spiritual secretion. The knowledge of the real nature of Light will, we are told, leads to knowledge of what is called the correlation…
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Eliphas Levi’s “Warning to the Impudent” on Occultism
Éliphas Lévi (Alphonso Louis Constant), 19th century French priest influenced by occult philosophy and thinkers like Joseph de Maistre, warns impudent students rushing into occult studies. [Translated by Arthur Edward Waite in Transcendental Magic, 1896] If there are two lessons to take from this, they are — “The Esotericists are therefore warned that unless they are prepared…
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Letter to Baron J. Spealieri (a Student of Eliphas Levi) on Western Kabbalism
When Helena Blavatsky wrote to a close student of Eliphas Levi on the state of the Western traditions, Kabbalism, and Christological influences. The letter highlights something to be taken into important account and not by-pass it as insignificant, or a trifling detail. She states, Eliphas Levi helps us so far, as it helps to compare Western…
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The Ancient Religion of the Sacred Fire: Sun-Gods and their Progeny
THE ANCIENT RELIGION OF FIRE-WORSHIP AND SUN-GODS THE ANCIENTS OF THE EAST ERECTED HIGHPLACES, from the pyramids of Giza through Ramah, Philistine, Shiloh, Beth Shemesh, Moab and to Babylon, sacred to Baal, Adon, Iao, or El, the Sun (a High-God). What is the mystery of the “Sun-God” worshiped by those who held fire as sacred?…
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Beelzebub and Baphomet
Beelzebub (Gr. Βεελζεβούλ., Heb. ba’al z’bub). Described as “Monarch of Hell” (The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2., 389 fn.) in Demonology. This god is defined as “lord of the flies” in the text of the Torah: 2 Kings 1: 2-3, 6, and 16; and in the Christian canon: Matthew 10:24-26, Matthew 12:22-28, Mark 3:21-26, and Luke 11:14-20, where Iesous…
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English Magic in Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell: If Occultism became Reputable
Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell takes place in an alternative timeline in the early nineteenth-century, where magic becomes demonstrated and reputable amongst society. It delves into issues and disputes within the history of Occultism to consider. Despite exaggerating Magic at times, it would still be of interest to those that study ancient, medieval and nineteenth-century occult philosophy…
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Pseudo-Theosophy and Pseudo-Messiahs: Imitations of Theosophy
Helena Blavatsky is sometimes referred to as the “Mother of the New Age” movement. This is not only untrue, but also not the compliment those that argue this to define her legacy seem to think it is. It can be strongly demonstrated that H.P. Blavatsky would have critiqued the New Age movement more harshly than…
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