Tag: Esotericism
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California Fire Destroys Theosophical Archives and Building in Altadena
IN LOS ANGELOS — A LARGE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS ON NINETEENTH-CENTURY ESOTERICISM were claimed by the raging fires in California. Prof. Wouter Hanegraaff (professor of the History of Hermetic Philosophy and related currents at the University of Amsterdam Netherlands) on Facebook this Thursday stated that “the entire property of the Theosophical Society in Altadena near Pasadena has been…
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Julian Strube on Public Fascination with “Nazi Occultism”
note i The public does not take any serious interest and competent research on early National Socialism and esotericism, though are yet often easily accepting of arguments in sensationalist articles or media about the topic. Both left-wing and right-wing Christian conspiracists in this case are ignorant of the consequences of their approach. Recent studies still…
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Blavatsky and Theosophy: Prebunking Jim Stewartson and other Hacks
unedited. cunningly false descriptions of Theosophy It is generally accepted that Helena P. Blavatsky was proven to be a fraud, when an original report of Richard Hodgson by the Society for Psychical Research was published in London, December 1885. However, in April 1986, that case was examined by Dr. Vernon Harrison and published by the…
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A Few Points about the Bible
PHILOSOPHY FIRST, CHRISTIANITY NEVER? A little advice about the Bible and monotheism that I take into account: 1. None of the Abrahamic monotheistic religions are the True Religion. Monotheism is a later construction. There is no “true religion.” Get rid of this idea.2. Historically, Yahweh is not a Supreme God like El, but more of…
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Thaumaturgic Sots, Hankering after Phenomena and Power
“Try to break thro’ that great maya (illusion) against which occult students, the world over, have always been warned by their teachers – the hankering after phenomena. Like the thirst for drink and opium, it grows with gratification. The Spiritualists are drunken with it; they are thaumaturgic sots. If you cannot be happy without phenomena…
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Four Kinds of Esoteric Sciences in Hindu Philosophy | Helena Blavatsky
Anton Levey once defined Occultism as a “Do it yourself God-kit,” leaving out the significance of ethics, self-discipline and morality. This is not what Occultism is once we explore it. This is to understand Occultism more fully as a Tree with Branches (Practices, Sciences and Departments), not a singular thing, a benevolent nor nefarious thing.…
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Getting Technical about “The First Cause”
The word God is generic for a collective, or plethora of beings, a multitude under a unity, and not a singular entity. The “First Cause” is a philosophical conception, that is in-fact, not the same as what is termed, e.g., the “ever Unknowable Eternal Cause.” There’s for example a historical distinction drawn between El’ and…
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Jiddu Krishnamurti: “There Is Only One Revolution!”
“We want to escape. . .because man has lived like this for thousands and thousands of years, with sorrow, confusion, and great misery and mischief. And without changing all that, completely, radically. . .mere outward revolution. . .changing a particular system for another system does not solve this aching agony. There’s only one revolution —…
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Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe | Eric Whitacre
Eric Whitacre’s “Deep Field: The Impossible Magnitude of our Universe” is a unique film, contemplative, visual and musical experience inspired by one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time: the Hubble Telescope’s Deep Field image.
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Believe…
“No man is born into the World a Master, and for that reason are we obliged to learn. He who applieth himself thereunto, and studieth, learneth; and a man can have no more shameful and evil title than that of being an Ignorant person.”—The Book of Abramelin I warn to be very wary of ANTI-GNOSTICISM rather…
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Columbia (American Minerva) and the Fasces in Harper’s Weekly “Reconstruction” for Equal Rights (1868)
EQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCACY “Reconstruction” by German-born American political cartoonist, Thomas Nast illustrates the Southern states being brought back into order with the North under the ancient symbol of collective power, authority and fraternity, the fasces and the nation’s motto, E Pluribus Unum (“Out of Many, One”). The symbolism of Columbia (America) depicted in Thomas Nast’s…
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Himmler’s Witches Library and Eric Kurlander talk Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich
Last year’s Hallows’ Eve special program, “Hitler’s Monsters” explored occult ideas, esoteric sciences, and pagan religions touted by Nazi Germany in the service of power. “The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, and in reality the supernatural was an essential part of the Nazi project. The regime enlisted astrology and the paranormal, paganism, Indo-Aryan…
The American Minervan 