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  • Age of the Rule of Faith: Crusade against Gnostics and Scientific-Thinking Pagans

    Age of the Rule of Faith: Crusade against Gnostics and Scientific-Thinking Pagans

    Act of Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon) disputing with Narcissus Gnostics and Scientific-Thinking Pagans (Christians invent the Rule of Faith) Christian Exclusive Truth Claims and Emphasis on Right Belief vs Pagan and Eastern Religions (Valerie Tarico) “The true Christians died with the last of the Gnostics, and the Christians of our day are but the usurpers…

  • A Second Look at Blavatsky on Indigenous People in The Secret Doctrine

    A Second Look at Blavatsky on Indigenous People in The Secret Doctrine

    There are a couple passages in The Secret Doctrine that come to mind when dealing with accusations against H.P. Blavatsky. When she mentions for example, “sterility between two human races” as observed by Darwin, H.P.B. references Sir William Henry Flower, a leading authority on mammals and especially on the primate brain of his time, in speaking of “semi-animal…

  • The Four Modes of Birth in The Secret Doctrine and the Abhidharmakosa of Buddhism

    The Four Modes of Birth in The Secret Doctrine and the Abhidharmakosa of Buddhism

    A NEW, YET UNKNOWN MYTHOLOGY AND CREATION ACCOUNT The Four Modes of Birth described in Indian and Persian Zoroastrian lore, and its meaning in The Secret Doctrine’s “Parallel Evolutionary System” about Human Origins In the ancient mythologies and literature of these traditions we find accounts of human creation, or modes of birth found in both…

  • Mahatma Letters on the Evolution of Life: Ten-Point Summary

    Mahatma Letters on the Evolution of Life: Ten-Point Summary

    The position on evolution and emanationism in the Mahatma Letters and as explained by H.P. Blavatsky remains a fascinating aspect of Theosophy. This position is neither atheistic, or agnostic, merely because of the rejection of the God-theory, The history of these positions antedate Darwin, including Democritus. Morya, attempting to get A.P. Sinnett to understand the…

  • The Emanation Theory in Theosophy and its Three Aspects of Evolution

    The Emanation Theory in Theosophy and its Three Aspects of Evolution

    Darwinism only a One-Sided Theory of Evolution This view is taught to be complementary to evolution; but asserts that Darwinian Evolution theory holds to a “one-sided physical evolution.” It teaches, that Man is the product of a triple scheme of evolution: (1) spiritual (monadic);(2) intellectual or psychic;(3) physical. Emanationism and Evolution The Theosophical Glossary describes the…