Tag: Gerald Massey
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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 for bringing women into the movement so that he could sexually seduce them (Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.5).” (Michael J. Kruger, Five Myths About the Ancient Heresy…
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Blavatsky on Christian Roots in Egyptian Esotericism
In a letter from 1887 Helena P. Blavatsky to the Egyptologist Gerald Massey (1828-1907) differentiates her position from him on the origins of Christianity, explaining that Egyptian esotericism is significant in understanding its origins. This letter was reprinted in The Agnostic Journal (London, October 3, 1891, p. 214) and is a reaction to his lectures…
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Gerald Massey: “There’s No Dearth in Kindness”
There’s no dearth of kindness In this world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers; Outward we are spurning, Trampling one another; While we are inly yearning With the name of “brother!” —Gerald Massey, excerpt from There’s No Dearth of Kindness.
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The Seven Numerations of Nature in the Egyptian Hieroglyphs and Trans-Himalayan Occult Tenet
The Secret Doctrine defends the doctrine on the Seven Numerations of Man and Nature, held by the Trans-Himalayan Occultists’ School taught in the Theosophical system. Helena Blavatsky did not invent Theosophy, nor this concept, but explains it in no way others have hitherto done. She further tied this to Greek Esotericism (Theosophy and Platonism: The Seven…
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