Tag: Gnosticism
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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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Carl Orff: Circa Mea Pectora
Circa Mea Pectora (“In My Heart”) is a dramatic love song in Latin and Middle High German, and the singing is put in the mouth of a man whose intentions are made to seem clearly not honorable. It is relatable to the drama of an unworthy candidate’s ambitious and selfish intentions in their aspirations to unveil…
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Carl Orff: Veni, Veni, Venias
Carl Orff: Veni, Veni, Venias #Orchestra #Wisdom #Gnostic #Love #Mysticism
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Russian MS. of H.P.B. criticized V.S. Solovyov’s Review of Theosophy: ‘Theosophists worship the wisdom that is from Above’
‘Theosophists worship the wisdom that is from Above’ In relation to Russian Philosopher Vladimir Solovyov and Charles J. Ryan: ‘H.P.B. did not invent the Tibetan Brotherhood and Chelas’, an insightful Russian MS. (the date reads London, 1890) in H.P. Blavatsky’s handwriting was discovered in the Adyar Archives. It was H.P.B.’s critical response, or correction of V.S.…
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Anna Kingsford and Helena Blavatsky on the True Ancient Meaning of Satan
INTRODUCTION — THE JEWISH AND THEOSOPHICAL POSITION, AND DEVIL-WORSHIP Satan יְהֹוָה in its original conception means adversary and differs from the later Dantian and Christian conception of popular imagination. According to H.P. Blavatsky, SATAN, a concept held by other ancient nationalities, “is one of the most profoundly philosophical and ideal conceptions of ancient thought” (The…
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James M. Pryse’s Hellenic Restoration of the Gospels
THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ITS HELLENIC AND PRIMITIVE FORM James Morgan Pryse was an author, theosophist and his brother John founded the Gnostic Society in 1928. In The Apocalypse Unsealed (1910) Pryse published the secret key to decoding esoteric meaning of the Book of Revelation. In 1914, The Restored New Testament (The Hellenic Fragments Freed From The…
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The Liberator-God in Ancient Religion: Salvation and Resurrection of the Initiated
Resurrection of the DEAD and the Liberation of MAN in the MYSTERIES. Initiates, as Lovers of Education and WISDOM. THE DRAMA OF GRADUATION IN THE MYSTERIES Think only the Greeks and Romans celebrated the MYSTERIES? As Francis Bacon once said, Ipsa scientia potestas est (“Knowledge itself is power”)—Meditationes Sacrae, 1597. I must be INITIATED, ere I die!!—Aristophanes, Eirene (“Peace” Comedy). The…
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Baptized with Fire: Proclus and Simonian Theosophy on the Symbolism of Fire and Water
“I baptize you with water (υδορ), but (…) he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost (Paraklêtos) and with fire (pyro or πῦρ)” LUKE 3:16 Iaonnes baptizes Iesous with water. Iesous will baptize you with the FIRE, but this fire is the higher knowledge, or gnosis. The Meaning of Fire in Baptism Is it the FIRE on Mount Sinai…
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What Are Polemicists: In Defense of the Polemicist – Lecture by Jersey Flight
What is a Polemicist? The act of polemics is that of the contrarian, and derives from the Greek. In the Greek it has the meaning of being war-like, or hostile. The act of polemics is a militant reply in the form of reasoned arguments against a proposition regarded as worthy of defense. The polemicist is a man or woman of…
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Sophia and the Alchemical Wedding in the Rosicrucian Vision
“You are my mind, bring me forth.You are my treasure-house, open for me.You are my fullness, take me to you.” THE PRAYER OF APOSTLE PAUL, NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY
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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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William Quan Judge: “The Occultist is reverently and progressively Gnostic”
“The modern scientist is confessedly and boastfully agnostic. The occultist is reverently and progressively gnostic. Modern science recognizes matter as ‘living’ and ‘dead,’ ‘organic’ and ‘inorganic,’ and ‘Life’ as merely a phenomenon of matter. Occult science recognizes, ‘foremost of all, the postulate that there is no such thing in Nature as inorganic substances or bodies.”…
The American Minervan 