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Tag: Graeco-Roman Gods

  • Athena, Virgin Guardian of Aries: Courage and Noetic Enlightenment in Hellenic Esotericism

    Athena, Virgin Guardian of Aries: Courage and Noetic Enlightenment in Hellenic Esotericism

    INTRODUCTION TO ZODIACAL SYMBOLISM AND SALVATION IN PRYSE’S INTERPRETATION We adventure once more into The Restored New Testament (1914) of Theosophist James Morgan Pryse to understand the significance of Athena in Hellenic religion. Pryse’s work reinterprets the New Testament as a Hellenic mystery drama infused with esoteric symbolism, blending Greek mythology, zodiacal astrology, and theosophical…

  • The Different Aspects of Zeus in Greek Mythology: Is Zeus the Highest God?

    The Different Aspects of Zeus in Greek Mythology: Is Zeus the Highest God?

    “These fairy tales are not senseless stories written for the amusement of the idle; they embody the profound religion of our forefathers(…)” (W.S.W. Anson, Asgard and the Gods: Tales and Traditions of our Northern Ancestors) “For a myth, in Greek [[mythos]], means oral tradition, passed from mouth to mouth from one generation to the other; and…