Tag: Greek Mythology
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Jewish Kabbalah and Hindu Account of the Origin of the Universe: Cosmological Notes
INTRODUCTION This article aims to demonstrate a fundamental unity of ancient esoteric wisdom traditions by comparing Hindu cosmogony with Jewish cosmogony in addition to correcting certain ideas about shared geometric symbolism. These systems are not oppositional but “two leaves on the same stem,” sharing an identical esoteric core that originates from a primordial universal secret…
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These Seven Kinds of Love will Change your Attitude to Life
LOVE (EROS), like the god PAN, is an important god (one of the primordial ancient Greek gods). Eros does not simply refer to an intense Erotic Love, but is an exulted Divine Ideal, that can be a frightening and dangerous POWER. It is considered to be a quickening FIRE, or psychic force that burns out…
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Everything About Lucifer in Ancient Mythology
INTRODUCTION The term Lucifer (Septuagint translation of Helel ben Shaḥar) is used in the Torah in reference to the King of Babylon. The myth of the King of Babylon is derived from a Babylonian or Hebrew sidereal or star-myth (similar to the Greek myth of Helio’s son, Phaethon). Stars were regarded by some as celestial beings, and…
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Tragedy of Satan the Double-Headed Dragon
THE GOD OF THE THEOLOGIANS, THE JEWISH GOD-NAME AND THE ANCIENT MYTH OF THE TWIN BROTHERS IT IS A MISTAKE TO VIEW HELENA BLAVATSKY’S DISMANTLING OF BIBLICAL POLEMICS as threatening, even anti-Semitic as she has been falsely accused of. She often spends a great deal explaining just as she does with the history of the…
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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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Hecate and Diana in the Mysteries as Triune Genetrix and Savior
Hecate the Savior “Hekate . . . pleased with dark ghosts that wander through the shade . . . nightly seen.”—Orphic Hymn 1 to Hecate (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns c. 3rd B.C.E to 2nd C.E.) “The world’s key-bearer, never doomed to fail . . . unconquerable queen” (ibid). Mortals, carrying with them on the threshold,…
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Luciferous Protogonos, The God the Ancients Call “The First-Born”
PRE-CHRISTIAN AND MYTHIC ORIGINS COMMENTARY ABOUT THE FIRST FEW PAGES OF THE SECRET DOCTRINE LUCIFEROUS describes the radiance of the FIRST PRINCIPLE born from the Great Mother and Father-GOD in nearly every ancient cosmogony. Here, we will give a different meaning of LUCIFER, or the morning star, that is based upon the Graeco-Roman MYSTERIES, known under the titles…
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Disney’s Hercules “One Last Hope”
Although, the mythical legend and moral of the story of Herakles, should not be learned from the Disney film, this song remains a childhood favorite. Being one for drama, it is the perfect song to make allusion to our hopes here. Based on the lessons we learn from ancient mythology, you are raised in truth,…
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Sun and Lunar Worship: Adonai, Baal and Moloch in the Mysteries
INTRODUCTION The source of “The Secret Doctrine” on the Ancient Worships of Syria explains the ancient Sun-Gods. These Gods and Names in the ancient world are intimately tied to the history of ancient peoples, cities, and the meanings those people ascribed in their world. S.F. Dunlap was a reference source in H.P. Blavatsky’s major work,…
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The Tragedy of Pan the Great: From Primordial Deity to Rustic Sex-Craving God
Ofelia: “My name is Ofelia. Who are you?” Pan: “Me? I’ve had so many names. Old names that only the wind and the trees can pronounce. I am the mountain, the forest and the earth. I am… I am a faun. Your most humble servant, Your Highness.” (Pan’s Labyrinth, film) PAN A PRIMORDIAL GOD AND…
The American Minervan 