Tag: Mesopotamia
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Where does Jesus fit in a Theosophical Framework of the History of Adepts
JESUS THE MARTYRED ADEPT AND THE LARGER HISTORY OF ADEPTS Our position should be to question and respect Jesus, as nothing more than a man, rabbi (master or teacher to his disciples), initiate and martyred adept. In Theosophy, the men behind the Theosophical Movement considered Jesus as a martyred adept (one of the greatest among…
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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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Samuel Fales Dunlap on the Ancient Origin of Names of Great Gods, Cities, Rivers and Countries
In Samuel Fales Dunlap’s work The Origin of Ancient Names of Countries, Cities, Individuals, and Gods (Cambridge, 1856), he argued that the proper names of countries, cities, individuals, and gods, drawn from regions including Greece, Italy, Asia Minor, Babylon, Egypt, Phoenicia and Judaea, are generally compound words incorporating the names of ancient sun-gods. This reveals…
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