The American Minervan

Tag: Neil Godfrey

  • Lovers of the Ancients, or Christian Dogmatic claims to Truth

    Lovers of the Ancients, or Christian Dogmatic claims to Truth

    We are who we are, because we are “lovers of the ancients.” I would not be writing without my influences from Greek, Indian and Islamic Philosophy; and Blavatsky, Suhrawardi and Henry Corbin. I traced the styles of Blavatsky’s references, going to sources of doctrines in the Chaldean Oracles and the works of the eclectic orientalist…

  • Blavatsky and Christianity: Her Fundamental Christological Disputes and Her Defense of the Theosophical Position

    Blavatsky and Christianity: Her Fundamental Christological Disputes and Her Defense of the Theosophical Position

    “There are several ways of acquiring knowledge: (a) by accepting blindly the dicta of the church or modern science; (b) by rejecting both and starting to find the truth for oneself. The first method is easy and leads to social respectability and the praise of men; the other is difficult and requires more than ordinary…