Tag: occultist

The Initiates’ Tower of Babel and Jargon: Mystery-Language of Symbolism and Allegory

Helena P. Blavatsky asserts (not argues) there existed in antiquity ‘one knowledge and one language,’ but became limited to a few, and this knowledge was denied to subsequent generations (see […]

Dominique Johnson November 3, 2018 Leave a Comment

First Thoughts about “The Secret School of Wisdom: The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati”

A SCHOOL OF HUMANITY I am highly satisfied with my copy of “The Secret School of Wisdom: The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati.” I cannot believe how much […]

A Republic of Conscience: Theosophical Society modeled on the American Ideal

THE THEOS. SOC. AS A REPUBLIC OF CONSCIENCE The Theosophical Society was founded and established in a meeting September 7, 1875 in New York, partly by Helena P. Blavatsky, who […]

Eliphas Levi’s “Warning to the Impudent” on Occultism

Éliphas Lévi (Alphonso Louis Constant), 19th century French priest influenced by occult philosophy and thinkers like Joseph de Maistre, warns impudent students rushing into occult studies. [Translated by Arthur Edward Waite […]