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  • The Construction of Monotheism: Dever, Stavrakopoulou, LePage, Blavatsky and Others

    The Construction of Monotheism: Dever, Stavrakopoulou, LePage, Blavatsky and Others

    Prof. William G. Dever (Archaeologist, Anthropologist,University of Arizona) says the Torah is a “Minority Report” “To understand Paul, we have to realize that in antiquity, all monotheists were polytheists by our modern definition. Everyone (…) acknowledged the existence of everybody else’s gods. Back then, not only were you born into cultic obligations to the gods of…

  • Rebuttal of Rene Guenon’s Critique of Modern Theosophy

    Rebuttal of Rene Guenon’s Critique of Modern Theosophy

    The objective of this article on René Guénon’s critique of Modern Theosophy, which he terms Theosophism is to outline his analysis in Le théosophisme: Histoire d’une pseudo-religion, and not to react to it defensively. Guénon calls the theosophy of the Theosophical Society generally ‘pseudo-Theosophy’ (Theosophism) and ‘pseudo-Christianity.’ He specifically terms Mrs. Annie Besant’s theosophy, ‘pseudo-Christianity’ and ‘neo-Christianity.’ The…