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Tag: Russian Silver Age

  • The Significant Loss of an Extinct Philosophy: Zurvanism, Theosophy and the Truths behind Them

    The Significant Loss of an Extinct Philosophy: Zurvanism, Theosophy and the Truths behind Them

    Central to this article is my argument in favor of Theosophy in its claims on the antiquity of Iranian mythology, the philosophical truth of positions considered heretical in Zoroastrianism, and its contrast (elimination of anthropomorphism) and difference from ZURVANISM which influenced Mithraism and Manichaeism. ☀ KEY MISUNDERSTANDINGS CLEARED AWAY ABOUT THEOSOPHY The significant loss from…

  • Maria Carlson on the Influence of Theosophy on Russian Culture in the Russian Silver Age

    Maria Carlson on the Influence of Theosophy on Russian Culture in the Russian Silver Age

    In September 1990, the Soviet Union officially ended its policy of state-sponsored atheism, approving a tolerant law on freedom of conscience as people were entering the Church in record numbers. The fall of Communism in Russia in 1991 also led to the end of long years of a ban and suppression against Theosophy during the Soviet era.…