Tag: Sufis

  • Jean-Louis Siemons: “Theosophy” in Neo-Platonic and Christian Literature

    Jean-Louis Siemons: “Theosophy” in Neo-Platonic and Christian Literature

    Dr. Jean-Louis Siémons article Theosofia in Neo-Platonic and Christian Literature (2nd to 6th Century A.D.), Theosophical History Centre, London, 1988, pp. 24-26. Dr. Siémons was an Associate of the United Lodge of Theosophists for over fifty years. This is to give us perspective on the 19th century Theosophical Movement’s place within the broader scope of theosophical…

  • Did Helena Blavatsky Study with the Druze of Lebanon?

    Did Helena Blavatsky Study with the Druze of Lebanon?

    “The religion of the Druses is said to be a compound of Judaism, Mahomedanism and Christianity, strongly tinged with Gnosticism and the Magian system of Persia. Were people to call things by their right names, sacrificing all self-conceit to truth, they might confess things otherwise. They could say, for instance, that Mahomedanism being a compound…