Tag: Theology
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Everything About Lucifer in Ancient Mythology
INTRODUCTION The term Lucifer (Septuagint translation of Helel ben Shaḥar) is used in the Torah in reference to the King of Babylon. The myth of the King of Babylon is derived from a Babylonian or Hebrew sidereal or star-myth (similar to the Greek myth of Helio’s son, Phaethon). Stars were regarded by some as celestial beings, and…
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Tragedy of Satan the Double-Headed Dragon
𓄂𓆃 THE GOD OF THE THEOLOGIANS, JEWISH GOD’S NAME AND THE MYTH OF THE TWIN BROTHERS IT IS A MISTAKE TO VIEW HELENA BLAVATSKY’S DISMANTLING OF BIBLICAL POLEMICS as threatening, even anti-Semitic as she has been falsely accused of. She often spends a great deal explaining just as she does with the history of the…
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Life’s Greatest Mystery: Victorian Theosophist Anna Kingsford’s Vision Teachings on Satan
𓄂𓆃 ORIGINAL SOURCE OF THE MISQUOTE IN KINGSFORD’S “PERFECT WAY” ON THE SECRET OF SATAN H.P.B. STATES THAT “THE TRUE ESOTERIC VIEW ABOUT “SATAN,” the opinion held on this subject by the whole philosophic antiquity, is admirably brought out in an appendix, entitled “The Secret of Satan,” to the second edition of Dr. A. Kingsford’s…
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Getting Technical about “The First Cause”
The word God is generic for a collective, or plethora of beings, a multitude under a unity, and not a singular entity. The “First Cause” is a philosophical conception, that is in-fact, not the same as what is termed, e.g., the “ever Unknowable Eternal Cause.” There’s for example a historical distinction drawn between El’ and…
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The Meaning of Pistis and the Science of Gnosis
The writings of Christian authors and theologians about those called Gnostics and Gnosticism often indicate insecurity and fear of it as a legitimate threat, even after attaining victory over it. I will demonstrate what I mean. Bible Hub explains, that “gnṓsis (“applied-knowledge”) is only as accurate (reliable) as the relationship it derives from.” It adds, “the…
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“Between these two conflicting Titans — Science and Theology — is a bewildered public”
“Between these two conflicting Titans — Science and Theology — is a bewildered public” “IT is nineteen centuries since, as we are told, the night of Heathenism and Paganism was first dispelled by the divine light of Christianity; and two-and-a-half centuries since the bright lamp of Modern Science began to shine on the darkness of…
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Alan Watts: “Ecology and Religion”
Alan Watts on the limited symbolic ideas about God affecting human behavior, the problem of the paternalistic concept of God, the feminine property in Eastern metaphysics, and the self-contradiction of the idea that real power is force. Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 – 16 November 1973) was a British-born philosopher, writer, and speaker, best…
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Matt Dillahunty to Jordan Peterson: “Science can’t confirm the supernatural”
Jordan Peterson asks Matt Dillahunty in their debate, or dialogue, why don’t atheists contend with the major philosophical and theological sources. He gives an expected answer, which instead of pouting about, should be listened to, regarding evidence of the supernatural. Matt Dillahunty to Jordan Peterson: “I think this gets basically to the same point I…
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Marcel Barsotti: Die Päpstin – Anno Domini 887
Die Päpstin – Anno Domini 887 THE ENDURING MYTH OF POPE JOAN “…a female pope who is not set down in the list of popes.”
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The Philosophical Wisdom of the Pre-Christian World Survives and Lives On
The philosophical wisdom of the pre-Christian World survives, and lives on, and with us, will advance, and shape the coming eras with the help of earnest, dedicated students, which must be genuine and honest. This honesty includes dismantling the lies about antiquity, that has shielded our theologians for centuries. “Let it not be imagined that…
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Quotes on the Scientific Aristocracy and Vanity of Modern Philosophers
QUOTES “France, why do you misunderstand us? European and American Journalists, why don’t you study genuine Theosophy before criticizing it? Because scientific aristocracy is full of vanity and struts on stilts of its own fabrication; because modern philosophy is materialistic to the roots of its hair; because both, in their pride, forget that in order to…
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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…
The American Minervan 