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Tag: Theosophy and Christianity

  • Time’s Circle in Zurvanite Philosophy and Theosophy: Monism beyond Dualism

    Time’s Circle in Zurvanite Philosophy and Theosophy: Monism beyond Dualism

    INTRODUCTION Alireza Assary, an independent researcher of ancient Iranian mythology, David Reigle and Henry Corbin are influences for my approach and dialogue here. Assary explains in Zurvan and the Philosophy of Time: On the Necessity of Reinterpretation, that modern reinterpretations view Zurvan as a philosophical framework for TIME, where infinite time flows cyclically, arguing that…

  • Jesus as Martyred Adept in the History of Adepts and the Origins of Christos

    Jesus as Martyred Adept in the History of Adepts and the Origins of Christos

    It is a key thesis of Theosophy to the present time, that early Christianity stole “Christos” through syncretism, the very word its polemicists use to devalue the arguments of those that challenge its truth-claims. Early Christianity blended Jewish messianism with Greek and Mesopotamian elements to appeal to gentiles. The New Testament writers including Paul (the…