Tag: Theosophy
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Cosmological Notes on Pythagorean Number Theory, the Vedas and Kabbalah
COSMOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE MATRIX AND THE FIGURE OF THE DECADE The Rig Veda teaches that the one animating principle of all the gods and man is a UNITY. IT is the eternally self-existent one, that lies behind Hiraṇyagarbha (the Womb) and brings forth a Universe. It is from Hiraṇyagarbha that the drama of creation, the first…
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A Small Glossary of Terms to Study
“THERE are persons whose minds would be incapable of appreciating the intellectual grandeur of the ancients, even in physical science, were they to receive the most complete demonstration of their profound learning and achievements.” (ISIS UNVEILED, 1877, Vol. 1, pg. 461.) “Lo, warrior! now the cross of RedPoints to the grave of the mighty dead;Within it…
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Before the Conversion: Helena Blavatsky on Shakyamuni Buddha and Buddhism
The nineteenth-century saw its first public Western converts to Buddhism, or this is how it is usually defined in books. Although Helena P. Blavatsky cannot be described as a “Western convert,” H.P.B. and Henry S. Olcott, an American lawyer who worked on U.S. President Lincoln’s assassination case, were the two leading movers of the Theosophical…
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“The Forlorn Hope” Letter, 1882.
“The Forlorn Hope,”‡. Received in Allahabad, Feb., 1882. “One or two of us hoped that the world had so far advanced intellectually, if not intuitionally, that the Occult doctrine might gain an intellectual acceptance, and the impulse given for a new cycle of occult research. Others – wiser as it would now seem – held…
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Two Key Subjects in Morya’s Cosmological Notes: Space and Essence
TWO KEYS SUBJECTS ON THE NATURE OF REALITY The key concepts in Morya’s Cosmological Notes are: “space” and “essence.” or — [1] The nature of space.[2] The nature of matter. By space what is being referred to? Is it ākāśa or śūnyatā? When the notes refer to the eternal space, or “the one element,” the Skt. term धातु…
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John Tavener: Fragments of a Prayer
John Tavener’s Fragments of a Prayer
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Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Morten Lauridsen Nordic Chamber Choir Translation — Latin text O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cuius viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Iesum Christum. Alleluia! English translation O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the new-born Lord, lying in a manger! Blessed is the Virgin…
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Sweeney Todd: “Worst Pies in London”
Theosophical Movement is like this pie shop today. It’s a perfect allusion. You’re the customer! It’s like fixing up a good slop of pies [bad philosophy and science]. We will help clean it up. Remember in this film, the pie shop becomes the best shop in town. It could be that way for us all.
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Cosmological Symbolism of Virgin Goddesses and Roman Mariolatry Explained
What is the cosmological meaning of the Virgin Mother-Goddesses in ancient mythology? In Egypt, Uta-Hor-resenet, a provost of the temples and prophet of the goddess NEITH at Sais had risen to positions of high dignity under the last kings of the 26th (XXVIth) Dynasty. The great King of all lands, Cambyses I, came to Egypt, and the provost…


