Tag: Theosophy

  • Sophia and the Alchemical Wedding in the Rosicrucian Vision

    Sophia and the Alchemical Wedding in the Rosicrucian Vision

    “You are my mind, bring me forth.You are my treasure-house, open for me.You are my fullness, take me to you.” THE PRAYER OF APOSTLE PAUL, NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY

  • Cosmological Notes on Pythagorean Number Theory, the Vedas and Kabbalah

    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…

  • A Small Glossary of Terms to Study

    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…

  • Before the Conversion: Helena Blavatsky on Shakyamuni Buddha and Buddhism

    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…

  • “The Forlorn Hope” Letter, 1882.

    “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…

  • Two Key Subjects in Morya’s Cosmological Notes: Space and Essence

    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…

  • John Tavener: Fragments of a Prayer

    John Tavener’s Fragments of a Prayer

  • Julius Evola on ‘Modern Occultism’ and Theosophists

    Julius Evola on ‘Modern Occultism’ and Theosophists

    Evola explains his early influences, and later preference for traditionalism. “On the whole, however, I always preserved my independence, frequently even voicing my lack of regard for modern ‘occultism’. Modern occultist currents certainly played a useful, if limited, role in my case, the role they generally play in the contemporary world: that of providing an…

  • 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…

  • The Theosophical Movement: A ‘Hijacked Organization’ | Michael Tsarion

    The Theosophical Movement: A ‘Hijacked Organization’ | Michael Tsarion

    While I cannot endorse all of Michael Tsarion’s opinions, like secret ‘Illuminati’-Draconian bloodlines, this talk explains what happened to the Theosophical Movement. As of today, we actually have sufficient information to understand what led to the demise of the Theosophical Society.

  • 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.

  • Cosmological Symbolism of Virgin Goddesses and Roman Mariolatry Explained

    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…