Tag: Theosophy
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A Second Look at Blavatsky on Indigenous People in The Secret Doctrine
There are a couple passages in The Secret Doctrine that come to mind when dealing with accusations against H.P. Blavatsky. When she mentions for example, “sterility between two human races” as observed by Darwin, H.P.B. references Sir William Henry Flower, a leading authority on mammals and especially on the primate brain of his time, in speaking of “semi-animal…
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Theosophy versus Evola’s “Ultra-Fascism” on Race: Julius Evola’s view of Black People in “Negrified America”
It never mattered whether the Black man sang Jazz, while smoothly puffing the finest cigar in the finest suit or rapped about slinging guns and drugs. The critical opinions about us in everything we do and create were the same then and now. This is not to negate critiques, even by Black people themselves of…
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Helena Blavatsky on Government Systems: “They have no sway over the inner man…”
“…Whether the physical man be under the rule of an empire or a republic, concerns only the man of matter. His body may be enslaved; as to his Soul, he has the right to give to his rulers the proud answer of Socrates to his Judges. They have no sway over the inner man.” (H.P.…
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The Scholar studies the Men of Antiquity to become an Exemplar in Future Ages | Book of Rites (Li Ji)
This single passage defines all that we aim toward in this life, and is therefore, the most important to my ideal here: contributing to the advancement of culture and education. It also tells you, as the reader that Far-East Asian Philosophy had an impact on me. I want to help you see certain limitations, or…
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Blood, the Universal Proteus: Significance of Blood in Ancient Magic and Religion
“…it was then that I understood for the first time a little of that message proclaimed by my ancestors on the banks of the Ganges thirty centuries ago–‘They who see but One in all the changing manifoldness of this universe, unto them belongs Eternal Truth, unto none else!’” (MODERN SCIENCE AND THE VEDANTA, THE BRAHMAVADIN,…
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Stunning Visual TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time
Absolutely contemplative, and stunning visual timelapse of the future, based on modern science, created by Melody Sheep https://www.patreon.com/melodysheep., who creates science videos and soundtrack music mashups. When I first happened onto Timelapse of the Future, it had a near 10 thousand views, and I did not see the date, and thought it was one of…
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Etruscan Visual Representations of the Birth of Athena and Minerva: A Comparative Study | Dr. Shanna Kennedy-Quigley
Dr. Shanna Kennedy-Quigley’s paper from the Etruscan Studies Journal on the Etruscan visual representations of the Birth of Athena and Minerva provides historical, artistic, and cultural perspective of its common use in imagery. The paper explains the significant differences in the Etruscan cultural attitudes toward women, from those of their Greek contemporaries. It examines Etruscan…
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The Four Modes of Birth in The Secret Doctrine and the Abhidharmakosa of Buddhism
A NEW, YET UNKNOWN MYTHOLOGY AND CREATION ACCOUNT The Four Modes of Birth described in Indian and Persian Zoroastrian lore, and its meaning in The Secret Doctrine’s “Parallel Evolutionary System” about Human Origins In the ancient mythologies and literature of these traditions we find accounts of human creation, or modes of birth found in both…
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Albert Pike Ponders on Lucifer in Morals and Dogma: Tells Us to Seek the Light of Knowledge
There has been only one line in all of the pages of Albert Pike’s Morals and Dogma, used and cited numerously to accuse him of praising Lucifer or Evil in his book, and propagating “Luciferianism.” This is often used in Christian polemics against Esoteric philosophy and traditions. The purpose of this article is to dispose…
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The Nineteenth-Century Popularization of the Desatir | Theosophists, Ishraqis, and Zoroastrianism
The Desatir or Dasātīr (Per. دساتیر lit. “Ordinances”), also known as Dasatir-i-Asmani is a collection of writings now generally taken to be a literary forgery written in an invented or artificial language. It contains elements from Indian and Iranian dialects, as well as Persian grammar. It is recommended in “The Secret Doctrine Reference Series,” where…
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Russian MS. of H.P.B. criticized V.S. Solovyov’s Review of Theosophy: ‘Theosophists worship the wisdom that is from Above’
‘Theosophists worship the wisdom that is from Above’ In relation to Russian Philosopher Vladimir Solovyov and Charles J. Ryan: ‘H.P.B. did not invent the Tibetan Brotherhood and Chelas’, an insightful Russian MS. (the date reads London, 1890) in H.P. Blavatsky’s handwriting was discovered in the Adyar Archives. It was H.P.B.’s critical response, or correction of V.S.…
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H.P. Blavatsky involvement in Italian Politics with Garibaldi and Mazzini, and the Carbonari’s Role in the Republican Revolutions
H.P. Blavatsky’s interest in Italian politics has been very scanty in the historical record of her life. H.P.B. herself had claimed and proven to H.S. Olcott, as detailed in his Diary Leaves, that she had joined the Garibaldians (see Garibaldi and the Red Shirts) at the bloody Battle of Mentana, where she was stabbed with a…
The American Minervan 