To the Christianity, the Philosophy, the Erudition, Science, and Noble Intelligence of the Age. Notes and Materials for an Adequate Biography of the Celebrated Divine and Theosopher, William Law. Comprising an Elucidation of the Scope and Contents of the Writings of Jacob Böhme, and of His Great Commentator, Dionysius Andreas Freher; with a Notice of the Mystical Divinity and Most Curious and Solid Science of All Ages of the World. Also an Indication of the True Means for the Induction of the Intellectual "heathen," Jewish, and Mahomedan Nations Into the Christian Faith

To the Christianity, the Philosophy, the Erudition, Science, and Noble Intelligence of the Age. Notes and Materials for an Adequate Biography of the Celebrated Divine and Theosopher, William Law. Comprising an Elucidation of the Scope and Contents of the Writings of Jacob Böhme, and of His Great Commentator, Dionysius Andreas Freher; with a Notice of the Mystical Divinity and Most Curious and Solid Science of All Ages of the World. Also an Indication of the True Means for the Induction of the Intellectual
Author: William Law
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Total Pages: 688
Release: 1854
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Theosophical Enlightenment

Theosophical Enlightenment
Author: Joscelyn Godwin
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 466
Release: 1994-10-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1438404220
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This is an intellectual history of occult and esoteric currents in the English-speaking world from the early Romantic period to the early twentieth century. The Theosophical Society, founded in 1875 by Helena P. Blavatsky, holds a crucial position as the place where all these currents temporarily united, before again diverging. The book's ambiguous title points to the author's thesis that Theosophy owed as much to the skeptical Enlightenment of the eighteenth century as it did to the concept of spiritual enlightenment with which it is more readily associated. The author respects his sources sufficiently to allow that their world, so different from that of academic reductionism, has a right to be exhibited on its own terms. At the same time he does not conceal the fact that he considers many of them deluded and deluding. In the context of theosophical history, this book is neither on the side of the blind votaries of Madame Blavatsky, nor on that of her enemies. It may, therefore, be expected to mildly annoy both sides.

Modern Esoteric Spirituality

Modern Esoteric Spirituality
Author: Antoine Faivre
Publisher: Crossroad Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780824514440
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"An excellent overview of spiritual movements throughout the last few centuries . . . a superb panorama" (The Book Reader), this book covers esoterica from its ancient beginnings through the alchemists to Gurdijeff and Jung.

Theosophy, Imagination, Tradition

Theosophy, Imagination, Tradition
Author: Antoine Faivre
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2000-02-17
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9780791444351
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A historical and interpretive study of three aspects of Western esotericism from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

Western Esotericism

Western Esotericism
Author: Antoine Faivre
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2010-10-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1438433794
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Widely received in France, this brief, comprehensive introduction to Western esotericism by the founder of the field is at last available in English. A historical and pedagogical guide, the book is written primarily for students and novices. In clear, precise language, author Antoine Faivre provides an overview of Western esoteric currents since late antiquity. The bulk of the book is laid out chronologically, from ancient and medieval sources (Alexandrian hermetism, gnosticism, neoplatonism), through the Renaissance up to the present time. Its coverage includes spiritual alchemy, Jewish and Christian Kabbalah, Christian theosophy, Rosicrucianism, Illuminism, 'mystical' Free-Masonry, the Occultist current, Theosophical and Anthroposophical Societies, the Traditionalist School, and 'esotericism' in contemporary initiatic societies and in New Religious Movements. Faivre explores how these currents are connected, and refers to where they appear in art and literature. The book concludes with an annotated bibliography, which makes it an essential resource for beginners and scholars alike.

Cosmology - Universal Science

Cosmology - Universal Science
Author: Franz HARTMANN
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 77
Release: 2008-12-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1409236099
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This masterpiece:It is about the Mysteries of the Universe Regarding God, Nature, Man, the Macrocosm and Microcosm, Eternity and Time Explained According to the Religion of Christ by Means of the Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries. Copied and translated from an old German manuscript, and provided with a Dictionary of Occult terms. About the author:Franz Hartmann (1838 - 1912) was a German physician, theosophist, occultist, geomancer, astrologer, and author of esoteric works. He wrote esoteric studies and a biography of Jakob Böhme and of Paracelsus. He translated the Bhagavad Gita into German and was the editor of the journal Lotusblüten. He was at one time a co-worker of Helena Blavatsky at Adyar. In 1896 he founded a German Theosophical Society. He also supported the Guido-von-List-Society (Guido-von-List-Gesellschaft). He cofounded the Ordo Templi Orientis with Carl Kellner and Theodor Reuss.

The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor

The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor
Author: Joscelyn Godwin
Publisher: Weiser Books
Total Pages: 468
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780877288381
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The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, active in the last decades of the 19th century, was the only order of its time that taught practical occultism in the Western Mystery Tradition. This is the first complete and undistorted account, tracing the origins, founders, and practices of this very secretive order, which counted among its members many of the well-known figures of late 19th-century occultism, spiritualism, and Theosophy, including Max Theon, Peter Davidson, Thomas Henry Burgoyne and Paschal Beverly Randolph. This scholarly work provides all the materials for revisioning the history, assigning the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor its rightful place as one of the most influential esoteric orders of its time.