Tag: esoteric traditions
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The Mysterious Life of Manly P. Hall
from NewDawnmagazine.com: The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries saw an explosion of spiritual teachers and impresarios dealing in “secret wisdom.” Their ranks included hacks and frauds – as well as more than a few genuine scholars of esoteric traditions. Most have vanished from memory, their writings a historical footnote. There exists one distinct figure,…
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pythagoras, esoteric traditions and numerology
Pythagoras known for his theorem, also, greatly influenced esoteric traditions. Wikipedia’s entry reports, “Pythagoras started a secret society called the Pythagorean brotherhood devoted to the study of mathematics. This had a great effect on future esoteric traditions, such as Rosicrucianism and Freemasonry, both of which were occult groups dedicated to the study of mathematics and…