Tag: initiation
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Understanding the Traditionalists
from newdawnmagazine.com: Traditionalists, for present purposes, means the loosely-constituted group inspired by René Guénon (1886-1951). Many of them also revere Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947). Later Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) became central to the group, while the work of Julius Evola (1898-1974) partly overlapped with the others. Any one of these four can serve as a gateway…
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Damodar and the Hall of Initiation
from blavatskytheosophy.com: FROM A LETTER FROM DAMODAR K. MAVALANKAR TO WILLIAM Q. JUDGE, (June 1881) At about 2 in the morning after finishing my work I locked the door of the room and lay in my bed. Within about 2 or 3 minutes I heard H.P.B.’s voice in her room calling me. I got up with…
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The Esoteric Interpretation of “Pan’s Labyrinth”
from vigilantcitizen.com: “Pan’s Labyrinth” is a profound movie telling the story of a young girl’s quest to escape the cruelties of Spanish Fascism. The movie also contains a great amount of occult and archetypal symbols telling another story: one of esoteric illumination through test of character and ritual initiation. We will look at the occult…
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Kenneth Grant and the Merovingian Mythos
from redicecreations.com: What is this Typhonian Tradition and how is it linked to the Merovingian/Grail Bloodline and the Priory of Sion as described in Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln and Richard Leigh’s book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail? According to Kenneth Grant, a leading exponent of this Typhonian Tradition, and head of the Ordo…
