Tag: interpretation
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Usher Unveiled: Poe and the Metaphysic of Gnosticism
from eapoe.org: It has long been a critical paradox that Edgar Allan Poe is considered to be outside the mainstream of American literature, while he is known internationally as the author of the most famous short tale in thee tradition, “The Fall of the House of Usher.” The most damaging charge against Poe is surely…
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Manly P. Hall Gets to the Heart of Homer’s “Odyssey”
from Disinfo.com: You won’t hear this interpretation in the storied halls of academia. Manly P. Hall – author, mystic, examiner of all things esoteric – teases apart the obscurities of Homer’s epic to reveal its secret meaning. Namely, what certain elements represent and how it relates to the inner life of man (mental/emotional/spiritual) and consciousness…
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INTERSTELLAR: Secret Revelations of Transhumanism and ‘The Singularity’
from source: Interstellar is a grandiose film about a great number of serious philosophical and scientific concepts. It’s also about a host other things, such as love, life, mistakes, meaning, etc., so knowing where to start an analysis is a bit challenging, though as many of my friends have said, it seems to be the perfect…
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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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Leprosy in the Bible: Quarantine or Ritual?
from cornell.edu: “Biblical interpretation: Leprosy as an illness brought the assumption that God was punishing a victim for sinning, as the Hebrew word for leprosy, sara’at, meaning “to strike down,” suggests. When used in Hebrew texts, sara’at was exclusively used to describe visible disfigurements or discolorations of the skin. Coupled with its verbal connotation, sara’at…