This Theosophical Encyclopedia contains all the articles of the printed … jaguar, a stealthy predator, representing the impermanence of the physical world and the serpent, often associated with the occult force known in Sanskrit as kuṇḍalinī (literally “serpentine”), representing the permanence of the spiritual. The … tend to ridicule such practices, but there is evidence that they were often effective. Whether that was due to some occult influence unrecognized by modern medicine or merely to mental suggestion has not yet been sufficiently explored. In …
… Anthroposophy of Rudolf STEINER has made as virtually central to its program a very profound Western, Christian mysteries occultism. In the “I AM” movement Jesus has appeared, together with SAINT GERMAIN , as one of the most important Ascended …
… resurface in such manifestations as Hermeticism, Alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry, Sufism and Kabbalah. Along with the occult revival of the 19th century came a renewed interest in Gnosticism complete with the reconstitution of the Gnostic …
… was animistic and superstitious and that Zoroaster introduced a new religion in the 7th cent. BCE. The theosophical or occult view is that there were two Zoroasters, the first of whom lived “more than 20,000 years ago” according to Annie …
… a vision of God sitting upon his throne. Another work of considerable interest is the Sephir Yetzirah , which offers an occult vision of creation, exploring in very cryptic form the secret meaning of the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew …
… in a criticism of one of Sinnett’s suggestions about assigning “degrees” to those in the Society who study the occult philosophy (cf. letter 54; #35 in the Barker ed.). See also SUFISM. R.W.B. © Copyright by the Theosophical …