Category Archives: Mystics

Mithraism

Mithraism was a mystery religion with devotees sworn to secrecy. Nothing could be spoken or written down. What little is known of Mithra, the god of justice and social contract, has been deduced from reliefs and icons found in temples.… Continue reading →

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Manly P. Hall

Symbolism is the language of the Mysteries, [and] all Nature, for every law and power active is manifested through the medium of symbol to communicate thoughts which transcend the limitations of language

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C. G. Jung – The Sacred Art of Alchemy

Much to his astonishment, C. G. Jung discovered that the ancient art of alchemy was describing, in symbolic language, the journey that all of us must take toward embodying our own intrinsic wholeness, what he called the process of “individuation.”… Continue reading →

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Paul Foster Case

Paul Foster Case was born in Fairport, New York. His mother was a teacher and his father was the head librarian of the town library, in which Paul Case was literally born. For a man whose thirst for hidden knowledge… Continue reading →

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Visitation

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Sufi Whirling Dervishes

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Saint Augustine

Seek not abroad, turn back into thyself, for in the inner man dwells the truth

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William Butler Yeats

We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.

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Gurdjieff, Tsabropoulos: Chants, Hymns and Dances

Philosopher, seeker after the truth, reconciler of science and religion, teacher, guru to artists, writers and musicians, Gurdjieff was an enigmatic figure; even his birthdate is uncertain: 1866 or 1877. He taught movements “to alter or heighten consciousness” at his… Continue reading →

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Alejandro Jodorowsky

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Terence McKenna Lecture on Novelty Theory

A clip from the Eros and Eschaton talk which starts out with a glance at Novelty Theory (conceived of by McKenna) and moves through a wide range of philosophies rather quickly.  Recommended. This is a general law of the universe,… Continue reading →

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H. P. Blavatsky

It is, then, by those shadows of the hoary Past and their fantastic silhouettes on the external screen of every religion and philosophy, that we can, by checking them as we go along, and comparing them, trace out finally the… Continue reading →

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