Author: Helena Petrovna BlavatskyPublisher: Philaletheians UK
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
With appended selections from Philostratus’ The Life of Apollonius of Tyana, translated by F.C. Conybeare.
Madame Blavatsky on Apollonius of Tyana
Author: Helena Petrovna BlavatskyPublisher: Philaletheians UK
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
With appended selections from Philostratus’ The Life of Apollonius of Tyana, translated by F.C. Conybeare.
Insights to the high idealism and quaint wit of Eliphas Levi
Author: Arthur Edward Waite, Boris Mihailovich de ZirkoffPublisher: Philaletheians UK
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Intensely suggestive, he is at the same time without much depth; splendid in generalisation, he is without accuracy in detail. It would be difficult to cite a worse guide over mere matters of fact. Had Lévi been left to himself, he would not have got far in occult science because his Gallic vivacity would have been blunted too quickly by the horrors of studious research. But he did somehow fell within a circle of initiation which curtailed the necessity for such research, and put him in the right path. Lévi was scarcely a transcendentalist, not even a mystic. Instinctively a materialist, he approached perilously towards atheism as when he stated that God is a hypothesis which is “very probably necessary.” His prophetic utterances upon the mission of Napoleon III have been stultified by subsequent events. Éliphas Lévi reflected a high idealism and an inner revolt against the injustices of the times. To Madame Blavatsky he was “undoubtedly a great occultist,” but “being a charming and witty writer,” has “more mystified than taught in his many volumes on magic.” Under no circumstances did she look upon him as an Initiate or a practical occultist. His style is poetical and quite charming. But what has he really taught us? Nothing, absolutely nothing — except, perhaps, the exuberance of the French language and his quaint wit. Not one single aspirant has become an Occultist by following the teaching of the French magus simply because, though Lévi evidently got his secrets from an Initiate, he never received the right to initiate others, says Blavatsky.
The Two First Books Concerning the Life of Apollonius Tyaneus. Now Published in English Together with Philological Notes ... by Charles Blount
Author: Flavius P. PhilostratosPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Ecclesiastical History
Author: SozomenThe Apocriticus of Macarius Magnes
Author: Macarius MagnesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Apologetics
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The Quest
Author: The Christian Invention of Time
Author: Simon GoldhillPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1009080830
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
Time is integral to human culture. Over the last two centuries people's relationship with time has been transformed through industrialisation, trade and technology. But the first such life-changing transformation – under Christianity's influence – happened in late antiquity. It was then that time began to be conceptualised in new ways, with discussion of eternity, life after death and the end of days. Individuals also began to experience time differently: from the seven-day week to the order of daily prayer and the festal calendar of Christmas and Easter. With trademark flair and versatility, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill uncovers this change in thinking. He explores how it took shape in the literary writing of late antiquity and how it resonates even today. His bold new cultural history will appeal to scholars and students of classics, cultural history, literary studies, and early Christianity alike.
Counterfeit Christs
Author: Trent HornPublisher: Catholic Answers Press
ISBN: 9781683571162
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Greek and Roman Worlds
Author: Daniel OgdenPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195151237
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
In a culture where the supernatural possessed an immediacy now strange to us, magic was of great importance both in the literary mythic tradition and in ritual practice. In this book, Daniel Ogden presents 300 texts in new translations, along with brief but explicit commentaries. Authors include the well known (Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Virgil, Pliny) and the less familiar, and extend across the whole of Graeco-Roman antiquity.
The Invisible Influence
Author: Alexander CannonPublisher: David and Charles
ISBN: 1446357600
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The Paranormal, the new ebook series from F+W Media International Ltd, resurrecting rare titles, classic publications and out-of-print texts, as well as new ebook titles on the supernatural – other-worldly books for the digital age. The series includes a range of paranormal subjects from angels, fairies and UFOs to near-death experiences, vampires, ghosts and witchcraft. The purpose of this title is to prove that there exists in this mighty world an Invisible Influence that rules our daily lives. It contains a structured conversation between Cannon and a series of mystics, yogis, and other sages, and offers anecdotes of crystal gazing, levitation, hypnotism, distant-touching, and other supposed phenomena.