The theosophical masters : an investigation into the conceptual domains of H.P. Blavatsky and C.W. Leadbeater
Year: 2000
Type: dissertation
Abstract: MDOtI.LWd'representative men' in relation to the Theosophical Masters.For Transcendentalism see Arthur Versluis.American Transcendentalism and Asian Religions, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993; Jackson, The Oriental Religions and American Thought.2) The influence of the tradition of the 'wandering adepts' of alchemy on Blavatskian formulations.Based in large part on Paracelsus' prophecy that 'Elias Artista' (Elias the Artist, typologically related to the Biblical Elijah) would soon come and reveal the means to read the book of Nature, a mythologem developed in the seventeenth century which sponsored the notion of the travelling alchemical magus.Such magi were deemed to possess paranormal powers, and were believed able to teach the secrets of transmutation.Most celebrated, perhaps, is the 'adept' who visited 10hann-Friedrich Schweitzer ('Helvetius', 1625-1709).Cf, e.g.,
Author: Brendan James French
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1655714812