Poland is a Catholic country in its bones – the faith survived the Protestant Reformation, Prussian repression, and the atheistic communist era. So steadfast has it been that historian Neal Pease christened […]
Amidst the dense forests of Ancient Britain – long before the Romans conquered – the Druids presided over a forgotten Celtic culture. Draped in long cloaks and skilled in wisdom and divination, […]
Are you fascinated by ancient spiritual traditions and mystical teachings? Look no further than Hermeticism! This ancient philosophy, based on the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, has captivated seekers of spiritual knowledge for […]
Often, when Westerners learn of the practices of Buddhist monks, there is a cocktail of awe and confusion. As we watch their disciplined martial arts or young monks steaming towels on their […]
THE Victorian era saw a proliferation of occult and esoterically inclined orders and society, from new formations of Martinism to the Theosophical Society and its Esoteric Section to Numerous Masonic appellate bodies. Possibly the most well-known, and immediately influential, is the Order of the Golden Dawn. Originally envisaged as an initiatory school of theoretical magic, it because, with its Rosicrucian Inner Order, both a school of initiates and a college of Adepts, practicing both and theurgy. The Golden Dawn existed from the late 19th to the early 20th century in Great Britain and France, and into the 1970s in New Zealand. Its teachings, rituals, and initiations are still influential today.
I’ve long been fascinated by this picture, statue, or representation of “Death and the Maiden” as it relates to Freemasonry. I first saw the picture when I became a Freemason, in one […]
Having just come off an ugly few weeks at work, the issue of trust has raised its ugly head. Bosses not trusting the people they hire; employees not trusting managers to look […]
In the modern era, we hear the word “industry” and tend to think of large brick buildings, chimneys billowing smoke, workers trudging in through large iron gates to manipulate gears and cogs […]
Poetry: often regarded as the domain of lofty, high-brows: difficult to understand, and even more difficult to write. In its traditional sense, it almost could be argued that poetry has lost its […]
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