The Life and the Doctrines of Paracelsus
Complete Title: THE LIFE AND THE DOCTRINES OF PHILIPPUS THEOPHRASTUS BOMBAST OF HOHENHEIM KNOWN BY THE NAME OF PARACELSUS AND… Read More »The Life and the Doctrines of Paracelsus
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Writings related to the Renaissance era and Renaissance Theosophists.
Jacob Boehme and the Secret Doctrine
Jacob Boehme (or as some say Behmen) was a German mystic and spiritualist who began to write in the 17th… Read More »Jacob Boehme and the Secret Doctrine
Giordano Bruno: A Martyr Theosophist
[Reference: “The Heroic Enthusiasts” (Gli Eroici Furori), of Giordano Bruno, translated by L. Williams. (George Redway, London, 1887.)] “My name… Read More »Giordano Bruno: A Martyr Theosophist
[Notes from The Life of Paracelsus]
Selections by Franz Hartmann | Notes by H.P.B. Acthna.—an invisible, subterrestrial fire, being the matrix from which bituminous substances take… Read More »[Notes from The Life of Paracelsus]
Introductory Note to “Life of Giordano Bruno”
It is suggestive that in these Numbers which close the 4th and begin the 5th year of our Magazine, several… Read More »Introductory Note to “Life of Giordano Bruno”
The Theosophical Renaissance
At the dawn of the fourteenth century the sky of Europe was grey and lowering. Dull, sodden clouds of discontent… Read More »The Theosophical Renaissance
[Did Paracelsus “give way to intemperance”?]
Selection from letter to the editor “Paracelsus” by E.N.T. | Note by H.P.B. In regard to “Theophrastus Paracelsus,” whose name… Read More »[Did Paracelsus “give way to intemperance”?]
Giordano Bruno
About twelve miles from Naples, on the northeastern slope of Mount Vesuvius, stands the little town of Nola. First settled… Read More »Giordano Bruno
The Neoplatonic Revival
In the year 527, when the Emperor Justinian closed the Neoplatonic School in Athens and banished the last seven great… Read More »The Neoplatonic Revival
Paracelsus: Philosopher
The transition from the fifteenth to the sixteenth century accomplished one of the most remarkable changes ever recorded of human… Read More »Paracelsus: Philosopher
Paracelsus: Physician
It is an interesting fact, and one which should be carefully noted by all students of occultism, that many of… Read More »Paracelsus: Physician
Jacob Boehme
Jacob Boehme was born in the little village of Alt Seidenburg, near Goerlitz, in 1575. Although his Theosophical co-workers, Giordano… Read More »Jacob Boehme
Mystics and Mysticism in Christianity
It is no part of the purpose of the writer of this paper to give a connected history of mysticism,… Read More »Mystics and Mysticism in Christianity