Faivre and Theosophy.Net FAQ

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This group exists for us to work on our understanding of the ideas around Esotericism and Theosophy and to nurture ideas to act on our understanding of the framework these provide.

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Theosophy: "Intuitional knowledge or wisdom resulting from progress in Self-awareness and/or experience of one's own Transcendental ('Divine') Nature."

Theosophist: "An individual who is at least willing to consider potential knowledge and/or wisdom purporting to have been derived in this special epistemological way."

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Faivre & Theosophy

This group serves several functions:

A) To help us at Theosophy.Net understand the framework of Esotericism and Theosophy as given by Antoine Faivre.

B) To help encourage exploration of the ways that we can apply these ideas, not only to this site but also to life in general.

C) To come up with projects and activities based on our understanding of these concepts.

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In my own words...

Started by Joe Fulton. Last reply by John Oct 5, 2014. 18 Replies 3 Likes

We know that what we're asking in this group is pretty difficult.This is a Theosophy that most of us have not even heard of, but it exists and is quite legit.What we encourage you to do is to go to…Continue

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Questions about the 9 (6+3) Characteristics

Started by John. Last reply by John Jun 5, 2013. 4 Replies 1 Like

I wanted to encourage anyone who has questions about any of the 9 (6+3 total) characteristics, stated in the FAQ, to feel free to ask questions in this discussion. There are no dumb questions. If…Continue

Tags: Characteristics, Esotericism, Theosophy

Controversies

Started by Joe Fulton. Last reply by Dewald Bester May 30, 2013. 9 Replies 0 Likes

Material has been moved from the discussion on "In my own words"We ask that you respect the intent of discussions posted on this site. It is a failure in moderation that led us to allow a meta…Continue

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Ideas in our Framework - Part 1

Started by Joe Fulton. Last reply by Capt. Anand Kumar May 27, 2013. 6 Replies 3 Likes

The goal of this exercise is to go through each of the parts of Esotericism and Theosophy and see what ideas we can pull out of them.One of the primary goals at Theosophy.Net is to bring all of these…Continue

Tags: faivre, symbols, framework

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Comment by Dr. Lewis Keizer on May 22, 2013 at 10:32am: The definitions shown may have been articulated by Faivre but are ancient and universal. My book, THE PNEUMATIKON, shows how contemporary quantum physics and cosmology imply these realities. Click link for pdf file: THE PNEUMATIKON