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Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-Religion

Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-Religion

Wetmore, James Richard
Guénon, René
Wetmore, James Richard

Hardcover

Series: Collected Works of Rene Guenon

Religion General

ISBN10: 0900588802
ISBN13: 9780900588808
Publisher: Sophia Perennis et Universalis
Published: May 23 2004
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Many readers of René Guénon's later doctrinal works have longed to hear the tale of his earlier entanglement, and disentanglement, from the luxuriant undergrowth of so-called esoteric societies in late nineteenth-century Paris and elsewhere. Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-Religion documents in excoriating detail Guénon's findings on what did, and did not, lie behind the founding in 1875 of the Theosophical Society, which became a central force in the movement now known as the New Age and even now plays an important role in the global interfaith movement as well as among the global elites. Here Guénon shows how our popular ideas of karma and reincarnation owe more to Theosophy than to Hinduism or Buddhism, provides a clear picture of the charlatanry that was sometimes a part of the Society's modus operandi, and gives the early history of the Society's bid for political power, particularly its role as an agent of British imperialism in India. It is fitting that this work should finally appear in English just at this moment, when the influence of pseudo-esoteric spiritualities on global politics is probably greater than ever before in Western history. Much further information has of course come to light during the century since this book was first published, but it has never been superseded as a record of the path of a master metaphysician through this maze. A particularly unusual feature is its extensive treatment of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, which has recently attracted the attention of scholars of the occult.

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