The Paths of Western Spirituality: From Paganism to Kabbalah
Learn more about the most influential Western spiritual paths, such as Hermeticism, Alchemy, Gnosticism, Thelema, Kabbalah, French occultism, Neopaganism and others!
What you’ll learn
- What is Western esotericism.
- What is Hermeticism, Alchemy, Gnosticism, Kabbalah, French occultism, Thelema, the Golden Dawn, Neopaganism, Witchcraft and Wicca.
- Academic perspectives on esotericism.
- The similarities and patterns across the different esoteric currents.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 2 lectures • 6min.
- The Esoteric Paths –> 4 lectures • 23min.
- Reflection! –> 2 lectures • 14min.
Requirements
Learn more about the most influential Western spiritual paths, such as Hermeticism, Alchemy, Gnosticism, Thelema, Kabbalah, French occultism, Neopaganism and others!
Knowledge is power, and its acquisition and application through Wisdom is the meaning of existence. Mankind has been accumulating esoteric knowledge since ancient times when astrology and astronomy were one and the same science, medicine was a natural healing power, physics was a set of universal laws, language was a shield, a weapon and a tool for creation and expression, the Sun was the Father of Light, and the Moon was the Mother of all Mysteries, the planets were both physical and spiritual guides, numbers were sacred symbols in which the secrets of existence were encoded… The Gods and Goddesses, nature, humans, and everything there was, was perceived as the manifestation of one Supreme Power; an endless Energy that unites everything: The Alpha and the Omega.
Throughout the history of humanity, much of the ancient knowledge about the Universe and the nature of humans was forgotten. The universal Truths were consciously being neglected for the purposes of gaining institutional control and power, and the followers of the Path were mercilessly oppressed.
It is our duty now to REMEMBER! Just as much as we think about the physical world, we should also reflect upon the spiritual one. At the threshold of death, we take with us solely the insights that we’ve accumulated during our stay in the ‘matter’; physical objects cannot be taken beyond the physical world, yet the insights that our physical experience might’ve provided us with persist ad infinitum.
If your intention is to explore the esoteric mysteries, theory is essential. Let’s begin!