Kit6. This kit was found on sale at eBay, November 2006 with a starting bid of $6000 and no takers. The condition is fine, but it is probably a tourist souvenir kit, as it is hard to imagine anyone in England in the 19th century genuinely threatened by vampires. I am also beginning to see a real pattern of similarity of the interior labels of these tourist kits, many featuring similar text on the inside lid. Judge for yourself. The seller's description: Approx. 19th century, this kit has all the items a traveller would need to protect themselves from the evil of vampires. I had one of these kits many years ago and sold it here on Ebay under my other name UK-ANTIQUES. Paracelsus. Swiss physician, philosopher, theologian, and alchemist (c. 1493–1541) Paracelsus (; German: [paʁaˈtsɛlzʊs]; c. 1493[1] – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim[11][12]), was a Swiss[13] physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance.[14][15] He was a pioneer in several aspects of the "medical revolution" of the Renaissance, emphasizing the value of observation in combination with received wisdom.
He is credited as the "father of toxicology".[16] Paracelsus also had a substantial impact as a prophet or diviner, his "Prognostications" being studied by Rosicrucians in the 1600s. Paracelsianism is the early modern medical movement inspired by the study of his works.[17] Biography[edit] Early career[edit] The Louvre copy of the lost portrait by Quentin Matsys,[26] source of the iconographic tradition of "fat" Paracelsus.[27] Basel (1526–1528)[edit] I cannot offer thee Later career[edit] Theodor Reuss. Theodor Reuss (1855 - 1923) Theodor Reuss (June 28, 1855 – October 28, 1923) was an Anglo-German tantric occultist, freemason, police spy, journalist, singer, and head of Ordo Templi Orientis.
Early years[edit] Reuss was the son of an innkeeper at Augsburg. He was a professional singer in his youth, and was introduced to Ludwig II of Bavaria, in 1873. He took part in the first performance of Wagner's Parsifal at Bayreuth in 1882. In 1876, Reuss married Delphina Garbois from Dublin, and moved to Munich in 1878. Police spy[edit] Founds Ordo Templi Orientis[edit] The discussions between Reuss and Kellner did not lead to any positive results at the time, allegedly because Kellner disapproved of Reuss's connections with Engel. The French occultist and physician Gérard Encausse (perhaps better known by his pen-name Papus) was one such contact. Meanwhile, Westcott assisted Reuss in contacting the English Masonic scholar, John Yarker (1833–1913). Meets Aleister Crowley[edit] Bibliography[edit] Aleister Crowley. After an unsuccessful attempt to climb Kanchenjunga and a visit to India and China, Crowley returned to Britain, where he attracted attention as a prolific author of poetry, novels, and occult literature.
In 1907, he and George Cecil Jones co-founded a Thelemite order, the A∴A∴, through which they propagated the religion. After spending time in Algeria, in 1912 he was initiated into another esoteric order, the German-based Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO), rising to become the leader of its British branch, which he reformulated in accordance with his Thelemite beliefs. Through the OTO, Thelemite groups were established in Britain, Australia, and North America. He spent the First World War in the United States, where he took up painting and campaigned for the German war effort against Britain, later revealing that he had infiltrated the pro-German movement at the behest of the British intelligence services. Early life[edit] Youth: 1875–94[edit] Cambridge University: 1895–98[edit] Had! [edit] John Dee. John Dee (13 July 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was a mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, imperialist[5] and adviser to Queen Elizabeth I.
He devoted much of his life to the study of alchemy, divination and Hermetic philosophy. In his lifetime Dee amassed one of the largest libraries in England. His high status as a scholar also allowed him to play a role in Elizabethan politics. He served as an occasional adviser and tutor to Elizabeth I and nurtured relationships with her ministers Francis Walsingham and William Cecil. Dee also tutored and enjoyed patronage relationships with Sir Philip Sidney, his uncle Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and Edward Dyer. Biography[edit] Early life[edit] Later life[edit] By the early 1580s, Dee was growing dissatisfied with his progress in learning the secrets of nature and with his own lack of influence and recognition.
Final years[edit] Personal life[edit] Dee was married three times and had eight children. Achievements[edit] Thought[edit] Hermeticism. Hermeticism, also called Hermetism,[1][2] is a religious and philosophical tradition based primarily upon pseudepigraphical writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus ("Thrice Great").[3] These writings have greatly influenced the Western esoteric tradition and were considered to be of great importance during both the Renaissance[4] and the Reformation.[5] The tradition claims descent from a prisca theologia, a doctrine which affirms that a single, true theology exists which is present in all religions and was given by God to man in antiquity.[6][7] Many Christian writers, including Emerson, Lactantius, Thomas of Aquinas, Augustine, Giordano Bruno, Marsilio Ficino, Campanella and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola considered Hermes Trismegistus to be a wise pagan prophet who foresaw the coming of Christianity.[8][9] Much of the importance of Hermeticism arises from its connection with the development of science during the time from 1300 to 1600 A.D.
Etymology[edit] History[edit] Cosmogony[edit] Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (russisk: Елена Петровна Блаватская - Jelena Petrovna Blavatskaja), også kalt Madame Blavatsky, født Helena von Hahn (født 31. julijul./ 12. august 1831greg. i Jekaterinoslav, død 8. mai 1891 i London) var en russisk okkultist og mystiker som gjennom sine skrifter la grunnlaget for den moderne teosofien og for organisasjonen Teosofisk Samfunn.
I 1878 ble hun amerikansk statsborger. Madame Blavatsky var en fargerik kvinne som ble det nittende århundres viktigste esoteriske filosof. Hennes arbeide med å forene østlige og vestlige esoteriske tradisjoner har lagt grunnlaget for mange nyere religiøse tendenser og grupperinger. Hun ble gjentatte ganger beskyldt for svindel, men har hatt og har enorm innflytelse. Mange av våre dagers nyreligiøse retninger bygger på Madame Blavatskys teosofi. Biografi[rediger | rediger kilde] Familie[rediger | rediger kilde] Helenas søster Vera Zhelikhovskij var barnebokforfatter, men skrev også fantastiske historier om okkulte emner. H. Esoterikk. Den esoteriske tradisjon er en gruppe tradisjoner med visse fellestrekk, som kan forstås som en understrømning i europeisk åndsliv, med røtter tilbake til antikkens gnostisisme og hermetisme.
Den utgjør en tredje strømning ved siden av gresk rasjonalitet og bibelsk teologi. I våre dager manifesterer denne tradisjonen seg i en lang rekke filosofier, organisasjoner og bevegelser med betegnelser som teosofi, martinisme, antroposofi, frimureri, gnostisisme, hermetisme og okkultisme, så vel som i det mer diffuse og populistiske feltet som kalles new age eller nyreligiøsitet.
Selve ordet esoterisk er sammensatt av eso, som betyr innenfor, og ter, som impliserer et motsetningsforhold. Begrepet stammer fra det greske esoterikos som betyr innadvendt, eller eisoteros som henspiller på noe indre, noe som er skjult for massene. Dette gir assosiasjoner til en indre krets (motsatt eksoterisk), og i den esoteriske tradisjon har det ofte vært lagt vekt på innvielse. Danse Macabre. Paintings[edit] The earliest recorded visual example is from the cemetery of the Church of the Holy Innocents in Paris (1424–25). There were also painted schemes in Basel (the earliest dating from c.1440); a series of paintings on canvas by Bernt Notke, in Lübeck (1463); the initial fragment of the original Bernt Notke painting (accomplished at the end of the 15th century) in the St Nicholas' Church, Tallinn, Estonia; the painting at the back wall of the chapel of Sv. Marija na Škrilinama in the Istrian town of Beram (1471), painted by Vincent of Kastav; the painting in the Holy Trinity Church in Hrastovlje in Istria by John of Kastav (1490).
There was also a Dance of Death painted in the 1540s on the walls of the cloister of St Paul's Cathedral, London with texts by John Lydgate, which was destroyed in 1549. Danse macabre in St Maria in Bienno. A danse macabre painting may show a round dance headed by Death or a chain of alternating dead and live dancers. I've taken you by the hand. Alice Bailey. Alice Ann Bailey (født 16. juni 1880 i Manchester som Alice LaTrobe Bateman, død 15. desember 1949, New York) var en engelsk-amerikansk teosof og nyreligiøs forfatter og lærer. Hun «regnes av mange innen New Age som en av de viktigste og mest innflytelsesrike tenkerne innen åndelig og okkult filosofi i det 20. århundre».[1] Hun flyttet til USA i 1907.
Hun var opprinnelig medlem av Teosofisk Samfunn, men brøt ut rundt 1922 og stiftet organisasjonen Lucis Trust og året etter Arcane School, en brevskole i hennes teorier. Alice A. Bailey skrev mellom 1919 og 1949 24 bøker om esoterisme, teosofi, okkultisme, kristendom og annet som i dag kalles New Age. Flere av hennes bøker skal ha blitt telepatisk formidlet fra «tibetaneren», også omtalt til som «D.K.», senere bekjentgjort som «Djwal Kuhl». Skrifter[rediger | rediger kilde] På norsk Referanser[rediger | rediger kilde] Eksterne lenker[rediger | rediger kilde] Organisasjonen Lucis Trust (på engelsk)