A reading of Tai Ji Men and the Tai Ji Men case based on the “transition studies” of French author Serge Raynaud de la Ferrière.
Esotericism
Francesco Randone: Between Theosophy and Etruscan Dreams
The Italian ceramist, who lived in a tower within Rome’s Aurelian Walls, created occult rituals for firing ceramics with Theosophical, Etruscan, and Tolstoian elements.
Serge Raynaud de la Ferrière and the Universal Great Brotherhood
Dozens of different movements throughout the world “proceed” from the teachings of the French esoteric master: a map.
Schuré’s “The Great Initiates”: Its Influence on the Visual Arts
The French Theosophist’s esoteric ideas were crucial for the approach to spirituality of several leading Belle Époque’s artists.
Theosophy, Lucifer, and The Great Initiates: Rediscovering Édouard Schuré
The French Theosophist had an enormous influence on European philosophy, literature, and the visual arts of the Belle Époque. Yet, he is almost forgotten today.
Tomás Povedano and María Fernández: Theosophy, Krishnamurti, and the Arts in Costa Rica
The painter and the novelist and First Lady were both Theosophists who dreamed to make Costa Rica into the first country officially acknowledging Krishnamurti as the World Teacher.
László Mednyánszky: Art, Theosophy, and a Homoerotic New Religion
The Slovak-Hungarian painter was a unique example of artist influenced by the Theosophical Society who combined Theosophical ideas with a sacralization of homosexuality.
Josef Váchal, Theosophy, and the Portmoneum
The rediscovery of a Czech Theosophical artist who decorated an extraordinary esoteric home for a friend and produced iconic woodcuts and paintings.
The Chinese “Esoteric Paradigm,” PierLuigi Zoccatelli, and Tai Ji Men
Whether a “non-Western esotericism,” including a Chinese one, exists is a controversial question. Zoccatelli offered a solution, which led him to study Tai Ji Men with interest.
The Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light. 3. Esotericism and Progressive Millennialism
We may recognize in the AROPL some common traits with both esoteric movements and millennialist religions with a progressive approach.