by Lilly Barrett | May 22, 2023 | Occultism, Spirituality, Uncategorized
The anonymously-written spiritual classic Meditations on the Tarot: A Journey into Christian Hermeticism is popularly ascribed to the author Valentin Tomberg. It was published posthumously from Tomberg’s estate with an afterword explaining his wish that it remain...
by Regent Master Rev. A.J. Benjamin D.Div | Mar 13, 2023 | Religion, Spirituality
March represents women’s history month. A quick Google search of the subject finds this description from Wikipedia: “Women’s history month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to the events of history and contemporary society.”...
by Regent Master Rev. A.J. Benjamin D.Div | Jun 12, 2022 | Occultism, Spirituality
Please note that the following does not denote the political positions or opinions of the Order or even the authoring master, but what is presented here is a philosophical and theological critique of academic positions. About a decade ago, while I was leading an Order...
by Cui Bono | Jun 12, 2022 | Religion, Spirituality
The world is full of isms; sometimes political, sometimes philosophical, often religious and always pompous. These ideological frameworks are so much a part of our vernacular that we blur past much of their meaning. The result of this is that most people don’t...
by Cui Bono | Jun 12, 2022 | Occultism, Spirituality
“SOCRATES: I see, my dear Theaetetus, that Theodorus had a true insight into your nature when he said that you were a philosopher; for wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.”(Plato, Theaetetus 155c-d, tr. Jowett; “Wonder” in...
by Regent Master Rev. A.J. Benjamin D.Div | Jun 12, 2022 | Religion, Spirituality
It has happened to me more than once: I will guest-speak on a podcast or be teaching a class when I reveal I am a master in the Order, a magician, and a Christian. As soon as those three concepts are heard together, there always seems to be a collective gasp from my...
