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Theosophy or Psychological Religion: The Hidden Doctrine of the Rosicrucians

by Godfrey Higgins

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Theosophy or Psychological Religion investigates the origins of mystical traditions, including the Rosicrucians, Pythagoreans, and Kabbalists, tracing them back to ancient mystery schools and secret societies. Higgins proposes that all major religions share a common root in prehistoric wisdom teachings involving sun worship, hidden knowledge, and inner transformation. This groundbreaking work influenced later occultists and remains a classic in the study of Western esotericism and comparative spirituality.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Initiatory orders and secret societies, Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism, Occultism and esotericism, and Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Esotericism”. Retained metadata contains “Esotericism” in the description and “Esotericism” in the subject metadata.

    • “Esotericism”· via Internet Archive
    • “Esotericism”· in description
    • “Esotericism”· in subject
  • Kabbalah and Jewish esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Kabbalah”. Retained metadata contains “Kabbalah” in the subject metadata.

    • “Kabbalah”· via Internet Archive
    • “Kabbalah”· in subject
  • Theosophy, Anthroposophy, and New Thought

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Theosophy”. Retained metadata contains “Theosophy” in the title, “Theosophy” in the description, “Theosophy” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Theosophy”· via Internet Archive
    • “Theosophy”· in title
    • “Theosophy”· in description
    • “Theosophy”· in subject
    • “Theosophy”· in edition title
  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Secret societies”. Retained metadata contains “Rosicrucians” in the title, “Rosicrucians” in the description, “Secret societies” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Secret societies”· via Internet Archive
    • “Rosicrucians”· in title
    • “Rosicrucians”· in description
    • “Secret societies”· in description
    • “Secret societies”· in subject
    • “Rosicrucians”· in edition title

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