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Monday, 30 December 2024

Blavatsky family history trilogy - Russian occult history Shawn F. Higgins

 
A three part look into the esoteric history of Russia and the entanglements with Blavatsky's ancestors, with international ramifications...

A Tournament Of Shadows:

This next series of articles, “Novorossiya,” is a continuation of “Tournament Of Shadows.” Following the Russian Civil Servant, Andrei Mikhailovich Fadeev, it is a look at the colonization process on the Russian Empire’s southern frontier after the Napoleonic Wars.
 

Blavatsky and Theosophical Painters and Artists Bitter Winter Massimo Introvigne

 
The 19th century century was a fertile era for painters interested in myth, symbols, and mystical vision. Artists such as Arnold Bocklin, Philipp Otto Runge, Caspar David Friedrich, William Degouve de Nuncques, Gustave Moreau, Jean Delville, Fernand Khnopff, Odilon Redon, William Holman Hunt, Edward Burne-Jones, John William Waterhouse, Frederic Leighton, and Pierre de Chavannes, and lya Repinto name a few. Lately, Bitter Winter magazine has published an impressive series of articles about Theosphically-inspired painters from that era and beyond... courtesy of Massimo Introvigne...

The Esoteric Munch: An Exhibition in Milan
Diego Rivera and Esotericism: A Forgotten Relationship 

From Sleeping Beauty to Theosophical Masters: The Mystery of Hermann Schmiechen 
With Hands Guided by a Spirit: Ethel Le Rossignol’s Artistic Journey 
Between Swedenborg, Theosophy, and Lemuria: Malcolm de Chazal, Mauritian Painter and Writer 
Saturday art reading in Bitter Winter: a review of the Collesalvetti exhibition of Theosophical-Rosicrucian artist Raoul Dal Molin Ferenzona curated by Francesca Cagianelli and Emanuele Bardazzi
https://bitterwinter.org/raoul-dal-molin-ferenzona-in-collesalvetti-a-small-town-a-great-exhibition/
A Psychobiography of Tamara de Lempicka and a New Look at Her Religious Paintings 
Two Gifts from Ivan Aguéli: Sufi, Anarchist, Theosophist, Painter
Paintings from Another World: Spirit Painting and “Precipitated” Art 
 
Liudas Truikys: A Clandestine Theosophical Artist in Soviet Lithuania 
Nicholas Roerich, Shambala, and Agartha. 1. Tibet and Paris 

 
Theosophy and Modern Art: The Tragedy of Florence Fuller 
 
Charmion von Wiegand’s Journey: From Theosophy to Tibetan Buddhism 

Francesco Randone: Between Theosophy and Etruscan Dreams 
 
Theosophy, Lucifer, and The Great Initiates: Rediscovering Édouard Schuré

https://bitterwinter.org/theosophy-lucifer-and-the-great-initiates-rediscovering-edouard-schure/ 
 
László Mednyánszky: Art, Theosophy, and a Homoerotic New Religion 

Josef Váchal, Theosophy, and the Portmoneum 
Čiurlionis & Kazimierz Stabrowski 
09/08/2023 Massimo Introvigne 
good basic intro to theosophical painters Schmiechen Machell Delville Sérusier Gauguin František Kupka Kandinsky Mondrian Harris Roerich bitterwinter.org/stabrowski-and
Artistic Networks in the Americas, 1920–1950  
Massimo Introvigne Nova Religio: MAY 2016 

Saturday, 28 December 2024

Blavatsky, Theosophy, The Wizard of Oz and Symbolism 2

Kabbalah of the Wizard of OZ: a modern Midrash
 
May 12, 2022  10m The Wizard of Oz” tells the story of humanity’s struggle against the dark forces of the world, the journey of the soul, and what humanity must achieve to advance spiritually and return to God, the Source. Here are 14 facts: some are Hidden Spiritual Warnings & Meanings, some are curiosities about “The Wizard of Oz”.
 
THE WIZARD OF OZ DECODED
Jul 3, 2021 2h  Dorothy's psychology and internal quest for adventure set against both guilt and self-acceptance.
 
The Wizard of Oz: The Meaning Of It All
Jun 5, 2021 8m 30s This is a deep dive into the intentions behind filmmaker Victor Fleming, reflecting his societal beliefs and values seen throughout his film. If you want to learn more about the The Wizard Of Oz, I highly recommend watching the film for yourself, it still holds up and hasn't aged a day since its original release.
 
Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" have a hidden message? - David B. Parker
Mar 6, 2017 5m But some scholars have found hidden criticisms of late-nineteenth-century economic policies in the book. Is it possible that one of America’s favorite children’s stories is also a subversive parable? David B. Parker investigates the text for clues. 

 
Dec 13, 2024 Jessii Vee will entertain you and mess your mind with the weirdness and wonder of Oz.
 
Via Wikimedia Commons 
good article
If the Creator of Oz Isn’t an American Master, Who Is?
 L. Frank Baum gave us not only the first American fairyland, but literally launched the idea of the fantasy franchise — thus meaning that everybody from J.K. Rowling to Walt Disney owes him a major debt.
 
Baum also an important figure in the early history of science-fiction...
L. Frank Baum, Burroughs, & Theosophy Connection David A. Adams 
'Baum was a practicing theosophist & close friend of Edgar Rice Burrough"erbzine.com/mag11/1123.html


 
Emerald City Dreams: reckoning with the complex legacy of The Wizard of Oz at 85 
Gemma Gracewood 26 Aug 2024 
Yes, some of you synced up Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon, because everyone has to do that once in their lifetime

By 1885, when Matilda Joslyn Gage joined the Rochester Branch, it was already filled with influential people. Maud Gage Baum and Lyman F. Baum joined the Society in Chicago, in 1892, under the tutelage of W.P. Phelon.
Oz: A Story Of Ancient Initiation November 24, 2024 by Shawn F. Higgins
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/marginalia/2024/11/oz-a-story-of-ancient-initiation/

There is a wide array of conspiracy theories about the Wizard of Oz as well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0XshL2uQks 
 
Wizard of Oz Esoteric Analysis: L. Frank Baum, Theosophy, Occultism & Cast Tragedies PART 1! Isaac Weishaupt
Feb 17, 2023 from Aleister Crowley & his Liber OZ, Helena Blavatsky’s Theosophy and how it fits into the characters of the film: Dorothy, Tin Man and Scarecrow! We’ll break down how L. Frank Baum was inspired through other worldly forces to create this story and some of the tragedies behind the making of the classic film! Even David Lynch makes a cameo in this first part of our mega esoteric deep dive into Wizard of Oz!
 
Resources

ps
Some good documentaries on L. Frank Baum 
The Wonders of Oz : Episode 1: L. Frank Baum and the Origins of Oz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng1OkfcMQTA