Those Darn Mayan Theosophical Esoteric Pseudo-Gnostics

[AndrewX]

Alas, I have discovered yet another attempt of those pesky, pseudo-gnostic, faux esoteric new-agers to subvert the almighty doctrines of Mother Church.

Yes, folks, it even corresponds to a beautiful, though obviously Satan-inspired dream I had ... some 12 years ago. What a terrible thing, that I have finally come to realize the evil & insidious source of this otherwise-Inspiration.

Sure enough, the notion that - at the very heart of our own Galaxy, there could exist a Loving, Guiding Intelligence beyond all that we have ever imagined ... yes, friends, I am now aware of just how subversive such an idea actually is, being in direct contradiction to all that our Lord Jesus Christ must surely have taught about our Salvation and Purpose here. I mean, come on, after all - NO ONE exists in this whole wide Cosmos except Humanity ... and we are God's gift to the rest of all life.

So, if you follow the link, beware - you are treading on dangerous ground. The Church will damn you, your friends will hate you, Satan will immediately move to lure you in ... and worst of all, you will become a PSEUDO-ESOTERICIST, if you take even ONE SINGLE WORD of this Mayan hocus-pocus nonsense seriously.

Yes friends, since the Theosophists would probably endorse or agree with the whole Mayan Galactic Butterfly bit, we must recognize it for what it is - and STOMP IT OUT. Do not believe ... that your God could be like a beautiful, freely-moving butterly, whose nature is that of transformation, evolution, and sacred, wonderful playfulness. This is against everything that Jesus taught, and we know good and well what happens to people who do not listen to Jesus ... and read the Holy Bible. Do not fall for it. It is pseudo-philosphy, obviously the work of a primitive, heathen, godless and non-Christian civilization ... and thus, PURE EVIL. I am warning you - do not click.

The Mysteries of the Maya Symbols and the epochs of crucial world transformations

From the Annotation:

In this article we show that correspondence exists between the Maya artefacts pertaining to their Cosmogony and the Old World ones as well as with the Great Celestial Conjunction (GCC) [1] symbols and concepts. This allows us to conclude that the concepts of XX-correlation and GCC were also known to Maya and reflected, principally, in the same symbols.

Besides, one more composite symbol is considered which unites the basic concepts of Evolution which is widely used our days, but, nevertheless, has caused a lot of acute discussions. For distinctness, we call it the “Galactic Butterfly” (GB) – by the name which is used for this icon by indigenous people. Though its origin has not been established yet, it is shown that the composition and elements of this composite symbol reflect the esoteric ideas of Cosmogony that were the same in the Old and the New Worlds.

As a consequence of the established correspondence between the New and Old World cosmological symbols and concepts and existence of intra-American esoteric Tradition we put forward the suggestion that the origin of this symbol lies not in weaving patterns, but in the Tradition being maintained by the Mesoamerican Initiates and, for this reason, the symbol GB was known to Maya Initiates as well.

And from the next section, an excerpt on:

An esoteric approach to study of Maya artefacts. There exists the Ancient Knowledge which provides us with a much wider and coordinated system of concepts pertaining to the evolution of the Universe which can be used for both numerical and semantic analysis of artefacts.

However, in the ancient cosmogonies these systems of interrelated concepts pertaining to astronomy, geography and other branches of knowledge were given in a veiled or even such a distorted presentation that it was almost impossible to understand the origin of their symbolism. This mean, in particular, that these symbols and concepts were masked and simplified, and almost always it was forbidden to discuss their meaning. For this reason the ancient knowledge was everywhere divided into two principal parts – the esoteric and the exoteric ones. Under the penalty of death for divulging of esoteric concepts, they were transferred from Initiate to Initiate. At the same time, for the masses these concepts (relative to cosmology, symbols etc.) were given in a religious form – as mono- or theolatry.

It remained so until the end of the XIX century, when, firstly in millennia, Mahatmas decided to disclose some elements of this Ancient Knowledge, that once was common to the ancients – the Theosophy, the concepts of which were always known to a narrow circle of Initiates, but kept secret (under the death penalty) from masses.

This Great Revelation was presented to mankind through the assistance of Helen Blavatsky, who presented this Knowledge in “The Secret Doctrine” and other works. In particular, she shows in this work the common roots of the basic religions, how the Ancient concepts of Creation were modified in various religious and philosophical systems, as well as the origin of the principal symbols pertaining to the Creation and Evolution and use of the same basic symbols in Egypt, Europe, Asia and Central America including the Maya.

In her works it is explicitly stated that Theosophy does not require an implicit belief, but invites us to adopt its concepts through proofs and verification. It rejects “supernatural”, but discloses the origin of inexplicable phenomena by showing the 7-planes of existence surrounding the physical plane which is considered in modern science as the only plane of existence. For these reasons Theosophy can be considered as a substantially wider world outlook than a pure scientific approach as it does not reject the use of logic and sciences, but proposes to use them; in particular – for testing and developing of the Theosophical concepts whenever it is possible. Other theoretical teachings and practices such as esotery, occultism, etc. reflect the Theosophical concepts, but not as clearly defined as in Theosophy. For this reason they are not considered below, but the term “esoteric” (“exoteric”) is retained for specifying those concepts which, for millennia, were kept secret and were not exposed to the masses.

That is why each profound world outlook is still comprised of two systems – esoteric and exoteric. To this end it is very important to distinguish between the “Tradition” (esoteric or Theosophical knowledge) and its simplified version in a form of “people's religion”. The symbols and concepts of the former were transferred from a teacher to an aspirant and kept secret to the masses, whereas their simplified images and ideas were, as a rule, dressed in a religious form and intended for the masses; these symbols were presented in books, paintings, monuments. Therefore, if a profane (viz. not-initiated plain man) knows and uses a symbol, this does not mean that he understands its significance. From this point of view it becomes clear that the existing myths, in written and oral form, may bear the correct concepts, but, as a rule, are presented in the coded form – mainly in symbols and symbolic narrations. And here we meet the problem of decoding the Myths and symbol.

[Pathless]

Dang, AndrewX, that cynicism you take is poison, bro!!! It keeps coming back up as all this sarcasm vomit. Note the sarcasm on my side, too? It's contagious!!

**cough cough**




Here's a prescription that I found works:

Take one dose of move out from under the Bible Belt and call your friends when you get to a place that feels more like home.

Brotherly,
Pathless