Philosophy
philosophy
Epicurus to Herodotus: key doctrines from “On Nature”
Epicurus (341–270 B.C.) founded one of the major philosophies of ancient Greece, helping to lay the intellectual foundations for modern science and for secular individualism. Many aspects of his thought are still highly relevant some twenty-three centuries after they were…
Atlantis
Introduction Atlantis is the subject of a legend about an advanced island civilization that was destroyed or lost. Stories about Atlantis are first mentioned in Plato’s dialogues Timaeus and Critias, in which characters say it was destroyed by an earthquake…
The Kybalion
The lips of wisdom are closed, except to the ears of understanding. — The Kybalion Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold.…
Upanishads
Introduction Most links in this section of our website point to “Sacred-Texts” website which is a freely available non-profit archive of electronic texts about religion, mythology, legends and folklore, and occult and esoteric topics. Texts are presented in English translation…
Ancient Wisdom
Secret Wisdom The Bible Prophets Philosophers Miscellaneous Corpus Hermeticum Bibliography Links Truly it has been said that there is nothing new under the sun, for knowledge is revealed and is submerged again, even as a nation rises and falls. Here…
Introduction to Alchemy
Let the studious Reader have a care of the manifold significations of words, for by deceitful windings, and doubtful, yea contrary speeches (as it should seem), Philosophers wrote their mysteries, with a desire of veiling and hiding, yet not of…
