Theosophy and the Law of One

[Mystical Wisdom]

I've become more adept in the areas of Theosophy, Hermeticism, Mysticism, Philosophy, Gnosis/Henosis, and various forms of esoteric/occult knowledge. 

I would be very curious to know whether at the time of this channeled material, if Carla or any of the members of the group engaged in Theosophy. The correlation of certain principles, concepts and spiritual knowledge cannot be ignored. It makes no difference if the group was or was not aware, but I would be extremely fascinated if the group truly had no knowledge of these ideas. 

Theosophy teaches many similar principles as the Law of One, however, the Law of One is much more sophisticated and elaborate in its explanation of certain concepts. Theosophy claims to maintain the Secret Doctrine and truths of the Ancient past, otherwise known as the Ancient Wisdom.

Theosophy varies in it's ideologies, but one of its primary components is that of the Causeless Cause - an Omnipresent, Eternal, Boundless, and Immutable Principle described as infinity to intelligence, spirit & consciousness. It is synonymous with the Absolute.

Causeless Cause periodically emanate Logoi, in which the Logoic Monad develops into the heptad (the seven principles). This idea is developed further in various ways within the Seven Rays of Creation. 

Theosophy attempts to unify philosophy, religion, and science, as well as metaphysics/theology. It's teachings are primarily taught through symbols.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeless_cause
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_rays

Causeless Cause, infinity to impersonal intelligence.... Intelligent Infinity...
Logoi and the Heptad (Seven Rays)... The Logos and the Seven Densities determined by the Seven Chakras...

Again... this is taking nothing away from the Law of One. If anything, I'm stamping my approval of it's teachings. I'm just very curious to know whether the group was engaged on their quest with prior knowledge of Theosophy, Ancient Wisdom, the Occult, and eastern/western mystery religions/philosophies, as the correlation is undeniable. 

I would like to hear some thoughts on this and whether or not anyone knows if the group studied the occult prior to channeling Ra. 

Much love and light.

Hermes

[native]

The group is/was well read in all things spiritual apparently, which included the occult. Don specifically seemed drawn to ceremonial magic, and we know the group used some Golden Dawn rituals. Whether or not they read Blavatsky I can't say, but from what I understand Blavatsky was simply restating occult wisdom. So the same threads are all there.

[Matt1]

Theosophical society is normally the foundations for western occultism. The Golden Dawn seemed to be more focused on the practical side of the occult.

[kycahi]

The simple answer is yes, Don was aware of Theosophy and many other approaches. Everything was a possible source of new information to devour, and he assimilated everything he could find. Although he evaluated every new potential source, he did not express much opinion on any of them, good or bad.

He was extremely happy to achieve (if that's the right term) the Ra contact because it was the clear and succinct source that he long sought and, of course, he could ask questions.  

[Blunt Force]

Those kind of people are not able to get engaged in theosophy. Symbols are not present in a system that they had.