Eclectic Theosophy was divided under three heads:
1. Belief in one absolute, incomprehensible and supreme Deity, or infinite essence, which is the root of all nature, and of all that is, visible and invisible.
Eclecticism may be defined as the practice of choosing apparently irreconcilable doctrines from antagonistic schools and constructing therefrom a composite philosophic system in harmony with the convictions of the eclectic himself.
Wilber draws eclectically from a large number of modern Western and traditional Eastern philosophers and writers, almost all of whom he gives his own interpretation on.
It was out of this eclectic mixture of Christianity, Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, Kabbalah and Renaissance humanism that Hermetic Kabbalah was born.
In Colorado Springs on October 6th of 1987, I was initiated into an eclectic coven of Witches. Previously I was an ardent Born Again Christian from the Bible Belt of the South.
century Spain is evidence, not of a new twig for Masonic historians to add to the already over-luxuriant and largely untrimmed foliage of the history of their origins, but rather, compelling evidence that Freemasonry itself emerged from an eclectic, ...
IBM-based polymath Clifford Pickover approaches the question in a characteristically eclectic way.
The Library Eclectica
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Mirrorshades, edited by Bruce Sterling ...
" (2) General term for a variety of eclectic religions and associated magical systems practiced throughout the Americas, consisting of mixtures of various African tribal beliefs with various Native American tribal beliefs, ...
They felt that the compartmentalizing of disciplines in the modern world had not offered what they termed an eclectic or broader based knowledge of the natural world because it narrowed experience and did not mirror the complex systems of Nature.
Such a state of mind led to "an indiscriminating eclecticism detrimental to logical unity and harmony"'. Yet clear in Bacon's mind was an intuitive vision of universal science, a vision that rests at the center of his work.
As launchpad for further exploration, here's an eclectic set of links to books, Tarot decks and other websites that were well worth a visit when they were added. Everything is subject to change, though, and the web is no exception.
I suppose it wasn't until American Eclectic Wicca that this became widespread popular. But really it is not a part of Wicca and many Wiccans don't use it, many non-Wiccans do.
The name Theosophy, which as we have said, is Greek, was first used by Ammonius Saccas, in the third century after Christ, and has remained ever since in the history of religion in the West, denoting not only Mysticism, but also an eclectic system, ...
But it became still more famous for its eclectic, or new Platonic school, founded by Ammonius Saccas in 173 A. D., whose disciples were Origen, Plotinus, and many other men now famous in history.
shows that versions of the Alexandrian, Etteilla and Papus Tarots have remained popular among Spanish speakers of the world, despite their lack of commercial impact in North America. More research is needed to put this fascinating and eclectic group ...
of England, who empowered the lodge to operate as a Masonic lodge without any restrictions, with the added assurance that ‘parallel degrees would be instituted for them'[4]. . Morgenrothe eventually left UGLE for membership in the Eclectic ...
 See also: Spirit, World, Spiritual, Philo, Ritual
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