Orphism Orphism is the teachings of an ancient Greek philosophical cult which exerted great influence on Greek culture, and later on Western mysticism and occultism. It began in the sixth century BC, and is attributed to the mythical Orpheus.
Anthropomorphism From the Greek Anthropos, man. The act of endowing God or the gods with a human form and human attributes or qualities. Anugita (Sans.) One of the Upanishads. A very occult treatise.
Is not this dualism of matter and vacuum the anthropomorphism of science, and the last one? Let us put the fundamental question: What part of the universe is filled by matter?
One feels compelled to note that this essay fits precisely into the long Western tradition that runs through Pythagoras, Orphism, Platonism, and Judeo-Christian mysticism or esoterism, and that emphasizes the harmonic nature of the cosmos.
The religions that we may call those tending to anthropomorphism show out this idea of man as God's creation.
See also: World, Esoteric, Mystic, Philo, Spirit
 
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