Comments for John L. Crow http://www.johnlcrow.com Ph.D. Candidate of American Religious History Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on The Strange Theosophical Connection to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement by John http://www.johnlcrow.com/2013/01/the-strange-theosophical-connection-to-the-u-s-civil-rights-movement/#comment-76 John Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:41:36 +0000 http://www.johnlcrow.com/?p=278#comment-76 Thank you for that link. It would be fascinating to learn about an MLK – Theosophical connection. Assuming for a moment that MLK. spoke at the Indian Institute of Culture, the timing would be important. My guess is that he was already established as an important civil rights leader. Nevertheless, it is an interesting possibility. Thanks for contributing it!

]]> Comment on The Strange Theosophical Connection to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement by Truth Collins http://www.johnlcrow.com/2013/01/the-strange-theosophical-connection-to-the-u-s-civil-rights-movement/#comment-74 Truth Collins Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:31:15 +0000 http://www.johnlcrow.com/?p=278#comment-74 Though I haven’t been able to verify it it’s stated that Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at a theosophical organization in India.

See: http://www.theosophyonline.com/ler.php?id=288#.URCynKU0WSo

The first object of all thesophical groups has always been about brotherhood and sisterhood. Paraphrased as it may be, it’s been that way since it was reformulated as such early on.

]]> Comment on Musings on Bulwer-Lytton, Zanoni, and Fiction as a Source of Theosophical Beliefs by Franklin http://www.johnlcrow.com/2012/11/musings-on-bulwer-lytton-zanoni-and-fiction-as-a-source-of-theosophical-beliefs/#comment-57 Franklin Mon, 03 Dec 2012 21:25:12 +0000 http://www.johnlcrow.com/?p=248#comment-57 I have been a student of occultism for most of my life and am very familiar with Zanoni and Rosicrucianism. It has always appeared to me that theosophy was the new age religion of the 19th century, a faddish movement that borrowed elements of Rosicrucianism, spiritualism, freemasonry, and a host of other subjects. Your assertion that Zanoni could have influenced theosophic writers is quite possible because theosophists were prone to exaggerate and embellish a great deal. I think you are on the mark here. However, you are wrong to state that Bulwer-Lytton was not an occultist. Occult studies was one of his huge passions. Also, Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism existed well before theosophy.

]]> Comment on Musings on Bulwer-Lytton, Zanoni, and Fiction as a Source of Theosophical Beliefs by Theosophy, Zanoni, the Occult Law and the Golden Age - Worldwide Ashram Blog http://www.johnlcrow.com/2012/11/musings-on-bulwer-lytton-zanoni-and-fiction-as-a-source-of-theosophical-beliefs/#comment-42 Theosophy, Zanoni, the Occult Law and the Golden Age - Worldwide Ashram Blog Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:09:58 +0000 http://www.johnlcrow.com/?p=248#comment-42 [...] Bulwer-Lytton, Zanoni, and Fiction as a Source of Theosophical Beliefs” is the title of a recent post by John L Crow, a grad student at the Department of Religions at Florida State University, [...]

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