Titus Burckhardt – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

On the sacred symbolism of the floor mosaic of the Cathedral of Otranto

Published on: February 27 2019 Last updated on: February 27 2019 Written by: Valentina Tamburrano Categorized into: Esotericism, Middle Ages, History of Religions

Taking a cue from the studies of authors such as Burckhardt, Eliade, Guénon and Chevalier on the "constructive symbolism" of cathedrals, we deal here with that of Santa Maria Annunziata di Otranto in Puglia.

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The Demiurge and the positive possibility: shaping

Published on: January 28 2019 Last updated on: October 6, 2020 Written by: Michael Ruzzai Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, Mito, History of Religions

In this fifth appointment of the "Manvantara" cycle we are going to analyze, after the "negative way of the Demiurge" outlined in the previous article, the specular "positive way": the shaping of man or anthropogenesis.

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The Demiurge and the Negative Possibility: Fall

Published on: January 23 2019 Last updated on: October 6, 2020 Written by: Michael Ruzzai Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, Mito, History of Religions

In this fourth appointment of the “Manvantara” cycle, we analyze the theme of the fall of being into matter, starting with its most famous symbol: the rebellion of Lucifer and the Fallen Angels.

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The Pole, the incorporation, the Androgyne

Published on: December 20 2018 Last updated on: October 6, 2020 Written by: Michael Ruzzai Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, Mito

The mythical traditions from all over the world speak of an auroral golden age in which Man lived "in the company of the gods": this can perhaps be related to creation "in the image and likeness of God" and to tradition of the Platonic primordial Androgynous, homologue of the kabbalistic Adam Kadmon?

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