The Timeline of the Authentic Tradition chronicles 4000+ years of Esoteric History. From circa 2050 b.c.e. to circa 2050 c.e., we cover the development of the Mystery Schools, Esoteric Groups, Priesthoods, Brotherhoods (and Sisterhoods, for that matter, too), Religions, Schools, Sects, Schisms, individual teachers, Saints, Prophets... as well as political, secular, and cultural movements that can be seen to have been triggered by the Esoteric Tradition.
The Illuminati, then, is not limited to one group of Bavarian Revolutionaries, but to a paradigm that has existed since the beginnings of recorded history, not to the detriment of humankind, but for its betterment.
In order to tell the story we are presenting, we have often had to rely on seemingly dubious sources, such as "Lady" Queensborough, Nesta Webster, Arthur Edward Waite, Ellic Howe, as well as certain popular websites which shall remain nameless here, but which shall merit full acknowledgement as this project achieves printed page status. To list each and every source we have utilized would be quite a book in itself! Witness the listing of the texts assembled inReadings In The Authentic Tradition - 1, elsewhere at this site. Our plans for the History Project include the following:
1. Graphic Timeline;
2. Text Chronology;
3. Maps;
4. Biographies;
5. Readings.
As can be seen, we have included portions of three of these items in the present version of this Website. The objective is to connect the history with the technology, which shall be covered in The Code of the Eternal, and other projects. Time is not an unnecessary evil, like so many misguided mystics aver. No, Time is as necessary as breathing and passing water! When we get down to the smallest increments of time, such as 1/60th of a second, and see how these miniscule elements work in re ATOM YOGA, like that spoken of by the late Sir John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon), and, for that matter, taught by Carl Kellner's Indian Swami Agamya, we shall see that time controls the cycles of the body. Not only that, these cycles, when enlarged, into weeks and years and so forth, reach back in time past any recorded history, and touch on things which Madame Blavatsky, certain Indian and Tibetan Adepti, and certain Sumerian Myths have spoken of.
In Brief, the narrative covers the period from the end of the Sumerian Period, through the various Kingdoms in the Near East that led to the birth and development of the Gnosis, then to the survival during the Dark Ages; then from the Middle East to Europe before and during the Crusades; and then the European Esoteric Traditions from the time of the Crusades to the Present. Also, concurrent with the survival of the Wise Ones (Anunnaki) in the West, or at least their traditions, we cover the survival in India, Central Asia, Tibet, and its transmission back to the West, at a time long anterior to the accepted dates for the birth of the Gnosis. To keep alive the notion that East and West are two completely different and irreconciliable animals is a complete falsehood. East and West are merely two branches on the same tree, two buds in the same bowl, as it were.
We brought back the Graphic TimeLines for The Authentic Tradition™ in India. We also have begun a new Graphic TimeLine for the History of the Asiatic Brethren / Fratres Lucis....
(This is from Timeline of the Authentic Tradition-6: Pasqually to Crowley [1700-1947], Part One. The Excerpts are covering the years 1700 to 1875, as follows:)
1. 1700 - 1730
2. 1731 - 1740
3. 1741 - 1755
4. 1756 - 1770
5. 1771 - 1780
6. 1781 - 1785
7. 1786 - 1790
8. 1791 - 1800
9. 1801 - 1810
10. 1811 - 1815
11. 1816 - 1825
12. 1826 - 1835
13. 1836 - 1849.
14. 1850 - 1853.
15. 1854 - 1859.
16. 1860 - 1864.
17. 1865 - 1869.
18. 1870 - 1871.
19. 1872 - 1874.
20. 1875.
NOTE: These materials are not final. That is, we are constantly updating this material as we find new information. Therefore, bear with us if it seems that we are committing gross errors, wild conjectures, assumptions, slagheaps of conjecture. We are merely presenting data as we have found it, assembling it together in one place, and interpreting it in light of our thesis, which can be seen throughout the entire body of this Website. We welcome suggestions, new information that sheds light on the dark past, so keep that in mind.
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