I have recently been doing some very basic reading on Hinduism and specifically Vedanta philosophy and I am astonished by how closely it aligns with a lot of the Western occult philosophy you talk about a lot.
Everything from
a) the different kinds of material and subtle bodies and their functions b) the nature of karma and how it functions c) the cycle of births and rebirths and the way in which the cycle ends
And quite a few other things - except for the Sanskrit words, it's very very close. There are probably more similarities that I am not aware of.
Is this an unusual similarity between Hinduism/Vedanta and Western occultism or is it common to have this level of agreement between religious philosophies worldwide when you go deep enough?
In general I think it is very strong evidence that something is true when widely divergent accounts from different regions and historic periods agree on a phenomenen (I think you made this argument about the Old Hag experience in Monsters too).
Hinduism and Western Occultism
I have recently been doing some very basic reading on Hinduism and specifically Vedanta philosophy and I am astonished by how closely it aligns with a lot of the Western occult philosophy you talk about a lot.
Everything from
a) the different kinds of material and subtle bodies and their functions
b) the nature of karma and how it functions
c) the cycle of births and rebirths and the way in which the cycle ends
And quite a few other things - except for the Sanskrit words, it's very very close. There are probably more similarities that I am not aware of.
Is this an unusual similarity between Hinduism/Vedanta and Western occultism or is it common to have this level of agreement between religious philosophies worldwide when you go deep enough?
In general I think it is very strong evidence that something is true when widely divergent accounts from different regions and historic periods agree on a phenomenen (I think you made this argument about the Old Hag experience in Monsters too).