ASSASSINS
Among the world’s most famous secret societies, the Assassins emerged out of the Ismaili sect of Islam in the late eleventh century CE. Their founder,…
Author: Lux Ferre
ASCENDED MASTERS TEACHINGS
One of the few distinctively American traditions of occultism, the Ascended Masters teachings emerged out of the work of Guy Ballard (1878–1939), author (under the…
ART OF MEMORY
One of the forgotten sciences of the pre-industrial world, the art of memory was a system of mental training that enabled practitioners to memorize quickly…
ARMANEN
According to the theories of Guido von List (1848–1919), the father of Ariosophy and the spiritual forerunner of Nazism, the ancient Germanic tribes were divided…
ARK OF THE COVENANT
The most sacred property of the ancient Israelites, the Ark of the Covenant was a large wooden chest covered with hammered gold, carried on two…
ARGENTEUM ASTRUM [A∴A∴]
One of two secret societies closely associated with the legacy of British occultist and would-be Antichrist Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), the Argenteum Astrum (Latin for “silver…
ARCHONS
In ancient and modern Gnostic literature, the ignorant and demonic ruling powers of the world of matter, created by the dark lord Ialdabaoth to help…
ARCANE SCHOOL
Founded by American occultist Alice Bailey (1880–1949) and her husband Foster Bailey in 1923, the Arcane School teaches the system of occult philosophy received by…
APRON
The essential regalia of a Freemason, the apron in its basic form consists of a rectangle of white lambskin with a triangular flap along the…
ANTISEMITISM
One of the oldest and most pervasive conspiracy theories in the western world is the claim that people of the Jewish faith are engaged in…
