Esoteric Schools and Mystical Teachings, Part 1

„“Esoteric Schools and Mystical Teachings” is a challenge —
a call to free oneself from bazaar occultism”

– Vaklush Tolev

Part 1 of the second volume of the trilogy “History and Theory of the World’s Religious Teachings” is dedicated to the esoteric schools and mystical teachings of the pre-Christian era — Krishnaism, Hermeticism, Orphism, Pythagoreanism, and Kabbalah.
Vaklush Tolev also presents the Great Initiates who carried this occult knowledge: Krishna, Hermes, Orpheus, Pythagoras…

Esoteric Schools and Mystical Teachings addresses moral questions, but it is not ethics; it illuminates historical trends, but it is not history; it offers philosophical insight, but it is not philosophy; it reveals the inner current of mystical traditions, but it is not occultism; it contains lyrical chants, but it is not poetry…

The book holds all of this — and yet opens the door to something new: the Teaching of the Spiritual Wave of Wisdom. That is why it contains metaphysical ideas and concepts never before spoken, flashes of thought — aphorisms, maxims, insights — that had never yet lit up the sky of spiritual culture.

Annotation

The work is part of the mysteries surrounding a real legend of the “lost” — hidden — knowledge. The Great Initiates, bearers of this sacred wisdom, are episodes in the earthly manifestation of the World’s spirituality. Names like Hermes, Krishna, Orpheus, Pythagoras… are presented not as distant myths, but as attainable models — of personhood and doctrine.

The work addresses moral questions, yet it is not ethics; it illuminates historical trends, yet it is not history; it imparts philosophical knowledge, yet it is not philosophy; it reveals the vital core of mystical teachings, yet it is not occultism; it contains lyrical cadences, yet it is not poetry.

It gathers all of these — but opens the gates to a new temple: the Temple of the Spiritual Wave of Wisdom. That is why, within it, one encounters metaphysical ideas and concepts never before expressed — flashes of insight that have yet to shine in the sky of spiritual culture…

It is not only an overview, but lived pages from the historical being of humanity; not only culture, but a triumph of knowledge over the everydayness of ignorance!

Esoteric Schools and Mystical Teachings, Part 1
First edition: 1995
Format: 70/100/16

Table of Contents

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Occultism and Mysticism – Religious and Philosophical Image
  • Occultism and Mysticism – Rational Assessment and Cultural Contribution
  • Krishna
  • Krishnism
  • Hermes
  • Hermeticism
  • Orpheus
  • Orphism
  • Pythagoras
  • Pythagoreanism
  • Kabbalah – Genesis
  • Kabbalah – Being