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Thomas Aquinas: The Five Ways, Natural Law, and...
Last Updated: March 2026, Expanded with hylomorphism, analogy of being, Steiner's GA 74, and the Dumb Ox account. Quick Answer Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274) was a Dominican friar and philosopher...
Separation in Alchemy: The Separatio, the Art o...
Last Updated: March 2026, Eagle-lion symbolism section updated with Rosarium Philosophorum references; Steiner GA 10 Inspiration section verified; shadow work distinction clarified. Quick Answer Separation (Latin: separatio) is alchemy's third...
Mithraism: Rome's Secret Mystery Religion and t...
Last Updated: March 2026, Seven grades table updated with current scholarly consensus; Steiner GA 232 citations verified; Cumont vs. Ulansey debate summary revised. Quick Answer Mithraism was a Roman mystery...
Quintessence: The Fifth Element in Alchemy, Phi...
Last Updated: March 2026, Expanded with Steiner's etheric body parallel, spagyric medicine, and modern cosmological usage. Quick Answer Quintessence (Latin: quinta essentia, fifth essence) is the celestial element beyond the...
Sophia in Gnosticism: The Fall and Redemption o...
Last Updated: March 2026, Expanded with Steiner's Sophiology, the Pistis Sophia, and the Russian Sophiological tradition. Quick Answer In Gnosticism, Sophia (Greek: Wisdom) is the divine Aeon whose fall from...
Emanation in Neoplatonism: Plotinus, the One, a...
Last Updated: March 2026, Expanded with Steiner's hierarchies parallel, Kabbalistic comparison, and apophatic theology section. Quick Answer Emanation is the Neoplatonic theory that reality radiates from an infinite divine source...