The “Lost Word” key and esoteric eschatology: Blavatsky’s Gnosis the core of Krishnamurti’s teaching
Al Boag
Routledge eBooks October 3, 2018 DOI: 10.4324/9781315561608-45 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Describes Blavatsky's claim that the divine Ego can awaken and reunite with the Absolute through initiation, the "Lost Word" key, and the mysteries of sound. The abstract states that the ultimate key would be given only to the "Elect" deemed "worthy" by the Masters, and identifies the tone Fa as the "Lost Word" key and turning point in enlightenment. |
Abstract
According to Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, an embodied conscious return and union of the divine spark with the Absolute could be achieved as the divine Ego awakened to itself through the rigors of initiation. The personal relevance of Blavatsky&s;s "esoteric macrohistory" lay in the possibility of awakening the divine consciousness by means of the Path of Initiation and the "Lost Word" key and the mysteries of sound. The final details and "the ultimate key" to Blavatsky&s;s esoteric gnosis would be given only to the "Elect" if found "worthy" of it by the Masters. Complementary to Blavatsky&s;s secret gnosis of an occult meditation of breathless sensory deprivation was her secret Instruction on acute sensory perception. The keynote Fa, the middle key of both Man and nature, whether silently and breathlessly intoned by will power in meditation or heard as a whisper of the wind in the trees, was Blavatsky&s;s "Lost Word" key and the turning point in enlightenment.