Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00973)

Concerning what Jerry writes below,

see:

http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/books/wil-plat/npa-1.htm

Daniel



--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Hejka-Ekins <jjhe@c...> 
wrote:
> HPB drew a lot of her information concerning theosophical origins 
from 
> her friend, Alexander Wilder. You might check out "New Platonism 
and 
> Alchemy: A Sketch of the Doctrines and Principal Teachers of the 
> Eclectic or Alexandrian School; also an Outline of the Interior 
> Doctrines of the Alchemists of the Middle Ages. Wizard's Book Shelf 
> republished this 1869 article in 1975 and is probably still 
available 
> from Wizards. Much of what she says in the section of the Key you 
quote 
> below can be found in this article--and, if my memory serves me 
right; 
> the reference to Diogenes and Pot-Amun also.
> 
> --j
> 
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> 
> fnord wrote:
> 
> >Hi!
> >
> >In the first section of the Key of Theosophy, the first footnote 
saids:
> >
> >"Though Theosophy, or the Eclectic Theosophical system, is 
generally attributed to the third century, yet, if Diogenes Laertius 
is to be credited, its origin is much earlier, as he attributed the 
system to an Egyptian priest, Pot-Amun, who lived in the early days 
of the Ptolemaic dynasty. The same author tells us that the name is 
Coptic, and signifies one consecrated to Amun, the God of Wisdom. 
Theosophy is the equivalent of Brahm-Vidya, divine knowledge."
> >
> >Well, the thing is the quote is'nt in the Lives of the 
Philosophers, and i didn't find any reference to any other Diogenes's 
work, anywhere. Someone know the source of that quote?