Agartha

Agartha (sometimes Agartta, Agharti, Agarath,^[1] Agarta or Agarttha) is a legendary kingdom that is said to be located in the Earth's core.^[2] It is related to the belief in a hollow Earth and is a popular subject in esotericism.^[3]

History[]

The legend remained mostly obscure in Europe until a detailed account by the nineteenth-century French occultist Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre was published posthumously, in 1910.^[4]

In his 1922 book Beasts, Men and Gods, explorer Ferdynand Ossendowski relates a story which was imparted to him concerning a subterranean kingdom which exists inside the Earth. This kingdom was known to a fictional Buddhists society as Agharti.^[5]

Connections to mythology[]

Agartha is frequently associated or confused with Shambhala^[6] which figures prominently in Vajrayana Buddhism and Tibetan Kalachakra teachings and revived in the West by Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society. Theosophists in particular regard Agarthi as a vast complex of caves underneath Tibet inhabited by demi-gods, called asuras. Helena and Nicholas Roerich, whose teachings closely parallel theosophy, see Shambhala's existence as both spiritual and physical.^[7]

References[]

^ Ossendowski, Ferdinand; Palen, Lewis Stanton (2003), Beasts, Men and Gods, Kessinger Publishing, p. 118, ISBN 978-0-7661-5765-1
^ Eco, Umberto (5 August 2006). "Commentary: Spheres of influence". The Observer.
^ Tamas, Mircea Alexandru (2003), Agarttha, the invisible center, Rose-Cross Books, ISBN 978-0-9731191-1-4
^ Guenon, Rene (1958), Le Roi du Monde, Gallimard, ISBN 9780900588587
^ Ferdynand Ossendowski (1922). Beasts, Men and Gods. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company.
^ Greer, John Michael (2003), The New Encyclopedia of the Occult, Llewellyn Publications, ISBN 1-56718-336-0
^ File:"About Shambala" N.Roerich.ogg

External links[]

Saint-Yves d’Alveydre and the Agartthian Connection, by Joscelyn Godwin.
Map/diagram of Agharta and the Hollow Earth, based on writings of Raymond W. Bernard.
On Edward Bulwer-Lytton: Agharta, Shambhala, Vril and the Occult Roots of Nazi Power, by Joseph George Caldwell.
"An Algorithmic Agartha"—Essay-Contribution to Culture Machine 16, 2015 (the journal's Special-Issue on Drone Culture).Welcome to the Electrocene, An Algorithmic Agartha.

[Ossendowski2003-1] Ossendowski, Ferdinand; Palen, Lewis Stanton (2003), Beasts, Men and Gods, Kessinger Publishing, p. 118, ISBN 978-0-7661-5765-1

[Eco2006-2] Eco, Umberto (5 August 2006). "Commentary: Spheres of influence". The Observer.

[Tamas2003-3] Tamas, Mircea Alexandru (2003), Agarttha, the invisible center, Rose-Cross Books, ISBN 978-0-9731191-1-4

[Guenon1958-4] Guenon, Rene (1958), Le Roi du Monde, Gallimard, ISBN 9780900588587

[5] Ferdynand Ossendowski (1922). Beasts, Men and Gods. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company.

[Greer2003-6] Greer, John Michael (2003), The New Encyclopedia of the Occult, Llewellyn Publications, ISBN 1-56718-336-0

[7] File:"About Shambala" N.Roerich.ogg

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