>Louis Jacolliot>created the popular occultist concept of Agartha in his 1873 book Les fils de Dieu (lit.'The Sons of God' or lit.'God's Sons'). In it, he wrote of Agartha as an ancient powerful Indian city. The idea became popular in the world of occultism and spread through the writings of several different occultists; these later versions were quite different from Jacolliot's, particularly in their portrayal of Agartha as being underground and still existing.Why is it always the 19th century?
>>18724922The tl;dr is that popular science communication is the bridge between the sciences and esotericism.It's where concepts get dumped down far enough for everyone to pick them up
>>18724922This motherfucker is also partially responsible for, late Nietzsche's Manu obssesion. Even worse because in that he wrote a dumb prologue about how Egypt was actually an Indian colony from which Moses and his Chandalas fled. So the whole 'Jew as Chandala' idea he has derives from this goofy frog.According to wikipedia, he apparently also had a hand in storring Helena Blavatsky's imagination and making her believe in Lemuria and Mu. So this Krusty the Klown lookalike had his hands in many esoteric pots. Incredible what you could accomplish by just making shit up back then.
