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To: Dayuhan who wrote (1423)9/9/1999 9:00:00 AM
From: Neocon  Respond to of 6418
 
An interesting take on things. I think it was a bit more complicated: the usual impact of novelty on some minds, as Eastern classics began to come into translation and be expounded; an attempt to find a surrogate for the loss of faith in Christianity; tapping into a longstanding tradition (the basis of Freemasonry and Kabbala) that there existed an esoteric wisdom emanating from India or Egypt or both; and even the reasons you adduced played a role.......