The Enchanted Initiate
A Journal of Traditional Symbolism, Hermeticism & the Occult Sciences

Dogma

Dogma is a constant hypothesis that ascends in complexity, serving as the absolute affirmation for the ignorant.

Concordance & Cross-References

Primary Correspondences & Figures

Skepticism is strongly opposed to dogmatists.

Dogma arises as a hypothesis that ascends, becoming the absolute affirmation for those who are ignorant

Mediate Correspondences

Sympathetic Chains & Distant Affinities

DogmathroughScepticismilluminatesBlack Magic →
I. Dogma & Scepticism

Skepticism is strongly opposed to dogmatists.

II. Scepticism & Black Magic

Scepticism can sometimes lead individuals to experiment with black magic, driven by intellectual curiosity or disbelief in traditional beliefs.

DogmathroughHypothesisilluminatesAnalogy →
I. Dogma & Hypothesis

Dogma arises as a hypothesis that ascends, becoming the absolute affirmation for those who are ignorant

II. Hypothesis & Analogy

Analogy explains the necessity of hypotheses in the scientific and religious understanding, linking the finite to the infinite

DogmathroughScepticismilluminatesAcademics →
I. Dogma & Scepticism

Skepticism is strongly opposed to dogmatists.

II. Scepticism & Academics

Skepticism is associated with Academics, a philosophical school.

DogmathroughScepticismilluminatesSkeptics →
I. Dogma & Scepticism

Skepticism is strongly opposed to dogmatists.

II. Scepticism & Skeptics

Skepticism is the philosophy of the Skeptics.

DogmathroughScepticismilluminatesAristotelianism
I. Dogma & Scepticism

Skepticism is strongly opposed to dogmatists.

II. Scepticism & Aristotelianism

Aristotelianism and skepticism are presented as opposing philosophical schools.

DogmathroughScepticismilluminatesCyrenesians
I. Dogma & Scepticism

Skepticism is strongly opposed to dogmatists.

II. Scepticism & Cyrenesians

Both schools shared ideas of rejecting dogmatism but differed on ethical and philosophical foundations