#114 – Yury Pankratov – The Encyclopedia of Occultism by G.O. Mebes
WELCOME to this conversation with translator and esoteric researcher Yury Pankratov, who has translated “The Encyclopedia of Occultism” by the early 20th-century Russian occultist and Martinist teacher Grigori Mebes.
Yury’s own journey went from computer engineering in Russia to the hidden traditions of Western esotericism and the rediscovery of Russian Martinism – a spiritual current rooted in the teachings of Martinez de Pasqually, Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, and Papus.
TAP in with us as we talk about: – The rise of Russian Martinism and the soul’s fall and reintegration
– Occultism is a training of thought
– Mebes’ model of Archetype, Man, and Nature
– The astral plane as a bridge between spirit and matter
– The mystery of Egregores – collective fields of consciousness that shape, heal, and influence human life
– The creative polarity of manifestation expressed through Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh
– How the Tarot serves as a initiatory alphabet
– The three stages of initiation – physical, astral, and archetypal – and the meaning of inner alchemy
– What it means to make gold by first having gold
– Yury’s own practice of astrological theurgy through Orphic hymns and planetary communion
– Reflections on Mebes’ astrology, the question of free will versus fate
– Mebes’ later life and the happenings due to the Russian Revolution
Thank you so much for being with us!!
LINKS
Here is the book we speak of:
https://spirit.aeonbooks.co.uk/product/encyclopedia-of-occultism/95373
Here is Yury’s substack:
https://russianesotericism.substack.com/
Mannahs website: https://www.therapeuticastrologer.com/