Illuminism is a belief system whereby a believer makes a claim that he has been illuminated or experienced enlightenment of a spiritual nature. Spirituality, in a narrow sense, concerns itself with matters of the spirit. ...

History of Term

It would be correct to say, both etymologically and conceptually, that an illumination and enlightenment can be used interchangeably as regards spiritual matters. It is an archaic term deriving from the French illuminer. The term has been used in modern times primarily with respect to and by secret societies, for the most part, orders that have modelled their practices after the mystery cults of the Hellenic world, which flourished around the Mediterranean coast and Near East at the period when the Roman Empire dominated the region and its cultures. A secret society is an organization that requires its members to conceal certain activities—such as rites of initiation—from outsiders. ... A mystery religion is any religion with an arcanum, or body of secret wisdom. ... Ancient Greece is a period in Greek history that lasted for around one thousand years and was extinguished by the newly-powerful Christianity. ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... The Near East is a term commonly used by archaeologists, geographers and historians, less commonly by journalists and commentators, to refer to the region encompassing the Levant (modern Israel, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon), Turkey, Mesopotamia (Iraq and eastern Syria). ... The Roman Empire is the name given to both the imperial domain developed by the city-state of Rome and also the corresponding phase of that civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government. ...

The word Illuminism, when used as a proper noun, refers specifically to the form of enlightenment or illumination that is a part of advancement in the ranks of various secret societies that claim a common origin with the Bavarian Illuminati. As such it is an important concept within Discordianism as well. The idea of Illumination can be usefully compared to Enlightenment, Grace, and Satori in other spiritual traditions. For other uses, see Illuminati (disambiguation). ... Discordianism is a modern, chaos-based religion founded in either 1958 or 1959. ... . It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Spiritual enlightenment. ... Look up Grace in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Satori (悟 Japanese satori; Chinese: wù - from the verb Satoru) is a Zen Buddhist term for enlightenment. ...

The modern Thomasine Church, a New Religious Movement rooted in Gnosticism, Christianity, and the Gospel of Thomas uses the term as a collective description intellectual values and philosophy which explicitly privileges reason and logic over opinion and belief in epistemological matters. This use of the term can be usefully compared to Empiricism, Positivism and Scientism. Members of the Thomasine Church associate their version of Illuminism with the scientific method and critical thinking. ... A new religious movement or NRM is a religious, ethical, or spiritual grouping of fairly recent origin which is not part of an established religion and has not yet become recognised as a standard denomination, church, or religious body. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The Gospel of Thomas is a New Testament-era apocryphon completely preserved in a papyrus Coptic manuscript discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi, Egypt. ... Socrates (central bare-chested figure) about to drink hemlock as mandated by the court. ... Reason is a term used in philosophy and other human sciences to refer to the faculty of the human mind that creates and operates with abstract concepts. ... Logic, from Classical Greek λόγος (logos), originally meaning the word, or what is spoken, (but coming to mean thought or reason) is the study of criteria for the evaluation of arguments, although the exact definition of logic is a matter of controversy among philosophers. ... Look up Opinion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Look up belief in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... According to Plato, Knowledge is what is both true and believed, though not all that is both true and believed counts as knowledge. ... In philosophy generally, empiricism is a theory of knowledge emphasizing the role of experience. ... Positivism is a philosophy developed by Auguste Comte (widely regarded as the first true sociologist) at the beginning of the 19th century that stated that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method. ... Scientism is an ideology which holds that science has primacy over other interpretations of life (e. ... ... Scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge. ... are you kiddin ? i was lookin for it for hours ...

External links

The Thomasine Church official website.

The Church of Gnostic Luminism official website.

The Erisian Mystery website.