Sometimes I wonder how it would be if knowledge gathered from all the humans, from throughout the whole history, would be centered in one man. Undoubtedly, we would call this man a demigod.
Taschen’s book named “The Hermetic Museum, Alchemy & Mysticism,” inspired me to write this post. According to this book, a community of Naqshbandi dervishes in Uzbekistan is referred to as the traditions of the “Pure Brothers of Basra.” This secret society was formed around A.D. 950.
They developed an important universal system in which Greek, Hebrew, Persian, Chinese and Indian knowledge and traditions merged beneath the overall heading of a pseudo-Pythagorean numerical mysticism. For example, they taught that all worlds and natural phenomena are structurally based on number nine. The fact is that their encyclopedic writings, which (according to E.O. von Lippmann, “Enstehung und Ausbreitung der Alchemie,” 1919-1954) are among the essential works in the history of chemistry, came down to us from the early Arab period. Then, around A.D. 1000, these words of wisdom spread to Spain.
But why do I write about all these facts?
Because a community of Naqshbandi dervishes, which gained a secret, ancient knowledge from five topmost developed ancient civilizations, from almost every corner of Eurasia continent, is not a civilization that rules the world. This knowledge did not make them demigods. Wisdom from all the spheres did not make them super-humans.
I believe that if people from all the ages had concentrated their wisdom in a one-man, he would become a demigod. Nevertheless, he would be a demigod only for humans.
For the whole of the Universe, this “demigod” would be a cloud of dust. People possess limited possibilities to understand surrounding their processes. No one from us will ever become a demigod. Even Cristiano Ronaldo and Leo Messi are imperfect.
Ok, I finished. Have a good day, my Friend!
