War, Progress, and the End of History by Vladimir Solovyov (Author), Thomas R Beyer (Translator), Czeslaw Milosz (Introduction), Stephan A. Hoeller (Afterword)
The Afterword is by Stephan A. Hoeller — a gnostic bishop of Ecclesia Gnostica, President of Annie Besant Lodge in Los Angeles, freemason, theosophist, etc... web.archive.org/web/2013073003…
Doubly Chosen: Jewish Identity, the Soviet Intelligentsia, and the Russian Orthodox Church
(pp. 20-21) Talmudic Jews played central role in theology and philosophy of Vladimir Solovyov. He saw them as chosen by god and choosing god as well as critical to understanding the Divine Sophia.
(pp. 21-22) Solovyov's Jewish collaborator believed him to be a "righteous gentile". Solovvyov believed that Talmudic Jews "could provide the necessary spiritual-national element to reconcile East and West into the future Universal Church."
Vladimir Soloviev created the Russian theological concept of 'Sophiology' and Florensky and Bulgakov spread it. Russian Orthodox goal was to spread its beliefs, concepts, and mysticism into world dominance. escholarship.mcgill.ca/concern/theses…
'sobornost' was the beginnings of the Russian ecumenical movement in the ROC.
St. Sergius Theological Institute in Paris partnered with the YMCA for financing. Additional money came via John D. Rockefeller which was used to spread Russian charities for support of academy worldwide. (pp. 225-238)
“Something Breaks Through a Little”: The Marriage of Zen and Sophia in the Life of Thomas Merton - Christopher Pramuk enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-AN…
(p. 67) Thomas Merton’s view of the divine came from the East -- Zen and Russian Orthodoxy’s Sophia.
Aharon Yosef’s (aka Aron Ben Gilad, Athol Bloomer, Br. Gilbert, Br. Gilbert of the Divine Presence, Br. Gilbert Joseph, Gilbert Bloomer) teachers in Israel were Chasidic & Haredi rabbis and his Hebrew teacher was a Rothschild daughter married to a rabbi. aronbengilad.blogspot.com/2018/06/perpet…
Put on your surprise face… the former punk rocker groupie turned obese kabbalistic brother is a Chabadnik.
And he happily quotes Chabad rabbis on the Association of Hebrew Catholics’ (AHC) forum. Remember Raymond Burke sits on the board of the AHC and has participated in their anti-Christian Seder meal. hebrewcatholic.net/forums/users/b…
Jean Shafiroff is married to Martin D. Shafiroff, managing director of Barclays. She formerly worked in the corporate finance department of investment bank L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin and since 1992 has been a trustee of the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services.
Jean's book Successful Philanthropy: How to Make a Life By What You Give with foreword by Scott Elkins (CEO of SE Advisors) and introduction by Michael Bloomberg's daughter Georgina Bloomberg.
“The Chabad of Southampton Jewish Center held its 18th Annual Dinner [...] Tonight’s multifaceted crowd was comprised of those who are regulars of the Chabad dinner...as well as some luminaries who are new to the Chabad family such as...Jean Shafiroff” easthampton.com/events-and-soc…