Archeosofica

Archeosofica is a school of esoteric Christianity founded by Tommaso Palamidessi in 1968 in Rome. It offers a program of research on Archeosophy.^[1]

The school is free and supplies booklets and other texts.^{[citation needed]}

Beliefs

Archeosofica proposes a form of "ascesis" or asceticism:^[2]^[3]

Physiological and psychosomatic asceticism to maintain physical well-being.
Social asceticism, which is the effort and action to become a perfect citizen and to make oneself a spokesman of a "new society".
Mystical asceticism through intense devotion.
Theurgical asceticism, or ritual asceticism.
Magical asceticism.
Cosmic asceticism.
"Sapiential" and "initiatic" asceticism, or the spiritual elevation of oneself through knowledge and practice.

I poteri occulti dell'uomo e lo yoga tantrico indo-tibetano, Turin: Spartaco Giovene, 1945 (2nd ed. Archeosofica 1988, 3rd ed. ArkeiosISBN 9788886495233 ).
La tecnica sessuale dello yoga tantrico indo-tibetano, Turin: Edizioni Grande Opera, 1948 (2nd ed. Archeosofica 1988, 3rd ed. Arkeios ISBN 9788886495226).
Archeosofia, 5 volumes, Rome: Archeosofica, 1985-1988 (2nd ed. Arkeios 2001, ISBN 9788886495264).

^ World Religion and Spirituality Project: https://wrldrels.org/2020/02/19/archeosophy/
^ Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements, the article on "Archeosophy" by P.L. Zoccatelli in Peter B. Clarke (ed.), Londra - New York: Routledge, 2006, p. 38-39.
^ C. Gatto Trocchi, Magia ed esoterismo in Italia, Milano: Mondadori, 1990, p. 142-145.
^ A complete list of the booklets can be found on the Archeosophical Society site Archived 2015-02-02 at the Wayback Machine