Marc Demarest on the Armchair Occultist, Godfrey Higgins: Modern Occultism, and the Professionalization of History
The Armchair Occultist: Godfrey Higgins, Anacalypsis and Modern Occultism Lecture. Emma Hardinge Britten Archive. The Church, Christian Spiritualists, and the professional establishment sought to control the influence of occultists. Anacalypsis […]
U.G. Krishnamurti: Recollects the Second-Generation Theosophical Society
Second Generation refers to a shifted leadership in the Theosophical Society, with international headquarters in Adyar, Madras, post-1890’s, and led by Annie Besant in 1907 til her death. The second […]
The Mystery of Comte de Saint-Germain
“Anyone who admits one of the practical truths of the Occult Sciences taught by the Cabala, tacitly admits them all. It must be Hamlet’s “to be or not to be…” […]
BLAVATSKY | Italian Theosophical Society Centennial Documentary
“Blavatsky,” 2002 England film. For subtitles in English or another language, click Settings → Subtitles → Auto-Translate → English. If you liked this documentary, you will also like this one — Helena Blavatsky Russian […]
Julius Evola on ‘Modern Occultism’ and Theosophists
Evola explains his early influences, and later preference for traditionalism. “On the whole, however, I always preserved my independence, frequently even voicing my lack of regard for modern ‘occultism’. Modern […]
The Reluctant Messiah: Truth about Jiddu Krishnamurti and Theosophy
INTRODUCTION Jiddu Krishnamurti, great liberator or failed messiah, asks Luis S. R. Vas in his highly insightful book about the relations between Jiddu Krishnamurti and the Theosophical Society. This article […]
Annie Besant before Theosophy and Documentary of her Life
Annie Besant was women’s rights and labour activist, a British intellectual and orator. Annie Besant left the Anglican Church, and became a secularist reformer, as an atheist and Fabian socialist. Her deepening […]
Geraldine Beskin: Manly P. Hall, The Murdered Mystic
The Murdered Mystic Geraldine Beskin’s contribution and insightful lecture at a Theosophical Society in London, U.K. on the life and works of Manly Palmer Hall at the Theosophical Society in London.
