Category: Quotes
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James Madison on the ‘Divine Ideal’ in Republicanism
Federalist Papers No. 55 James Madison, lead drafter of the Constitution stated once, that Republicanism admits the existence of qualities in man in a higher degree, and is thus built on a spiritual Ideal of man’s nature. We recognize James Madison as a man who rejected the notion of racial superiority, although he failed to put…
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The Characteristics of a True Theosophist | Vincente Hao Chin, Jr.
Vicente Hao Chin, Jr. says, Helena P. Blavatsky, the principal co-founder of the Theosophical Society, distinguished between a member of the Theosophical Society and a true theosophist. “True Theosophists, as true Christians are very, very few” (CW VIII:159). Scattered throughout her writings, she mentions certain characteristics of a true theosophist: a. An understanding of the…
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Julius Evola: Christianity converted Western man only superficially
“For all practical purposes, Christianity “converted” Western man only superficially (…) In theory, the Western world accepted Christianity but for all practical purposes it remained pagan; the fact that Europe was able to incorporate so many motifs that were connected with the Jewish and Levantine view of life has always been a source of surprise…
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John Adams on Religion in the United States, Quakers, Jesuitism, and Machiavellianism
The words of John Adams, second President of the United States (1797–1801) and the first Vice President (1789–97) on Religion in the United States, Quakers, Jesuitism, and Machiavellianism. “The substance and essence of Christianity, as I understand it, is eternal and unchangeable, and will bear examination forever, but it has been mixed with extraneous ingredients,…
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Sophia and the Alchemical Wedding in the Rosicrucian Vision
“You are my mind, bring me forth.You are my treasure-house, open for me.You are my fullness, take me to you.” THE PRAYER OF APOSTLE PAUL, NAG HAMMADI LIBRARY
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A Small Glossary of Terms to Study
“THERE are persons whose minds would be incapable of appreciating the intellectual grandeur of the ancients, even in physical science, were they to receive the most complete demonstration of their profound learning and achievements.” (ISIS UNVEILED, 1877, Vol. 1, pg. 461.) “Lo, warrior! now the cross of RedPoints to the grave of the mighty dead;Within it…
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“The Forlorn Hope” Letter, 1882.
“The Forlorn Hope,”‡. Received in Allahabad, Feb., 1882. “One or two of us hoped that the world had so far advanced intellectually, if not intuitionally, that the Occult doctrine might gain an intellectual acceptance, and the impulse given for a new cycle of occult research. Others – wiser as it would now seem – held…
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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 occultist currents certainly played a useful, if limited, role in my case, the role they generally play in the contemporary world: that of providing an…
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Gerald Massey: “There’s No Dearth in Kindness”
There’s no dearth of kindness In this world of ours; Only in our blindness We gather thorns for flowers; Outward we are spurning, Trampling one another; While we are inly yearning With the name of “brother!” —Gerald Massey, excerpt from There’s No Dearth of Kindness.
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“Time destroys the speculations of man” – William James, 1907
“I fully expect to see the pragmatist view of truth run through the classic stages of a theory’s career. First, you know, a new theory is attacked as absurd; then it is admitted to be true, but obvious and insignificant; finally it is seen to be so important that its adversaries claim that they themselves…
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Manly P. Hall: the Great Value of Blavatsky’s “The Secret Doctrine”
Manly P. Hall on the influence of H.P.B.’s writings from his Landmarks of Esoteric Literature Lecture “We have not yet reached that point in international thinking, in which we could be fair about the opinions, beliefs, and convictions of other peoples; and even today, if a poll were taken, I think it would be safe…
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“I Dread The Appearance In Print Of Our Philosophy” | The Mahatma Letter No. 56
“By most of your gold worshipping countrymen our facts and theorems would be denominated fancy-flights, the dreams of madmen.” The Occult Philosophy taught to the Theosophists does not belong to them, but to the men, that were teachers to H.P.B. There has been much disrespectful misrepresentation and abuse of that philosophy which has devalued perception…
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