Category: Theosophy
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Occultism in the Theosophical Society
Letter 65 The success of the operation of the Theosophical Movement depended upon those who compose the movement, but many delusions and misunderstandings about that operation existed among the members. The future civilizational development and trajectory of thought depended upon the success of the ideas the Movement sought to impress on the culture. These masters…
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The Problem with the New Age “Ascended Master Jesus”
Importance of the issue with the concept of “Jesus the Ascended Master” in light of Theosophy. There are not many left true to the “original program”! (MORYA) “Ready to lay down our life any day for THEOSOPHY – that great cause of the Universal Brotherhood for which we live and breathe – and willing to…
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Kumari Jayawardena: “The White Woman’s Other Burden.” Blavatsky and Emancipation in South Asia
From the outset, Kumari Jayawardena’s “The White Woman’s Other Burden” (1995) demonstrates, theosophy emphasized the absence of any distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color in its theory and practice; and gender equality was therefore, one of its distinctive features. The 1995 work of Jayawardena details the roles and activities of foreign women in…
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The Limitations of Csoma de Koros and Western Tibetan Buddhist Scholars
The limitations of Alexander Csoma de Koros (also see The Hungarian Bodhisattva) and scholars in the nineteenth and twentieth-century. To be complementary to a piece on the sources of the Book of Dzyan and Kiu-te. Does Dr. Alexander Berzin know of “A Few Misconceptions Corrected” — “One of the greatest, and, withal, the most serious objection…
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Eliphas Levi’s “Warning to the Impudent” on Occultism
Éliphas Lévi (Alphonso Louis Constant), 19th century French esotericist influenced by occult philosophy and thinkers like Joseph de Maistre, warns impudent students rushing into occult studies. [Translated by Arthur Edward Waite in Transcendental Magic, 1896] If there are two lessons to take from this, they are — “The Esotericists are therefore warned that unless they are prepared…
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Letter to Baron J. Spealieri (a Student of Eliphas Levi) on Western Kabbalism
When Helena Blavatsky wrote to a close student of Eliphas Levi on the state of the Western traditions, Kabbalism, and Christological influences. The letter highlights something to be taken into important account and not by-pass it as insignificant, or a trifling detail. She states, Eliphas Levi helps us so far, as it helps to compare Western…
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“Snowlanders, are you teaching them the Wisdom?”: Samlo Ae Tang Gangchenpa by Gepe
SAMLO AE TANG GANGCHENPA BY GEPE “Snowlanders, are you teaching them (the Wisdom)?” “Religious theory and practice, is like the inner jewel,Its great inner meaning for the world,Snowlanders, are you explaining it?” “In the book known as the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, in the section on ‘the Supreme Ātman–Self—as manifested in the character of the Arhats and…
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Mahatma Letters on the Evolution of Life: Ten-Point Summary
The position on evolution and emanationism in the Mahatma Letters and as explained by H.P. Blavatsky remains a fascinating aspect of Theosophy. This position is neither atheistic, or agnostic, merely because of the rejection of the God-theory, The history of these positions antedate Darwin, including Democritus. Morya, attempting to get A.P. Sinnett to understand the…
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The Failings of Annie Besant’s Pro-Israel and Jewish Nationalist Advocacy
NEO–THEOSOPHICAL MESSIANISM IN SUPPORT OF ZIONISM IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT BESANT, A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR HINDU NATIONALISM AND INDEPENDENCE also spoke glowingly in the same manner about Israel. However, her support is entirely built on her belief and enthusiasm for her mission of the “World Teacher,” most notably through Jiddu Krishnamurti. Buddhist revivalist Anagarika Dharmapala and…
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Six Points on “Magic”: Theosophy rejects Supernaturalism and Miracle
“The problem of life is man. Magic, or rather Wisdom, is the evolved knowledge of the potencies of man’s interior being; which forces are Divine emanations, as intuition is the perception of their origin, and initiation our induction into that knowledge (…) We begin with instinct: the end is OMNISCIENCE.” ALEXANDER WILDER Real magical operations…
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Was Helena Blavatsky a Socialist and 33 Degree Mason?
Charles Sotheran and the Masonic Patent THEOSOPHISTS HAVE BEEN SLANDERED BY PERSONS of right and left political persuasion who dabble in conspiracy theorizing, each accusing the other political side (sometimes both) of being at the helm of world events. In this case, we find two common accusations hurled by such persons, which is 1) falsely…
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William Q. Judge on Eastern Occultism in Theosophy versus Western Occultism
The theosophists were trying to explain in their time, that the history, nature and implications of Occult Philosophy are far more than what was being introduced to Western thinkers, and certain fundamental elements of Occultism should direct its development and influence. It is not for the sake of division, that Judge and Blavatsky made the…
The American Minervan 