Tag: Annie Besant
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Helena Blavatsky and the Mahatmas on the Historicity of Jesus
NOTES ON MESSIANISM, APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION, THE TOLEDOT YESHU AND SUBVERSIVE FIXATIONS WITH CHRISTIANIZING THEOSOPHY “I write in every letter that a divine Christ (or Christos) has never existed under a human form outside the imagination of blasphemers who have carnalized a universal and entirely impersonal principle.” (Helena P. Blavatsky, Reply to the Mistaken Conceptions of the Abbe Roca concerning my…
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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 story is about a young boy that became an important philosophical teacher throughout the 20th century. Groomed by theosophists, Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater to…
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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 generation Theosophists drift from a teaching of progressive evolution to a program of “progressive millenialism,” says Catherine Wessinger, in her The Second Generation Leaders of…
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Popular Occulture in Scotland and Scottish Theosophy: Michael Shaw on “The Theosophical Press in Scotland”
Presented at the “Periodical Occulture and the Occult Public Sphere.” 14th July 2017. Synopsis “This paper discusses the Theosophical periodical press in Scotland c.1880-1920, and it argues that these periodicals reveal a particular Theosophical culture in Scotland. Focusing on two titles that were unique to Scotland, Theosophy in Scotland and Occult, Scientific and Literary Papers Read…
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The Young Indiana Jones meets Krishnamurti and the Theosophical Society in “Journey of Radiance”
THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES MEETS YOUNG JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI, CHARLES LEADBEATER AND ANNIE BESANT Created by George Lucas, this is the first part of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 5. In January, 1910, the Jones family attends a meeting of the Theosophical movement in Benares, India. There young Indy befriends the young Jiddu Krishnamurti, and meets Charles…
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Boscovich in The Secret Doctrine and Revisionist History of Science connection to Occultism
Rasgusan physicist Roger J. Boscovich (1711-1787) is mentioned in Helena Blavatsky’s book “The Secret Doctrine” written in 1888. Roger J. Anderton examines the use of Roger J. Boscovich in The Secret Doctrine in his paper, Boscovich in the Esoteric Tradition of Blavatsky’s Secret Doctrine (July 21, 2014). R.J. Anderton argues that ancient notions have passed down to…
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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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Theosophy and Freemasonry: Esoteric Schools within the Theosophical Society
HISTORY OF ESOTERIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY The Theosophical Society did not become a secret, or occult fraternity, but it is true that the ideal for the Society was not to be a mere intellectual or literary society. The current condition of the Theosophical Society and its divided branches survive, though like a shell.…
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Annie Besant before Theosophy and her Story
Annie Besant was women’s rights and labor 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 interest in theosophy caused her to break with the Fabians and Marxists. This was before she joined the T.S. — “marching towards theosophy” around 1888. Helena P. Blavatsky had some…
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Anagarika Dharmapala and Gandhi Distrusted Charles Leadbeater and Besant
Anagarika Dharmapala was a Buddhist revivalist from Sri Lanka, who founded the Maha Bodhi Society May, 31, 1891. He was also an active member of the Theosophical Society. Dharmapala provides his insight into the controversies in the history of the organization known as the Theosophical Society. Upon reading about the Masters from Alfred P. Sinnet’s…
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