Tag: Mahatma Letters
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How to Identify Bad Research about Theosophy in Academia and Social Media
TECHNICALITIES OF BAD RESEARCH ON THEOSOPHY, BLAVATSKY AND THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY HISTORY When people write about Theosophy, they mix many fantasies into history, and they repeatedly use words like “Ascended Masters,” “the Great White Lodge,” the “Great White Brotherhood,” and “Mahatmas of Agartha.” The history of the Theosophical Movement is not one continuous or consistent flow…
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Morya on Yahweh as a Mamo in the Prayag Letter
The term Prayāg (or Prayaga) is an ancient term for the city of Allāhābād. In January 1, 1881, an early branch of the parent or original Theosophical Society was formed in Allahabad. G.N. Chakravarti was a notable member of this lodge, who represented Brahmanism at the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago. So, the Prayag Letter is…
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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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God versus Svabhava and its Importance | Cosmological Notes in Theosophy
mahatma letters. fundamental position on the nature and existence of God versus the Doctrine of Svabhāva THERE HAVE EXISTED philosophical schools that have a spiritual ideal of nature, without a God. The debates between the domineering forces of theology, proponents of physicalism and atheism give us very little space to debate between them. The Theosophical position…
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Jiddu Krishnamurti repudiates the Convergence of Theosophy and his Teaching
The most comprehensive collection of Krishnamurti’s true thoughts on Theosophy. Gathered by the Rishi Valley Study Centre (Working Paper #4, May 1995, Revised October 1996 by Hans and Radhika Herzberger). Jiddu Krishnamurti utterly rejected the convergence of his thought and Theosophy, and his wishes should be respected. Contemporary Theosophists have to let go of Jiddu Krishnamurti, and trying to…
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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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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 Great Master’s Letter”: Theosophy and the Future of Religion
The Maha-chohan letter, or “The Great Master’s Letter” is about the ‘Truth’ of Divine Enlightenment and the real mission and cause of Theosophy. The letter explains the view on the role of Theosophy in aiding a revival or revolution. Chohan means “lord,” “chief,” or “master.” It comes from the word chos (doctrine, law, teaching) and khan (abbot).‘’…
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Morten Lauridsen: O Magnum Mysterium
Morten Lauridsen Nordic Chamber Choir Translation — Latin text O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, jacentem in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cuius viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Iesum Christum. Alleluia! English translation O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the new-born Lord, lying in a manger! Blessed is the Virgin…
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Theosophists on the Society of Jesuits and the Roman Catholic Church
There’s a collation of H.P.B.’s writings on Jesuitry and Masonry in The Christian Scheme: Jesuitry and Masonry in Parts I, II, III, IV, V, VI (via web archive). H.P.B. defends in her writings the ethics and morality in systems ancient, misunderstood, and demonized arguing, that as one theosophist stated — “The Occultists . . . believe the time has come to…
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The Emanation Theory in Theosophy and its Three Aspects of Evolution
Darwinism only a One-Sided Theory of Evolution This view is taught to be complementary to evolution; but asserts that Darwinian Evolution theory holds to a “one-sided physical evolution.” It teaches, that Man is the product of a triple scheme of evolution: (1) spiritual (monadic);(2) intellectual or psychic;(3) physical. Emanationism and Evolution The Theosophical Glossary describes the…
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Gottfried De Purucker defines Religion in “Occult Glossary”
What does it mean, when we use the broad term religion? Gottfried de Purucker† (1874-1942), who was head of the Pasadena Theosophical Society from 1929-1942, had a good definition in his Occult Glossary (1933). It follows on pages 148-9: “Religion. An operation of the human spiritual mind in its endeavor to understand not only the how and the why of…
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