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How to Prove the Occult World Exists? Sri Madhava Ashish Advice on the Theosophical Approach

28 Dec 201929 Dec 2019No Comments

Sri Madhava Ashish advises us to Search into the Occult World and Field of Studywith as much common-sense and urgency as we do in the Fields of Science. How to prove the occult side of nature exists? Thinking about Perineum Sunning after your Kundalini Yoga; going to the local witch; seeing your plug; or the … Continue reading How to Prove the Occult World Exists? Sri Madhava Ashish Advice on the Theosophical Approach

Good and Bad Adepts | The Force and its Sides in Star Wars and Theosophical Literature

13 Dec 201931 Dec 2019No Comments

THE TWO PATHS II — (ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY) Originally published 2016. SEE The Force and its Sides in Star Wars and Theosophical Literature FOR CONTEXT. Despite all that we elucidate upon, people are convinced of the existences of true manifested and corporeal evil of supernatural origin. Now, many of the popular themes we’ve grown up with … Continue reading Good and Bad Adepts | The Force and its Sides in Star Wars and Theosophical Literature

Another Look at Blavatsky and Theosophy on Race and What she said about Indigenous People

8 Nov 201910 Nov 2019No Comments

What makes the persistent attempt of writers to portray H.P. Blavatsky’s legacyas one of Racism and an influence to the foundation of “Nazi Racial Theory” wrongful and ignorant. H.P. Blavatsky states, that The Secret Doctrine is the product of herself and her two teachers, K.H. and Morya. The theory of the Root Race laid out … Continue reading Another Look at Blavatsky and Theosophy on Race and What she said about Indigenous People

The Four Modes of Birth in The Secret Doctrine and the Abhidharmakosa of Buddhism

19 Nov 20181 Oct 2019No Comments

THE FOUR MODES OF BIRTH DESCRIBED IN INDIAN AND PERSIAN ZOROASTRIAN RELIGIOUS LORE AND ITS MEANING IN THEOSOPHY AND THE SECRET DOCTRINE’S DUAL OR PARALLEL EVOLUTION THEORY ON HUMAN ORIGINS Post Updated 10/1/2019 In the ancient mythologies and literature of these traditions we find accounts of human creation, or modes of birth, found in both … Continue reading The Four Modes of Birth in The Secret Doctrine and the Abhidharmakosa of Buddhism

The Issue of Theosophy, Occultism, and National Socialism in Germany (1880s-1930s): Blavatsky and Theosophical Notions of Race against Hitler, List, & Liebenfels

9 Nov 201813 Nov 2019No Comments

“To the mentally lazy or obtuse, Theosophy must remain a riddle; for in the world mental as in the world spiritual each man must progress by his own efforts. The writer cannot do the reader’s thinking for him, nor would the latter be any the better off if such vicarious thought were possible.” THE KEY … Continue reading The Issue of Theosophy, Occultism, and National Socialism in Germany (1880s-1930s): Blavatsky and Theosophical Notions of Race against Hitler, List, & Liebenfels

The Construction of Monotheism: Dever, Stavrakopoulou, LePage, Blavatsky…

8 May 20188 May 2018No Comments

Prof. William G. Dever and Francesca Stavrakopoulou on the construction of monotheism. Prof. William G. Dever (Archaeologist, Anthropologist, University of Arizona) says the Torah is a “Minority Report” “To understand Paul, we have to realize that in antiquity, all monotheists were polytheists by our modern definition. Everyone (…) acknowledged the existence of everybody else’s gods. Back then, … Continue reading The Construction of Monotheism: Dever, Stavrakopoulou, LePage, Blavatsky…

Sex in Occult Philosophy: Suffering, Desire, Sex and its Complications

17 Apr 20183 Mar 20195 Comments

The Occult Philosophy teaches different notions and ethics, contrary to what is commonly believed in the West, regarding Yoga, Western Occult Tradition, and Western views about Sex in Eastern Philosophy. Sexual activity and pleasure must be sacrificed in the beginning of the progressive evolutionary stages in order to prepare the mental state, and gradually in time … Continue reading Sex in Occult Philosophy: Suffering, Desire, Sex and its Complications

Edward Heneage Dering’s “Esoteric Buddhism: The New Gospel of Atheism”

8 Mar 201813 May 2018No Comments

Edward Heneage Dering’s 29 page critique of theosophist A.P. Sinnett’s Esoteric Buddhism, The Occult World, and the Letters in The New Gospel of Atheism” (1887). This work can be compared to Per Faxneld’s Blavatsky the Satanist: Luciferianism in Theosophy and its Implications in its method of quoting, but still manages to misrepresent his opponent. However, what … Continue reading Edward Heneage Dering’s “Esoteric Buddhism: The New Gospel of Atheism”

“He Who Would Lift Up High the Banner of Mysticism”

26 Feb 20188 Jan 2020No Comments

The solitary ascetic, H.P. Blavatsky implores is the embodiment of cowardice and egotism, alluding to Hatha-Yogis and Chrisitan mortification practice. She further explains that “a hermit who flees from his brothers instead of helping them to carry the burden of life, to work for others, and to put their shoulders to the wheel of social … Continue reading “He Who Would Lift Up High the Banner of Mysticism”

Popularizing Genuine Theosophy in our Age

31 Dec 201726 Jan 2020No Comments

ADEPTS Acknowledge the FORLORN HOPE in Popularizing Genuine Theosophy in our Age The success of an attempt of such a kind as the one you propose, must be calculated and based upon a thorough knowledge of the people around you. It depends entirely upon the social and moral conditions of the people in their bearing … Continue reading Popularizing Genuine Theosophy in our Age