Tag: Theosophical Society
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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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The Theosophical Movement: A ‘Hijacked Organization’ | Michael Tsarion
While I cannot endorse all of Michael Tsarion’s opinions, like secret ‘Illuminati’-Draconian bloodlines, this talk explains what happened to the Theosophical Movement. As of today, we actually have sufficient information to understand what led to the demise of the Theosophical Society.
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Rebuttal of Rene Guenon’s Critique of Modern Theosophy
The objective of this article on René Guénon’s critique of Modern Theosophy, which he terms Theosophism is to outline his analysis in Le théosophisme: Histoire d’une pseudo-religion, and not to react to it defensively. Guénon calls the theosophy of the Theosophical Society generally ‘pseudo-Theosophy’ (Theosophism) and ‘pseudo-Christianity.’ He specifically terms Mrs. Annie Besant’s theosophy, ‘pseudo-Christianity’ and ‘neo-Christianity.’ The…
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Fohat: The Universal Electric Entity – Danny Wilten
“When an Occultist speaks of Fohat — the energising and guiding intelligence in the Universal Electric or Vital Fluid, — he is laughed at. Withal, as now shown, neither the nature of electricity, nor of Life nor even of Light, are to this day understood. The Occultist sees in the manifestation of every force in Nature, the…
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Helena P. Blavatsky’s “Bird’s Eye View” Predicted the Fate of Theosophists
“Night before last I was shown a bird’s eye view of the theosophical societies. I saw a few earnest reliable theosophists in a death struggle with the world in general and with other – nominal and ambitious – theosophists. The former are greater in number than you may think, and they prevailed – as you…
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Theosophy in Italy and Under Fascist Rule | The Prefect of Genoa Report (1939)
HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY DURING WORLD WAR AND UNDER FASCIST RULE, INCLUDING THE PREFECT OF GENOA’S REPORT JAN 1939 – HELENA P. BLAVATSKY frequently visited Italy, in namely Bologna, Bari, Trieste, Venice, Rome, and Naples. Many of her acquaintances in Italy became members of the Theosophical Society. In 1851, H.P.B. met Giuseppe Mazzini, and at…
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Lewis Loflin’s “Debunking Theosophy”
Lewis Loflin’s Debunking Theosophy and Psychological Manipulation and Society (Joseph P. Szimhart’s review) are two critiques of the Theosophical Society, high in the index. The link is there to review. A common criticism in religious and historical research on Modern Theosophy — since its first expositions in Sinnett’s Esoteric Buddhism — is that Theosophy is a “hyper-syncretistic religion.”…
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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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Edith Starr Miller’s “Occult Theocrasy” on Theosophy and the Illuminati
Known as Lady Queensborough, her real name was Edith Starr Miller (1887-1933). Edith Starr Miller, an active member of Fascist leagues, sought it her utmost duty as an anti-Mormon Christian to find every religion other than her Christianity conduits in a ‘Satanic and Luciferian plot’ to overthrow “Judeo-Christian civilization.” Like the conspiracists of today, various groups…
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Helena Blavatsky Biography Russian Documentary
HELENA PETROVNA BLAVATSKY. BEST DOCUMENTARY (ENGLISH DUBBED) The fascinating life of H.P.B. Helena Petrovna von Hahn was born in Dnepropetrovsk (Ekaterinoslav), a town in Southern Russia (now Ukraine), under the Romanov Dynasty and old Russian Empire. Her mother Helena de Fadeyev was a renowned novelist, and her grandmother, Princess Helena Pavlovna Fadeyeva-Dolgorukov was a botanist and writer. Her maternal…
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Hermetic Undertone of the Theosophical Society’s Foundations
K.H., The Mahatma Letters, Letter no. 85, December 7, 1883 “(…) As the lady has rightly observed, the Western public should understand the Theosophical Society to be “a Philosophical School constituted on the ancient Hermetic basis” — that public having never heard of the Tibetan, and entertaining very perverted notions of the Esoteric Buddhist System.…
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Geraldine Beskin: Manly P. Hall, The Murdered Mystic
The Murdered Mystic Geraldine Beskin’s contribution and insightful lecture at a Theosophical Society in London, U.K. on the life and works of Manly Palmer Hall at the Theosophical Society in London.
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