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The Secret Doctrine

Book/ by H. P. Blavatsky, 1888

THE SECRET DOCTRINE THE SYNTHESIS OF SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND PHILOSOPHY. BY H. P. BLAVATSKY [2 Volumes, Unabridged, Single HTML File]… Read More »The Secret Doctrine

The Voice of the Silence

Book/ by H. P. Blavatsky, 1889

FIRST SERIES. THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE BEING CHOSEN FRAGMENTS FROM THE “BOOK OF THE GOLDEN PRECEPTS” ———— FOR THE… Read More »The Voice of the Silence

The Key to Theosophy

Book/ by H. P. Blavatsky, September, 1889

BEING A CLEAR EXPOSITION, IN THE FORM OF QUESTION AND ANSWER, OF THE ETHICS, SCIENCE, AND PHILOSOPHY FOR THE STUDY… Read More »The Key to Theosophy

The Ocean of Theosophy

Book/ by W. Q. Judge, May, 1893

Written for the Ordinary Reader By W. Q. Judge ———— Contents Chapter I. Theosophy and the Masters Theosophy generally defined.… Read More »The Ocean of Theosophy

What is Theosophy?

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, October, 1879

This question has been so often asked, and misconception so widely prevails, that the editors of a journal devoted to… Read More »What is Theosophy?

What are the Theosophists?

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, October, 1879

Are they what they claim to be—students of natural law, of ancient and modern philosophy, and even of exact science?… Read More »What are the Theosophists?

Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge (Part 1)

Book/Commentary/Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky, 1890

The following transactions are compiled from shorthand notes taken at the meetings of the Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society,… Read More »Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge (Part 1)

Fragments of Occult Truth [1-3]

Article/ by A. O. Hume, The Theosophist, October, 1881; March & September, 1882 [Serialized]

[Note: for the following 5 Fragments by A.P. Sinnett, see “Fragments of Occult Truth [4-8]”] No. 1 We have received… Read More »Fragments of Occult Truth [1-3]

Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge (Part 2)

Book/Commentary/Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky, 1891

81 PART II. STANZAS II TO IV 83 Meeting V. Meeting held at 17, Lansdowne Road, London, W., on February… Read More »Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge (Part 2)

Fragments of Occult Truth [4-8]

Article/ by A. P. Sinnett, The Theosophist, October-November 1882; March-May, 1883 [Serialized]

[Note: for the first 3 Fragments by A.O. Hume, see “Fragments of Occult Truth [1-3]”] No. 4: The Evolution of… Read More »Fragments of Occult Truth [4-8]

Bhagavad Gita (The Book of Devotion)

Book/Translation/ by W. Q. Judge with J. H. Connelly, , 1890

Antecedent Words The Bhagavad-Gita is an episode of the Mahabharata, which is said to have been written by Vyasa. Who this Vyasa is and… Read More »Bhagavad Gita (The Book of Devotion)

Yoga Sutras (Aphorisms) of Patanjali

Book/Commentary/Translation/ by W. Q. Judge with J. H. Connelly, , 1889

Dedication THIS BOOK IS LAID UPON THE ALTAR OF MASTERS’ CAUSE, AND IS DEDICATED TO THEIR SERVANT H. P. BLAVATSKY.… Read More »Yoga Sutras (Aphorisms) of Patanjali

Light on the Path

Book/ by Mabel Collins, 1885

Full Title: Light on the Path A Treatise WRITTEN FOR THE PERSONAL USE OF THOSE WHO ARE IGNORANT OF THE… Read More »Light on the Path

What is Theosophy? (Qu’est-ce Que la Théosophie?)

LTTE/ by H. P. Blavatsky, La Revue Spirite, November, 1880 [Translation from the original French]

Bombay, August 5, 1880. To Monsieur Charles Fauvety, president of the Society for Psychological Studies, Paris. Very Honored Sir And… Read More »What is Theosophy? (Qu’est-ce Que la Théosophie?)

The Secret Doctrine Dialogues

Book/Commentary/Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky, December, 2014 [Posthumously Published] [Transcribed from the original shorthand notes used to produce the Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge]

THE SECRET DOCTRINE DIALOGUES H. P. BLAVATSKY TALKS WITH STUDENTS [FROM REPORTS OF THE MEETINGS OF THE BLAVATSKY LODGE, JANUARY… Read More »The Secret Doctrine Dialogues

Notes on the Bhagavad Gita

Commentary/Lecture/ by T. Subba Row, The Theosophist, February, 1886; February-April & July, 1887 [Serialized]

Contents Introduction Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 [Introduction] (Notes of a lecture, delivered at the Convention of… Read More »Notes on the Bhagavad Gita

The Theosophical Society: Its Origin, Plan and Aims

Article/ by H. S. Olcott with H. P. Blavatsky, , May, 1878

[[This the New York Circular drafted mainly by Colonel H. S. Olcott and which was ready for distribution on May… Read More »The Theosophical Society: Its Origin, Plan and Aims

Inaugural Address of the President-Founder of the Theosophical Society

Lecture/ by H. S. Olcott, November, 1875 [as printed in Adyar Pamphlet No. 150]

In future times, when the impartial historian shall write an account of the progress of religious ideas in the present… Read More »Inaugural Address of the President-Founder of the Theosophical Society

Esoteric Buddhism

Book/ by A. P. Sinnett, July, 1883 [5th Annotated and Revised Edition]

V PREFACE TO THE ANNOTATED EDITION. ——— Since this book was first published in the beginning of 1883,… Read More »Esoteric Buddhism

The Aryan-Arhat Esoteric Tenets on the Sevenfold Principles in Man

Article/Letter(s)/ by T. Subba Row to H. P. Blavatsky, with H. P. Blavatsky, , The Theosophist, January, 1882 [Letter sent by T. Subba Row¹ to H. P. Blavatsky; then published with permission along with Notes and Appendix by Blavatsky]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Probably the Aryan (we shall… Read More »The Aryan-Arhat Esoteric Tenets on the Sevenfold Principles in Man

Isis Unveiled

Book/ by H. P. Blavatsky, 1877

ISIS UNVEILED A MASTER-KEY TO THE MYSTERIES OF ANCIENT AND MODERN SCIENCE AND THEOLOGY. BY H. P. BLAVATSKY [2 Volumes,… Read More »Isis Unveiled

The Occult World

Book/ by A. P. Sinnett, 1881 [Text is from the 1885 2nd American Edition, from the Fourth English Edition]

THE OCCULT WORLD BY A. P. SINNETT 1885 Second American, from the Fourth English Edition, with The Author’s Corrections and… Read More »The Occult World

Iamblichus on The Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians

Book/Translation/ by Thomas Taylor, 1821 [PDF Version (Scanned Original)]

Full title: IAMBLICHUS ON THE MYSTERIES OF THE EGYPTIANS, CHALDEANS, AND ASSYRIANS TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK, BY THOMAS TAYLOR ————… Read More »Iamblichus on The Mysteries of the Egyptians, Chaldeans, and Assyrians

The “Elixir of Life”

Article/ by Godolphin Mitford, The Theosophist, March-April, 1882 [Serialized]

And Enoch walked with the Elohim, and the Elohim took him.”—GENESIS. The curious information—for whatsoever else the world may think… Read More »The “Elixir of Life”

Transmigration of the Life Atoms

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, August, 1883

Editor’s Note by H.P.B. to a letter by N.D.K. In your learned note on Mr. Oxley’s article (Hierosophy and Theosophy),… Read More »Transmigration of the Life Atoms

An Epitome of Theosophy

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, Booklet, January, 1888

THEOSOPHY, the Wisdom-Religion, has existed from immemorial time. It offers us a theory of nature and of life which is… Read More »An Epitome of Theosophy

Letters That Have Helped Me [Vol. 1]

Letter(s)/ by W. Q. Judge to Julia Keightley, with Julia Keightley, , The Path, December 1888; January-August, October-December, 1889; February-March, 1890 [Compilation] [Serialized] [Reprinted in book form, 1891]

[Dedication] To Z. L. Z., the Greatest of the Exiles, and Friend of all Creatures; from his Younger Brother, the… Read More »Letters That Have Helped Me [Vol. 1]

Theosophy [A Definition]

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, Universal Cyclopedia, December, 1895

Theosophy [from Gr. θεόσοφία knowledge of divine things, deriv. of θεόσοφος wise about God; θεόσ God + σοφός, wise]: a… Read More »Theosophy [A Definition]

Meditation

Article/ by Charles Johnston, Theosophical Forum (2nd Series), August, 1898

“The seer is not born, nor dies, nor does He come from aught, or become aught. Unborn, everlasting, eternal, the… Read More »Meditation

The Life and the Doctrines of Paracelsus

Book/Translation/ by Franz Hartmann, 1887 [Paperback Version]

Complete Title: THE LIFE AND THE DOCTRINES OF PHILIPPUS THEOPHRASTUS BOMBAST OF HOHENHEIM KNOWN BY THE NAME OF PARACELSUS AND… Read More »The Life and the Doctrines of Paracelsus

Theosophy and the Theosophical Society

Article/Lecture/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, December, 1890

Underlying the Doctrines of Theosophy is one fundamental proposition, namely, “the essential Unity of all life and being.” Manifestation of… Read More »Theosophy and the Theosophical Society

Studies in the Secret Doctrine

Article/ by B. P. Wadia, Theosophy Magazine, November, 1922 to June, 1923 (1st Series); November, 1923 to July, 1924 (2nd Series); November, 1924 to June, 1925 (3rd Series) [Serialized]

Contents First Series 1. The Writer of The Secret Doctrine 2. Scope, Structure and Method 3. Knowledge—Absolute and Relative 4.… Read More »Studies in the Secret Doctrine

A Truth-Seeker Around the World

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, July, 1882

[Review: A Truth-Seeker Around the World: A Series of Letters written while making a Tour of the Globe, by D.… Read More »A Truth-Seeker Around the World

The Republic

Translation/ by Thomas Taylor, The Works of Plato, 1804

With an introduction, copious notes, and an Apology for the Fables of Homer by Proclus, introducing the 2nd and 3rd… Read More »The Republic

Classification of “Principles”

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, April, 1887

In a most admirable lecture by Mr. T. Subba Row on the Bhagavad Gita, published in the February number of… Read More »Classification of “Principles”

Letters That Have Helped Me (Vol. 2)

Letter(s)/ by W. Q. Judge to Unknown Recipient(s), with Julia Keightley, , The Quarterly Book Department, September, 1905 [Compilation] [Posthumously Published]

[Dedication] In DevotionTO THE IMMORTALSand inthe Service of Humanitythis little bookis laidUpon the Altar —June, 1905 The Master’s love is bountiful;… Read More »Letters That Have Helped Me (Vol. 2)

Chelas and Lay Chelas

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, July, 1883

As the word Chela has, among others, been introduced by Theosophy into the nomenclature of Western metaphysics, and the circulation… Read More »Chelas and Lay Chelas

Collection of the Chaldean Oracles

Commentary/Translation/ by Thomas Taylor, The Classical Journal, December, 1817; March & June, 1818 [Serialized]

Part I The following remains of Chaldean theology are not only venerable for their antiquity, but inestimably valuable for the… Read More »Collection of the Chaldean Oracles

Meditation, Concentration, Will

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Irish Theosophist, July, 1893

These three, meditation, concentration, will, have engaged the attention of Theosophists perhaps more than any other three subjects. A canvass… Read More »Meditation, Concentration, Will

Answers to Questions on the Ocean of Theosophy

Book/Q & A/ by Robert Crosbie, December, 1933 [Posthumously Published]

INTRODUCTORY. Robert Crosbie, the Founder of The United Lodge of Theosophists and of the magazine Theosophy, was for many years… Read More »Answers to Questions on the Ocean of Theosophy

Psychic and Noetic Action

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October-November, 1890 [Serialized]

“. . . I made man just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall, Such I created… Read More »Psychic and Noetic Action

Chelas

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, October, 1884

Notwithstanding the many articles which have appeared in this magazine upon the above subject, much misunderstanding and many false views… Read More »Chelas

The Theosophical Movement

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, August, 1895

There is a very great difference between the Theosophical Movement and any Theosophical Society. The Movement is moral, ethical, spiritual,… Read More »The Theosophical Movement

How a “Chela” Found His “Guru”

Letter(s)/ by S. Ramaswamier with Damodar K. Mavalankar, , The Theosophist, December, 1882

. . . When we met last at Bombay I told you what had happened to me at Tinnevelly. My… Read More »How a “Chela” Found His “Guru”

Qualifications for Chelaship

Article/ by Mohini M. Chatterji, The Theosophist, September, 1884

The power of the Adepts over forces of nature, not generally recognized, has been enlarged upon on various occasions, but… Read More »Qualifications for Chelaship

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Article/ by Charles Johnston, Theosophical Forum (2nd Series), April, May, June, July, 1900 [Serialized]

[I.] “I understand, Socrates. It is because you say that you always have a divine sign. So he is prosecuting… Read More »Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

The Travelling Truthseeker

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, March, 1883

[Review of A Truthseeker Around the World, Vol. III, New York, D. M. Bennett, 1882.] The third volume of Mr.… Read More »The Travelling Truthseeker

The Theosophical Society

Editorial/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, May, 1895

INSIDE FACTS AS TO ITS ORGANIZATION.—A DE FACTO BODY.—THE REAL T.S. IN NEW YORK.—THE PRESIDENT STILL A DELEGATE TO FOREIGN… Read More »The Theosophical Society

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