December 1919

The Language of the Soul

Article/Lecture/ by Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Magazine, December, 1919 [Posthumously Published]

The Soul is pictured in the ancient teachings as the real Self man. There are many different conceptions of what… Read More »The Language of the Soul

Chapter I. Importance of the Subject Since wise people are in the habit of invoking the divinities at the beginning… Read More »Iamblichus’s Life of Pythagoras

I. Early Life Since we have now gone through the Ionian philosophy, which was derived from Thales, and the lives… Read More »Diogenes Laërtius’s Life of Pythagoras

1. Plato was the pupil of Archytas, and thus the ninth in succession from Pythagoras; the tenth was Aristotle. Those… Read More »Anonymous Biography of Pythagoras, preserved by Photius

1. Many think that Pythagoras was the son of Mnesarchus, but they differ as to the latter’s race; some thinking him… Read More »Porphyry’s Life of Pythagoras