Letter No. 33 to A. P. Sinnett
{H.P.B., Olcott, Mohini. Padshah, S. Krishnamachari (aka Bowajee or Babaji), and Babula (H.P.B.’s servant), sailed February 20, 1883, reaching Marseilles… Read More »Letter No. 33 to A. P. Sinnett
H. P. Blavatsky
Occultist, Author, Chela, Co-founder of the Theosophical Society. Bio: H. P. Blavatsky.
[On Absolute Thought and the Logos]
Article selection by M. M. Phelon | Notes by H.P.B. As a man awaking from sleep becomes settled in mentality,… Read More »[On Absolute Thought and the Logos]
Letter No. 37 to A. P. Sinnett
{March 27, H.P.B. and Olcott left Nice for Paris. On April 5th Olcott, with Mohini, left for London to preside… Read More »Letter No. 37 to A. P. Sinnett
The Mithra Worship
Questions from “A Book-Worm” | Answers by H.P.B. All visitors to the Classical Galleries in the British Museum are familiar… Read More »The Mithra Worship
Buddhism Through Christian Spectacles
On the occasion of a new pseudo-Oriental dirge1 by “Sir Monier Monier Williams, K.C.I.E.,” the very Christian Orientalist, a daily… Read More »Buddhism Through Christian Spectacles
[Does a Materialist have Self-Conscious Survival after Death?]
Letter to the Editor by S. B. | Reply by H.P.B. To the Editor of Lucifer. Does not the statement… Read More »[Does a Materialist have Self-Conscious Survival after Death?]
Is Denunciation A Duty?
Condemn no man in his absence; andwhen forced to reprove, do so to his face, but gently,and in words full… Read More »Is Denunciation A Duty?
“The Secret Doctrine”
To the Editor of Light. Sir,—Permit me for the first time after many years of silence, and probably for the… Read More »“The Secret Doctrine”
[On Lodges of Magic vs. Training]
Article selections by A.E. | Notes by H.P.B. . . . I own I should like to see phenomena, to… Read More »[On Lodges of Magic vs. Training]
[Notes on “A Chela’s Dream”]
Article Selections by “X.” | Notes by H.P.B. A man stands guard at the entrance, dressed in a loose gown… Read More »[Notes on “A Chela’s Dream”]
Letter No. 15 to A. P. Sinnett
{Written from Bombay, July 15+, 1882. On May 31, 1882, Olcott and H.P.B. visited “Huddleston Gardens” in Madras, the future… Read More »Letter No. 15 to A. P. Sinnett
Letter No. 20 to A. P. Sinnett
December 7th. {1881, Bombay} My dear Boss, ‘Pon my honour could not tell. Tried in America where they had stolen… Read More »Letter No. 20 to A. P. Sinnett
Letter No. 32 to A. P. Sinnett
{During January and February H.P.B. lay at the point of death and was given up by all the doctors. (See… Read More »Letter No. 32 to A. P. Sinnett
[Notes on the T.S. and E.S.]
The letter from which the following pages are translated—and which was never meant for publication—was recently addressed to one of… Read More »[Notes on the T.S. and E.S.]
Roots of Ritualism In Church and Masonry
I. Theosophists are very often, and very unjustly too, accused of infidelity and even of Atheism. This is a grave… Read More »Roots of Ritualism In Church and Masonry
[Christianity in Japan]
History repeats itself. The rise and triumph of Christianity and its general spread in the West were due originally to… Read More »[Christianity in Japan]
Our Cycle and the Next
“The world’s great age begins anew,The golden days return,The earth doth like a snake renewHer winter weeds outworn.”—Shelley “My friend,… Read More »Our Cycle and the Next
Who are the Eurasians?
LTTE by G. Ouseley | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. As you expressly invite correspondence with regard to subjects connected with… Read More »Who are the Eurasians?
The Year is Dead, Long Live the Year!
December, 1888, and January, 1889 Lucifer sends the best compliments of the season to his friends and subscribers, and wishes… Read More »The Year is Dead, Long Live the Year!
Letter No. 31 to A. P. Sinnett
Adyar Madras, January 25th, 1884. By order of my Boss I send you the Kingsford letters to fondly read and… Read More »Letter No. 31 to A. P. Sinnett
Letter No. 34 to A. P. Sinnett
Nice, Friday. {March 21, 1884} My dear Mr. Sinnett, Every body in the house is gone to the theatre—even Olcott.… Read More »Letter No. 34 to A. P. Sinnett
Letter No. 40 to A. P. Sinnett
{Olcott sailed for India from Marseilles on October 20, 1884, while H.P.B. sailed from Liverpool November 1st. She was accompanied… Read More »Letter No. 40 to A. P. Sinnett
[Notes on the scientific method and defining the absolute]
Report of the General Meeting of the “Hermes” T.S. | Notes by H.P.B. Far more interesting still, is the Report… Read More »[Notes on the scientific method and defining the absolute]
[On Materialistic Views]
Article selections by William Oxley | Notes by H.P.B. . . . It will be new to many of your… Read More »[On Materialistic Views]
Letter No. 1 to A. P. Sinnett
{Written from Bombay, July 12+, 1882; received Simla} My dear Boss, Going away to-morrow — thanks to fate!! The Disinherited… Read More »Letter No. 1 to A. P. Sinnett
Echoes of Theosophy
The following paragraph in a Boston weekly, Wade’s Fibre and Fabric, October 27, 1888, No. 191, speaks for itself: “As… Read More »Echoes of Theosophy
[On occult phenomena, the work of the T.S., ascetic retirement, etc.]
Article selections by James A. Campbell | Notes by H.P.B. From the time when “Theosophy” as a system of faith,… Read More »[On occult phenomena, the work of the T.S., ascetic retirement, etc.]
Gems from the East
A Birthday Book Of Precepts and Axioms Compiled by H.P.B. PREFACE Few words will be needed by way of preface… Read More »Gems from the East
Letter No. 10c to A. P. Sinnett
{See Hints on Esoteric Theosophy, 2nd ed. pp. 108 et seq.} Secretary’s Office of the Theosophical Society, Breach Candy, Bombay,… Read More »Letter No. 10c to A. P. Sinnett
Letter No. 39 to A. P. Sinnett
Saturday morning. {October 27, 1884} Dear Mr. Sinnett, Mrs. Holloway is just gone, and left me a few parting words… Read More »Letter No. 39 to A. P. Sinnett
If You Shoot at a Crow, Do Not Kill a Cow
Mighty is the voice of Journalism in London, but heavy the artillery of its saltatticus [sensationalism], at times. Who is… Read More »If You Shoot at a Crow, Do Not Kill a Cow
[On Chinese History and Biblical Chronology]
Article selections by Andrew T. Sibbald | Notes by H.P.B. About two thousand years before our Christian era, the Chinese… Read More »[On Chinese History and Biblical Chronology]
Theosophical Queries
LTTE by Barbara Moskvitinoff | Reply by H.P.B. The first object of the Theosophical Society being to promote the principle… Read More »Theosophical Queries
A Danger Signal
“Initiates are sure to come into the company of the Gods.”—Socrates, in the Phaedo. In the first number of the… Read More »A Danger Signal
To All Theosophists: “The Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society” and its Enemies.
This is neither a private nor a confidential document, and thus will not be productive of treachery. The undersigned—save a… Read More »To All Theosophists: “The Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society” and its Enemies.
Are all Russian Ladies Russian Agents?
A certain young lady, by name A. de Grasse Stevens, has excited no small indignation in the Russian camp by… Read More »Are all Russian Ladies Russian Agents?
Christian or Mental Science
Article selections by Reginald Birney | Notes by H.P.B. I heard once of a distinguished physician who told his class… Read More »Christian or Mental Science
[On Gnomes, Lhas, and Mahatmas]
Article selection by C. Pfoundes | Note by H.P.B. Yoshitsune . . . fled to the Northern provinces . .… Read More »[On Gnomes, Lhas, and Mahatmas]
Letter No. 10b to (Blavatsky to O’Conor)
{See Hints on Esoteric Theosophy, 2nd ed. pp. 108 et seq.} H. P. B. Corresponding Secretary of the T.S.A.S. Bombay,… Read More »Letter No. 10b to (Blavatsky to O’Conor)
Letter No. 17 to A. P. Sinnett
{Bombay, September 11, 1882} (Private, not for Mr. Hume.) Monday. My dear Mr. Sinnett, This morning I got up from… Read More »Letter No. 17 to A. P. Sinnett
Letter No. 42 (Blavatsky to Arundale)
June 16th. {1885} Dear Mrs. and Miss Arundale, If we had two dozen like you two and a dozen like… Read More »Letter No. 42 (Blavatsky to Arundale)
[The Bride Sophia vs. Succubi & Incubi]
[The following was an Editorial Note by H.P.B. in reply to an article titled “A Sufi’s Mystical Apologue” by A.J.C.]… Read More »[The Bride Sophia vs. Succubi & Incubi]
[On “Christian Science”]
Article selections by Ursula N. Gestefeld | Notes by H.P.B. Lucifer’s criticism of the statements of “Christian Science,” as contained… Read More »[On “Christian Science”]
“The Empty Vessel Makes the Greatest Sound.”
Miss Susie C. Clark, of Cambridgeport, Mass., says in substance: “I am a mental healer … Of late rumours reach… Read More »“The Empty Vessel Makes the Greatest Sound.”
[On Abhiñña]
Article selection by A.J.C. | Note by H.P.B. The five, so-called, supernatural powers of the Buddhists—the Abhidagna,1 are 1st, Clairvoyance;… Read More »[On Abhiñña]
[Definitions of Adept and Initiate]
Article selection by Josef B. Widen | Note by H.P.B. . . . It has been stated that it requires… Read More »[Definitions of Adept and Initiate]
[On Atoms and the Sun]
Article selections by Clara J. Bloomfield-Moore | Notes by H.P.B. . . . Ether in its high tenuous condition is… Read More »[On Atoms and the Sun]
[On Dr. Elliott Coues]
Strange things occur in this sublunary world; but the strangest of all is, that a recognized American scientist of great… Read More »[On Dr. Elliott Coues]