The Sacred Tree of Kum Bum
Thirty-seven years ago, two daring Lazarist Missionaries who were attached to the Roman Catholic Mission establishment at Pekin, undertook the… Read More »The Sacred Tree of Kum Bum
H. P. Blavatsky
Occultist, Author, Chela, Co-founder of the Theosophical Society. Bio: H. P. Blavatsky.
Buddhistic Exegesis
We feel honored in being able to lay before Western thinkers, preliminary contributions from two of the most eminent priests… Read More »Buddhistic Exegesis
[Notes on the Theosophical Society, Christianity, Buddhism and Vedanta]
Article Selections from “The Work of the Theosophical Societies” | Notes by H.P.B. Extracts from the President’s Letters to the… Read More »[Notes on the Theosophical Society, Christianity, Buddhism and Vedanta]
[A Parable of the Séance Room]
Article Selections | Notes by H.P.B. . . . At the time when European civilization first invaded Japan, mirrors were… Read More »[A Parable of the Séance Room]
Theosophy and Spiritism: Explanations Relative to the Controversy on Occultism
To Mr. Fauvety, President of the Scientific Society for Psychological Studies. Mr. President, The monthly Bulletin of the Society of which you are the… Read More »Theosophy and Spiritism: Explanations Relative to the Controversy on Occultism
Bright Spot of Light
MADAME,—In the last issue of your valuable journal, a member of the New York Theosophical Society seeks to be enlightened… Read More »Bright Spot of Light
“Nature-Spirits and Elementals”
A correspondent of Light having asked Mrs. Emma Hardinge Britten, the famous Spiritualist speaker and author, to state her beliefs… Read More »“Nature-Spirits and Elementals”
Miracles
That golden treasury of arcane knowledge—the Catholic Mirror—reports a “magnificent lecture” upon miracles by Archbishop Seguers. It is a “fascinating… Read More »Miracles
Stone-Showers
[Note: for some background, see “[Note on “Stone-Throwing by ‘Spirits’”],” “[On “Stone-Showers”],” “More Anecdotes of Hassan Khan Djinni,” and “[More on… Read More »Stone-Showers
[Reply to:] “Madame Blavatsky”
Sir,—If my memory has not altogether evaporated under the combined influences of this blazing Indian sun, and the frequent misconstructions… Read More »[Reply to:] “Madame Blavatsky”
The Signs of the Time
How rapidly the salutary leaven of Freethought is working its way into every class of society throughout Europe and America,… Read More »The Signs of the Time
Various Slanders Refuted
[Note: the wording between the two printings of this letter to the editor(s) differed slightly, including the title. The exact… Read More »Various Slanders Refuted
[Note on the Symbolism of Triangles and Squares]
Article Selection by A. B. | Note by H.P.B. The whole system of our Theosophists is based upon a threefold… Read More »[Note on the Symbolism of Triangles and Squares]
[Notes from The Life of Paracelsus]
Selections by Franz Hartmann | Notes by H.P.B. Acthna.—an invisible, subterrestrial fire, being the matrix from which bituminous substances take… Read More »[Notes from The Life of Paracelsus]
Cup-Mark Inscriptions
H. Rivett-Carnac, Esquire, of the Bengal Civil Service, C.I.E., F.S.A., M.R.A.S., F.G.S., etc., has placed us under obligations by sending… Read More »Cup-Mark Inscriptions
Whence the Name “Lunatic”?
It is well known that the moon-beams have a very pernicious influence; and recently this question became the subject of… Read More »Whence the Name “Lunatic”?
Our Fourth Year
The end of the third year of publication has come (Volume III ends with the September number), and still the… Read More »Our Fourth Year
Occult or Exact Science?
I. Ecce Signum! Behold the sign foreseen in a brighter future; the problem that will be the question of the… Read More »Occult or Exact Science?
Funeral Rites among Savage Races
Editor’s Note by H.P.B. on a letter responding to previous remarks. In your note to the letter on “The Efficacy… Read More »Funeral Rites among Savage Races
[Re-Union of the Arya Samaj and the Theosophical Society?]
Notice from the Indian Mirror | Note by H.P.B. Rai Bishen Lall, M.A., Pundit Gaindan Lall, B.A., and party deputed… Read More »[Re-Union of the Arya Samaj and the Theosophical Society?]
Projection of the Double
In one of the daily issues of the N. Y. World—an influential journal of the great American metropolis—for the year 1878,… Read More »Projection of the Double
Dr. Carpenter on “Tree-Trickery” and H. P. Blavatsky on Fakir “Jugglery”
A wise saying that which affirms that he who seeks to prove too much, in the end proves nothing. Professor… Read More »Dr. Carpenter on “Tree-Trickery” and H. P. Blavatsky on Fakir “Jugglery”
A Personal Explanation
It is impossible for the Founders of the Theosophical Society to answer more than a few of the attacks made… Read More »A Personal Explanation
Journalist vs. Missionary
Some weeks ago, the Times of India, in a moment of rancorous spite towards the Invalide Russe, which it had… Read More »Journalist vs. Missionary
A Coming Buddhist Book
[Note: H.P.B. protested to some follow-up articles in the day’s newspapers, which either twisted or misunderstood her meaning about gravitation… Read More »A Coming Buddhist Book
Questions Answered About Yoga Vidya
A HINDU gentleman of the Madras Presidency propounds a number of questions about Occult Science which we answer in these… Read More »Questions Answered About Yoga Vidya
[Note on “Is Man only a Machine?”]
Note by H.P.B. on an article by Joseph Pollock Mr. Pollock has as ably presented both sides of the case… Read More »[Note on “Is Man only a Machine?”]
[On Spirit and Matter]
Selections from the Article “Karma” by A. Govinda Charlu | Reply by H.P.B. 1. We start with the supposition that… Read More »[On Spirit and Matter]
A Card from the Countess Blavatsky
Article Selections from the N.Y. Sunday Mercury | Reply by H.P.B. [Note: for a slightly re-worded and longer version of… Read More »A Card from the Countess Blavatsky
A Crisis for Spiritualism
[Note: H.P.B.’s letter was preceded by the following Editor’s Note. For further context, see previous editions of the Spiritual Scientist, Banner… Read More »A Crisis for Spiritualism
An Astral Prophet
Every educated Englishman has heard the name of General Yermoloff, one of the great military heroes of this age; and… Read More »An Astral Prophet
[On Bhuts or Pisachas in India]
Article Selections by S. Ramaswamier | Notes by H.P.B. Some questions have arisen in The Theosophist as to the views of… Read More »[On Bhuts or Pisachas in India]
[On the Brahmo Samaj and Theosophical Society]
In the Sunday Mirror of February 20, we find a paragraph in which Sir Richard Temple’s opinion on the Brahmo Samaj is… Read More »[On the Brahmo Samaj and Theosophical Society]
Is Creation Possible for Man?
The Editor of the Theosophist. MADAME, Talking the other day to a friend, who, like me, without being a Theosophist,… Read More »Is Creation Possible for Man?
Dialogues Between the Two Editors: On Astral Bodies, or Doppelgangers
M. C. Great confusion exists in the minds of people about the various kinds of apparitions, wraiths, ghosts or spirits. Ought we… Read More »Dialogues Between the Two Editors: On Astral Bodies, or Doppelgangers
A Singular Case
A Correspondent writes:— The Banner of Light has a curious case given in its columns. “There is,” it says, “a gentleman, in… Read More »A Singular Case
Visions in the Crystal
At a number of his lectures Colonel Olcott has exhibited a crystal from the Gastein Mountains, which was kindly sent… Read More »Visions in the Crystal
Visishthadwaita Philosophy [2]
Article selections from “Viśishtadvaita Philosophy,” by Govinda Charlu | Notes by H.P.B. Parabrahma being an All-pervading principle, itself being the All,… Read More »Visishthadwaita Philosophy [2]
A Spectral Warning
A respectable American paper publishes a story of a clairvoyant prevision of death. One Martin Delehaute, employed in a steam… Read More »A Spectral Warning
[Review:] The Arya
The Arya, “a Monthly Journal devoted to Aryan Philosophy, Art, Literature, Science, and Religion, as well as to Western Modern… Read More »[Review:] The Arya
[Notes on the Czar and the “Nihilist-Socialists”]
A strange phenomenon happened, write the Russian papers. “There was a sign in heaven on the day of the regicide.… Read More »[Notes on the Czar and the “Nihilist-Socialists”]
Cock-and-Bull
Some months ago, the THEOSOPHIST was taken to task by certain Christian Roman Catholic friends, for crediting “supernatural” cock-and-bull “inventions”… Read More »Cock-and-Bull
[On Cremation]
Nothing promises to prove more dangerous to the Bible and to the Bible Christians—not even the new Revision of the… Read More »[On Cremation]
Persian Zoroastrianism and Russian Vandalism
Few persons are capable of appreciating the truly beautiful and esthetic; fewer still of revering those monumental relics of bygone… Read More »Persian Zoroastrianism and Russian Vandalism
The Todas
[Note: for some background, see “Isis Unveiled and the Todas.” The following article was preceded by a letter from Capt.… Read More »The Todas
[On Harmony and Brotherhood]
[Note: in the pages of Lucifer, aphorisms or brief explanations of specific topics, like the following, often appear at the… Read More »[On Harmony and Brotherhood]
Is Suicide a Crime?
Letter by “Inquirer” | Reply by H.P.B. The writer in the London Spiritualist for November, who calls the “Fragments of… Read More »Is Suicide a Crime?
Electroscope and “Astral Doubles”
Some Australian and American papers are very much exercised with a new invention made by Dr. Gnedra (?) of Victoria… Read More »Electroscope and “Astral Doubles”