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The T.S. and its Basis

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Austral Theosophist, June, 1894

As one of those who helped to form the Theosophical Society, I may claim to speak with personal knowledge of… Read More »The T.S. and its Basis

Madame Blavatsky in India

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Arena, March, 1892

There are three reasons when I reply to Moncure D. Conway’s article in the October ARENA, entitled “Madame Blavatsky at… Read More »Madame Blavatsky in India

Mrs. Donne’s Astral Body

Article/ by Charles Johnston, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1891

Turning over the pages of Walton’s Lives the other day, I came upon the following very interesting account of the… Read More »Mrs. Donne’s Astral Body

The Genius of the New Era

Article/ by Charles Johnston, Theosophical Forum (2nd Series), August, 1900

There is first the intuition of the Soul; that haunting vision of might and joy that has been hovering over… Read More »The Genius of the New Era

The Lessons of Karma

Article/ by Charles Johnston, The Path, February, 1888

“There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.” The idea most usually attached to the word… Read More »The Lessons of Karma

The Sacred Books of the Jews

Article/ by Charles Johnston, Theosophical Forum (2nd Series), July, 1901

Hardly any Orientalist who writes about the Sacred Books of India can help falling into wonder and astonishment over the… Read More »The Sacred Books of the Jews

Stumbling Blocks in Words

Article/Q & A/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, August, 1890

A fellow student came to me the other day and asked, “What is the relation of ‘space’ to ‘sat’? Is… Read More »Stumbling Blocks in Words

What Our Society Needs Most

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, September, 1892

The first object of our Society is the formation of a nucleus of a Universal Brotherhood. This is a practical… Read More »What Our Society Needs Most

True Morality

Article/Lecture/ by Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Magazine, June, 1920 [Posthumously Published]

True morality is not a thing of words or phrases or modes of action of any kind, nor is its… Read More »True Morality

Sleep and Dreams

Article/Lecture/ by Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Magazine, January, 1920 [Posthumously Published]

There is something in each of us which enters the state called dreams, the state called sleep, and the state… Read More »Sleep and Dreams

The Immortal Family

Article/ by Charles Johnston, Theosophical Forum (2nd Series), February, 1902

Which of us knows much about the corals of Lake Baikal or the warm springs of Lake Issyk Kul; about… Read More »The Immortal Family

The Dramatic Element in the Upanishads

Article/Commentary/Translation/ by Charles Johnston, The Monist, April, 1910

A good many readers make the acquaintance of the Upanishads in the two volumes which Prof. Max Müller contributed to… Read More »The Dramatic Element in the Upanishads

Karma: Works and Wisdom

Article/ by Charles Johnston, Metaphysical Magazine, May-November, 1896 [Serialized] [Re-published as a Booklet, August, 1900]

Contents I. The Three Kinds of Karma II. Karma in the Upanishads III. Karma in the Bhagavad Gita IV. Krishna’s… Read More »Karma: Works and Wisdom

Cross and Fire

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

Perhaps the most widespread and universal among the symbols in the old astronomical systems, which have passed down the stream… Read More »Cross and Fire

Mental Healing and Hypnosis

Article/Lecture/ by Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Magazine, July, 1921 [Posthumously Published]

Mental healing, metaphysical healing, mind cure, spiritual healing and Christian Science all come under the same head; there is no… Read More »Mental Healing and Hypnosis

What Survives After Death?

Article/Lecture/ by Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Magazine, August, 1920 [Posthumously Published]

Day after day we are constantly confronted by the fact that we are all subject to death. No matter how… Read More »What Survives After Death?

The Creative Will

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

There is no possible way of understanding or explaining the nature of any being whatever except through Evolution, which is… Read More »The Creative Will

The Singing Silences

Article/ by Julia Keightley, The Path, August, 1886

Theosophists may be interested in an experience which I have named as above; “Singing”—because of a peculiar resonance which I… Read More »The Singing Silences

Hypnotism

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, February, 1894

[Note:] This article was originally written for the N.Y. World, at request. What is the hypnotic force or influence? What… Read More »Hypnotism

Pythagoras and His School

Article/ by Anon., Hermes Magazine, November, 1977

Pythagoras was revered in India as Pitar Guru, Father and Teacher, and as Yavanacharya, the Ionian philosopher. He was known… Read More »Pythagoras and His School

On the Orphic Mysteries, etc.

Article/ by Karl Otfried Müller, 1847 [Originally published in History of the literature of ancient Greece

Neither the Eleusinian nor any other of the established mysteries of Greece obtained any influence upon the literature of the… Read More »On the Orphic Mysteries, etc.

Three Great Ideas

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Irish Theosophist, February, 1895

Among many ideas brought forward through the theosophical movement there are three which should never be lost sight of. Not… Read More »Three Great Ideas

The Theosophical Society

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, June, 1891

The death of H. P. Blavatsky should have the effect on the Society of making the work go on with… Read More »The Theosophical Society

Self-Reliance

Article/ by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series, 1841

“Ne te quaesiveris extra.” “Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect… Read More »Self-Reliance

Which is Vague, Theosophy or Science?

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, November, 1890

It is commonly charged against the exponents of Theosophy that they deal in vague generalities only. A lecture is given… Read More »Which is Vague, Theosophy or Science?

The Beans of Pythagoras

Article/ by Helen L. Sumner, The Path, February, 1888

In a recent number of the Theosophist is a paragraph in reply to an enquirer as to “why Pythagoras banned… Read More »The Beans of Pythagoras

Words to Remember

Article/Lecture/ by W. Q. Judge, The Irish Theosophist, August, 1895

“I would like you to reflect for a moment on the history of the Society. Eighteen years ago it was… Read More »Words to Remember

The Power of Suggestion

Article/Lecture/ by Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Magazine, July, 1922 [Posthumously Published]

The power of suggestion means many different things to many minds. It is coupled with the idea of hypnosis, where… Read More »The Power of Suggestion

The Cause of Sorrow

Article/Lecture/ by Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Magazine, August, 1921 [Posthumously Published]

We are never free from pain, sorrow, and suffering in the world. Pleasures come and go very lightly, but always… Read More »The Cause of Sorrow

Lovers of the East: Sir William Jones (1746-1794)

Article/ by Charles Johnston, Oriental Department Papers, May, 1895

We have seen how Anquetil Duperron, a Lover of the East, brought to Europe the first seed of Indian Wisdom… Read More »Lovers of the East: Sir William Jones (1746-1794)

Misconceptions: A Response to Various Criticisms

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Le Lotus, September, 1887 [Translated from the original French]

A France, why do you misunderstand us? European and American Journalists, why don’t you study genuine Theosophy before criticizing it?… Read More »Misconceptions: A Response to Various Criticisms

Hypnotism and Theosophy

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, December, 1893

[Note: “This article was printed in the Jenness Miller Illustrated Monthly, possibly some time in 1893. It is here reproduced… Read More »Hypnotism and Theosophy

A Great Riddle Solved

Article/Note(s)/ by Damodar K. Mavalankar, The Theosophist, December, 1883 [Incl. Follow-up(s)]

On my return to the Head-quarters from the North, where I had accompanied Col. Olcott on his Presidential Tour, I… Read More »A Great Riddle Solved

The Esoteric She

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, New York Sun, September, 1892

A woman who, for one reason or another, has kept the world—first her little child world and afterward two hemispheres—talking… Read More »The Esoteric She

An Answer

Article/ by Charles Johnston, Oriental Department Papers, January, 1896

A question has been asked about the meaning of the frequent references to the Vedas; whether they have any settled… Read More »An Answer

The World Without End-Hour

Article/ by Charles Johnston, The Irish Theosophist, April, 1896

Time is endlessly long.—GOETHE. Somebody made the remark, the other day, that Providence must be an Irishman, because, in the… Read More »The World Without End-Hour

The Red Rajputs

Article/Review/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, May, 1894

Brother Charles Johnston, F.T.S., formerly of the Dublin Lodge in Ireland, is a member of the Royal Academy of Science… Read More »The Red Rajputs

A Word on Schopenhauer

Article/ by Charles Johnston, Theosophical Forum (2nd Series), October, 1904

I remember once attending a drawing-room lecture on Schopenhauer and his philosophy of pessimism, where the audience, as is very… Read More »A Word on Schopenhauer

Egypt and the Egyptian Dynasties

Article/ by Alexander Wilder, Universal Brotherhood Magazine, May-December, 1889; January-December, 1900 [Serialized]

I. Egypt the Realm of the Gods. “Spirits or gods that used to share this earth with man as with… Read More »Egypt and the Egyptian Dynasties

The First Fruits of Peace

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

“With soul in perfect peace and rid of fear, standing firm on the path of the Eternal; with steadfast heart… Read More »The First Fruits of Peace

Spiritualism

Article/Lecture/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, April, 1893

The subject of spiritualism brings us face to face with the history of the Theosophical Society and the true progress… Read More »Spiritualism

Introduction to Proclus, On the Theology of Plato

Article/ by Thomas Taylor, Proclus: On the Theology of Plato, 1816

I rejoice in the opportunity which is afforded me of presenting the truly philosophic reader, in the present work, with… Read More »Introduction to Proclus, On the Theology of Plato

[Theosophical Doctrine]

Article/Lecture/ by W. Q. Judge, Theosophical Congress, September, 1893

MR. CHAIRMAN; brothers and sisters; men and women; members of the Parliament of Religions: The Theosophical Society has been presenting… Read More »[Theosophical Doctrine]

“The Self is the Friend of Self and also its Enemy”

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, Booklet, August, 1890

This sentence in the Bhagavad Gita has been often passed over as being either meaningless or mysterious; on one hand… Read More »“The Self is the Friend of Self and also its Enemy”

Can the Dead Communicate?

Article/Lecture/ by Robert Crosbie, Theosophy Magazine, March, 1921 [Posthumously Published]

Since the forties of last century Spiritualists have affirmed the answer to this question, claiming sufficient evidence for the survival… Read More »Can the Dead Communicate?

The Creed of Christendom

Article/ by Charles Johnston, The Theosophist, July, 1888

I. “The fairy tale of the three supernatural persons, woman can verify.”—Matthew Arnold. Three centuries ago, the main tide of… Read More »The Creed of Christendom

How to Square the Teachings

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Path, September, 1893

Place has been given to Mr. Sinnett’s admirably written article “Esoteric Teaching” 1 for two good reasons: first, because he… Read More »How to Square the Teachings

The Pralaya of Modern Science

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, October, 1880

If Science is right then the future of our Solar System—hence of what we call the Universe—offers but little of… Read More »The Pralaya of Modern Science

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