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The Planes of Consciousness

Article/ by J. D. Buck, The Path, December, 1888

There are three conditions of consciousness in ordinary daily experience, that of ordinary wakefulness, that of sleep with dreams, and… Read More »The Planes of Consciousness

The Greek Mysteries

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, February, 1939

At the time of the early Third Race, high Intelligences from previous periods of evolution incarnated upon this globe in… Read More »The Greek Mysteries

[Septenary Division in Different Indian Systems]

Article/ by T. Subba Row, The Theosophist, June, 1884 [Originally signed “T.S.”; reprinted in Five Years of Theosophy, p. 185 and The Secret Doctrine; authorship verified as T. Subba Row in the latter.]

We are in a position to state that Mr. Sinnett never intended to maintain that Buddhism, as popularly conceived, is… Read More »[Septenary Division in Different Indian Systems]

Reincarnation—The Hidden Doctrine

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, September, 1941

Writing of reincarnation, Lessing, dramatist and philosopher of the eighteenth century enlightenment in Germany, summed up the meaning of this… Read More »Reincarnation—The Hidden Doctrine

India—“The Alma-Mater”

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, May-July & September-November, 1931 [Serialized]

I: The Eternal Religion Forty years ago, expounding Theosophical tenets, W. Q. Judge called them “Echoes from the Orient.” His… Read More »India—“The Alma-Mater”

Quetzalcoatl

Article/ by Mildred Swannell, Universal Brotherhood Magazine, September, 1899

Since the earliest times of which we have any historical knowledge, the emblem of the serpent has always been used… Read More »Quetzalcoatl

The Wisdom Religion of Zoroaster

Article/ by Alexander Wilder, Universal Brotherhood Magazine, October, 1898

“The primeval religion of Iran,” says Sir William Jones, “if we rely on the authorities adduced by Mohsan Fani1 was… Read More »The Wisdom Religion of Zoroaster

The Kabala and the Kabalists

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, August, 1937

The Theosophists of the Middle Ages drew their occult knowledge from two streams of thought which, long before, had sprung… Read More »The Kabala and the Kabalists

Alchemy and the Alchemists

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, September, 1937

The word Alchemy is a combination of Al and Chemi—Al, like the Hebrew El, meaning the Mighty Sun, Chemi meaning… Read More »Alchemy and the Alchemists

The Teachings of Plato

Article/ by Alexander Wilder, Theosophy, July, 1897

“‘Eagle! why soarest thou above that tomb?To what sublime and starry-paven homeFloatest thou?’‘I am the image of great Plato’s spiritAscending… Read More »The Teachings of Plato

The Secret Doctrine: A Paper read before the Blavatsky Lodge of the T. S.

Article/Lecture/ by William Kingsland, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1889

In the course of our systematic study of The Secret Doctrine, which we have now pursued for nearly six months,… Read More »The Secret Doctrine: A Paper read before the Blavatsky Lodge of the T. S.

A Chapter on Jainism

Article/ by Ramdas Sen, The Theosophist, December, 1879

The Jain religion never spread beyond the limits of India. Being thus much less widely known, it has never stood… Read More »A Chapter on Jainism

Introduction to the Gathas of Zarathustra

Article/ by D. J. Irani, 1924 [from The Divine Songs of Zarathushtra]

What are the Gathas? The Gathas are the hymns composed by Zarathushtra, the Prophet or the founder of the religion… Read More »Introduction to the Gathas of Zarathustra

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Article/ by Vera Petrovna de Zhelihovsky, Lucifer Magazine, November-December, 1894; January-April, 1895 [Serialized]

My sister, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, nee de Hahn, better known in our country under the nom de plume of Radha-Bai, which she adopted… Read More »Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Egyptian Symbolism and Animal Worship

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, July, 1927

The sincere and unprejudiced student of comparative religions comes at last to see that without the help of symbology no… Read More »Egyptian Symbolism and Animal Worship

The Ethics of the Vedanta

Article/ by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, International Journal of Ethics, January, 1914

A system of philosophy is generally tested by its ethical doctrine. Though a criticism of life, philosophy is judged by… Read More »The Ethics of the Vedanta

From Plato to the Neoplatonists

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, November, 1939

During the lifetime of Plato there was little if any dissension among his pupils. But after his death in 347… Read More »From Plato to the Neoplatonists

The Popol Vuh

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, January, 1928

The Popol Vuh was composed by a native of Guatemala in the 17th century from traditions handed down by the… Read More »The Popol Vuh

The Hermetic Philosophy

Article/ by Sylvester Baxter, The Path, June, July, December, 1886 [Serialized]

Fragments of the Ancient Wisdom Religion have come down to us from the remotest past, through many channels, and in… Read More »The Hermetic Philosophy

Was Writing Known Before Panini?

Article/ by Anon., The Theosophist, October, 1883 [Author signed as “A Chela”]

I am entrusted with the task of putting together some facts which would support the view that the art of… Read More »Was Writing Known Before Panini?

Plato and Aristotle

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, September, 1939

When Socrates was sixty years old, Plato, then a youth of twenty, came to him as a pupil. When Plato… Read More »Plato and Aristotle

Brotherhood

Article/ by J. D. Buck, The Path, November, 1889

A great deal has been recently written in regard to the Brotherhood of Man. It is a frequent theme in… Read More »Brotherhood

Kama-Loka and the Bearings of the Esoteric Doctrine on Spiritualism

Article/ by A. P. Sinnett, The Theosophist, February, 1885

Students of the information lately obtained from Eastern sources for the elucidation of what is known as the Esoteric doctrine,… Read More »Kama-Loka and the Bearings of the Esoteric Doctrine on Spiritualism

Roger Bacon

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, December, 1937

Wherever thought has struggled to be free, there the great Theosophical Movement is to be discerned. The twelfth century is… Read More »Roger Bacon

Plotinus

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, January, 1937

Ammonius Saccas, like many other great Teachers, never committed anything to writing. Following the custom of the ancient Hierophants, he… Read More »Plotinus

Some Clarifications Regarding H. P. Blavatsky

Article/ by Mark Casady, Theosophy Nexus, January-August, 2014 [Serialized]

Blavatsky herself, I find was quite articulate in stating her case and a lot of the common critiques and misconceptions… Read More »Some Clarifications Regarding H. P. Blavatsky

Short Survey of the Vedanta System

Article/ by Paul Deussen with Charles Johnston, , 1912 [Appendix 1 of The System of the Vedanta]

1. Introductory. Fundamental thought of the Vedanta § 1. The fundamental thought of the Vedânta, most briefly expressed by the Vedic… Read More »Short Survey of the Vedanta System

Intellect and Intuition in Sankara’s Philosophy

Article/ by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Triveni, July-August, 1933

Philosophy is not a matter of dialectics and intellectual jugglery, but a product of life and meditation on it. It… Read More »Intellect and Intuition in Sankara’s Philosophy

The Neoplatonic Revival

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, February, 1938

In the year 527, when the Emperor Justinian closed the Neoplatonic School in Athens and banished the last seven great… Read More »The Neoplatonic Revival

Astrology

Article/ by Anon., The Theosophist, June, 1884

[Note: it is not certain who the author of this article was. It is included in the Collected Writings of… Read More »Astrology

A.L. Rawson and H.P.B.’s World Travels

Article/ by Samantha Province, Theosophy Nexus, January, 2016

Albert Leighton Rawson is famous in theosophical history for two things; first, he is a major witness of HPB’s travels… Read More »A.L. Rawson and H.P.B.’s World Travels

Plato

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, August, 1939

One night in the year 407 B.C., Socrates had a dream. He saw a graceful white swan flying toward him… Read More »Plato

The Prehistoric Greeks

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, January, 1939

On a blustery February afternoon in 1874 the German-American archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann climbed the hard steep road leading to the… Read More »The Prehistoric Greeks

Alexandria and Her Schools

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, November, 1936

The little island of Samothrace in the Aegean Sea, today barren and sterile, was once the home of great Adepts,… Read More »Alexandria and Her Schools

The Universal Brotherhood of Man

Article/ by E. Augustus Neresheimer, Universal Brotherhood Magazine, November, 1897

This ideal when first approached from an intellectual standpoint presents no great encouragement for the realization of its truth; its… Read More »The Universal Brotherhood of Man

Zoroastrian Ethics

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, April, 1926

If the spirit of Vedanta singing through the Gita endeavors to bring the world to Dharma-Duty, the theme which Zoroastrianism… Read More »Zoroastrian Ethics

Paracelsus: Physician

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, April, 1938

It is an interesting fact, and one which should be carefully noted by all students of occultism, that many of… Read More »Paracelsus: Physician

First Century Christianity

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, August, 1936

Theosophy is the ancient Wisdom-Religion, as old as thinking man, and part of the work of the Theosophical Movement is… Read More »First Century Christianity

The First Object of the Theosophical Society

Article/ by Katherine Hillard, The Path, December, 1891

The three principal objects of the Theosophical Society as laid down in the books are: First, “To form a nucleus of a… Read More »The First Object of the Theosophical Society

Principles, Rules, and Bye-Laws of the Theosophical Society [1880]

Article/ by Anon., The Theosophist, April, 1880

The Theosophical Society, or Universal Brotherhood Formed at New York, U. S. of America, October 30th, 1875. Principles, Rules, and… Read More »Principles, Rules, and Bye-Laws of the Theosophical Society [1880]

Paracelsus: Philosopher

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, March, 1938

The transition from the fifteenth to the sixteenth century accomplished one of the most remarkable changes ever recorded of human… Read More »Paracelsus: Philosopher

Hermes Trismegistus

Article/ by Isaac Myer, The Path, September, 1886

That a tablet, now called the Smaragdine, was found there is no doubt. Its discovery is attributed by tradition to… Read More »Hermes Trismegistus

Anton Mesmer

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, August, 1938

Mesmerism was from the philosophical standpoint the most pregnant of all discoveries, even though for the moment it propounded more… Read More »Anton Mesmer

Sources of Early American Civilization

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, October, 1927

What is the origin of the American Indian? The civilizations of Persia, China and Egypt had their roots in the… Read More »Sources of Early American Civilization

Hey, just what is that there theosophy anyhow?

Article/ by Mark Casady, Theosophy Nexus, September, 2014 to January, 2016 [Serialized]

Sisters & brothers: Sometimes it is good to go back to the basics. To that effect, I wish to propose… Read More »Hey, just what is that there theosophy anyhow?

Zoroaster, The Father of Philosophy

Article/ by Alexander Wilder, Universal Brotherhood Magazine, September, 1898

Seven cities are named as claiming to have been the birthplace of Homer. His great poem is the classic above… Read More »Zoroaster, The Father of Philosophy

Zoroastrian Cosmo-Genesis

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, February, 1926

If the Orientalists, through their peculiar method of reading Zend, Pahalvi and Pazand, have disfigured the import of Zoroastrian texts,… Read More »Zoroastrian Cosmo-Genesis

Sufism, or Theosophy from the Standpoint of Mohammedanism [Islam]

Article/ by Carl H. A. Bjerregaard, The Path, May-October, 1886 [Serialized]

The spirit of Sufism is best expressed in the couplet of Katebi: “Last night a nightingale sung his song, perched… Read More »Sufism, or Theosophy from the Standpoint of Mohammedanism [Islam]

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