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The Struggle for Existence

Article/ by Anon., Lucifer Magazine, April, 1889

Note: the following article was originally signed with a pen-name, “Philanthropos.” Later it was included in the Collected Writings of… Read More »The Struggle for Existence

What Good has Theosophy done in India?

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1888

“The race of mankind would perish, did they cease to aid each other. From the time that the mother binds… Read More »What Good has Theosophy done in India?

Is Theosophy a Religion?

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, November, 1888

“Religion is the best armour that man can have, but it is the worst cloak.”—Bunyan It is no exaggeration to… Read More »Is Theosophy a Religion?

Chinese Shadows

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Новое время (New Times), February, 1888 [Translation from the original Russian]

Vicars of the Anglican Church here are at loggerheads with their own Bishops. And on what a subject, if you… Read More »Chinese Shadows

Theosophy and Buddhism

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Le Lotus, September, 1888 [Translated from the original French]

Note: the original of this article—“Théosophie et Bouddhisme”—was published a month after the English article “The Theosophical Society, Its Mission… Read More »Theosophy and Buddhism

The Third Object

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, June, 1913

“The Investigation of the Unexplained Laws of Nature and the Psychical Powers Latent in Man.” A mistake has been made… Read More »The Third Object

The Illusion of Tomorrow

Article/ by Anon., The Theosophical Movement, July, 1950

The boy so long delights in his play, the youth so long pursues his beloved, the old so long brood… Read More »The Illusion of Tomorrow

Thoughts on Karma and Reincarnation

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1889

“In man there are arteries, thin as a hair split a 1000 times, filled with fluids blue, red, green, yellow,… Read More »Thoughts on Karma and Reincarnation

How to Reach Masters

Article/Lecture/ by B. P. Wadia, The Theosophical Movement, 1921 [Lecture delivered in France, 1921]

The existence of Soul, which is, in fact, the Real Man, leads us to accept the fact of its unfoldment.… Read More »How to Reach Masters

Apollonius of Tyana

Article/ by Maurice Fredal, The Theosophist, October, 1886

In spite of misrepresentation and disdain, and the mistaken zeal of sectaries who have thought, by blackening the character of… Read More »Apollonius of Tyana

Lodges of Magic

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1888

When fiction rises pleasing to the eye,Men will believe, because they love the lie;But Truth herself, if clouded with a… Read More »Lodges of Magic

Tsongkhapa and the Teachings of the Wisdom Tradition

Article/ by David Reigle, April, 2008

Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) was the founder of the Gelugpa or “Yellow Hat” order of Tibetan Buddhism. This soon became the dominant… Read More »Tsongkhapa and the Teachings of the Wisdom Tradition

The Life Principle

Article/ by Navroji Dorabji Khandalavala, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1888

A few years back a very interesting controversy raged between several scientists of reputation. Some of these held that spontaneous… Read More »The Life Principle

A Paradoxical World

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1889

Open your ears . . . when loud rumour speaks!I, from the Orient to the drooping West,Making the wind my… Read More »A Paradoxical World

Star-Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1888

The subject matter of the present article has not been chosen from any desire of “finding fault” with the Christian… Read More »Star-Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church

William Q. Judge and the Theosophical Movement

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, November, 1912

It would require a greater knowledge and more skill than the writer possesses, to portray truly the nature of the… Read More »William Q. Judge and the Theosophical Movement

Misconceptions of Theosophy

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, December, 1912

Theosophy is a name used at the present time to designate a body of knowledge of which humanity stands in… Read More »Misconceptions of Theosophy

The Second Object

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, April, 1913

“The study of ancient and modern religions, philosophies and sciences, and the demonstration of the importance of such study.” On… Read More »The Second Object

Reply to the Mistaken Conceptions of the Abbé Roca Concerning My Observations on Christian Esotericism

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Le Lotus, April, 1888 [Translation from the original French]

In the February issue of Le Lotus [see “Reply to Madame Blavatsky’s Observations on Christian Esotericism”], the Abbé speaks of… Read More »Reply to the Mistaken Conceptions of the Abbé Roca Concerning My Observations on Christian Esotericism

Forlorn Hope

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1888

“Should a wise man utter vain knowledge and fill his belly with the east wind?” (Eliphaz, in Job xv. 2.)… Read More »Forlorn Hope

Memory in the Dying

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1889

We find in a very old letter from a MASTER, written years ago to a member of the Theosophical Society,… Read More »Memory in the Dying

The Meditation of Parvati

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, November, 1893

Parvata rose up from his seat under the banyan tree. He passed his hand unsteadily over his brow. Throughout the… Read More »The Meditation of Parvati

Let the Work Go On

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, December, 1912

Perspective enables us to look back over the history of the Theosophical Society and to determine some of the causes… Read More »Let the Work Go On

William Q. Judge

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, March, 1913

WILLIAM Q. JUDGE departed from his body on the 21st of March, 1896; so it is eminently fitting that this… Read More »William Q. Judge

Learned Barbarism

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, April, 1913

The March issue of Theosophy contained the reprint of an article by H. P. Blavatsky which was based on a… Read More »Learned Barbarism

The Theosophical Society, Its Mission and Its Future

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, August, 1888

[AS EXPLAINED BY M. EMILE BURNOUF, THE FRENCH ORIENTALIST] “It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful; but it is… Read More »The Theosophical Society, Its Mission and Its Future

A Danger Signal

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1889 [Translated from the original French]

“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

The Sleeping Spheres

Article/ by Julia Keightley, The Path, July, 1893

He came to me, calling me out of the form in which I dwell, and showed me the sleeping Spheres.… Read More »The Sleeping Spheres

To the Man in the Street

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, March, 1913

Unless Theosophy has something definite to offer to the man in the street it may as well disappear from the… Read More »To the Man in the Street

What Theosophy and its Society Should Be

Article/ by Camille Lemaitre, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1889

The letter from which the following pages are translated—and which was never meant for publication—was recently addressed to one of… Read More »What Theosophy and its Society Should Be

Reply to Madame Blavatsky’s Observations on Christian Esotericism

Article/ by Abbé Roca, Le Lotus, February, 1888 [Translation from the original French]

I. There are some men whom nothing can discourage and nothing cast down, because they have faith, faith critically examined,… Read More »Reply to Madame Blavatsky’s Observations on Christian Esotericism

First Principles

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, January, 1913

One has to be thoroughly impressed with an idea, which I have in vain endeavored to impart to Theosophists at… Read More »First Principles

Roots of Ritualism In Church and Masonry

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March & May, 1889 [Serialized]

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

Some Unavoidable Deductions

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, April-July, 1913 [Serialized]

Twenty-One years ago, the last message from Madame Blavatsky was written to the American Theosophists. At that time there was… Read More »Some Unavoidable Deductions

Shadow and Substance

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, January, 1896

Many are the voices that entreat and warn those who would live the life of the Magi. It is well… Read More »Shadow and Substance

Ātman/Anātman in Buddhism and Its Implication for the Wisdom Tradition

Article/ by Nancy Reigle, Eastern Tradition Research Archive (website), April, 2008

Does Christianity believe in reincarnation? Of course it does not. Yet, students of the Wisdom Tradition may seek to find… Read More »Ātman/Anātman in Buddhism and Its Implication for the Wisdom Tradition

Blind Leaders of the Blind

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, September, 1913

“The work now submitted to public judgment is the fruit of a somewhat intimate acquaintance with Eastern adepts and study… Read More »Blind Leaders of the Blind

The Vocation of Life

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, June, 1913

If there is actually a plan, a vocation in human life, it is surely worth our while to discover what… Read More »The Vocation of Life

On the Spur of the Moment

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, February, 1895

I am minded to put down some intuitions about brotherhood and trust in persons. A witty friend writes, “Now that… Read More »On the Spur of the Moment

Theosophy and Orthodoxy

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, September, 1913

The question “What is Theosophy?” demands an answer from those who assume to be its exponents. No doubt it may… Read More »Theosophy and Orthodoxy

Ethical Irresponsibility

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, May, 1913

The crude and dogmatic materialism that distinguished the science of the last century has nearly disappeared from the textbooks and… Read More »Ethical Irresponsibility

The Pride of Possession

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, June, 1913

We often see the term “Just Pride” used as though pride in any form were justifiable. Most persons nowadays are… Read More »The Pride of Possession

The Midnight Blossom

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, July, 1894

“Arhans are born at midnight hour….. together with the holy flower that opes and blooms in darkness.”—The Voice of the… Read More »The Midnight Blossom

Impersonality

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, August, 1913

The desire for union with one’s Higher Self is general among Theosophists and even with many who do not call… Read More »Impersonality

The Purpose of Life

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, January, 1913

Who is there among men to whom a certain knowledge of the purpose of life would not be welcome? Probably… Read More »The Purpose of Life

Doctrines of the Holy “Lha”

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1894 [Posthumously Published]

[Editorial Note.—Published in Lucifer for October 1894 as the continuation of “Tibetan Teachings,” this article presents further material said to… Read More »Doctrines of the Holy “Lha”

Philosophers and Philosocules

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1889

“We shall in vain interpret their words by the notions of our philosophy and the doctrines in our schools.”—Locke “Knowledge… Read More »Philosophers and Philosocules

The Secret of Power

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, May, 1893

It is not merely because it is extraordinary that I wish to tell you this story. I think mere weirdness,… Read More »The Secret of Power

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