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Notes on the Gospel according to John

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky with G. R. S. Mead, , Lucifer Magazine, February-March, 1893 [Posthumously Published] [Serialized]

[The following notes formed the basis of discussion at the meetings of the Blavatsky Lodge, in October, 1889. They were… Read More »Notes on the Gospel according to John

A Word Upon the Objects of the Theosophical Society

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, November, 1892

1st:—To form the nucleus of a Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color. 2nd:—-To… Read More »A Word Upon the Objects of the Theosophical Society

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

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

Works and Days

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

When we were boys with what anxiety we watched for the rare smile on the master’s face ere we preferred… Read More »Works and Days

The Childhood of Apollo

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

It was long ago, so long that only the spirit of earth remembers truly. The old shepherd Tithonius sat before… Read More »The Childhood of Apollo

The Hour of Twilight

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, February-March, 1893 [Serialized]

For the future we intend that at this hour the Mystic shall be at home, less metaphysical and scientific than… Read More »The Hour of Twilight

The Story of a Star

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

The emotion that haunted me in that little cathedral town would be most difficult to describe. After the hurry, rattle,… Read More »The Story of a Star

Content

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

Who are exiles? as for me Where beneath the diamond domeLies the light on hill or tree There my palace is and… Read More »Content

Self-Reliance

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

Perhaps it is now while we are in a state of transition, when old leaders have gone out of sight… Read More »Self-Reliance

Priest or Hero?

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, April-May, 1897 [Serialized]

“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-containedI stand and look at them long… Read More »Priest or Hero?

A Thought Along the Road

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, July, 1897

They torture me also.—Krishna The night was wet: and, as I was moving down the streets, my mind was also… Read More »A Thought Along the Road

Man Know Thyself

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

The above words are familiar to most men, and to most have but little meaning. Centuries of dogmatic theology, with… Read More »Man Know Thyself

The Cave of Lilith

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

Out of her cave came the ancient Lilith; Lilith the wise; Lilith the enchantress. There ran a little path outside… Read More »The Cave of Lilith

A Strange Awakening

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, March-June, 1894 [Serialized]

I. That we are living in the Dark Age we all know, yet we do not realise half its darkness.… Read More »A Strange Awakening

The Mystic Night’s Entertainment

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, October-December, 1894; January, 1895 [Serialized]

We went forth gay in the twilight’s cover;The dragon Day with his ruddy crestBlazed on the shadowy hills hung overThe… Read More »The Mystic Night’s Entertainment

The Legends of Ancient Eire

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, March-April, 1895 [Serialized]

A Reverend and learned professor in Trinity College, Dublin, a cynic and a humorist, is reported once to have wondered… Read More »The Legends of Ancient Eire

Our Secret Ties

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, March, 1897

Our deepest life is when we are alone. We think most truly, love best, when isolated from the outer world… Read More »Our Secret Ties

At the Dawn of the Kaliyuga

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

(Note—Kaliyuga. The fourth, the black or iron age, our present period, the duration of which is 432,000 years. It began… Read More »At the Dawn of the Kaliyuga

A Doomed City

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

Lights flew about me; images sparkled in the imperishable Akasa. Oh, such ancient, ancient places and peoples! Such forms of… Read More »A Doomed City

The Age of the Spirit

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, June, 1897

I am a part of all that I have met:Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’Gleams that untraveled world …..…….… Read More »The Age of the Spirit

The Mountains

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

While we live within four walls we half insensibly lose something of our naturalness and comport ourselves as creatures of… Read More »The Mountains

The Mask of Apollo

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

A tradition rises up within me of quiet, unrumoured years, ages before the demigods and heroes toiled at the making… Read More »The Mask of Apollo

A Tragedy in the Temple

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

I have often thought with sadness over the fate of that comrade. That so ardent and heroic a spirit, so… Read More »A Tragedy in the Temple

—“Yes, and Hope”

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

They bring none to his or to her terminus or to be content and full, Whom they take they take… Read More »—“Yes, and Hope”

The Hero in Man

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), Booklet/Pamphlet, May, 1910

Prelude λαμπάδια ἔχοντες διαδώσουσιν ἀλλήλοις [“Will they carry torches and pass them from one to another?”]—Plato [Republic 1:328a] We who… Read More »The Hero in Man

The Tidal Wave

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

“The tidal wave of deeper souls,Into our inmost being rolls,And lifts us unawares,Out of all meaner cares.”— Longfellow The great… Read More »The Tidal Wave

Thoughts on the New Year and False Noses

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, La Revue Theosophique, January, 1890 [Translated from the original French]

1890, hail! “Annum novum faustum felicemque tibi!” [May the New Year bring you happiness and prosperity!] Such was the sacramental… Read More »Thoughts on the New Year and False Noses

Is The Secret Doctrine Too Hard? A Letter to Self

Article/ by S. T. M., Universal Theosophy, July, 2026 [A Talk given at International U.L.T. Day, 2026]

Dear Self: We have heard from friends that the book, The Secret Doctrine (SD), is too hard, too metaphysical, too… Read More »Is The Secret Doctrine Too Hard? A Letter to Self

A Talk by the Euphrates

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

Priest Merodach walked with me at evening along the banks of the great river. “You feel despondent now,” he said,… Read More »A Talk by the Euphrates

The Fountains of Youth

Article/ by George W. Russell (AE), The Irish Theosophist, September, 1897

I heard that a strange woman, dwelling on the western coast, who had the repute of healing by faery power,… Read More »The Fountains of Youth

The Legend of the Blue Lotus

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Le Lotus Bleu, April, 1890

Every title of a Journal or of a book should have its raison d’etre [reason for being]—especially that of a… Read More »The Legend of the Blue Lotus

Thoughts on the Elementals

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, May, 1890 [Republished with additional content, Lucifer, June, 1896]

[Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Lucifer in May 1890 under the title “Thoughts on the Elementals.” It… Read More »Thoughts on the Elementals

Modern Apostles and Pseudo-Messiahs

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1890

There has probably never been a period within our recollection more given to the production of “great missions” and missionaries… Read More »Modern Apostles and Pseudo-Messiahs

The Negators of Science

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1891

“As for what thou hearest others say, who persuade the many that the soul, when once freed from the body,… Read More »The Negators of Science

The Negators of Science, Part 2

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1893 [Posthumously Published]

On Authorities in General, and the Authority of Materialists, Especially This fragment was accidentally overlooked among H.P.B.’s MSS. and was… Read More »The Negators of Science, Part 2

The Theosophical Society: A Tale—and a True One—of the Nineteenth Century

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, 1891 [Posthumously Published] [Translated from the Russian MS., Adyar Archives]

[The following is translated from a Russian manuscript in HPB’s handwriting, found in the Adyar Archives. Vera Petrovna de Zhelihovsky… Read More »The Theosophical Society: A Tale—and a True One—of the Nineteenth Century

Apollonius, Sage of Tyana

Article/ by Elsa-Brita Titchenell, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, January, 1979

During the first century A.D. the lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea comprised the known Western world, where the Roman empire… Read More »Apollonius, Sage of Tyana

Recent Progress in Theosophy

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The North American Review, August, 1890

Whatever else may be thought of theosophy and its movement, time has at least proved that it is not the… Read More »Recent Progress in Theosophy

[On Glamour, Fascination, Hypnotism & Occult Phenomena]

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, September, 1890

We are asked by a “Subscriber” in America to “comment” upon a curious report in the Chicago Tribune, which he… Read More »[On Glamour, Fascination, Hypnotism & Occult Phenomena]

Hypnotism, and its Relations to Other Modes of Fascination

Article/Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1890

We are asked by “H.C.” and other Fellows, to answer the several queries hereafter propounded. We do so, but with… Read More »Hypnotism, and its Relations to Other Modes of Fascination

Thoth, Divine Scribe

Article/ by N. A. Lewis, The Theosophical Forum, January, 1947

Who is this Thoth, of whom so many explanations are made, and who remains, even so, mysterious, inscrutable? We find… Read More »Thoth, Divine Scribe

The Wisdom of Emptiness

Article/ by Jim Belderis, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, October/November 1999

Understanding “emptiness” is presented in Buddhism as the culmination of religious training. It is attained through the systematic practice of… Read More »The Wisdom of Emptiness

Egyptian Teachings in the Light of Theosophy

Article/ by I. M. Oderberg with L. Whellams, , The Theosophical Forum, December, 1941

Verily there was some truth in the old saying, “The Wisdom of the Egyptians.” . . . — H. P.… Read More »Egyptian Teachings in the Light of Theosophy

On Pythagoras

Article/ by Irene Croiset van Uchelen, The Theosophical Forum, July, 1949

Pythagoras was born about 528 B.C., and his parents, Mnesarchus and Pythais were citizens of Samos and descendants of Ancaeus,… Read More »On Pythagoras

A Svābhāvika School of Buddhism?

Article/ by David Reigle, Prajna Quest (website), March, 2012 [Serialized]

Part 1 As already discussed here, the alleged Svābhāvika school of Buddhism in Nepal that is spoken of in many… Read More »A Svābhāvika School of Buddhism?

God’s Arrival in India

Article/ by David Reigle, Fohat Magazine, Spring, 2003 & Summer 2003 [Revised May, 2015] [Serialized]

Ancient India is considered to be the spiritual motherland of our planet. According to The Secret Doctrine, it was the… Read More »God’s Arrival in India

Book of Dzyan Research Report: Technical Terms in Stanza I

Article/ by David Reigle, December, 1995 [Revised, 1999] [Originally published as a booklet by Eastern School Press; republished in Blavatsky’s Secret Books: Twenty Years’ Research]

Serious students of The Secret Doctrine, and especially those who are Theosophical teachers and lecturers, will wish to know what… Read More »Book of Dzyan Research Report: Technical Terms in Stanza I

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