[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]
Editorial
Editorials, Notices, Society Affairs, etc.
Theosophical Correspondence Class
The increase of the purely routine work of the General Secretary’s office has made it impossible to fully reply to… Read More »Theosophical Correspondence Class
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
The Work of the Branches
Notwithstanding the repeated protest of the Parent Theosophical Society, there does yet seem to linger in the minds of individual… Read More »The Work of the Branches
The Oxonians and Theosophy Again
Barring an occasional drop of gall in the cup of Hippocrates, our esteemed antagonists of the Oxford Mission are very… Read More »The Oxonians and Theosophy Again
Sin Against Life
A newspaper paragraph lately declared that a certain American lady of great wealth, residing in London, had conceived the strange… Read More »Sin Against Life
Whipped into Admission
When the Heliocentric system was finally and irretrievably established, and no escape from it was found possible, the Church, letting… Read More »Whipped into Admission
Professor Max Müller on Buddhism
The distinguished Sanskritist Max Müller delivered last year before the University of Glasgow a series of lectures—called Gifford Lectures—upon Religions,… Read More »Professor Max Müller on Buddhism
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
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
The State of Christianity
The entire space in a monthly magazine as large as this might be filled with extracts from the journals of… Read More »The State of Christianity
Pickings from our Contemporaries
La Revue Spirite of Paris for February publishes a communication from a medium named L. Cephas—which it calls quite pertinently… Read More »Pickings from our Contemporaries
Rahatship
It highly gratified our Delegates to Ceylon to find that not only every educated priest and layman, but the uneducated… Read More »Rahatship
The Chosen “Vessels of Election”
A friendly correspondent “8111,” has sent to us a severe rebuke embodied in a long letter. Received after the 20th… Read More »The Chosen “Vessels of Election”
From Madame Blavatsky to Mr. Joseph Cook
Article Selections detailing comments from Mr. Cook’s Lecture | Notes and Reply by H.P.B. [Note: the following was preceded by… Read More »From Madame Blavatsky to Mr. Joseph Cook
Closed or Open Lodges
The Theosophical Society has never prohibited Private Branches. If five Members-at-large can exist separately, they can exist together; for they… Read More »Closed or Open Lodges
A Sad Lookout
. . . An English gentleman, a Fellow of the British Theosophical Society, writing to a Hindu Brother Theosophist of Bombay, says… Read More »A Sad Lookout
End of Our Third Year
With this number the third year of The Path’s existence comes to an end. The only definite rule we made… Read More »End of Our Third Year
Six Years Gone
Six years have gone into the void since the Path was started, and we are still in the middle of… Read More »Six Years Gone
Trance-Speakers
No Hindu needs to be told the meaning of the term Angánta Yéné. It is the action of a bhût,… Read More »Trance-Speakers
The New Society for Psychical Research
In Light for April 27th, we find the manifesto of the new Socierty which has just been organized at London… Read More »The New Society for Psychical Research
A Russian “Symposium”
An important triad of Russian writers has lately been engaged on a discussion of British and Russian relations. One of… Read More »A Russian “Symposium”
Impossibilities Demanded
Many impossibilities have been at all times demanded by members of the Society from those who have by the misfortunes… Read More »Impossibilities Demanded
Our Fifth Year
Again we have the pleasure of noting the continued prosperity of The Theosophist, and the fact that its publication will be… Read More »Our Fifth Year
[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]
Seven Years Gone
The Path was started in April, 1886, and with this month completes the first seven years of its life. Many… Read More »Seven Years Gone
The Truth about East and West
Mrs. Besant and others have joined together to try and show that I am attempting to create discord in the… Read More »The Truth about East and West
The Gospel of the Future: or the “Revelation” of (St.) Keshub
“’I (Keshub Chunder Sen), a servant of God, called to be an apostle of the Church.’ . . . . ‘heard behind… Read More »The Gospel of the Future: or the “Revelation” of (St.) Keshub
“Lieutenant-Colonel St. Anthony”
In 1808 Juan VI, then Prince-Regent of Portugal, fearing Napoleon I, made his escape to Brazil; and in 1815, was… Read More »“Lieutenant-Colonel St. Anthony”
A Columnar Meteor
Not far from Warsaw (Poland) on January 14, occurred a most extraordinary natural phenomenon. As a matter of religious routine,… Read More »A Columnar Meteor
“A Friend in Need, a Friend Indeed”
We copy the following letter from the Bombay Gazette of April 4th, not for its bearing upon the recent “unpleasantness,”… Read More »“A Friend in Need, a Friend Indeed”
The League of Theosophical Workers
The “LEAGUE OF THEOSOPHICAL WORKERS” has been formed in accordance with the report of the committee appointed at the last… Read More »The League of Theosophical Workers
[On Mesmeric Healing]
Insane by Electricity.—A young man, twenty-four years of age, named George Odette, has just been adjudged insane and committed to… Read More »[On Mesmeric Healing]
“Spirit” Pranks Intra Caucasus (intro)
“Verily . . . Truth is often stranger than fiction!” Some three months ago, the Yankee-Irish editor of a unimportant, third-class Anglo-Indian… Read More »“Spirit” Pranks Intra Caucasus (intro)
The Future Occultist
A correspondent of the Indian Mirror, an influential daily paper at Calcutta, writing under the heading of “Proper Education for our Ladies,”… Read More »The Future Occultist
“Let Every Man Prove His Own Work”
Such is the title of a letter received by the Editors of Lucifer. It is of so serious a nature… Read More »“Let Every Man Prove His Own Work”
Sobs, Sods and Posies
A few weeks ago, one George Nairns, a British sailor, brutally murdered at Calcutta a poor police sepoy who was… Read More »Sobs, Sods and Posies
Which First—The Egg or the Bird?
I beg to present my warmest thanks to Mr. William Simpson, F.R.G.S., the distinguished artist and antiquary, who extended last… Read More »Which First—The Egg or the Bird?
“Under the Shadow of Great Names” [1]
The common vice of trying to palm off upon the world the crude imaginings or rhapsodical concoctions of one’s own… Read More »“Under the Shadow of Great Names” [1]
Paying the Way
The late Artemus Ward, a famous American humorist, wishing to prove his effusive patriotism during the late Civil War, said… Read More »Paying the Way
Change of Name
Commencing with the next, April, number, the PATH, which has been published for ten years under that name, will drop… Read More »Change of Name
[A Missionary Demand]
The Bombay Guardian, an organ of the Methodist sect, recently expressed in strong terms the decided opinion that the Government… Read More »[A Missionary Demand]
From Keshub Babu to Maestro Wagner via The Salvation Camp
But a few days since Friend of India and Statesman gave room to the reflections of a reverential correspondent, deploring… Read More »From Keshub Babu to Maestro Wagner via The Salvation Camp
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”
“A Faithful ‘Witness’ Will Not Lie”
“Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous WITNESS” (Exodus,… Read More »“A Faithful ‘Witness’ Will Not Lie”
Mr. Moncure Conway
Under this heading our old well-wisher, a pious Baptist editor in Ceylon, takes an opportunity of snapping at us. As… Read More »Mr. Moncure Conway
The Assassination of the Czar
The great voice of the Giant Bell of the Kremlin at Moscow, called “Ivan Velikiy,” whose heavy tongue has uttered… Read More »The Assassination of the Czar
White and Black Magic
Having just had a little leisure I was going over Mirza Moorad Alee’s letter in the Philosophic Inquirer of the… Read More »White and Black Magic