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To Theosophists and Readers of Lucifer

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

The Editors of Lucifer feel it right that this number, the first published at the new offices and by the… Read More »To Theosophists and Readers of Lucifer

Our Christian 19th Century Ethics

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

As civilization progresses, moral darkness pervades the alleged light of Christianity. The chosen symbol of our boasted civilization ought to… Read More »Our Christian 19th Century Ethics

Our Third Volume

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, September, 1888

With the present number our magazine enters the second year of its career, and the torch of our Flame-Bearer is… Read More »Our Third Volume

“Going to and fro in the Earth.” (Our Monthly Report.)

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, September, 1889

In the days when Satan was the great Angel of Judgment, one of the Sons of God, ere yet he… Read More »“Going to and fro in the Earth.” (Our Monthly Report.)

An Open Letter

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

To the Readers of “Lucifer” and All True Theosophists. As Lucifer was started as an organ of the T. S.… Read More »An Open Letter

To All Open-Minded Theosophists

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

Two Masters were particularly concerned in the bringing of the message of Theosophy to the Western World. Two Messengers were… Read More »To All Open-Minded Theosophists

If You Shoot at a Crow, Do Not Kill a Cow

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

Mighty is the voice of Journalism in London, but heavy the artillery of its saltatticus [sensationalism], at times. Who is… Read More »If You Shoot at a Crow, Do Not Kill a Cow

[Christianity in Japan]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1889

History repeats itself. The rise and triumph of Christianity and its general spread in the West were due originally to… Read More »[Christianity in Japan]

A Puzzle From Adyar

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, August, 1889 [Incl. Follow-up(s)]

When the cat is abroad the mice dance in the house it seems. Since Colonel Olcott sailed for Japan, the… Read More »A Puzzle From Adyar

The Light of Egypt

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, August, 1889

Several months before the publication of this work, simply by glancing at a small pamphlet which gave a summary of… Read More »The Light of Egypt

The Women of Ceylon: As Compared with Christian Women

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

In the following eloquent strain speaks the report of the Wesleyan Mission in the Galle District for the year 1888:… Read More »The Women of Ceylon: As Compared with Christian Women

[On a Bogus “Occult” Order]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1889

We copy the following curious advertisement from The Two Worlds, a spiritualistic paper. “Mr. Joseph Blackburn, of Keighley, has taken… Read More »[On a Bogus “Occult” Order]

An Open Letter to all the Fellows of the American Section of the Theosophical Society

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Booklet/Pamphlet, October, 1889

Having learnt that an ex-Fellow of the Theosophical Society, Mr. Michael-Angelo Lane, is going about the United States spreading false… Read More »An Open Letter to all the Fellows of the American Section of the Theosophical Society

A Year on the Path

Editorial/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, October, 1913

The present issue of this magazine closes the first year of its publication. It was not started because its projectors… Read More »A Year on the Path

From the Note Book of an Unpopular Philosopher (3)

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, September, 1888

THOUGHTSON THE BIRTHDAY OF LUCIFER Ever Onward. In its ceaseless, and also too rapid, flight along the path of Eternity,… Read More »From the Note Book of an Unpopular Philosopher (3)

Our Society’s “Agapæ.”

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, May, 1889

Our Brothers in France had a happy idea in establishing what we might call theosophical agapæ, minus the mystic and… Read More »Our Society’s “Agapæ.”

[On Olcott and Buddhism]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1889

Esoteric Buddhism is decidedly on the brain of our journalists. This is what we read in the Times of the… Read More »[On Olcott and Buddhism]

The Work of the “Esoteric Section of the T.S.”

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1889

To All the “Pledged” Theosophists. The Washington Evening Star of June the 22nd, 1889, contains an article full of the… Read More »The Work of the “Esoteric Section of the T.S.”

“A Voice from Over the Seas.”

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1889

A question has reached the Head of the Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society, regarding the alleged representation of that… Read More »“A Voice from Over the Seas.”

1890! On the New Year’s Morrow

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1890

The veil which covers the face of futurity is woven by the hand of Mercy.—Bulwer Lytton A happy new year… Read More »1890! On the New Year’s Morrow

Butler Exposed

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

The New York World of Feb. 1st. exposes the whole scheme in the following up-and-up manner: Members of the Boston… Read More »Butler Exposed

“Attention, Theosophists!”

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1889

“Heat not a furnace for your foe so hotThat it do singe yourself.”—Shakespeare. “He who tells a lie is not… Read More »“Attention, Theosophists!”

The Sacred Mission of the S.P.R.

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

All our friends remember the astounding story, born and elaborated in the head of a too zealous “Researcher” sent to… Read More »The Sacred Mission of the S.P.R.

What Col. Olcott Believes

Editorial/ by H. S. Olcott, Spiritual Scientist, January, 1876

Col. H. S. Olcott has put his personal belief into a few simple paragraphs which are easily comprehended. He says:… Read More »What Col. Olcott Believes

Science and the Secret Doctrine

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

One of the occult doctrines which has been most often laughed at by the incredulous scientasters of the Press and… Read More »Science and the Secret Doctrine

Progress and Culture

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, August, 1890

“Mated with a squalid savage—what to me were sun or clime?I, the heir of all the ages, in the foremost… Read More »Progress and Culture

News from the Theosophical World

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Le Lotus Bleu, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1890

[The following was published simultaneously in French in Le Lotus Bleu, October, 1890, titled “Ce qui se passe dans le monde… Read More »News from the Theosophical World

[“Without Distinction of Race”]

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

It is with the very greatest pleasure that we print the following from the Washington People’s Advocate: “Aryan Spiritual Science… Read More »[“Without Distinction of Race”]

“Going to and fro in the Earth.” (Our Monthly Report.)

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1890

In America, as in England and every other civilised country, complaints are heard from the press of the failure of… Read More »“Going to and fro in the Earth.” (Our Monthly Report.)

Important to Spiritualists

Editorial/ by H. S. Olcott, Spiritual Scientist, April, 1875

The spiritual movement resembles every other in this respect: that its growth is the work of time, and its refinement… Read More »Important to Spiritualists

Going to and fro. In Re-Giants.

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1891

The giants of old are a fiction—say the wise men of the modern West. Whenever the bones of an alleged… Read More »Going to and fro. In Re-Giants.

Our Heroes

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

If the age has its great criminals it has also its martyrs, saints, and heroes, those differentiations of the diviner… Read More »Our Heroes

Official Notice [re: the “Gnostic Theosophical Society”]

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

Those who read Light must have seen in its issue of November 9th the following letter from Washington headed: The… Read More »Official Notice [re: the “Gnostic Theosophical Society”]

“Going to and fro in the Earth.” (Our Monthly Report.)

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1889

Signs of the Times in the “Society Times.” In the journal of that name of November 23 we read the… Read More »“Going to and fro in the Earth.” (Our Monthly Report.)

[Olcott and the British Section]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky with Alice Leighton Cleather, Annie Besant, Constance Wachtmeister, F. L. Gardner, Herbert Burrows, Isabel Cooper-Oakley, Laura M. Cooper, Sydney Edge, Walter Gorn Old, William Kingsland, , February, 1890

The following is the formal resolution passed at the late meeting of the Council of the British Section of the… Read More »[Olcott and the British Section]

The Theoophical Society and its President

Editorial/ by H. S. Olcott, The Banner of Light, January, 1876

Col. Olcott’s Reply to Prof. Corson—A Confession of Faith. Professor Corson’s review of the recent publications of the Theosophical Society… Read More »The Theoophical Society and its President

A Magic Wand

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

In the People’s Journal (Lahore) for February, quoting from the Hindu Runjika of Rajshahye, we find narrated how a Himalayan… Read More »A Magic Wand

[Cuneiform Inscriptions of Armenia]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, March, 1880

The government of Erivan was always known for the wealth of its monuments and relics of antiquity. And now, a… Read More »[Cuneiform Inscriptions of Armenia]

“Going to and fro in the Earth.” (Our Monthly Report.)

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

EVOE!! In the benevolence of their hearts, the editors of Lucifer offer their sincere condolences to their equitable neighbours and… Read More »“Going to and fro in the Earth.” (Our Monthly Report.)

On Criticisms, Authorities, and Other Matters

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, September, 1892 [Posthumously Published]

Theosophists and editors of Theosophical periodicals are constantly warned, by the prudent and the faint-hearted, to beware of giving offence… Read More »On Criticisms, Authorities, and Other Matters

Preface to The Secret Doctrine, Volume 3

Editorial/ by Annie Besant, The Secret Doctrine Volume 3, 1897

The task of preparing this volume for the press has been a difficult and anxious one, and it is necessary… Read More »Preface to The Secret Doctrine, Volume 3

[Olcott and the Esoteric Section]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1890

H. P. Blavatsky, ere Colonel Olcott left England, handed to him the following paper: Theosophical Society, Esoteric Section,London, 25th December,… Read More »[Olcott and the Esoteric Section]

Last Song of the Swan

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1890

“I see before my race an age or so,And I am sent to show a path among the thornsTo take… Read More »Last Song of the Swan

Muddled Meddlers

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, February, 1890

In the Supplement to the Theosophist of January 1890 (p. lxxv) its subscribers will read with amusement, and Theosophists with… Read More »Muddled Meddlers

The Theosophical Society in Europe

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

In consequence of the receipt of letters from all the active Lodges in Europe, and from a large majority of… Read More »The Theosophical Society in Europe

Are Bacilli Anything New?

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

Truly may one query in the words of Solomon: “Is there anything whereof it may be said: See, this is… Read More »Are Bacilli Anything New?

Criticism on a Critic

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1891

Professor Max Muller in the New Review and in the Sanskrit Critical Journal. “Criticise criticism only.” We are glad that… Read More »Criticism on a Critic

A Sincere Confession

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

The following quotation taken from the Introduction to the Vedanta-Sutras, translated by Thibaut and edited by Max Muller, is significant… Read More »A Sincere Confession

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