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[On Lodges of Magic vs. Training]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1888 & January, 1889 [Incl. Follow-up(s)]

Article selections by A.E. | Notes by H.P.B. . . . I own I should like to see phenomena, to… Read More »[On Lodges of Magic vs. Training]

A Puzzle in “Esoteric Buddhism”

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, May, 1888

Letter to the Editors | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. To the Editor of Lucifer. Since the two Editors repeatedly assert… Read More »A Puzzle in “Esoteric Buddhism”

[On Rushing in to Occultism]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1889

Story selection by Franz Hartmann | Note by H.P.B. “O, great Krashibashi! Have I then at last found favour in… Read More »[On Rushing in to Occultism]

World-Improvement or World-Deliverance

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1889

Selections from Hübbe-Schleiden | Notes by H.P.B. “You yourself must make an effort. The Tathāgatas are only preachers.—If a man… Read More »World-Improvement or World-Deliverance

[On Non-Separateness, Universal Ego, etc.]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1888

Article selections by G. M. McC | Notes by H.P.B. . . . The Hylo-Ideal Thesis is this Ideal Concord,… Read More »[On Non-Separateness, Universal Ego, etc.]

“L’Isis”

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1888

“L’ISIS.” branche française, de la société théosophique. To the Editors of Lucifer. Allow me to bring to the notice of… Read More »“L’Isis”

[On the Law of Karma]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1888

Correspondence selections by T. B. Hartbottle in response to J.C.V.P. | Notes by H.P.B. . . . If J.C.V.P. will… Read More »[On the Law of Karma]

[On Absolute Thought and the Logos]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, August, 1888

Article selection by M. M. Phelon | Notes by H.P.B. As a man awaking from sleep becomes settled in mentality,… Read More »[On Absolute Thought and the Logos]

The Mithra Worship

Note(s)/Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1889

Questions from “A Book-Worm” | Answers by H.P.B. All visitors to the Classical Galleries in the British Museum are familiar… Read More »The Mithra Worship

Who are the Eurasians?

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, May, 1888

LTTE by G. Ouseley | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. As you expressly invite correspondence with regard to subjects connected with… Read More »Who are the Eurasians?

A Lesson

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, August, 1888

Correspondence by H. P. Mukerji | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. Regarding the first rule of Practical Occultism in the April… Read More »A Lesson

Pertinent Queries

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1888

Questions by Charles B. Ingham | Notes & Answer by H. P. B. You invite questions respecting all points of… Read More »Pertinent Queries

[Notes on the T.S. and E.S.]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, 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 »[Notes on the T.S. and E.S.]

[Does a Materialist have Self-Conscious Survival after Death?]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1889

Letter to the Editor by S. B. | Reply by H.P.B. To the Editor of Lucifer. Does not the statement… Read More »[Does a Materialist have Self-Conscious Survival after Death?]

[Does the Kamarupa Reincarnate?]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1888

Correspondence by “Pilgrim” | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. With reference to the recent discussion as to how much o f… Read More »[Does the Kamarupa Reincarnate?]

[Notes on “A Chela’s Dream”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1888

Article Selections by “X.” | Notes by H.P.B. A man stands guard at the entrance, dressed in a loose gown… Read More »[Notes on “A Chela’s Dream”]

[On Chinese History and Biblical Chronology]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1889

Article selections by Andrew T. Sibbald | Notes by H.P.B. About two thousand years before our Christian era, the Chinese… Read More »[On Chinese History and Biblical Chronology]

[Notes on the scientific method and defining the absolute]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, May, 1889

Report of the General Meeting of the “Hermes” T.S. | Notes by H.P.B. Far more interesting still, is the Report… Read More »[Notes on the scientific method and defining the absolute]

[On occult phenomena, the work of the T.S., ascetic retirement, etc.]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1888

Article selections by James A. Campbell | Notes by H.P.B. From the time when “Theosophy” as a system of faith,… Read More »[On occult phenomena, the work of the T.S., ascetic retirement, etc.]

Theosophical Queries

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1889

LTTE by Barbara Moskvitinoff | Reply by H.P.B. The first object of the Theosophical Society being to promote the principle… Read More »Theosophical Queries

Christian or Mental Science

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, September, 1888

Article selections by Reginald Birney | Notes by H.P.B. I heard once of a distinguished physician who told his class… Read More »Christian or Mental Science

[On Materialistic Views]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1888

Article selections by William Oxley | Notes by H.P.B. . . . It will be new to many of your… Read More »[On Materialistic Views]

[On Gnomes, Lhas, and Mahatmas]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1888

Article selection by C. Pfoundes | Note by H.P.B. Yoshitsune . . . fled to the Northern provinces . .… Read More »[On Gnomes, Lhas, and Mahatmas]

[On “Christian Science”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1888

Article selections by Ursula N. Gestefeld | Notes by H.P.B. Lucifer’s criticism of the statements of “Christian Science,” as contained… Read More »[On “Christian Science”]

“The Empty Vessel Makes the Greatest Sound.”

Note(s)/Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1889

Miss Susie C. Clark, of Cambridgeport, Mass., says in substance: “I am a mental healer … Of late rumours reach… Read More »“The Empty Vessel Makes the Greatest Sound.”

[On Atoms and the Sun]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1889

Article selections by Clara J. Bloomfield-Moore | Notes by H.P.B. . . . Ether in its high tenuous condition is… Read More »[On Atoms and the Sun]

A Few Queries

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1889

Questions by C.S. | Answers by H.P.B. As you kindly invite questions relating to Theosophy, I make free to put… Read More »A Few Queries

[On Ireland and Atlantis]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1889

Questions by C. Carter Blake | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. . . . It behoves me, therefore, to ask you:—… Read More »[On Ireland and Atlantis]

[The Bride Sophia vs. Succubi & Incubi]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1888

[The following was an Editorial Note by H.P.B. in reply to an article titled “A Sufi’s Mystical Apologue” by A.J.C.]… Read More »[The Bride Sophia vs. Succubi & Incubi]

[Definitions of Adept and Initiate]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1889

Article selection by Josef B. Widen | Note by H.P.B. . . . It has been stated that it requires… Read More »[Definitions of Adept and Initiate]

[On Evidence of the Third Eye]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1889

Questions by C. Carter Blake | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. . . . I therefore respectfully ask the Editor of… Read More »[On Evidence of the Third Eye]

[On Abhiñña]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1888

Article selection by A.J.C. | Note by H.P.B. The five, so-called, supernatural powers of the Buddhists—the Abhidagna,1 are 1st, Clairvoyance;… Read More »[On Abhiñña]

[On Honour]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, November, 1888

Questions by C, Carter Blake | Response by H. P. B. If King Henry VIII, the much-married King of England,… Read More »[On Honour]

Children Allowed to Train Themselves for Murder

Note(s)/ by Admin, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1888

Correspondence by “Ariadna” | Reply by H.P.B. “Ariadna” writes:— English folk are fond of maintaining the superiority of their national… Read More »Children Allowed to Train Themselves for Murder

[On the “Accursed”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, January, 1889

Kindly condescending to notice, and even to review (!!), our December number of Lucifer, the Saturday Review, in its issue… Read More »[On the “Accursed”]

[On Dr. Elliott Coues]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1889

Strange things occur in this sublunary world; but the strangest of all is, that a recognized American scientist of great… Read More »[On Dr. Elliott Coues]

[On William Oxley]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1889

Selections from correspondence by A. D. Bathell | Notes by H.P.B. To the Editor of Lucifer.1 No doubt many of… Read More »[On William Oxley]

[On Zagovarivayt]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, May, 1889

Article selection by N. A. Fadeeff | Note by H.P.B. In Astrachan, on the Caspian Sea, there was, during our… Read More »[On Zagovarivayt]

[On Lokas and Globes]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1889

Article selection by “Sepharial” | Note by H.P.B. . . . The Seven Rishis are the Divine Sages, Prajapatis, or… Read More »[On Lokas and Globes]

[On the incorporation of Branch Theosophical Societies]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, August, 1889

Selection from from the Washington Post, July 9, 1889 | Note by H.P.B. “The Blavatsky Theosophical Society and Universal Brotherhood of… Read More »[On the incorporation of Branch Theosophical Societies]

[On Absolute Motion]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1889

Article selection by “E. E. Θ” | Note by H.P.B. . . . Since, therefore, it is evident that that… Read More »[On Absolute Motion]

[On Tukaram Tatya]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, November, 1888

[Tukaram Tatya Padval (1836–1896) is] the most active and indefatigable of all our Bombay Theosophists in the spread of Sanskrit… Read More »[On Tukaram Tatya]

[On Theosophy and Theism]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, September, 1889

Article selections by Alexander Fullerton, F.T.S. | Notes by H.P.B. . . . . . . if the Society disclaims… Read More »[On Theosophy and Theism]

What Shall We Do For Our Fellow Men?

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1889

Correspondence between H. P. Blavatsky and Dr. Hübbe Schleiden “You have obliged my friends and myself by answering or annotating… Read More »What Shall We Do For Our Fellow Men?

Theosophical (?) Dogmatism and Intolerance

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1889

Anonymous Correspondence | Note by H.P.B. For the 27,599th time, Mr. Richard Harte, in his official capacity as editor of… Read More »Theosophical (?) Dogmatism and Intolerance

[On the Coulombs]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, September, 1889

Article selection from a talk by Annie Besant | Note by H.P.B. . . . Amongst others who came to… Read More »[On the Coulombs]

[Exposing T. H. Burgoyne]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, September, 1889

Statement by T. H. Burgoyne | Note by H.P.B. To the American Members of the H. B. of L. …… Read More »[Exposing T. H. Burgoyne]

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