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[On Karma, Law, etc.]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1887

Selections from Correspondence by Mr Beatty & Replies from A. Keightley | Notes by H.P.B. The following letter has been… Read More »[On Karma, Law, etc.]

[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?]

[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 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]

What is God?

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

Correspondence by J. Hunter | Notes & Editor’s Note by H.P.B. I wish to thank you for reply to my… Read More »What is God?

[On Anima or Vitality & “I am Brahman”]

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

Article Selections | Notes by H.P.B. We may hence alone assume that no second subsance is intelligible or logically thinkable,… Read More »[On Anima or Vitality & “I am Brahman”]

[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]

[On Kama-rupas and Kama-loka]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, November, 1887

Correspondence question by “N.D.” | Reply by H.P.B. “As the Editors of Lucifer kindly invite questions concerning Theosophy and kindred… Read More »[On Kama-rupas and Kama-loka]

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”

[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.]

[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 “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”]

[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?]

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 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 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]

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 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]

[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.]

[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]

Is There No Hope?

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

LTTE by David Crichton | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. I think, after reading the conditions necessary for Occult study given… Read More »Is There No Hope?

“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”

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

[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]

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?

[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.]

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?

[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]

[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]

[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 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”]

Children Allowed to Train Themselves for Murder

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

“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 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]

[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]

[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 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]

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

[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]

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

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 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 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]

[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]

[Interpretations of Alchemical and Occult Symbolism]

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

Article & Translation selections by John Ransom Bridge | Notes by H.P.B. . . . In a most excellent little… Read More »[Interpretations of Alchemical and Occult Symbolism]

[Individual Persistence of the Spiritual Monad]

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

Selection from a talk by Jerome A. Anderson | Note by H.P.B. . . . As to eternal life, Theosophy… Read More »[Individual Persistence of the Spiritual Monad]

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