Papyrus—The Gem
The roads were thronged with the people moving toward the great square, for it was a feast of the Goddess.… Read More »Papyrus—The Gem
Story
Fictional and Occult Stories
The Skin of the Earth
The cold materialism of the 19th century paralyzes sentiment and kills mysticism. Thus it commits a double crime, in robbing… Read More »The Skin of the Earth
The Ensouled Violin
The almost supernatural or magic art of Nicolo Paganini—the greatest violin player that the world has ever produced—was often speculated… Read More »The Ensouled Violin
The Coming of the Serpent
The white rays shed over all the Island when the Diamond on the mountain shot forth its last light continued… Read More »The Coming of the Serpent
Zanoni
“The Occult Novels of Bulwer-Lytton,” by H. T. Edge Contents Introduction Book the First: The Musician Book the Second: Art,… Read More »Zanoni
From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
Translator’s Preface “You must remember,” said Mme. Blavatsky, “that I never meant this for a scientific work. My letters to… Read More »From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
A Weird Tale
Part I. The readers of this magazine have read in its pages, narratives far more curious and taxing to belief… Read More »A Weird Tale
A Bewitched Life
[Note: the following is a verbatim reproduction of the story as it first appeared in The Theosophist. For the enlarged, posthumous… Read More »A Bewitched Life
The Tell-Tale Picture Gallery
Although the gallery of pictures about which I now write has long ago been abandoned, and never since its keepers… Read More »The Tell-Tale Picture Gallery
The Cave of the Echoes
In the older countries of Europe and Asia there frequently occur examples of interference by the dead with the living,… Read More »The Cave of the Echoes
True Progress
Perhaps those who have engaged in discussions about whether it is more advisable to become acquainted with the Astral Plane… Read More »True Progress
A Story of the Mystical: Can the “Double” Murder?
[Forward from the republication in The Theosophist:] The story which follows was written by the editor of this magazine some years… Read More »A Story of the Mystical: Can the “Double” Murder?
Papyrus
The Tale-teller, shading his gentle eyes from the evening sun, paused a moment while he listened to the soft strains… Read More »Papyrus
The Magic Screen of Time
An old Hindu saying thus runs: “He who knows that into which Time is resolved, knows all.” Time, in the… Read More »The Magic Screen of Time
Orcus; or Past and Future
It was almost midnight. I was sitting in the parlous of a quaint old ivy-clad house, over whose high-gabled, red-tiled… Read More »Orcus; or Past and Future
The Luminous Circle
We were a small party of merry travellers. We had arrived at Constantinople a week before from Greece, and had… Read More »The Luminous Circle
Where the Rishis Were
The rishis were the sacred Bards, the Saints, the great Adepts known to the Hindus, who gave great spiritual impulses… Read More »Where the Rishis Were
The Serpent’s Blood
It was an old and magic island. Many centuries before, the great good Adepts had landed on its shores from… Read More »The Serpent’s Blood
The Wandering Eye
This is not a tale in which I fable a mythical and impossible monster such as the Head of Rahu,… Read More »The Wandering Eye
Vikramâditya’s “Jewel.”
Dramatis personae. 1. Ghost of Kâlidâsa (the Court-poet of King Vikramâditya). 2. Professor M.M. (Orientalist). 3. Smith (a plebeian). ———… Read More »Vikramâditya’s “Jewel.”
An Allegory
Walking within the garden of his heart, the pupil suddenly came upon the Master, and was glad, for he had… Read More »An Allegory
A Curious Tale
Some years ago I ran down to the Lakes of Killarney, but not for the purpose merely of seeing them… Read More »A Curious Tale
[An Experience of the Astral World]
Recently the tea-table was chatting about the Widow’s escape from the Romish fold. She was nearly converted by the urbane… Read More »[An Experience of the Astral World]