[Review:] United
Months have passed since the publication of this remarkable work—remarkable as a psychic production besides its undeniable literary worth—and we… Read More »[Review:] United
Months have passed since the publication of this remarkable work—remarkable as a psychic production besides its undeniable literary worth—and we… Read More »[Review:] United
[Translation] I select and assign the different notes of the chant. The animal note is the up-singing of the Fire-lord.… Read More »Chandogya Upanishad 2:22-24 (The Mysteries of Sound 3)
[Translation] Aruna’s son Uddalaka addressed his son Shvetaketu, saying: —Learn from me, dear, the reality about sleep. When a man… Read More »Chandogya Upanishad 6:8-16 (First Principles 2)
TO THE MANAGER, THEOSOPHIST OFFICE. Sir.—the copy of Self-contradictions of the Bible arrived at my school on August 3. By… Read More »The “Contradictions of the Bible” and The Rawal Pindi Mission School
To the Editor of The Spiritualist. Sir,—I have read the communications of “H.M.” in your paper of the 8th inst [p.… Read More »Isis Unveiled and the Todas
During the last few years in which so much writing has been done in the theosophical field of effort, a… Read More »Universal Applications of Doctrine
In various writings on occult subjects, it has been stated that unselfishness is a sine qua non for success in… Read More »Can The Mahatmas Be Selfish?
The subject relates to our conduct toward and treatment of our fellows, including in that term all people with whom… Read More »How Should We Treat Others
Thereon Damayanti, seeing King Nala, ruler of men, thus distraught, his thoughts wrapped up in the play, herself not distraught… Read More »The Sorrows of Damayanti
Statement by Dr. Abdul Rahman Khan | Note by H.P.B. While Col. Olcott was at Lucknow, he was enabled to… Read More »More Anecdotes of Hassan Khan Djinni
Being daily in receipt of numerous letters—written with the view of obtaining advice as to the best method of receiving… Read More »From Madame H. P. Blavatsky to Her Correspondents
[Note: for background and context, see newspaper articles of the time about the Russo-Turkish War (1877-78)] To the Editor of The… Read More »Turkish Barbarities
(1) How many years are there in Kali Yuga? (2) Will the sixth sub-race begin very soon, that is, will… Read More »Kali Yuga and the Coming Race
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
Letter from “* * *” | Introductory Note and Footnotes by H.P.B. | “Answer to Misconceptions” by Damodar How little the “beliefs… Read More »Pert Questions and Plain Answers
Our Correspondence. New York. My dear Editor,—I am sending to you the New York Echo—our local Organ for Secret Societies.… Read More »Letter to the Editor of “L’Opinione Nazionale”
The first number of the journal of this new Society is full of interesting matter and indicates that our sister… Read More »Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research
The editor of the Religio-Philosophical Journal has microscopic intuitions, it seems. In a recent number he says: “There are animalcules, we… Read More »Singing Animalcules
It is generally supposed that animals are not under the operation of the law of Karma, as applied to human… Read More »Karma
No Hindu needs to be told the meaning of the term Angánta Yéné. It is the action of a bhût,… Read More »Trance-Speakers
Among the discourses of the Buddha there is one named the Lakkhana Suttanta. The first part of the Pali name… Read More »The Doctrine of the Divine Man
“Narada came to Sanatkumara, saying: Master, teach me to know the Soul: for I have heard from the sages that… Read More »The Water of Life
Those intellectual prodigies of the Lawn-Tennis clubs—Anakim among critics—who swallow the story of Balaam’s speaking “she-ass” but cannot believe in… Read More »The Lawn-Tennis School of Critics
“About Patanjali’s life very little, if anything, can be said.” 1 A biography of Patanjali could almost begin and end… Read More »Patanjali
From Professor Hare, the great American chemist, a world-wide celebrity, a quarter of a century ago, down to Professor Zöllner,… Read More »The Evidence of Science
Our esteemed contemporary, The Spiritualist (London), notes the fact that the Royal Society has actually condescended to express its thanks for… Read More »The Royal Society and Spiritualistic Literature
That cause must be weak and desperate, indeed, that has to resort to the arts of the slanderer to prop… Read More »A Word with Our Friends
The communication from an esteemed brother, Mr. Velayudam Mudaliar, F.T.S., Tamil Pandit in the Madras Presidency College, which appeared in… Read More »The Utterances of Ramalingam Pillay
Note and Editor’s Note by H.P.B. on an account by Preo Nath Banerjee In May or June last, a young… Read More »Existence of the Himalayan Mahatmas
Selections from a Letter by Narsing Dass Chowdry | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. . . . In The Sunday at Home,… Read More »What is Sauce for the Goose, is not Sauce for the Gander
The people of all nations now turn their eyes to America, and that name for them stands for the United… Read More »One of the Signs of the Cycle
One illustration of the expansion of Theosophical interest through this country is found in the growth of business during the… Read More »A Chat with Correspondents
The glamour of India; the hot, luminous sky; palm trees, with their metallic glitter, fringing her sacred rivers; heavy-curtained mango… Read More »Shankara’s Thought
“As the web-wombed spider puts forth and draws to him, as trees come forth upon the earth, as from a… Read More »Self and Eternal
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
Editors of the Index: Will you give me a little space in your valuable paper for a few words regarding… Read More »The So-Called Exposé of Madame Blavatsky
Madame H. P. Blavatsky writes as follows to the editor of the Indu Prakash: Ever since my arrival here, in February, with… Read More »Letter to the Editor of the Indu Prakash
To the Editor, Philosophic Inquirer. My dear Sir and Brother,—I send you the enclosed letter from Colonel Olcott—who has just… Read More »Sympathy from the Founders of the Theosophical Society
Sir,—May I hope to be allowed the same number of lines in the columns of your valuable paper, for the… Read More »The Theosophists at Maligawa
The subject of our present review is—a romance!1 A curious production, some might say, to come to our book table,… Read More »“Mr. Isaacs.”
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
Editor’s Note by H.P.B. on a selection from Col. Stephen Fraser’s Twelve Years in India, titled “The Bhattah Mirrors” Editor’s Note.… Read More »[An Eye-witness Account of Wonders in India]
“The Crimes of Preachers in the United States”1 for the last five years—from May 1876 to May 1881, “translated out of the… Read More »[Crimes of Preachers in the United States]
I. A Mystery Many conjectures have been offered as to the source and authorship of this curious and wonderful book,… Read More »The Dream of Ravan
It may be interesting for our friends to learn how our Association is, or rather was (for now they have… Read More »The Theosophists: As Photographed in the Imperial Census
Contents The Will in the Body I. The Search for FoodII. Continuity of LifeIII. The Creative Will in Man The… Read More »The Religion of the Will
In the July number [see “Mysterious Stone-Throwing at Plumbstead,” p. 234] we reprinted from the Daily Chronicle an account of… Read More »[Note on “Stone-Throwing by ‘Spirits’”]