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Some Unavoidable Deductions

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, April-July, 1913 [Serialized]

Twenty-One years ago, the last message from Madame Blavatsky was written to the American Theosophists. At that time there was… Read More »Some Unavoidable Deductions

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

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

Our Cycle and the Next

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

“The world’s great age begins anew,The golden days return,The earth doth like a snake renewHer winter weeds outworn.”—Shelley “My friend,… Read More »Our Cycle and the Next

[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?]

The Year is Dead, Long Live the Year!

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

December, 1888, and January, 1889 Lucifer sends the best compliments of the season to his friends and subscribers, and wishes… Read More »The Year is Dead, Long Live the Year!

[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”]

Why “Theosophy”

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

This magazine is not intended either to replace or to rival any journal now published in the interest of Theosophy.… Read More »Why “Theosophy”

[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?]

Henry Steel Olcott and the Theosophical Society

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, November, 1912

To the mentally lazy or obtuse, Theosophy must remain a riddle; for in the world mental as in the world… Read More »Henry Steel Olcott and the Theosophical Society

The Third Object

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, June, 1913

“The Investigation of the Unexplained Laws of Nature and the Psychical Powers Latent in Man.” A mistake has been made… Read More »The Third Object

Letter No. 27 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , September, 1883 [Posthumously Published]

Adyar, Sept. 27. {1883} Just returned home from Ooty through Pondichery, and the first thing waiting for me was your… Read More »Letter No. 27 to A. P. Sinnett

William Q. Judge

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, March, 1913

WILLIAM Q. JUDGE departed from his body on the 21st of March, 1896; so it is eminently fitting that this… Read More »William Q. Judge

Letter No. 37 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , March, 1884 [Posthumously Published]

{March 27, H.P.B. and Olcott left Nice for Paris. On April 5th Olcott, with Mohini, left for London to preside… Read More »Letter No. 37 to A. P. Sinnett

[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.]

Questions and Answers

Q & A/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, December, 1912; January, March-April, 1913

I. I was formerly a member of the Theosophical Society but dropped out many years ago, though I believe in… Read More »Questions and Answers

Roots of Ritualism In Church and Masonry

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March & May, 1889 [Serialized]

I. Theosophists are very often, and very unjustly too, accused of infidelity and even of Atheism. This is a grave… Read More »Roots of Ritualism In Church and Masonry

[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]

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?

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

Letter No. 15 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , July, 1882 [Posthumously Published]

{Written from Bombay, July 15+, 1882. On May 31, 1882, Olcott and H.P.B. visited “Huddleston Gardens” in Madras, the future… Read More »Letter No. 15 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 20 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , December, 1881 [Posthumously Published]

December 7th. {1881, Bombay} My dear Boss, ‘Pon my honour could not tell. Tried in America where they had stolen… Read More »Letter No. 20 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 32 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , March, 1885 [Posthumously Published]

{During January and February H.P.B. lay at the point of death and was given up by all the doctors. (See… Read More »Letter No. 32 to A. P. Sinnett

[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]

Ethical Irresponsibility

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, May, 1913

The crude and dogmatic materialism that distinguished the science of the last century has nearly disappeared from the textbooks and… Read More »Ethical Irresponsibility

Letter No. 1 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , July, 1882 [Posthumously Published]

{Written from Bombay, July 12+, 1882; received Simla} My dear Boss, Going away to-morrow — thanks to fate!! The Disinherited… Read More »Letter No. 1 to A. P. Sinnett

[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.]

Letter No. 31 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , January, 1884 [Posthumously Published]

Adyar Madras, January 25th, 1884. By order of my Boss I send you the Kingsford letters to fondly read and… Read More »Letter No. 31 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 34 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , March, 1884 [Posthumously Published]

Nice, Friday. {March 21, 1884} My dear Mr. Sinnett, Every body in the house is gone to the theatre—even Olcott.… Read More »Letter No. 34 to A. P. Sinnett

First Principles

Article/ by Anon., Theosophy Magazine, January, 1913

One has to be thoroughly impressed with an idea, which I have in vain endeavored to impart to Theosophists at… Read More »First Principles

Letter No. 40 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , November, 1884 [Posthumously Published]

{Olcott sailed for India from Marseilles on October 20, 1884, while H.P.B. sailed from Liverpool November 1st. She was accompanied… Read More »Letter No. 40 to A. P. Sinnett

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

What Theosophy and its Society Should Be

Article/ by Camille Lemaitre, 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 »What Theosophy and its Society Should Be

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

A Danger Signal

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1889 [Translated from the original French]

“Initiates are sure to come into the company of the Gods.”—Socrates, in the Phaedo. In the first number of the… Read More »A Danger Signal

Are all Russian Ladies Russian Agents?

LTTE/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Pall Mall Gazette, January, 1889

A certain young lady, by name A. de Grasse Stevens, has excited no small indignation in the Russian camp by… Read More »Are all Russian Ladies Russian Agents?

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 “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”]

[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]

Misconceptions of Theosophy

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

Theosophy is a name used at the present time to designate a body of knowledge of which humanity stands in… Read More »Misconceptions of Theosophy

Gems from the East

Book/ by H. P. Blavatsky, 1890

A Birthday Book Of Precepts and Axioms Compiled by H.P.B. PREFACE Few words will be needed by way of preface… Read More »Gems from the East

Letter No. 10c to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , May, 1882 [Posthumously Published]

{See Hints on Esoteric Theosophy, 2nd ed. pp. 108 et seq.} Secretary’s Office of the Theosophical Society, Breach Candy, Bombay,… Read More »Letter No. 10c to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 17 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , September, 1882 [Posthumously Published]

{Bombay, September 11, 1882} (Private, not for Mr. Hume.) Monday. My dear Mr. Sinnett, This morning I got up from… Read More »Letter No. 17 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter No. 39 to A. P. Sinnett

Letter(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, , October, 1884 [Posthumously Published]

Saturday morning. {October 27, 1884} Dear Mr. Sinnett, Mrs. Holloway is just gone, and left me a few parting words… Read More »Letter No. 39 to A. P. Sinnett

[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

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