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Why Take Blavatsky Seriously?

Article/ by David Reigle, 1999 [Revised, June, 2011] [Originally Published in Blavatsky’s Secret Books: Twenty Years’ Research]

Scholars have not heretofore taken Blavatsky seriously, because it is generally accepted that she was proven to be a fraud.… Read More »Why Take Blavatsky Seriously?

The Secret Doctrine: Original Genesis and the Wisdom Tradition

Article/ by David Reigle, July, 1998 [Originally Published in The Works and Influence of H. P. Blavatsky: Conference Papers, Edmonton, 1999, pp. 9-17.]

The Secret Doctrine is recognized by all as H. P. Blavatsky’s greatest and most influential work. At the same time,… Read More »The Secret Doctrine: Original Genesis and the Wisdom Tradition

The Voice of the Silence: Bringing the Heart Doctrine to the West

Article/ by David Reigle, July, 1998 [Originally Published in The Works and Influence of H. P. Blavatsky: Conference Papers, Edmonton, 1999, pp. 106-112.]

Among the many works that Madame Blavatsky brought before the public, The Voice of the Silence was unique in its… Read More »The Voice of the Silence: Bringing the Heart Doctrine to the West

The First Fundamental Proposition of the Secret Doctrine

Article/ by David Reigle, 2004 [Revised, December, 2010] [Originally Published in Keeping the Link Unbroken: Theosophical Studies presented to Ted G. Davy on His Seventy-fifth Birthday.]

There are three fundamental propositions that we are told must be comprehended before we can understand the Secret Doctrine, the… Read More »The First Fundamental Proposition of the Secret Doctrine

The Doctrinal Position of the Wisdom Tradition: Great Madhyamaka

Article/ by David Reigle, April, 2008 [

It has now become possible to identify the specific school or tradition of Buddhism in Tibet that represents the doctrinal… Read More »The Doctrinal Position of the Wisdom Tradition: Great Madhyamaka

Dolpopa on svabhāva

Article/ by David Reigle, Prajna Quest (website), November, 2018

Dolpopa, the major writer of the Jonang order of Tibetan Buddhism, taught that ultimate reality, referred to by him under… Read More »Dolpopa on svabhāva

Book of Dzyan Research Report: The Doctrine of Svabhāva or Svabhāvatā and the Questions of Anātman and Śūnyatā

Article/ by David Reigle, June, 1997 [Revised, 1999] [Originally published as a booklet by Eastern School Press; republished in Blavatsky’s Secret Books: Twenty Years’ Research]

The doctrine of svabhava or svabhavata, as was discussed in the previous Book of Dzyan Research Report, “Technical Terms in… Read More »Book of Dzyan Research Report: The Doctrine of Svabhāva or Svabhāvatā and the Questions of Anātman and Śūnyatā

Meditation: What Is It?

Article/ by David Reigle, The High Country Theosophist, November, 1997

Today there is a lot of material available on meditation, much of which is seemingly conflicting. One feels at a… Read More »Meditation: What Is It?

Light from Ancient Egypt

Article/ by I. M. Oderberg, Sunrise: Theosophic Perspectives, May, 1985

The ancient Egyptians conceived man and kosmos to be dual: firstly, the High God or Divine Mind arose out of… Read More »Light from Ancient Egypt