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Karmic Visions

Story/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, June, 1888

Oh, sad no more! Oh, sweet No more! Oh, strange No more! By a mossed brook bank on a stone… Read More »Karmic Visions

[On Light, Heat, and Electricity]

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

[The following statement is made in a review of Charles W. Heckethorn’s Roses and Thorns; whether the whole review was penned… Read More »[On Light, Heat, and Electricity]

[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]

Is Denunciation A Duty?

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1888

Condemn no man in his absence; andwhen forced to reprove, do so to his face, but gently,and in words full… Read More »Is Denunciation A Duty?

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

What Good has Theosophy done in India?

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1888

“The race of mankind would perish, did they cease to aid each other. From the time that the mother binds… Read More »What Good has Theosophy done in India?

“Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness . . .”

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

The God-fearing and truth-speaking padris of India and their pals in England are once more at work. The bitter truths… Read More »“Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness . . .”

Thoughts on Karma and Reincarnation

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1889

“In man there are arteries, thin as a hair split a 1000 times, filled with fluids blue, red, green, yellow,… Read More »Thoughts on Karma and Reincarnation

[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.]

Sunday Devotion to Pleasure

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1888

The following is an extract from the Daily Telegraph of March 1st, and may speak for itself:— “At yesterday’s sitting… Read More »Sunday Devotion to Pleasure

The Life Principle

Article/ by Navroji Dorabji Khandalavala, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1888

A few years back a very interesting controversy raged between several scientists of reputation. Some of these held that spontaneous… Read More »The Life Principle

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?

The Struggle for Existence

Article/ by Anon., Lucifer Magazine, April, 1889

Note: the following article was originally signed with a pen-name, “Philanthropos.” Later it was included in the Collected Writings of… Read More »The Struggle for Existence

[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]

[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”]

Lodges of Magic

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1888

When fiction rises pleasing to the eye,Men will believe, because they love the lie;But Truth herself, if clouded with a… Read More »Lodges of Magic

Echoes of Theosophy

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1888

The following paragraph in a Boston weekly, Wade’s Fibre and Fabric, October 27, 1888, No. 191, speaks for itself: “As… Read More »Echoes of Theosophy

Buddhism Through Christian Spectacles

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

On the occasion of a new pseudo-Oriental dirge1 by “Sir Monier Monier Williams, K.C.I.E.,” the very Christian Orientalist, a daily… Read More »Buddhism Through Christian Spectacles

From Lucifer to a Few Readers

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, March, 1888

After waiting vainly for three months for a reply to the article “Lucifer to the Archbishop of Canterbury,” during which… Read More »From Lucifer to a Few Readers

An Explanation Important to All Theosophists

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky with H. S. Olcott, , Lucifer Magazine, October, 1888 [Originally published as a Pamphlet; reprinted with edits as “To Theosophists” in Lucifer]

It having been affirmed by some French members of the Theosophical Society (in the Bulletin d’Isis), as well as some… Read More »An Explanation Important to All Theosophists

A Paradoxical World

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1889

Open your ears . . . when loud rumour speaks!I, from the Orient to the drooping West,Making the wind my… Read More »A Paradoxical World

[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]

[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]

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?]

Memory in the Dying

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, October, 1889

We find in a very old letter from a MASTER, written years ago to a member of the Theosophical Society,… Read More »Memory in the Dying

[Review:] Traité Élémentaire de Science Occulte

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1888

Traité Élémentaire de Science Occulte [Elementary Treatise of Occult Science], par Papus [Gérard Encausse]. Published by Georges Carré, 58, Rue… Read More »[Review:] Traité Élémentaire de Science Occulte

[Review:] L’Aurore

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1887

L’Aurore for October contains an article on the so-called “Star of Bethlehem,” which repeats the assurance that the world is… Read More »[Review:] L’Aurore

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”

Star-Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1888

The subject matter of the present article has not been chosen from any desire of “finding fault” with the Christian… Read More »Star-Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church

The Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society

Editorial/ by H. S. Olcott with H. P. Blavatsky, , Lucifer Magazine, October, 1888

Owing to the fact that a large number of Fellows of the Society have felt the necessity for the formation… Read More »The Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society

[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”]

“It’s the Cat!”

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

(Dedicated to those Members of the T.S. whom the cap may fit.) “Let ignominy brand thy hated name;Let modest matrons… Read More »“It’s the Cat!”

[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]

“God Speaks for Law and Order.”

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, December, 1887

The readers of the curious article which follows are requested to remember that the writers of signed papers in Lucifer,… Read More »“God Speaks for Law and Order.”

[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?]

Forlorn Hope

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1888

“Should a wise man utter vain knowledge and fill his belly with the east wind?” (Eliphaz, in Job xv. 2.)… Read More »Forlorn Hope

The Theosophical Society, Its Mission and Its Future

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, August, 1888

[AS EXPLAINED BY M. EMILE BURNOUF, THE FRENCH ORIENTALIST] “It is another’s fault if he be ungrateful; but it is… Read More »The Theosophical Society, Its Mission and Its Future

[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.]

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

[On Knowledge of Post-Mortem States]

Editorial/Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, April, 1888

A lady writes from America: In the fourth number of Lucifer on page 328 are the words: “Enough has been… Read More »[On Knowledge of Post-Mortem States]

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

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

[Review:] Marriage and Divorce — Religious, Practical and Political Aspects of the Question

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, February, 1889

R. A. P. Richard has furnished with a powerful weapon those numerous Solomons of society who, under the mask of… Read More »[Review:] Marriage and Divorce — Religious, Practical and Political Aspects of the Question

Our Three Objects

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

“All the performances of the human heart at which we look with praise or wonder are instances of the resistless… Read More »Our Three Objects

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”

Christian Science

Review/ by H. P. Blavatsky, Lucifer Magazine, July, 1888

Review: Statements of Christian Science. Comprised in eighteen lessons, and twelve sections. By Ursula N. Gestefeld. Chicago, 1888. The object of… Read More »Christian Science

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