[On Dream Phenomena, Bodily Materialization, etc.]
Our brother, W. Wynn Westcott, desires to have our opinion on the following. Dreamland. By C. D. S. In the… Read More »[On Dream Phenomena, Bodily Materialization, etc.]
Lucifer Magazine
Hypnotism, and its Relations to Other Modes of Fascination
We are asked by “H.C.” and other Fellows, to answer the several queries hereafter propounded. We do so, but with… Read More »Hypnotism, and its Relations to Other Modes of Fascination
Going to and fro. In Re-Giants.
The giants of old are a fiction—say the wise men of the modern West. Whenever the bones of an alleged… Read More »Going to and fro. In Re-Giants.
[Notes on the Men of the Future]
Article selections by Vera Jelihovksy | Notes by H.P.B. . . . A firm believer in the immortality of spirit,… Read More »[Notes on the Men of the Future]
[Review:] The Light of the World
The Light of the World By Sir Edwin Arnold, 1891 Of the form of the poem we have little to… Read More »[Review:] The Light of the World
The Mind in Nature
[Note: In the following article a considerable portion of the text is drawn, often nearly verbatim, from passages scattered throughout… Read More »The Mind in Nature
Last Song of the Swan
“I see before my race an age or so,And I am sent to show a path among the thornsTo take… Read More »Last Song of the Swan
Modern Apostles and Pseudo-Messiahs
There has probably never been a period within our recollection more given to the production of “great missions” and missionaries… Read More »Modern Apostles and Pseudo-Messiahs
[Notes on the Founding of the T.S. & Travel to India]
Article selections from an interview with Lady M. Caithness | Introduction and Notes by H.P.B. The following purports to be… Read More »[Notes on the Founding of the T.S. & Travel to India]
The Negators of Science, Part 2
On Authorities in General, and the Authority of Materialists, Especially This fragment was accidentally overlooked among H.P.B.’s MSS. and was… Read More »The Negators of Science, Part 2
A Magic Wand
In the People’s Journal (Lahore) for February, quoting from the Hindu Runjika of Rajshahye, we find narrated how a Himalayan… Read More »A Magic Wand
A Sincere Confession
The following quotation taken from the Introduction to the Vedanta-Sutras, translated by Thibaut and edited by Max Muller, is significant… Read More »A Sincere Confession
True Nobility
We take the following from one of the dailies of March 20th: “The funeral of Mrs. Strutter, the English nurse… Read More »True Nobility
My Books
Some time ago, a Theosophist, Mr. R***, was travelling by rail with an American gentleman, who told him how surprised… Read More »My Books
[Temperature and the Change of Cycles]
“C. L.” asks in The Morning Post: “Sir,—Can any of the meteorologists give an explanation of the extraordinary readings of… Read More »[Temperature and the Change of Cycles]
The Theosophical Society in Europe
In consequence of the receipt of letters from all the active Lodges in Europe, and from a large majority of… Read More »The Theosophical Society in Europe
Criticism on a Critic
Professor Max Muller in the New Review and in the Sanskrit Critical Journal. “Criticise criticism only.” We are glad that… Read More »Criticism on a Critic
Are Bacilli Anything New?
Truly may one query in the words of Solomon: “Is there anything whereof it may be said: See, this is… Read More »Are Bacilli Anything New?
A Declaration
We, the undersigned Fellows of the Theosophical Society (and members of the Inner Group of the E.S.), at the stake… Read More »A Declaration
[There is a Road, Steep and Thorny…]
[Note: the following appears in an editorial by Annie Besant. It was later included in The Real H. P. Blavatsky, attributed… Read More »[There is a Road, Steep and Thorny…]
The Ensouled Violin [2nd Ed.]
I. In the year 1828, an old German, a music teacher, came to Paris with his pupil and settled unostentatiously… Read More »The Ensouled Violin [2nd Ed.]
The Mote and the Beam
“Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel . . .”“Why beholdest thou the mote that… Read More »The Mote and the Beam
[On a numerical blind]
Article selection by K. P. Mukerji | Note by H.P.B. The number 18, composed of seven and eleven, plays a… Read More »[On a numerical blind]
Two Kinds of “Peacemakers”
“Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the children of God” said He, whom Christendom acknowledges as its… Read More »Two Kinds of “Peacemakers”
[Woman or Man as the door of hell]
Selections from Prasnottaramala | Note by H.P.B. Prasnottaramala, or a garland of questions and answers by Sri Sankaracharya, the famous… Read More »[Woman or Man as the door of hell]
Frogs and Chinamen
Open your ears, ye kind, praiseworthy Societies for the protection of animal life and welfare; you shall not be put… Read More »Frogs and Chinamen
To the Theosophists of Europe
Friends and Brothers, After fifteen years of persistent refusal to take office in the Society, I have at last been… Read More »To the Theosophists of Europe