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Rain-Stopping Brahmans

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, December, 1883

Editor’s Note by H.P.B. on an article by H. Mukhopadyaya I shall be highly obliged if you kindly allow me… Read More »Rain-Stopping Brahmans

The Future Buddhas

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, August, 1884

Letter by Khetra Mohana Mukhopadhyaya | Notes by H.P.B. On page 144 of Esoteric Buddhism we have the following:— “A Buddha visits… Read More »The Future Buddhas

[On “The New Dispensation”]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, August, 1881

Under the heading of “Forgiveness and Chastisement” the New Dispensation, comparing its members to Jesus when whipping out the money-changers… Read More »[On “The New Dispensation”]

An Archaeological Drink

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, April, 1881

Recently, during the progress of some excavations at Marseilles (France), a vast Roman necropolis was found. The tomb of the… Read More »An Archaeological Drink

[On “Curious Mediumistic Phenomena”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, January, 1883

Selections from J. D. Buck’s Letter to the Editor, titled: “Curious Mediumistic Phenomena” | Note and Reply by H.P.B. . . .… Read More »[On “Curious Mediumistic Phenomena”]

[The Lack of Interest in Sanskrit Studies]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, September, 1880

Noticing the sad fact of the impending dissolution of the “Sanskrit Text Society,” founded at London in 1865, through the… Read More »[The Lack of Interest in Sanskrit Studies]

[Notes on “The God Idea”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, December, 1883

Article selections by Babu Raj Narain Bose | Notes by H.P.B. I deem it necessary to reply to some of… Read More »[Notes on “The God Idea”]

[Note on “A Hindu Story of Re-Incarnation”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, May, 1881

Article Selections from a Story by “A Kshatriya Lady” | Note by H.P.B. . . . there lived, about forty… Read More »[Note on “A Hindu Story of Re-Incarnation”]

[On the Gods of the New Dispensation]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, November, 1881

Oh, that mine adversary had written a Book! was the sad exclamation of the long-suffering Job. “Oh, that our adversaries… Read More »[On the Gods of the New Dispensation]

The Creed of Christendom

Article/ by Charles Johnston, The Theosophist, July, 1888

I. “The fairy tale of the three supernatural persons, woman can verify.”—Matthew Arnold. Three centuries ago, the main tide of… Read More »The Creed of Christendom

[Notes on “Weird Phenomena”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, December, 1881

Article by Dr. Ram Das Sen| Editor’s Note by H.P.B. I. The following narrative was related in the presence of… Read More »[Notes on “Weird Phenomena”]

[Notes on “The Philosophy of Spirit”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, September, 1882

Article Selections by William Oxley | Introduction and Notes by H.P.B. We give room in this number to an interminably… Read More »[Notes on “The Philosophy of Spirit”]

Vedantism and Buddhism

Note(s)/ by Damodar K. Mavalankar, The Theosophist, August, 1884

In the review of the Vedantasara on page 318 of Vol. IV of the Theosophist, I find the reviewer asserting… Read More »Vedantism and Buddhism

[What is a “Miracle”?]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, September, 1880

A brother Theosophist suggests one of the tersest and most satisfying definitions of the word miracle, that we have seen.… Read More »[What is a “Miracle”?]

Professor Huxley and Isis Unveiled

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, September, 1883

Editor’s Notes by H.P.B. on an article by A. Banon One of the articles of the May number of Macmillan’s… Read More »Professor Huxley and Isis Unveiled

[On the Nature of Blood]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, December, 1883

Article Selection by Alexander Wilder | Note by H.P.B. . . . The body is only an incident of our… Read More »[On the Nature of Blood]

[Note on the Assumptions of Materialism and Dogmatic Religion]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, August, 1882

Article Selection from a paper by Lionel Beale | Note by H.P.B. . . . I believe all materialistic doctrines,… Read More »[Note on the Assumptions of Materialism and Dogmatic Religion]

The Khabar

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, September, 1883

Notes by H.P.B. on an article quoted from Chamber’s Journal Sometime ago one of the London daily papers referred to the… Read More »The Khabar

A British Thinker on The Theosophist

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, March, 1884

One of the ablest philosophical students and writers of Great Britain writes in a private letter to a friend, who… Read More »A British Thinker on The Theosophist

[Note on “Swami Versus Missionary”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, March, 1880

Editor’s Note by H.P.B. following the above titled article. A Hindu translation of the above having been sent to Swamiji,… Read More »[Note on “Swami Versus Missionary”]

The Alleged Real Meaning of Educational Missions in India

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, March, 1881

We confess to having read with great surprise an authoritative explanation that the real object in view in the establishment… Read More »The Alleged Real Meaning of Educational Missions in India

[On “Stone-Showers”]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, August, 1881

Article Selections from a letter by A. J. Riko | Note and Editor’s Note by H.P.B. [Note: see also [Note… Read More »[On “Stone-Showers”]

Strange Manifestations

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, March, 1882

Letter from H. | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. To the Editor of The Theosophist: Madame, On the last page of No.… Read More »Strange Manifestations

[An Antidote]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, March, 1882

Permanganate of Potash, better known as Condy’s Fluid, has evidently a future before it. It is already the most popular… Read More »[An Antidote]

[The Bhagavad Gita a Book of Initiation]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, June, 1882

Article Selection from “Bhagavad-Gita,” by Babu Nobin K. Bannerji | Note by H.P.B. . . . many a sound scholar… Read More »[The Bhagavad Gita a Book of Initiation]

The Pralaya of Modern Science

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, October, 1880

If Science is right then the future of our Solar System—hence of what we call the Universe—offers but little of… Read More »The Pralaya of Modern Science

A “Light” Shining in Darkness

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, May, 1882

Our respected contemporary, Light, catches at an expression in a recent letter, from one of the Secretaries of our Society,… Read More »A “Light” Shining in Darkness

The Death of a Great Man

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, December, 1883

A Master Spirit has passed away from India. Pundit Dayananda Saraswati, the Founder and Supreme Chief of the Arya Samaj… Read More »The Death of a Great Man

Kavya Dosha Vivechana

Review/ by Damodar K. Mavalankar, The Theosophist, October, 1883

[Review:] An exposition of faults in the Marathi poems taught in Government Schools. By Simeon Benjamin. Price seven annas. Can… Read More »Kavya Dosha Vivechana

The Religion of the Future

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, May, 1883

Occultism teaches us that ideas based upon fundamental truths move in the eternity in a circle, revolving around and filling… Read More »The Religion of the Future

[Apparitions at the Moment of Death]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, September, 1883

Editor’s Note by H.P.B. on an article titled “A Story of Thirty Years Ago” about apparitions at the moment of death… Read More »[Apparitions at the Moment of Death]

Old and New Methods

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, April, 1883

So much information relating to the highest science of Nature has lately been given out to the world through these… Read More »Old and New Methods

Dragged in Again!

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, May, 1883

The bisons, or North American buffaloes, we are told, when migrating, travel in vast solid columns of tens of thousands,… Read More »Dragged in Again!

The High Water Mark of Modern Philosophy

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, March, 1884

In last month’s Nineteenth Century, the great English thinker and philosopher, Mr. Herbert Spencer, has contributed a remarkable article, “Religion: a Retrospect… Read More »The High Water Mark of Modern Philosophy

[Buddhism as a Philosophy, not a Religion]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, September, 1882

“A Lecture on the Peculiarities of Hindu Literature”—delivered at the Triplicane Hindu Literary Society of Madras, by C. T. Winfred, B.A—is… Read More »[Buddhism as a Philosophy, not a Religion]

What is Theosophy?

Article/ by Anon. with H. P. Blavatsky, , The Theosophist, August, 1882 [Article credited to “a Paramahansa¹ of the Himalayas”]

1. Theosophy is that branch of human perfection, by which one may establish himself with the eternal cause of invisible… Read More »What is Theosophy?

Prince Bismarck’s Mysterious Visitor

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, May, 1884

La France in an article headed “Chronique Allemande” says about Prince Bismarck: “There is no doubt that he works hard, while… Read More »Prince Bismarck’s Mysterious Visitor

Mr. Moncure D. Conway’s “A Tour Round the World”

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, June, 1884

The Glasgow Herald of April 11, 1884, contains 2-1/2 columns devoted by the eminent London Ontologist to—“The Theosophists.” A dangerous subject… Read More »Mr. Moncure D. Conway’s “A Tour Round the World”

[Note on the Odic Aura of Mediums]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, August, 1884

Article Selection by Miad Hoyo-ra Kora-hon | Note by H.P.B. It may not be amiss for me to remark that… Read More »[Note on the Odic Aura of Mediums]

[Theosophical Delegation to Ceylon]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, August, 1880

[The Pioneer, July 31, 1880, carried an article titled “The Theosophists in Ceylon”, which recounted H.P.B. and Col. Olcott’s trip… Read More »[Theosophical Delegation to Ceylon]

Col. Olcott’s Wonderful Success

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, May, 1883

Letter by Purna Chundra Sen, with note by the Editor of The East | Reply by H.P.B. To the Editor… Read More »Col. Olcott’s Wonderful Success

The Christian Art of War

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, June, 1880

Will some reverend preacher, devoted to the work of propagating Christianity among the “poor Heathens,” generously read at his next… Read More »The Christian Art of War

The “Occult World” and the “Spiritualist”

Note(s)/ by Damodar K. Mavalankar, The Theosophist, August, 1881

Having just read in the London Spiritualist a review of Mr. Sinnett’s book “The Occult World,” I find in it… Read More »The “Occult World” and the “Spiritualist”

Seeing Bright Light with Closed Eyes

Note(s)/ by Damodar K. Mavalankar, The Theosophist, September, 1883

Letter by P. T. Srinivasaingar | Reply by Damodar K. Mavalankar Our Brother P. T. Srinivasaingar of Negapatam, writes to… Read More »Seeing Bright Light with Closed Eyes

Psychometry

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, March, 1884

From a private letter to our energetic friend, Mrs. Parker, from Professor J. R. Buchanan, we learn that that distinguished… Read More »Psychometry

[Note on Confusion about Theosophy and Theosophists]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, July, 1881

Article Selections from “The Hindu Sabha”| Notes by H.P.B. The Hindu Sabha. Inaugurated A.D. 1880—Kali Era 4882. Affiliated to The… Read More »[Note on Confusion about Theosophy and Theosophists]

[On Sufis and Mahatmas as Non-Religious]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, August, 1882

Article Selection from “A Treatise on Sufism” | Notes by H.P.B. When man arrives to a knowledge of his own… Read More »[On Sufis and Mahatmas as Non-Religious]

In Desperate Straits

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, February, 1882

The emotional letter to the Editor of a Christian journal of London, from a well-known native clergyman of Ceylon, which… Read More »In Desperate Straits

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