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Premature and Phenomenal Growths

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

A Russian Theosophist in a letter dated November 1883, writes as follows:— The Petersburg and Moscow papers are greatly concerned… Read More »Premature and Phenomenal Growths

Namastae!

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, October, 1879

The foundation of this journal is due to causes which, having been enumerated in the Prospectus, need only be glanced… Read More »Namastae!

Lamas And Druses

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, June, 1881

Mr. L. Oliphant’s new work “Land of Gilead” attracts considerable attention. Reviews appeared some time since, but we had to… Read More »Lamas And Druses

[Was Jehovah Inspired by Indra?]

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

Article selection from “Indra”, by Rajendro Nauth Dutta | Notes by H.P.B. Indra1 is the name of one of these… Read More »[Was Jehovah Inspired by Indra?]

Mr. William Eglinton’s Departure from India

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

The enemies of Spiritualism and Theosophy can rejoice and triumph, and the Calcutta bigoted and dyspeptic fogies—old or young—are invited… Read More »Mr. William Eglinton’s Departure from India

Hindu Theism

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

Old readers will recollect our desire, long ago expressed, that some respectable Brahmo would undertake, in these columns, a candid… Read More »Hindu Theism

Death and Immortality

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

Letter by N.D.K. | Reply by H.P.B. [Note: it is quite possible that this reply to N.D.K. was authored by… Read More »Death and Immortality

[Notes on the “Philosopher’s Stone”]

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

Selections from HPB’s translation of Éliphas Lévi’s “Rituel de la Haute Magie” | Notes by H.P.B. . . . This stone… Read More »[Notes on the “Philosopher’s Stone”]

Astrology Verified

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Theosophist, April, 1882

Writing in the Theosophist upon the subject of Astrology, C.C.Massey says that he thinks at present we are not fully… Read More »Astrology Verified

“C.C.M.” and Isis Unveiled

LTTE/ by A. O. Hume with H. P. Blavatsky, , The Theosophist, September, 1882 [Notes by H. P. Blavatsky]

To the Editor of the Theosophist. Dear Madame, I cannot say that, to me, the explanation furnished at page 288… Read More »“C.C.M.” and Isis Unveiled

A Thunder Cloud With Silver Lining

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, November, 1879

“All comes in good time to him who knows to wait,” says the proverb. The small party of New York… Read More »A Thunder Cloud With Silver Lining

Should Men Cut Their Hair?

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

Article selection by Alexander Wilder | Note by H.P.B. Whether the hair should be cut I could never quite satisfy… Read More »Should Men Cut Their Hair?

Zoroastrianism in the Light of Occult Philosophy

Article/Q & A/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, June-July, 1883 [Serialized]

The following letter having been sent to us from a Parsee gentleman, we publish the paragraphs containing his queries seriatim… Read More »Zoroastrianism in the Light of Occult Philosophy

The Five-Pointed Star

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

Of late numerous letters have been received in The THEOSOPHIST office concerning the efficacy of the mysterious Pentagram. Our Eastern… Read More »The Five-Pointed Star

Count Saint Germain

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, May, 1881

At long intervals have appeared in Europe certain men whose rare intellectual endowments, brilliant conversation, and mysterious modes of life… Read More »Count Saint Germain

Are the “Arabian Nights” All Fiction?

Article/ by W. Q. Judge, The Theosophist, October, 1884

For many years it has been customary to regard that collection of interesting stories called “The Arabian Nights,” as pure… Read More »Are the “Arabian Nights” All Fiction?

[Notes on “Three Unpublished Essays” by Éliphas Lévi]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, April-May, 1884 [Serialized]

Essay Selections by Éliphas Lévi (translated from French) | Notes by H.P.B. The three Essays—the first of which is now given—belong… Read More »[Notes on “Three Unpublished Essays” by Éliphas Lévi]

[Difference between “Spiritualists” and “Spiritists”]

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

Article selection by M. Camille Flammarion | Note by H.P.B. “Spiritism feels too grateful to the great scientist William Crookes… Read More »[Difference between “Spiritualists” and “Spiritists”]

The Theory of Cycles

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

It is now some time since this theory, which was first propounded in the oldest religion of the world, Vedaism,… Read More »The Theory of Cycles

Nature’s Human Magnets

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

If any of us now-a-days ventures to relate some weird experience or seemingly incomprehensible phenomenon, two classes of objectors try… Read More »Nature’s Human Magnets

The Ensouled Violin

Story/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, January, 1880 [Article was signed: By Hillarion Smerdis, F.T.S.¹]

The almost supernatural or magic art of Nicolo Paganini—the greatest violin player that the world has ever produced—was often speculated… Read More »The Ensouled Violin

[The Sacred Brahmanical Thread]

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

Article selections from “Two Words about Chelaship” by A. Sankariah | Note by H.P.B. There were days when all had… Read More »[The Sacred Brahmanical Thread]

The Trinity of Righteousness

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

Three other victims “smelling sweet in the nostrils of the Lord!” The names of Justice North, the Rev. Dr. S.… Read More »The Trinity of Righteousness

A False “Witness”

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

The Lucknow Witness, it appears, indulged some time since in a bit of casuistical morality at the expense of the… Read More »A False “Witness”

[The Original Programme of The Theosophical Society]

Editorial/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, June-September, 1924; 2nd printing, August, 1931 [Posthumously Published] [Published from a MS. in Blavatsky’s handwriting, written at Ostende, Belgium, October 3, 1886.]

[Note: for historical context, see the introduction by C. Jinarajadasa and the appendices in the 1931 printing, as well as… Read More »[The Original Programme of The Theosophical Society]

War in Olympus

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, November, 1879

Dark clouds are gathering over the hitherto cold and serene horizon of exact science, which forebode a squall. Already two… Read More »War in Olympus

Reincarnations in Tibet

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

So little is known by Europeans of what is going on in Tibet, and even in the more accessible Bhootan,… Read More »Reincarnations in Tibet

Spirit Identity and Recent Speculations

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

Editorial Note by H.P.B. on an article by “M. A. (Oxon.)” Of all the Spiritualists, “M.A. (Oxon),” is the last… Read More »Spirit Identity and Recent Speculations

Sanskrit’s Nearest Neighbour

Article/ by Charles Johnston, The Theosophist, March, 1896 [Re-printed from the Madras Mail]

There is a charming story in one of the Upanishads, a story full of the most delicate humour, which tells… Read More »Sanskrit’s Nearest Neighbour

A Hindu Professor’s Views on Indian Yoga

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

We lay aside other matter already in type to give place to the essential portions of an “Introduction to Indian… Read More »A Hindu Professor’s Views on Indian Yoga

Psychism and the Fourth Dimension

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

At the present day, though science has added to its former treasures many things rich and rare, its wildest admirer… Read More »Psychism and the Fourth Dimension

“Praise Him With The Timbrel And Dance”

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

. . . “Let the children of Zion . . . praise the Lord’s name in the dance. . .… Read More »“Praise Him With The Timbrel And Dance”

Facts and Ideations

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, August-September, 1885 [Serialized]

The current of public attraction runs towards psychic phenomena and is becoming in Europe stronger every year. Even German science… Read More »Facts and Ideations

[Missionary Tactics in India]

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

Article selection from “Swami verses Missionary”, The Debate at Ajmere between Pandit Dayanund Saraswati Swami and the Rev. Dr. Gray,… Read More »[Missionary Tactics in India]

The Drift of Western Spiritualism

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, October, 1879

Late advices from various parts of the world seem to indicate that, while there is an increasing interest in the… Read More »The Drift of Western Spiritualism

[Genuine, Orthodox and Heteredox Brahmanism]

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

Selections from “Esoteric Spiritualism the Law of ‘Influx’ and ‘eflux’” by William Yeats | Introductory Note & Footnotes by H.P.B.… Read More »[Genuine, Orthodox and Heteredox Brahmanism]

Sanskrit Study in the West

Article/ by Charles Johnston, The Theosophist, March & May, 1889 [Serialized]

I. No event in the intellectual history of the nineteenth century is, perhaps, of so great importance, and likely to… Read More »Sanskrit Study in the West

The Origin of the Gospels and the Bishop of Bombay

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

The ignorance which commonly prevails among English Christians concerning the history of their own religious books and, it is feared,… Read More »The Origin of the Gospels and the Bishop of Bombay

[Miscellaneous Notes]

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

Note by H.P.B. on an Extract from the Poona Observer The following is an extract from the Poona Observer and Civil… Read More »[Miscellaneous Notes]

A Reply to Our Critics

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

In the ordinary run of daily life speech may be silver, while “silence is gold.” With the editors of periodicals… Read More »A Reply to Our Critics

A Weird Tale

Story/ by W. Q. Judge, The Theosophist, July & December, 1885 [Serialized]

Part I. The readers of this magazine have read in its pages, narratives far more curious and taxing to belief… Read More »A Weird Tale

Theosophy and Spiritualism

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

A Calcutta correspondent asks: (a) Is Occultism a science akin to Spiritualism? (b) What are the principal points in which… Read More »Theosophy and Spiritualism

[Notes on the Demons of the Zend-Avesta]

Note(s)/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, June, 1885

Letter Selections by Dhunjibhoy Jamsetjee | Editor’s Note by H.P.B. The Zendavesta is full of allusions to Devas, Drugs, and… Read More »[Notes on the Demons of the Zend-Avesta]

[Notes on “Kama rupa” and the Power of Will]

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

Article selections by Lalla Maikoolal | Notes by H.P.B. The following is the result of my meditations and I give… Read More »[Notes on “Kama rupa” and the Power of Will]

Electric and Magnetic Affinities Between Man and Nature

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, February, 1881

Without going too deeply into certain vexed questions based upon what the orthodox men of science please to term the… Read More »Electric and Magnetic Affinities Between Man and Nature

Occult and Spiritual Phenomena in the Light of Modern Science

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

I have just received Light—the ablest of the Spiritual periodicals of England—of September 23, and read its “NOTES BY THE… Read More »Occult and Spiritual Phenomena in the Light of Modern Science

[On Sir Richard Temple’s Lecture]

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

Sir Richard has done our Society the great honour of misrepresenting its character and objects to an English audience. A… Read More »[On Sir Richard Temple’s Lecture]

Is the Desire to “Live” Selfish?

Article/ by H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophist, July, 1884

The passage “to Live, to live, to Live must be the unswerving resolve,” occurring in the article on the Elixir… Read More »Is the Desire to “Live” Selfish?

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