The Living Power of Theosophy
One of the difficulties under which students of Theosophy labor is the practical and therefore one-sided or distorted view they… Read More »The Living Power of Theosophy
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Theosophy in Daily Life
Many people think that religion means a preparation for death or the states of the future. Religion really means a… Read More »Theosophy in Daily Life
The Bhagavad-Gita [Notes, Chapters 8-18]
[Note: the following was meant by Mr. Crosbie to be a continuation of the Notes on Chapters 1-7 by W.… Read More »The Bhagavad-Gita [Notes, Chapters 8-18]
Studies in the Secret Doctrine
Contents First Series 1. The Writer of The Secret Doctrine 2. Scope, Structure and Method 3. Knowledge—Absolute and Relative 4.… Read More »Studies in the Secret Doctrine
Ammonius Saccas
The influence of the great Alexandrian Schools had not helped the early Christians in their work of propaganda. While the… Read More »Ammonius Saccas
The Language of the Soul
The Soul is pictured in the ancient teachings as the real Self man. There are many different conceptions of what… Read More »The Language of the Soul
Planetary Influences
The philosophy of Theosophy covers all things in manifestation and points out the relations of each thing to every other.… Read More »Planetary Influences
Work for Theosophy
It is futile to accept revelations on anybody’s say-so. They convey no knowledge, and it is actual knowledge that is… Read More »Work for Theosophy
The Storehouse of Thought
When we consider the idea of thought we must remember that there cannot be thought without a thinker. There are… Read More »The Storehouse of Thought
The Vow of Silence
One, if not the greatest, of evils by which modern society is corrupted, is that of gossip. Injurious speech, or… Read More »The Vow of Silence
The Origin of Evil
Christian theology states that evil came into the world through the sin of the first man’s eating of the tree… Read More »The Origin of Evil
The Recognition of Law
We have to assume either that this is a universe of law or a universe of chaos, chance, accident. In… Read More »The Recognition of Law
Occult Knowledge
Occult Knowledge means knowledge which is “hidden,” but it also means knowledge which is known. If it is knowledge that… Read More »Occult Knowledge
Culture of Concentration
Concentration, or the use of the attention in the direction of anything that we wish to do, consistently and persistently,… Read More »Culture of Concentration
What Reincarnates?
What reincarnates is a mystery to many minds because they find a difficulty in understanding such a permanency as must… Read More »What Reincarnates?
Three Kinds of Faith
Every human being has faith—faith in something, some ideal, some conception, some religion, some formula—but while the faiths of different… Read More »Three Kinds of Faith
A League of Humanity
Now that the most frightful and destructive war known to the annals of history is over, the questions that arise… Read More »A League of Humanity
The Occult Side of Nature
The word Nature used in its widest sense, as when we speak of Great Nature, or Mother Nature, means the… Read More »The Occult Side of Nature
Man, Visible and Invisible
“There are two kinds of beings in the world, the one divisible, and the other indivisible: the divisible is all… Read More »Man, Visible and Invisible
The Foundation of Religion
To most people the word “religion” signifies something separate from human existence, and presents the idea of preparation for some… Read More »The Foundation of Religion
The Kingly Mystery
The “kingly mystery” is Life itself. We all have Life. We all are Life. Every being everywhere is Life—expresses Life.… Read More »The Kingly Mystery
Mental Healing and Hypnosis
Mental healing, metaphysical healing, mind cure, spiritual healing and Christian Science all come under the same head; there is no… Read More »Mental Healing and Hypnosis
What Survives After Death?
Day after day we are constantly confronted by the fact that we are all subject to death. No matter how… Read More »What Survives After Death?
Sleep and Dreams
There is something in each of us which enters the state called dreams, the state called sleep, and the state… Read More »Sleep and Dreams
The Law of Correspondences
“Law of Correspondences” is a greater subject than people are liable to suspect; yet we all know something of correspondences… Read More »The Law of Correspondences
Instinct and Intuition
Instinct is a direct perception of what is right, within its own realm. Intuition is a direct cognition of the… Read More »Instinct and Intuition
The Power of Suggestion
The power of suggestion means many different things to many minds. It is coupled with the idea of hypnosis, where… Read More »The Power of Suggestion
The Cause of Sorrow
We are never free from pain, sorrow, and suffering in the world. Pleasures come and go very lightly, but always… Read More »The Cause of Sorrow
New Year’s Resolutions
All have doubtless made New Year”s resolutions, and all, no doubt, have failed to keep them. There must be a… Read More »New Year’s Resolutions
Can the Dead Communicate?
Since the forties of last century Spiritualists have affirmed the answer to this question, claiming sufficient evidence for the survival… Read More »Can the Dead Communicate?
The Fraternity of Perfected Souls
Theosophy teaches the existence of a Fraternity of Perfected Souls. From its ranks have come to mankind its Savior-Teachers; some… Read More »The Fraternity of Perfected Souls
The Creative Will
There is no possible way of understanding or explaining the nature of any being whatever except through Evolution, which is… Read More »The Creative Will
The Theosophical Renaissance
At the dawn of the fourteenth century the sky of Europe was grey and lowering. Dull, sodden clouds of discontent… Read More »The Theosophical Renaissance
True Clairvoyance
Since the Theosophical Movement took outward expression in 1875, the term clairvoyance (clear seeing) has become familiar to many people.… Read More »True Clairvoyance
Jesus, the Christ
I The period of history that began with the first century B.C. and ended with the year 414 A.D. was… Read More »Jesus, the Christ
Real Memory
The general idea with regard to memory is that it depends entirely on the orderly functioning of the physical brain,… Read More »Real Memory
Creation, Evolution and Emanation
When looking around at the world in which Man finds himself, the silent query of his awakened consciousness is: How… Read More »Creation, Evolution and Emanation
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
The little town of Amboise in Touraine is redolent with memories. There, in the fourth century, Saint Martin, patron of… Read More »Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
The Pythagorean Science of Numbers
It was an auspicious day for the student at Crotona when Pythagoras received him into his own dwelling and welcomed… Read More »The Pythagorean Science of Numbers
Cagliostro
For 150 years Alessandro Cagliostro has been defamed as the arch-impostor of the eighteenth century. Why? Because it is claimed… Read More »Cagliostro
The Druzes of Mount Lebanon
The tenth century is an important milestone in the history of Europe, as it marked the end of the first… Read More »The Druzes of Mount Lebanon
True Morality
True morality is not a thing of words or phrases or modes of action of any kind, nor is its… Read More »True Morality
Old China and New
After the passing of Chwang Tzu, Theosophy began to disappear from China. Its passage through corruption, superstition, to wrong practices… Read More »Old China and New
Gnostic Theosophy
In the second century of the Christian era, the Roman Empire comprehended some of the fairest and most cultured portions… Read More »Gnostic Theosophy
Our God and Other Gods
As a people we speak of “our God,” imagining that we all have the same idea, that we all mean… Read More »Our God and Other Gods
Renunciation of Action
It would be a grave mistake to think that by not acting one frees himself from the consequences of action.… Read More »Renunciation of Action
The Rosicrucians
An old Persian proverb says, “The darker the sky, the brighter the stars will shine.” Perhaps the very darkness of… Read More »The Rosicrucians
Iamblichus: The Egyptian Mysteries
Neoplatonism, like modern Theosophy, may be considered under three aspects: (1) philosophical and scientific; (2) practical and ethical; and (3)… Read More »Iamblichus: The Egyptian Mysteries