Neptune and the Titius-Bode Law
One of the primary empirical evidences, in my view, of the scientific accuracy of the theosophical teachings related by HPB is the treatment of Neptune.… Read More »Neptune and the Titius-Bode Law
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Writings related to Science in general.
Materialistic Science (A Summary)
In the August number of this Magazine, in an essay entitled “Two Thousand Years Ago,” I endeavoured to show that all that is vital and… Read More »Materialistic Science (A Summary)
The Secret Doctrine
THE SECRET DOCTRINE THE SYNTHESIS OF SCIENCE, RELIGION, AND PHILOSOPHY. BY H. P. BLAVATSKY [2 Volumes, Unabridged, Single HTML File] सत्यात् नास्ति परो धर्मः ।… Read More »The Secret Doctrine
The Science of Life
What is Life? Hundreds of the most philosophical minds, scores of learned well-skilled physicians, have asked themselves the question, but to little purpose. The veil… Read More »The Science of Life
The Signs of the Times
It is intensely interesting to follow season after season the rapid evolution and change of public thought in the direction of the mystical. The educated… Read More »The Signs of the Times
[Review: The Latest Romance of Science]
“The Latest Romance of Science,” summarized by a Frenchman. If the Atomo-mechanical Theory of the Universe has caused considerable embarrassment to our materialists and brought… Read More »[Review: The Latest Romance of Science]
Ancient Magic in Modern Science
Paulthier, The French Indianist, may, or may not, be taxed with too much enthusiasm when saying that India appears before him as the grand and… Read More »Ancient Magic in Modern Science
Occult or Exact Science?
I. Ecce Signum! Behold the sign foreseen in a brighter future; the problem that will be the question of the forthcoming age, that every thoughtful,… Read More »Occult or Exact Science?
[The Seven Centers of Vāc]
Selection from Mohini M. Chatterji’s translation of the Ātmānātmaviveka of Śaṃkarācarya | Note by H.P.B. Q: What are the organs of action? A: The organ of speech (vāc),… Read More »[The Seven Centers of Vāc]
Philological and Archæological “Difficulties”
7. Buddha’s birth is placed (on p. 141) in the year 643 B.C.. Is this date given by the Adepts as undoubtedly correct? Have they any… Read More »Philological and Archæological “Difficulties”
Is the Sun merely a Cooling Mass?
2. And, further, the time necessary for the manvantara even of one planetary chain, much more of all seven,—seems largely to exceed the probable time… Read More »Is the Sun merely a Cooling Mass?
Do the Adepts Deny the Nebular Theory?
1. Is the Nebular Theory, as generally held, denied by the Adepts? It seems hard to conceive of the alternate evolution from the sun’s central… Read More »Do the Adepts Deny the Nebular Theory?
Gambetta’s Eye and Brain
Science in the face of her Parisian representatives was very much exercised, if not offended, lately, by what is viewed as an unpardonable freak of… Read More »Gambetta’s Eye and Brain
The Power to Heal
It is a striking commentary upon the imperfection of our modern system of medicine that an almost unanimous scepticism prevails among physicians as to the… Read More »The Power to Heal
The Bugbears of Science
[I.] The fanaticism of blank negation is often more tenacious, more dangerous, and always far harder to deal with, and to combat, than that of… Read More »The Bugbears of Science
[On Vaccination]
Review by H.P.B. | Reply by William Tebb | Note by H.P.B. THE VACCINATION INQUIRER and Health Review, the Organ of the London Society for… Read More »[On Vaccination]
The Harmonics of Smell
The old proverb, that “Truth is stranger than fiction,” is again exemplified. An English scientist—Professor William Ramsay, of University College, Bristol—has just communicated to Nature… Read More »The Harmonics of Smell
The Magic of Science
An Anglo-Indian paper of Madras speaks thus of the telephone: “The wonders of science bid fair to grow more wonderful. The latest addition, to the… Read More »The Magic of Science
The Evidence of Science
From Professor Hare, the great American chemist, a world-wide celebrity, a quarter of a century ago, down to Professor Zöllner, the Leipzig astronomer in 1878,… Read More »The Evidence of Science
Hypnotism
The views of medical men in regard to hypnotism or self-mesmerization have been greatly strengthened of late. This is evident from the report by Dr.… Read More »Hypnotism
The Missing Link
A good many of the Western papers are terribly excited over a bit of news just arrived in Europe from Sangoon. The most radical and… Read More »The Missing Link
Electric and Magnetic Affinities Between Man and Nature
Without going too deeply into certain vexed questions based upon what the orthodox men of science please to term the “hypothetical” conclusions of the Psychological… Read More »Electric and Magnetic Affinities Between Man and Nature
Transcendental Physics
[Note: the following introductory remark was made in The Theosophist, January, 1881:] Our long absence from Bombay has prevented our reviewing Mr. C. C. Massey’s… Read More »Transcendental Physics
The Pralaya of Modern Science
If Science is right then the future of our Solar System—hence of what we call the Universe—offers but little of hope or consolation for our… Read More »The Pralaya of Modern Science
An Old Book and a New One
The nineteenth century is the century of struggle and strife, par excellence; of religious, political, social, and philosophical conflict. The biologists could and would not… Read More »An Old Book and a New One
Letter of Madame Blavatsky—Dr. Rotura’s Discovery
You do not write to us any more then? And to diversify your Parisian amusements you demolish me in the Revue. Very good, I have… Read More »Letter of Madame Blavatsky—Dr. Rotura’s Discovery
War in Olympus
Dark clouds are gathering over the hitherto cold and serene horizon of exact science, which forebode a squall. Already two camps are forming among the… Read More »War in Olympus
[Notes on Zöllner’s “Fourth-Dimension”]
Article Selections by A. N. Aksakoff ’s “The Scientific Hypothesis Respecting Mediumistic Phenomena”| Notes by H.P.B. [Note: Aksakoff’s article details some of the experiments performed… Read More »[Notes on Zöllner’s “Fourth-Dimension”]