Dear friends of Theosophy,
this is for the time being the last issue of Theosophy World News. 10 years ago, at the beginning of 2014, the first Theosophy World Newsletter was published and about 40 issues have been published since then.
At that time, 2014, I wanted to give something back to Theosophy, because it changed my life for the better, and so I did. And it was interesting to be involved in the movement as "chronicler" and watch it develop, although 10 years is not a very long time for a movement that is much older than the 150 years since Blavatsky.
The main reason for this indefinitely long break: It is currently no longer technically possible to compile international news from outside the movement in a simple way (therefore this is also an incomplete issue). However, this became the main part of the newsletter within the last years, as both, the news and articles from the movement itself, are becoming fewer and fewer and fewer.
Certainly, there is a lot of work in the regular magazines, in the area of video there is a lot going on in terms of publications, also in social media, but for this newsletter and its focus (away from social media and YouTube) it is too little due to the circumstances just mentioned.
Maybe there will be a sequel at some point, but for now that's it and the only thing left for me is, to wish you much success in your theosophical work.
With kind regards from Germany
Steven Otto
Editor of Theosophy World News
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As this is the last issue for the time being, I would like to say once again (I have done so many times before) what is close to my heart (my thoughts) regarding Theosophy.
It is very important for the success of Theosophy:
No. 1. to recognise, that the teaching was given to us by Blavatsky at that time in order to start a moral revolution in the West, from which we are now further away than we have probably been for a long time, and that this should be the goal of most of the theosophical work after Blavatsky.
No. 2. to recognise, that the (earthly) human being, the Ego, is not a priori immortal, but must earn this immortality (like every spiritual being) by his own efforts, and that only in this present life, if he incessantly refines his character and strives towards reason (so he strengthens his will and pushes himself away from "matter").
No. 3. to recognise, that No. 2 is the key to No. 1 and therefore also to stop ignoring the higher 3 levels of consciousness of man, planet etc. as given by Blavatsky (see SD, Vol.1. p. 177 + 200), because this 3 higher levels are the gateway through which the journey into higher realms of teaching begins, which is the key to No. 2.
I don't want to bore the reader here with quotes from the Teachers and Blavatsky that make this clear.
In conclusion, I would like to say, that it is not about presenting an attractive teaching that is as free of contradictions as possible in order to convince as many people as possible, but rather to recognise (imho) that it is precisely the (esoteric) contradictions and their development potential that are highly interesting aspect of the teaching and that it was and is always (in Theosophy) about the few, who become more, who are willing to and whose karma allows such a real and spiritual view.
If the ʺspirit,ʺ or the divine portion of the soul, is preëxistent as a distinct being from all eternity, as Origen, Synesius and other Christian fathers and philosophers taught, and if it is the same, and nothing more than the metaphysically‐objective soul, how can it be otherwise than eternal? And what matters it in such a case, whether man leads an animal or a pure life, if, do what he may, he can never lose his individuality? This doctrine is as pernicious in its consequences as that of vicarious atonement. Had the latter dogma, in company with the false idea that we are all immortal, been demonstrated to the world in its true light, humanity would have been bettered by its propagation.
EUST is glad to share Tim Wyatt's new film produced in co-operation with the Leeds Lodge of the Theosophical Society. And EUST calls once again for Papers for the next Theosophical History Conference.
TS Adyar is facing trouble due to a resurvey of the land owned by TS in chennai, more on this in the article section under Theos Talk.
For more News from TS see the magazine section.
Devachan is the idealized continuation of the terrestrial life just left behind, a period of retributive adjustment, and a reward for unmerited wrongs and sufferings undergone in that special life.
The TS Point Loma Blavatskyhouse
The TS (Pasadena) Australasian Section
TS (Adyar) in Australia
The Aquarian Theosophist
United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT)
The TS Adyar Indian Section
The TS Adyar HQ
Book of Dzyan Research-Blog
Theosophy Theos Talk
Theosophy Forward
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The function of Theosophists is to open men's hearts and understandings to charity, justice, and generosity, attributes which belong specifically to the human kingdom and are natural to man when he has developed the qualities of a human being. Theosophy teaches the animal-man to be a human-man; and when people have learnt to think and feel as truly human beings should feel and think, they will act humanely, and works of charity, justice, and generosity will be done spontaneously by all.
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