Theosophy News Worldwide 1st Quarter 2015 - Articles from Theosophical sites

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Book of Dzyan Research


Book of Dzyan Research

Ratna-gotra-vibhāga: A Review

A new English translation of the Ratna-gotra-vibhāga has now appeared in When the Clouds Part.
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Book of Dzyan Research

The Sacred Four and the Emanation of the Primordial Seven

In the commentary on stanza IV śloka 2 (SD I, 88), it is described that, out of the sacred four, the primordial seven are produced.
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Erica Georgiades Blog


Erica Georgiades Blog

Dear Schopenhauer, hush! This is the Theatre of Life.

Schopenhauer (1788-1860) opens his essay ‘On Women’ with this quote: Sans les femmes le commencement de notre vie soit privé de secours, le milieu de plaisirs et la fin de consolation.
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Erica Georgiades Blog

Philosophy is Training for Dying

Philosophy is a Greek word with two compounds Philo and Sophia meaning friend or lover of wisdom. The philosopher is a friend or lover of wisdom. But what is wisdom?
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Esoteric Philosophy


Esoteric Philosophy

RHow to start the day

Upon Awakening in the Morning, Our First Thoughts Reorganize and Activate Our Personal Aura
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Esoteric Philosophy

Neptune, a mstery in front of us

The Blue Planet Teaches Unity With All, But It Also Produces Illusions
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Esoteric Philosophy

Finding the light of the path

How the Birth of Ethics Leads to Discernment
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Esoteric Philosophy

The Healing Power of the Universality

A Recipe for Eliminating Unnecessary Pain
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Esoteric Philosophy

The Magnetic influence of books

Multidimensional Wisdom in Daily Action
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Esoteric Philosophy

A 3,000 years esoteric scool

The Advanced Levels of the Search for Wisdom
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Esoteric Philosophy

The golden verses of Pythagoras

An Ancient Description Of The Philosophical Way of Life
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Esoteric Philosophy

Percepts and Axioms from the East IV

The Universal Wisdom Expressed In a Few Words by HPB
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Esoteric Philosophy

The Consolidation of Victory

Five Aspects of the Theosophical Path
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Esoteric Philosophy

Iconoclasm toward Illusion

The Day of Man’s Childhood As An Immortal Being Has Passed Away by WQ Judge
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Esoteric Philosophy

Thoughts along the road

Observing the Sacredness of Daily Life
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Esoteric Philosophy

Cleaning the lense of one's telescope

Human Mind is a Tool for Observing Life, And One Must Take Good Care Of It Every Day
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Esoteric Philosophy

The importance of esoteric liabraries

The Role Played by Archives, Books and Manuscripts in the Work for Mankind
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Esoteric Philosophy

The need for infitity

Victor Cousin Examines the Relation Between Human Beings and Infinity
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Esoteric Philosophy

God and War in the middle east

Universal Wisdom Destroys The Old Beliefs in Tribal Gods
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Esoteric Philosophy

Wisdom in a flash of the lightning

A Selection of Sayings From Gibran, With a Few Theosophical Commentaries
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Esoteric Philosophy

Theosophical Glossayr not by HPB

Its Editor, G.R.S. Mead,Misused Helena P. Blavatsky’s Name
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Esoteric Philosophy

To the man in the street

Belief Is the Yardstick By Which We Measure the Importance of Events
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Esoteric Philosophy

Climate change in ancient times

The Secret Doctrine on Geological Cycles by HPB
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Esoteric Philosophy

Dicipleship in the 21st century

How to Approach the Door of Inner Learning
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Esoteric Philosophy

The direct experience of sacredness

Personal Selflessness Produces Voluntary Simplicity and a Sense of Bliss
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Esoteric Philosophy

The direct experience of sacredness

Personal Selflessness Produces Voluntary Simplicity and a Sense of Bliss
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Esoteric Philosophy

Berdyaev, on the social use of falsehood

According to the Russian Philosopher, very Social Fashion is a Conventional Lie
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Esoteric Philosophy

New Years Resolution

The Real and True Will is Spiritual Will
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Theosophy Watch


Theosophy Watch

The Soul’s Tapestry: Look Inward, thou art Buddha

Discerning the how and why of human uniqueness, from the likes of Mozart to the fearless passion of Julia Butterfly Hill, is always perplexing.
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Theosophy Watch

Beyond Belief: Evidence of Reincarnation

An ending is just a new beginning in disguise it’s been said. This perfectly describes the ancient belief in the soul’s immortality and continuity through reincarnation.
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Theosophy Watch

Buddhism, Science, and Scientism Exposed

Electric and magnetic affinities are generated, occult teachers say, whenever there is physical touch, the sound of a voice, or even looking.
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Theosophy Watch

The Astral Perispirit, and a Fusion of Sound, Sight and Taste

One of the best ways to describe what Theosophy is, arts reporter Ali Snow said recently on Utah Public Radio, “is to think of it as a kind of fusion of religion and science.”
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Theosophy Watch

The Astral Perispirit, and a Fusion of Sound, Sight and Taste

One of the best ways to describe what Theosophy is, arts reporter Ali Snow said recently on Utah Public Radio, “is to think of it as a kind of fusion of religion and science.”
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Theosophy Watch

Is Your Cup Half Full, or Half Empty?

Being able to manifest positive emotions and happiness “is perhaps one of the greatest gifts you have been given as a human being,” writes Dr. Joseph M. Mercola, a prominent alternative medicine advocate.
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Theosophy Watch

Theosophy vs Modern Science, Exploding Modern Theories

The major theosophical agitators of modern scientific consensus theories are the subjects of evolution, physics, space, matter and consciousness.
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Theosophy Watch

Science was Spiritual, and Religion was Scientific

We live on a planet constantly in motion, and except for the occasional natural catastrophe, it is usually a very slow, orderly motion.
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Theosophy Watch

Science was Spiritual, and Religion was Scientific

We live on a planet constantly in motion, and except for the occasional natural catastrophe, it is usually a very slow, orderly motion.
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Theosophy Watch

Near Death Journeys into the Afterlife

When a neurosurgeon found himself in a coma, he experienced things he never thought possible—a journey to the afterlife.
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Theosophy Watch

Near Death Journeys into the Afterlife

When a neurosurgeon found himself in a coma, he experienced things he never thought possible—a journey to the afterlife.
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Theosophy Watch

Proof of the Soul thru Dreams

Wresting consciousness from the lords of scientific reductionism, where its mysteries have languished for decades, takes imaginative and fearless warriors.
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Theosophy Watch

Science vs Religion – and the Winner is?

The late world-renowned evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis was one of those rare scientists who was “spiritually-minded” in the Theosophical sense.
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Theosophy Watch

The Top 10 Secrets of Magic and Occult Science

Three decades ago, few scientists were courageous enough to break ranks and question their own belief system,” Deepak Chopra writes.
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Theosophy Watch

Humanity Living the Highest Spiritual Life

The gods are not without employment, wrote the Greek bishop Synesius of Cyrene (c. 373 – c. 414) – but their “descent to this earth” is not continuous.
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Theosophy Watch

Recipe for Revolution: Mix Physics with Metaphysics

Consciousness is at once the most familiar and most mysterious aspect of our lives.
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Theosophy Watch

Lao Tzu, the Flying Dragon

Lao Tsu is classed by H. P. Blavatsky as a God-like being similar to Krishna, Buddha, and Jesus, who “united themselves with their Spirits permanently” and “became Gods on earth.”
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Theosophy Watch

The Unconditional Renunciation of our Personal Self

The word magic is largely misunderstood, because there are various kinds of so-called magic, much of which is deception and trickery.
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK


Blavatsky Theosophy UK

Theosophy and Agni Yoga

This article is the result of the work and research of two students of Theosophy, one in Latvia and the other in England.
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

The Study of The Mahatma Letters

Contrary to some misunderstandings and misinformation which are promulgated on certain Theosophical websites, it is not true that the ULT (United Lodge of Theosophists) disapproves in any way of “The Mahatma Letters,” nor is it true that...
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

Sources of the ULT Declaration

The United Lodge of Theosophists, or ULT for short, was founded in 1909 by Robert Crosbie, who had been a close colleague, friend, and pupil of William Q. Judge and a private pupil of H.P. Blavatsky.
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

A Most Extraordinary Meeting

A most extraordinary meeting was held in a private residence uptown last night, at which a small group of gentlemen gathered together for the purpose of reviving the work of the Theosophical Society, started in New York...
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

A Few Glimpses into the Life of HPB* [by Sylvia Cranston]

From p. 335-337 of “HPB: The Extraordinary Life and Influence of Helena Blavatsky” by Sylvia Cranston.
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

A Challenge to Fainthearted & Halfhearted Theosophists

There are many Theosophists, primarily within “The Theosophical Society – Adyar” it seems, who try to present a very vague, weak, watered down, quiet, non-offensive, and “respectable” view of what Theosophy is and what the...
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

14 Good Reasons to reject the Alice Bailey Teachings

By an ex-student of those teachings, who discovered them to be not only highly questionable but also extremely deceptive and sinister in both their content and the aims and intentions of the Movement behind them, most...
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

14 Good Reasons to reject the Alice Bailey Teachings

By an ex-student of those teachings, who discovered them to be not only highly questionable but also extremely deceptive and sinister in both their content and the aims and intentions of the Movement behind them, most...
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

To A Woman Whose Mother Had Died

A Letter by Robert Crosbie, founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

The Blatant Fallibility of Christian Theology

And now once more we have to beg the reader not to lend an ear to the charge – against Theosophy in general and the writer in particular – of disrespect toward one of the greatest and...
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

Self and Non-Self in Buddhism and Theosophy

Theosophy has sometimes been described as “Esoteric Buddhism.” The Masters who wrote “The Mahatma Letters” called themselves Buddhists, as did their own Master the Maha Chohan, and as did H.P. Blavatsky.
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

Kabbalah, Rosicrucianism, and Theosophy

Do you recommend Theosophists to study the Kabala or Rosicrucianism? I am told that they were once parts of the Theosophical movement.
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

International Theosophy Conferences - A Hidden Agenda?

An increasing number of Theosophists are hearing about the annual event known as the ITC or International Theosophy Conference. These conferences are organised by International Theosophy Conferences Inc...
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

Theosophy - An Explanation and Overview

Earlier in 2015 we were asked by a university professor to write a chapter about Theosophy for a textbook he was editing about different mystical and esoteric traditions, to be used by religion and philosophy students...
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

Theosophy on Sexual Relations, Procreation, and Purity

A Compilatoin of quotes from the original theosophical teachings.
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

The Theosophical Movement after H.P. Blavatsky

The story of the Theosophical Movement after the passing of H.P. Blavatsky is to a large extent a very sad and tragic one.
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

The Law of Action and Reaction

This article, titled “Karma,” was written by Julia Campbell Verplanck (later Julia Keightley) and published by William Q. Judge in the April 1891 issue of the American Theosophical magazine “The Path.”
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

Blavatsky on Universal Love

A love which is directed towards all things alike, an universal love, is beyond the conception of the mortal mind, and yet this kind of love, which bestows no favours upon any one thing, seems to be that eternal love...
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Blavatsky Theosophy UK

Blavatsky on the Brahmins

H.P. Blavatsky’s words about the present day exoteric Hinduism and about the Brahmins – the orthodox Hindu priests and religious leaders – are worth considering, in light of their clarity and force...
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Daves's Theosophy News Board


Daves's Theosophy News Board

Boyd Goes to Court

Tim Boyd enters the Adyar legal job creation scheme.Does Adyar face a future of court cases stretching out to infinity.
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Daves's Theosophy News Board

Victimisation Of School Children

TAdyar Aristocracy puts Krishnamurti School children’s education under siege.
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Daves's Theosophy News Board

Is the Adyar Estate Winding Down for Closure?

Is the Adyar Aristocracy planning to become the Aristocracy of somewhere else?
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Daves's Theosophy News Board

Get Out!

A court case a day keeps the donors away More court action as the Adyar Aristocracy moves to evict the Krishnamurti (KFI) School from the Adyar Estate.
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Theosophy Forward


Theosophy Forward

Editorial – The future of Theosophy and of all its vehicles is very promising!

Microsoft’s icon Bill Gates, when asked about his view regarding the developments on our planet earth in the year 2014, in connection with the world’s overall health situation said: “Of course, we can’t...
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Theosophy Forward

Do you remember?

As a young person growing up I used to find humor in some of the things my parents did. One thing in particular that my father did I could never understand.
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Theosophy Forward

Voice of the Silence 15 (verses 215-229)

The keys to the seven portals having been enumerated in the last group of verses, the next group (verses 215-222) begin an introduction to a more detailed description of the seven portals.
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Theosophy Forward

Human Regeneration – part six

Recognizing regeneration as the kernel of all Theosophical work, the International Theosophical Centre at Naarden, the Netherlands, jointly with the Federation of Theosophical Societies in Europe, organized two seminars...
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Theosophy Forward

Madame Blavatsky and the Seven Archival Mysteries - part two

This text, written by Leslie Price in September 2014, has been extensively revised by John Algeo; any remaining or newly introduced errors are therefore his responsibility.
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Theosophy Forward

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 whole of the outside – all that is external to us – the trees, the open places, and the world of men.
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Theosophy Forward

Ethics of Survival

The challenge of the present day is one of emotions against reason, of uncontrolled feelings against cool judgment, of blind fanaticism against deep-seated conviction.
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Theosophy Forward

In The Light of Theosophy

On December 16, 2014 a group of militants entered the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan and mercilessly gunned down about 150 students and teachers...
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Theosophy Forward

Theosophical Knowledge and the Path of Understanding and Wisdom

For one who pages through The Secret Doctrine of H. P. Blavatsky, it is almost impossible not to be impressed by the incredible amount of knowledge that the book has to offer.
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Theosophy Forward

Good News

from Scotland, from International Theosophy Conferences Inc., from the Netherlands – one, from the Netherlands – two, from Argentina , from TOS in Ghana, from the TOS in Kenya
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Theosophy Forward

Mini Interviews

J. Dayanand, Dewald Bester, Rafael Marques de Albuquerque, Pavel Malakhov, Jonathan Colbert, Olga Shtykova Omlin, Nancy Secrest
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Theosophy Forward

Notable Books No. 23

Whisperers: The Secret History of the Spirit World, Masters of Wisdom – The Mahatmas, Their Letters, and the Path, A Jewel on a Silver Platter
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Sons of Fire


Sons of Fire

The family: from Antiquity up to Postmodernism

If someone today speaks about a "crisis of the family" it circumscribe very euphemistically the radical termination of the holy institution of the family.
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Sons of Fire

The virtues: abstinence or renunciation

There are probably not many virtues that are more important than the abstinence.
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Sons of Fire

The Philosophy of Happiness

Wikipedia informs us about this philosophy as follows: The philosophy of happiness is an umbrella term for the various philosophical approaches to explaining the nature of...
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