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Theosophy
Theosophical texts and modern esoteric synthesis after Blavatsky.
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Texts
A Textbook of Theosophy — C.W. LeadbeaterA concise introduction to the principles of Theosophical philosophy, covering cosmology, human constitution, and spiritual evolution. By C.W. Leadbeater, 1912.AE in the Irish Theosophist — AE (George William Russell)The essays, visionary stories and poems that George William Russell, writing as AE, contributed to the Dublin Theosophical magazine The Irish Theosophist between 1892 and 1897, from “A Word Upon the Objects of the Theosophical Society” and “The Element Language” to “A Strange Awakening”, “The Enchantment of Cuchullain” and thirty-nine poems, gathered for Project Gutenberg in a transcription by M.R.J.An Outline of Occult Science — Rudolf SteinerRudolf Steiner’s outline of his spiritual science, in the authorized English translation of the revised fourth edition (New York, 1922): the sevenfold nature of man, sleep and death, the evolution of world and man through the Saturn, Sun, Moon and Earth conditions, the path of meditation to higher knowledge, and the future evolution of the earth.Echoes from the Orient — William Q. JudgeWilliam Q. Judge’s twenty-one popular papers of 1890, first printed in a periodical under the pen-name “Occultus” and subtitled “A Broad Outline of Theosophical Doctrines”, setting out for general readers the Theosophical teaching on the Mahâtmas, the astral light, evolution and the root races, cycles, Karma, Reïncarnation, the composite nature of man and the states after death, in the second Point Loma edition of 1910.Elementary Theosophy — L. W. RogersL. W. Rogers’s 1917 introduction to theosophy in fifteen chapters, written for the general reader, on the immanence of God, the evolution of the soul, life after death and the astral world, rebirth and its justice, the forces we generate, and the superphysical hierarchy of teachers behind the world’s religions.Esoteric Christianity — Annie BesantAnnie Besant's 1901 argument that early Christianity possessed a Gnosis — an inner mystery-tradition of the same order as the ancient Mysteries — which the Church later lost, worked out through the historical, mythic and mystic Christ, the atonement, the resurrection, the trinity, prayer, the forgiveness of sins, the sacraments and revelation.Evolution of Life and Form — Annie BesantAnnie Besant’s four lectures at the twenty-third anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, in 1898, on ancient and modern science, the functions of the Gods, the evolution of life and the evolution of form, given here from the second edition of 1900.Five Years of Theosophy — G. R. S. MeadForty-three essays selected from The Theosophist, the journal of the Theosophical Society, edited by G. R. S. Mead: pieces by H. P. Blavatsky, T. Subba Row, Mohini M. Chatterji, Damodar K. Mavalankar and others on chelaship and the Mahatmas, Indian yogis and witchcraft, the sevenfold constitution of man, Indian chronology and the theory of cycles, with a glossary of terms.From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan — Helena Petrovna BlavatskyHelena Petrovna Blavatsky’s account of travels in India that began in 1879, written as letters for the Russian journal Russki Vyestnik in 1879 and 1880 and translated into English in London in 1892: Bombay and the Swami Dayanand Saraswati, the cave temples of Karli and Bagh, Brahman hospitality, a sorceress’s den, a Brahman wedding and the burning of widows, and talk of yogis and their powers.Invisible Helpers — C. W. LeadbeaterC. W. Leadbeater’s Theosophical account of the “invisible helpers” who work on the astral plane, in the American revised edition of 1915: accounts of rescues and of help given to the dying and the dead, the qualifications asked of a helper, and the stages of the probationary path and the path proper, with an index.Isis Unveiled — Helena P. BlavatskyBlavatsky's monumental work on the ancient wisdom tradition, critiquing both scientific materialism and religious dogmatism. Published 1877.Letters That Have Helped Me — William Q. JudgeWilliam Q. Judge’s letters of Theosophical counsel in two volumes: the letters to one student signed “Z.”, reprinted from The Path by their recipient Jasper Niemand, and a second volume of letters and extracts to many correspondents, compiled by Thomas Green and Jasper Niemand, with Judge’s notes for an occult novel and a memoir of his life, in the United Lodge of Theosophists edition of 1920.Light on the Path and Through the Gates of Gold — Mabel CollinsMabel Collins’s Theosophical rules for the disciple, Light on the Path, “written down by M.C.” with her notes, the five comments first printed in Lucifer and a piece on Karma, together with her anonymous prose meditation Through the Gates of Gold (1887) and William Q. Judge’s review of it from The Path, March 1887.London Lectures of 1907 — Annie BesantNine lectures and addresses given in London in June and July 1907 by Annie Besant, President of the Theosophical Society: public lectures on psychism and spirituality, the Masters in the religions and the meaning of Theosophy; four lectures to members of the Blavatsky Lodge on phenomena, authority, the Masters and the Society’s future; her address on taking office as President; and her closing address to the British Section’s Convention.Self-Development and the Way to Power — L. W. RogersL. W. Rogers’s 1922 theosophical essay on conscious evolution, setting out the three qualifications of ardent desire, iron will and alert intelligence, with daily morning meditation, as the way to clairvoyance and spiritual illumination, and warning against crystal gazing, breathing methods and paid teachers of clairvoyance.The Astral Plane — C.W. LeadbeaterC.W. Leadbeater's 1895 survey of the astral plane — its scenery, its human, non-human and artificial inhabitants, and the phenomena attributed to it — issued as the fifth of the Theosophical Society's series of introductory manuals and offering trained clairvoyant investigation as its evidence.The Basis of Morality — Annie BesantAnnie Besant’s short 1915 book from the Theosophical Publishing House at Adyar, in five chapters weighing Revelation, Intuition, Utility, Evolution and Mysticism as foundations for morality, and setting out evolution, read through Hindu teaching on the paths of forthgoing and return, as the basis she holds sure.The Changing World and Lectures to Theosophical Students — Annie BesantAnnie Besant’s fifteen London lectures of May to July 1909, given as President of the Theosophical Society: eight public lectures on the deadlock and the new openings in religion, science, art and social life, the coming race and the coming Christ, and seven addresses to Theosophical students, with the topical index arranged by the Chicago Lodge.The Crest-Wave of Evolution — Kenneth MorrisKenneth Morris’s twenty-seven lectures in history, given to the graduates’ class of the Raja-Yoga College at Point Loma in the college year 1918–1919: a Theosophical reading of the cyclic ages of culture, from the Celts of old Europe, Homer and Athens through Maurya India, ancient China and Rome to Gupta India, Julian, Bodhidharma, Wales and the Irish illumination.The Hero in Man — A. E. (George William Russell)A. E.’s short mystical essay in three sections on the hero hidden in every human soul, read through Prometheus and Christ and through the unseen ties of love and pity between souls, with a prelude by Clifford Bax; No. 1 of the Orpheus Series, second edition, 1910.The Key to TheosophyBlavatsky's 1889 introduction to Theosophy in question-and-answer format — complete text of all fourteen sections covering the T.S. working system, fundamental teachings, the septenary nature of man, post-mortem states, reincarnation, Devachan, karma, practical ethics, and the Mahatmas.The Ocean of Theosophy — William Q. JudgeWilliam Q. Judge’s outline of Theosophical teaching for the ordinary reader, first published in 1893, in seventeen chapters on the Masters, the sevenfold constitution of man and of the earth chain, reïncarnation, karma, the states after death in Kama Loka and Devachan, cycles, the origin of species, and psychic phenomena and spiritualism, in the United Lodge of Theosophists edition of 1915.The Path, Vol. I — William Q. JudgeThe first volume of The Path, the monthly theosophical magazine published and edited in New York by William Q. Judge: all twelve numbers from April 1886 to March 1887, with serials on Sufism, the Kabbalah, Hermetic philosophy, Hindu symbolism and the Upanishads, “A Hindu Chela’s Diary,” articles by H. P. Blavatsky, A. P. Sinnett and Mohini M. Chatterji, and, in most numbers, reviews, correspondence and reports of theosophical branches.The Secret Doctrine — Helena P. BlavatskyBlavatsky's magnum opus on cosmic and human evolution, synthesizing the esoteric traditions of East and West. Published 1888.The Secret Doctrine, Vol. III — Helena Petrovna BlavatskyThe third volume of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky’s The Secret Doctrine, prepared after her death by Annie Besant from the papers she left and published in London in 1897: fifty-one sections on magic and the secrecy of initiates, the Book of Enoch, the Kabalah and the Zohar, post-Christian adepts from Simon to Apollonius of Tyana, the Mysteries, astrology, cycles and avataras and the Mystery of Buddha, with three papers written for her students and her pupils’ notes of her oral teaching.The Spiritual Guidance of Man and of Mankind — Rudolf SteinerRudolf Steiner’s three Copenhagen lectures of June 1911 to the Scandinavian Theosophical Society, rewritten by him for the press, in the authorized English translation edited by H. Collison (1915): the higher wisdom at work in early childhood, the guidance of humanity by spiritual beings from the ancient Egyptians to the modern era, and the Christ as a cosmic Being.The Theosophical Path, Vol. I — Katherine TingleyThe first six numbers (July to December 1911) of The Theosophical Path, the illustrated monthly edited by Katherine Tingley at the International Theosophical Headquarters, Point Loma, California: some 130 essays, poems, notes and reviews on Theosophy, religion, ancient history, science, art and travel, with the Society’s statement at the end of each number.The Voice of the SilenceBlavatsky's devotional masterwork of 1889, drawn from the Book of the Golden Precepts — three fragments guiding the disciple from the first inner awakening through the seven portals of the Pâramitâs to the final choice between personal Nirvana and compassionate service to all beings.The Way of Initiation — Rudolf SteinerRudolf Steiner’s account of the path to higher knowledge, from the attitude of reverence through the stages of probation, enlightenment and initiation to the higher education of the soul and the seven conditions of discipleship, in Max Gysi’s English translation as Americanized for the Macoy edition of 1910, with Edouard Schuré’s essay on Steiner’s life and development.Theosophy and Life’s Deeper Problems — Annie BesantAnnie Besant’s four Convention Lectures, given in Bombay in December 1915 at the fortieth anniversary of the Theosophical Society and printed at Adyar in 1916, on God, on Man under the laws of reincarnation and karma, on right and wrong measured by evolution, and on brotherhood as the ground of a just society in India.Thought-Forms — Annie Besant and C.W. LeadbeaterAnnie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater’s Theosophical treatise of 1901 on thought as form and colour seen by clairvoyance: the meaning of the colours, the three classes of thought-forms, and the forms of affection, devotion, intellect, anger, fear, greed, meditation, sent help and the organ music of Mendelssohn, Gounod and Wagner, with the captions of its plates.