The Autobiographic Testimony Of a Leading Theosophist

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Some 130 years ago, Helena P. Blavatsky introduced Shambhala to the western seekers, otherwise to have remained hidden, known only to a few scholars. “Shambhala” is a Sanskrit word meaning “the source of happiness” or else “place...

The term “New Age”, which denotes the Movement formed during the last quarter of the 20th century, is the gist of a collective metaphysical consideration relating to practices that aim at the well-being of the individual and...

Human beings “…have got so much into the ingrained habit of considering right and wrong, good and evil, as matters of an arbitrary code of law laid down either by men or imposed upon them by a Personal God.”, says H. P. Blavatsky...

Article from The Theosophist of March 1996

The name Psychometry has been given to a faculty which, it is claimed, inheres in about seven out of every ten persons. but it seems to me to be a designation at once, inadequate and inaccurate, because it does not express to the...

www.blavatsky.net/theosophy/judge/articles/hypnotism.htm

The function of the brain, the complex mystery of this “black box”, has always exerted tremendous fascination to scientists. The brain records all experience, positive or negative, but, mainly, it is the seat of information, the...

From Theosophy Watch

theosophywatch.com/2009/05/04/seers-psychics/

Psychism is a term deriving from the greek word “psyche”. Τhe term covers all aspects and manifestations of the powers of human and divine soul. It denotes a state of intense inner sensitiveness and its resulting phenomena due to...

Why H.P.B. was she opposed to mediumship?

It is a law in occultism saying that the flow of Life  passing through the successive and different planes of manifested cosmos, is submitted to successive changes so resulting to...

The task of the modern Theosophical Movement was to awaken the Western man spiritually by combating the materialism of the time by disseminating an esoteric doctrine called “synthesis of philosophy, religion and science” which...

The race of Cyclops and the Third Eye

[Translate to english:] ΧΡΟΝΟΛΟΓΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΣΚΟΠΗΣΗ ΓΕΓΟΝΟΤΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΖΩΗΣ ΤΗΣ

Can Theosophy be defined?

For answer, let us hear the words of H.P. Blavatsky, the chosen instrument of Adept Instructors for the restoration of the Wisdom tradition to the western world.

At the formation of the Theosophical...

Freedom is a magic word. It means the chance to be oneself, to grow straight and true without distorting, even crippling, influences and the opportunity to live one's life according to one's own lights without interference,...

This article is inspired by Gaudi's cathedral-like building in Barcelona, dedicated to the Holy Family. The edifice comprises in effect an unusual individual art form peculiar to Gaudi. He died some years ago but his enterprise...

The Theosophical Society was founded in America in 1875 when there was a considerable current interest in spiritualism. H.P. Blavatsky and H.S. Olcott associated themselves closely with the spiritualists. As most readers...

Most student members of the Society will be aware that at the time the Society was founded spiritualism was widespread, particularly in America. Spiritualism demonstrated that there was an inner, invisible side to Nature behind...

Wisdom

We all want to be wise: we all want to be able to cope wisely and effectively with the multitude of problems, involving both ourselves and others, which arise in the infinitely numerous and varied situations of our...

“Our reason must necessarily admit an infinite and eternal Mind that regulates and governs the ocean of life…Thought and creative idea, in full harmony with the laws of unity and causation, fully manifest themselves in...

According to Ancient Wisdom, after mankind got endowed with the manas principle, there appeared on the planet a common religion called “Wisdom – Religion”. It was the cradle wherefrom the torch was passed down to all posterior...

One of the gems left to us by H.P.Blavatsky (HPB) is her Diagram of Meditation (Diagram), a copy of which was recorded by E.T. Sturdy, one of the members of her Inner Group. If you are not familiar with it there is a copy at the...

This work is outlining the modern Theosophical teaching as given by H.P.Blavatsky's great work "The Secret Doctrine". It is a renewal  of Ancient Wisdom and in its pages the relationship between man and...

www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/SixPointedAndFivePointedStars.htm

[Translate to english:] www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/IsSuicideACrime.htm

ACCORDING to the newest edition of the Imperial Dictionary, by John Ogilvie, L.L.D., "A medium is a person through whom the action of another being is said to be manifested and transmitted by animal magnetism, or a person...

As the word Chela has, among others, been introduced by Theosophy into the nomenclature of Western metaphysics, and the circulation of our magazine is constantly widening, it will be as well if some more definite explanation...

Blavatsky Archives

www.blavatsky.net/theosophy/judge/articles/theosophical-symbolism.htm

Recent posts in regard to HPB have asked and questioned (again) the accuracy of those who reported on her "phenomena". What can we discover?

Lets consider: No one can prove anything to anyone who was not actually there. All...

from the Theosophical Review, March 1889

From the magazine "Le Lotus Bleu" vol.I, n.2, 7/4/1890

Dr.Ilias Chryssochoidis' letter was sent to the Greek newspaper "Βήμα", Tuesday, 24 February 1998

AN examination of the records of what is known as the spiritualistic movement discloses a strange state of things, revealing a blindness to the just and logical conclusions to be drawn from the vast mass of facts. When Mme....

www.blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/DualAspectOfWisdom.htm

extracts from the "Ocean of Theosophy", compiled by Dallas Tenbroek

article

article by H.P.Blavatsky

[Translate to english:] Άρθρο της Ε.Π.Μπλαβάτσκυ

article by H.P.Blavatsky, Part I

H.P.B.'s opened letter in which the reasons of her departure from Adyar are displayed. H.P.B.'s Collected Writings, Vol.XII, p.156

[Translate to english:] Μια επιστολή της Ε.Π.Μ. που δημοσιεύτηκε στο περιοδικό Λουσιφερ, τομ.IV Νο 24, Αυγουστος 1889, σελ. 506-509). Η ίδια επιστολή βρίσκεται στα 'Απαντα' της Ε.Π.Μ., στο 11ο Τόμο,...

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A treatise on Atlantis in the light of the Secret Doctrine compiled by Dr. Chris Bartzokas. It is a compilation of excerpts from the second volume of The Secret Doctrine (1888) by HP Blavatsky. It sketches out the occult features...

Compassion, Sacrifice, and Higher Ethics in the Bhagavad Gītā, Nārada’s Bhakti-Sūtras, Voice of the Silence, and other mystical texts, viewed through the prism of Theosophy

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 The prevailing tendencies of each era depict its actual needs. One of the current needs is to sustain the order in nature and societies. But for this to be achieved, man must realize the causes that have brought about chaos...

[Translate to english:] Η εισήγηση αυτή δόθηκε στις 13 Μαϊου 2007, στην Αθήνα, στην εκδήλωση για το πνευματικό έργο της Ε.Π.Μπλαβάτσκυ και το θέμα ήταν "Η Προέλευση των Ελλήνων κατά τη Μυστική...

While the more orthodox Sunni Muslims and most of the Sufi mystics rejected the doctrine of reincarnation and the transmigration of souls, the conception found much more acceptance among the Shiites of Persia and among Muslim...

[Translate to english:] Όλες οι θρησκείες, τα φιλοσοφικά κινήματα και οι πνευματικές διδασκαλίες που εμφανίστηκαν στον πλανήτη μας στο διάβα των αιώνων, είχαν ως κοινό παρανομαστή το μήνυμα της Αγάπης σαν μια βασική προϋπόθεση...

[Translate to english:] Απάντηση στο περιοδικό "ΑΒΑΤΟ", τεύχος 68

This is an anthology of excerpts from the works of HP Blavatsky. It has been assembled as an offering to those who, having perceived that living for others is the only life worth living, aspire to apprehend the Truth of truths by...

Εxcerpts of a talk by Robert Crosbie, Theosophy, Vol. 8, no 9, July 1920 (Pages 273-277; Size: 17K) www.wisdomworld.org/additional/ListOfCollatedArticles/TrueClairvoyance.html

THEOSOPHY, Vol. 76, No. 4, February, 1988 (Pages 108-112; Size: 13K) www.wisdomworld.org/additional/ListOfCollatedArticles/MediumsAndMediators.html

Original article on blavatsky.net/blavatsky/arts/MahatmasAndChelas.htm

[Translate to english:] Πρόκειται για μια επιλογή αποσπασμάτων που έχει γίνει από τον Dallas Tenbroeck από το βιβλίο του William Judge «Ωκεανός της Θεοσοφίας». Το βιβλίο υπάρχει στην Αγγλική on line στο...

This is a special issue on the topic of what Theosophy is and where it is going in today's world from the 100th issue of THEOSOPHY WORLD.

[Translate to english:] Σύντομη αναφορά στη ζωή και το έργο του Oυϊλλιαμ Τζατζ, συνιδρυτή του Θεοσοφικού Κινήματος

[Translate to english:] Εισήγηση που δόθηκε από το "Esoterica" την ημέρα του Λευκού Λωτού, στις 14 Μαϊου 2006. Η εκδήλωση οργανώθηκε από το Θεοσοφικό Κίνημα, Αθήνα...

Part I: Tholoi and Grave Circles

In 1870 Heinrich Schliemann stunned the world with his discovery of ancient Troy, and later with his excavations of Mycenae (1876), Tiryns (1884), and other ancient cities, which showed that...

An excerpt from Vishnu Purana

[Translate to english:] Αυτή η εισήγηση παρουσιάσθηκε την Ημέρα του Λευκού Λωτού, στις 14 Μαϊου 2006, που πραγματοποιήθηκε για να τιμήσει το πνευματικό έργο της...

The following speech was delivered on the White Lotus Day held by the Theosophical Movement – Athens ULT, on May 14th, 2006, to honor the spiritual work of H. P. Blavatsky.

[from the May, 1997 The High Country Theosophist]

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In 1875 the Theosophical Society was born. This was a time when gross materialism, particularly in the West, religious ignorance and superstition were rife. There was some interest in spiritualism which many people were seeing as...

The Late Mme. Blavatsky - A Sketch of Her Career

Life on our planet is a major school full of difficulties where human beings are being trained, through self-induced efforts and individual experiences, to conquer the sort of knowledge- wisdom that will make them approximate to...

In the series of events that marked the history of Modern Theosophy some of them were outstanding and have become its characteristic and determinative points. In my opinion the most important one has been the appearance of...