Letters to the Editor. Devachan. By, F. Hartmann. F. T. S. [The Editor mistakenly typed, “R. Hartmann. F. T. S.”][1] Will you kindly permit me a question ? In Vol. 4, No. 2, on page 29, I find, that in the state described as Devachan the spiritual monad leads for very long periods an existence of […]
I. ENCLOSED is an article, entitled “Chastity;” to which a little history is attached, that may perhaps interest my brother-Theosophists. I left Wadhwan on the 15th of February in company with Madame Blavatsky and Baboo Mohini M. Chatterjee. We were on our way to Bombay, returning from a visit to His Highness, the Thakore Saheb […]
I wish to inform you, that I have received papers from the Theosophical Societies at New York, St. Louis Mo., and Rochester, N.Y., empowering me to act as their delegate at our anniversary, to be held in Madras next December. I expect to leave San Francisco on October 24th, and go by way of Yaldahama. […]
A correspondent sends us the following clipping from The Hindu and asks how the “Asrama” is getting on:— “Dr Franz Hartmann, the Theosophist, intends establishing in Switzerland an Asharam, which will be a place of refuge for persons of either sex free from religious prejudices, but desirous to attain self-knowledge and to learn the mysteries of nature, […]
Dr Franz Hartmann, as a learned and able writer, a psychic, and a brother Theosophist, deserves the best wishes of every member of the Theosophical Society in any earnest endeavour to promote the cause of Theosophy. His last effort is to establish what he calls a “Lay Convent” in Europe, the prospectus of which we […]
According to Illerhaus, I. (2009), in “Gegenseitige Beeinflussungen von Theosophie und Monte Verità,” the idea of founding Monte Verità (Mounte of Truth) can be attributed to Dr Franz Hartmann. In line with Hartmann’s vision, Monte Verità was conceived as a lay convent representing the highest ideals of humanity, while providing an inclusive space that transcends […]