[Das Prinzip der Geschlechter.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] If we look at the universe as a whole, we see two forces in the eternal UNITY of the essence of all things, just as Schopenhauer described it in his work. One force is the life of things, the reason they come […]
Note: [1] Αll the greatly religious teachers, sages, philosophers and mystics agree that the personalities of men and women are in themselves nothing but illusions, and that God is the only Reality in the universe. Almost every church-going Christian knows the old hymn: “This world is but an empty show, For man’s delusion given,” […]
Note: [1] Α young and inexperienced man who wanted to reform the world went to the East in search of Wisdom. There he found a sage who presented him with a book which contained all the wisdom that can be found in the world. Thereupon the young man was exceedingly glad, and had the book […]
[Die Religion der Erkenntnis] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “Purification of the heart and renunciation of evil-doing is the religion of all Buddhas.” Gautama Buddha Religion and Church! — Both belong together by rights, like the core and the shell. As the protective bark surrounds the pith of the tree, […]
[Das Rosenkreuzer Brevier] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] The emblem of the Rosicrucians. The Rosicrucian Breviary contains one hundred and twenty mystical symbols, with associated drawings, seventy of which are dedicated to the contemplation of the “Heavenly Mother,” i.e., the soul of the world in the macrocosm and microcosm, from […]
Note: [1] It is an indisputable fact that the secrets of heaven and hell, which are beyond human conception, that is, beyond the grasp of the terrestrial mind, cannot be taught or explained in any way other than by means of sign and symbol. In reality the whole of visible nature with all of its […]
[Die geheimen Figuren der Rosenkreuzer] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] The “Philosopher’s Stone.” “If they had the philosophers’ stone, The wise men lacked the stone.” As is well known, the “philosopher’s stone” and its production played a major role in the literature of the alchemists and Rosicrucians of […]
[Les Symboles Secrets dés Rose-Croix] Translation from the French by Robert Hutwohl[1] Introduction.—A few centuries ago the name of a book produced a great stir in the world. It appeared suddenly and mysteriously, on the mental horizon, to soon disappear just as mysteriously. The Rosicrucians were said to be a secret society of […]
[Schale und Kern] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “Only he deserves freedom like life, Who must conquer them every day. ” (Goethe. “Faust.”) The first sign of progress in knowledge is when one learns to distinguish between the outer and the inner, between the shell and the core of […]
[Der Ursprung der “Geheimlehre” und ihre Verbreitung unter den Juden] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] The wisdom of which I speak is not the wisdom of this world, nor of the great of this world, which perishes; but theosophy, the hidden wisdom of God.[2] St. Paul, I. Corinthians II. 7. […]