Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl Dr. Franz Hartmann died at the age of 74 in Kempten, his hometown, while passing through. With him has faded away one of those old collaborators of the theosophical movement who had the privilege of personally having known H. P. Blavatsky and of having worked with her. At […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] This 2-part article series is merged as a single document. One of the most memorable figures of the last century was Helene Petrovna Blavatsky, a Russian by birth, who was endowed with very peculiar psychic powers and gifted with great willpower and intelligence. She can rightly be counted among […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Tor those who understand the Bible correctly, it is a textbook of occult science and a guide to the path that leads to perfection and immortality. The stories contained in it do not refer merely to external events that once took place somewhere in Palestine, but are pictorial representations […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl With Franz Hartmann, another witness of the early days of the “Theosophical Society” has passed away; he belonged to the small circle of those around H. P. Blavatsky. What we German followers of theosophy owe to the departed will be briefly outlined here as a sign of remembrance […]
From the Editor of Borderland:[1] There is no subject in the whole range of occult science more mysterious than that which the ancients described in their treatises of the Incubus and the Succuba. Defoe, in his treatise on the Natural History of the Devil, accepted the mediaeval doctrine as substantially correct, fastening all the phenomena […]
Source [1] Mr. Gerald Massey, in a letter to the Medium and Daybreak, gives an account of his historical researches, from which we make the following extract:— “The Christian cult did not commence with our Canonical Gospels, nor with a personal founder supposed to be therein portrayed. “The Jehoshua of the Talmud was undoubtedly […]
F. HARTMANN AND MASTER’S SEAL[1] Dear Judge:—My attention has been called to an article in the Lotus Bleu (June) in which it is said that the letters of Mahâtmâ Μ. used to bear no seal at the time of H.P.B. If any one will look at page 25 of my Report of Observations, he will […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] The latest slogan of the “London Society for Psychic Research” shows the excesses that the urge to satisfy scientific curiosity can lead to. According to it, everyone should choose a motto or saying from any book and send it sealed and numbered to the secretary of the society. After […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Theosophy in scholarly circles.—The fact that even the greatest learning does not necessarily atrophy the soul, provided that the spark of divine knowledge is not extinguished within it, is proven by the life and thought of the recently deceased famous anatomist Josef Hyrtl. He said the following, verbatim: […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] It has not been long since that triad of malice, stupidity and megalomania, formerly known as the “devil,” appeared under the mask of religion and introduced [to the world] the Inquisition and heresy trials. Hundreds of thousands of people fell victim to this monster in a short space of […]