[Bruchstücke aus den Mysterien.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl, with the thirteen articles assembled as a single document.[1] Introduction[2] “I am the truth!” (John XIV. 6.) There is scarcelyanything in the world which has caused so much calamity as the difference of opinion as to the person of the founder of Christendom. Trapped […]
Extracted by Robert Hutwohl[1] Mr. Albert E. S. Smythe: Dear Sir and Colleague! I want to express to you my thanks for sending me The Lamp, and to say that I have been very much delighted with the contents of that number (8). I sent you a copy of my Lotusbluthen, but do not […]
Culled by Robert Hutwohl[1] WITH the advent of the theosophical movement inaugurated by H. P. Blavatsky, an era of self-thought began. The Theosophical Society was intended to be free from any enforced belief in any opinion, creed, or dogma whatever; being based upon no other fundamental principle than the unity of the One from whom […]
Six letters consisting of: I.Ostende, December 5, 1885. II.Würzburg, December (something), 1885. III.[No date.] IV.[No date.] V.[No date.] VI.[April 3, 1886.] Comments from Robert Hutwohl. If we compare these six letters printed in the earlier, The Path (printed February and March 1896) and the later, Theosophical Quarterly (printed Letters I-V, January 1925 and Letter VI […]
[Sechs Zeugen für die Wahrheit der Lehre von der Wiederverkörperung] [i] Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl It will not occur to any man to dispute the doctrine of reincarnation once he understands it properly. The opponents of this topic fight only their own false ideas about it, which they have formed as a result […]
No man can be self-conscious of any other state of existence than the one in which he for the time being exists.[1] BY means of perceiving with our external or internal senses we may become conscious of the presence of beings differing in their qualities from our own, but we cannot be self-conscious of […]
Compiled from the writings of a Labourer.) Introduction.[1] ABSOLUTE Truth is self-evident.[2] It is recognised by all who are in possession of a sufficient amount of Reason to see it; but those who are not able to see it require intellectual proofs and logical arguments to persuade themselves that it exists. Everybody knows that one […]
II. Truth Is Truth.[1] Illusions Are Merely Illusions. TRUTH means Reality, Substantiality, Being, Self-existence. Illusion means unreality, unsubstantiality, non-being, external appearances produced by invisible causes. Truth is, it cannot be made or destroyed, it cannot be an illusion, even if those who cannot see it imagine it to be one; an illusion cannot be a truth, […]
Correspondence to the Editor, The Path magazine. Regarding “The Vahan states that the American Section has seceded from the main body of the T.S.” Culled by Robert Hutwohl[1] Dear Sir and Brother: — The Vahan states that the American Section has seceded from the main body of the T.S. This is not true in my […]
[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 […]