[Der Geist der Weisheit[1] [2] [3]] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl At Pentecost is celebrated among Christians, the commemoration of the day on which, according to the Bible, the Spirit of wisdom was poured out upon the apostles, and enabled them to speak words of wisdom previously unknown to them; but […]
[Die Geistig Toten] Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “Dying” is the loss of the ability to know.” From time immemorial the problem of immortality has stirred hearts and troubled minds; innumerable books have been written on the subject, and there is scarcely a man on earth who has not already asked […]
[Die Nachfolge Christi.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Anyone who carefully studies the very extensive and expensive modern literature on “Theosophy” will perhaps be amazed that so many inferior ones are to be found nowadays; writings about “Theosophy” are brought into the world; for yet in an old book, the miniature […]
[Die Symbole des “heiligen Kreuzweges.”] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] It is not just in the East where sparkling jewels and lotus flowers have burst forth, but the flower of wisdom also blooms in the West and many a precious stone is hidden in an inconspicuous shell, where it is either […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl I. II. The New Testament[1] [Die Symbole der Bibel. I. II. Das Neue Testament.] “Ἀλλὰ λαλοῦμευ θεουσοφἱαν ἐν μυστηρἰῳ τὴν αποχρυμμένην, ἥν προχώρισεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸ τῶν αἰώνον εἰς δοξαν ἡμων.” I. Korinth. II, 7. I. Someone once asserted that God wrote the Bible and […]
[Der Talmud und dessen “Geheimlehre.”] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “When the Jew comes to adolescence, he realizes that he is the outcast of ungrateful Europe, which owes him the best of its laws, much of its fine literature, and all of its religion.” Disraeli. There is nothing in […]
[Der Tempel der Menschheit und die Loge der Meister] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Motto: “I believe in the communion of saints.” (Christian Catechism.) Every man who seeks truth begins by looking for it in external things. Therefore the call is heard from many quarters: “Which church should I join? Which […]
[Die theosophische Bewegung in Deutschland und die amerikanischen Kreuzfahrer] Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] A ray of light from the east falls on a clear mirror in the west and reflects back from there. Then the birds of night, disturbed in their dreams, flutter up from their caves and wonder what it […]
[Die “Theosophische Gesellschaft” und ihr Zweck] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] The Theosophical Society is an international association founded on November 17, 1875 in New York. Its basis and purpose is: To form a nucleus around which the ideas of general philanthropy and brotherhood without distinction of nationality, faith, sex, social […]
[Die Theosophische Gesellschaft in Deutschland] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] The purpose of the Theosophical Society is: To form the basis of a general brotherhood of humanity. The following is useful for this: The study of old and new religious systems, philosophy and science, as well as the research and development […]