H.[1] Schopenhauer writes in 1818, in the introduction to his principal work: To my idea, the greatest advantage which this century, still in its infancy, has over the preceding one, is that the knowledge of the Vedas has been imparted to it, through the translation of the Upanishads. Indeed, I might almost presume […]
Note: [1] The grand truth, which so few understand and so few are willing or able to grasp, is that Divine Wisdom does not consist in the acceptance of any opinion or person, but in the understanding of Truth. No one can be “converted” or persuaded into this understanding if it is not already […]
[Die zwölf Zeichen des Zodiaks und deren Bedeutung] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] The Zodiac, is that zone of the celestial sphere which extends about eight degrees on each side of the sun’s orbit. It is called the “Zodiac” because the constellations of the stars that are in it are represented […]
[Das Wasser des Lebens. (Chāndogya Upanishad.)] From the Chāndogya Upanishad, Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Nārada came to Sanatkumāra and said: “Master! Teach me to recognize the soul; for I have heard from the wise that whoever knows the soul gets across the sea of sorrows. But I, O Master, […]
[Die Weisheit der Brahminen] Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “God descended to see the world with your eyes; You shall suck the sacrificial fragrance from him with pure senses. He is the one who looks and feels and thinks and speaks in you, Therefore what you look, feel, think and speak, be […]
Note: [1] I have read with great interest the excellent article entitled “Heralds from the Unseen” in the April number of The Path, and which expresses my own views perhaps more completely than I expressed them in an article to the Theosophist, to which reference is made, and which seems to have given rise […]
[Der Yoga‑Schlaf (Samadhi)] Translated from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Stories have often appeared in newspapers and travelogues about Indian “fakirs” who, in the interests of science or to convince non-believers of the possibility of an existence independent of the mortal body, spent weeks or even months underground in buried locked in a […]
Note: [1] ONE of the greatest occultists, philosophers and physicians during the middle ages was Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast of Hohenheim, better known by the name of Theophrastus Paracelsus. He was born on November 26, in the year 1493, at Maria Einsiadeln, in Switzerland, and died on September 24, 1541, at Salzburg, in Austria, […]
Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Predictions and Prophecies. [Weissagungen und Prophezeiungen.] Question: What about predictions, prophecies, divination and the like? Answer: The only thing that can be said with certainty is that one cannot rely on them; for one can only know with certainty what one experiences oneself. Yet […]
[Theosophische Korrespondenz. Reinkarnation und Wiederverkörperung.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] The doctrine of the reincarnation of the human spirit is often misunderstood and also often wrongly taught; but to the initiate, reincarnation is a self-evident fact. It is neither the deity embodied in man; for Deity is immutable and remains the […]