Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] The Panchen Rinpoche, or Tashi Lama[2] Portrait of the Tashi Lama (before retouching).[3] Seven hundred years have elapsed since the famous traveler Marco Pólo first brought tidings of Tibet, and still the eyes of scholars yearn for that mysterious land, and thirty years ago H. P. […]
[Toleranz] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] A Master of Wisdom says: “Forbearance is patiently enduring what one cannot change, both in oneself and in others, until God decides otherwise,” and the Bhagavad Gita teaches: “One recognizes a sage because he doesn’t allow himself to be disturbed by the three forces of […]
[Verwandlungen. Fortschritt und Rückschritt.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] So long as man exists as an individual, he is subject to constant change; death in each of its spheres of existence, in the physical world, on the astral plane and in heaven, is only a shedding of that which, after the […]
[Wahre Aufklärung über transzendentale Dinge] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] We are used to seeing that when the snow melts in the mountains in spring, floods soon follow. First here, now there, a clear brook winds its way down over the heap and moistens the meadows and vineyards, but soon it […]
Note:[1] A small boy often went to the theatre with his father. He loved to see the beautiful pieces that were presented there, and as the boy was very unsophisticated, the show appeared very real to him. He thought that the trees upon the stage were real trees and the mountains and lakes actual mountains […]
Note[1] “The true state of being begins only with the attainment of the knowledge of the true Self.” Preface The object of the following pages is to aid those who are in search of the truth in realizing that there is no other real knowledge, except the knowledge of the reality in one’s own soul. […]
Note[i] THE question has been asked: “What is the Philosopher’s Stone? Is it something entirely spiritual, or has it a material aspect?” The ancient Alchemists and Rosicrucians speak of that “Stone,” as if it were something substantial or material, by means of which “base metals,” such as lead or copper, could be transmuted into […]
Note[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 an […]
[Der persische Feuerkultus] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl.[1] From time immemorial the Persians’ “worship of fire” has given offense to the ignorant. But through more recent research in the occult field we are now able to understand how the worship of the holy fire — which also played a role in the cult […]
Note[i] “Where intellectual conceptions fail, words come in very conveniently.”—Goethe, “Faust” To every one accustomed to look beyond the mere surface of daily life, it must be clear that many of the words and expressions commonly used have a far deeper meaning than what is usually attributed to them, and that a true understanding of […]