Note [1] Mr. E. Wilke of San Francisco, U. S., America, inquires whether Madame Blavatsky has changed her mind in regard to the character of spirits communicating at spiritual seances; because “Isis Unveiled,” Vol. I., page 67, says: “We are far from believing that all the spirits that communicate at circles are of the classes […]
[Spiritismus und Nekromantie] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl.[1] “Let the dead rest.” “Spiritism,” is to be distinguished from “spiritualism,” which means a philosophy on a spiritual basis, in contrast to “materialism,” denotes communication with the spirit world in general and specifically communication with the remains of deceased people who are still present in […]
“All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body nature is and God the soul.”.[1] Pope If we begin to realize that the whole of nature is the embodiment of soul, and that this soul becomes differentiated in various forms during the process of evolution, in the same way as we see universal […]
Some Mysterious Ants[1] It sometimes seems as if we were at the eve of a new period of witchcraft, like that of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, where it was even by learned people believed that insects and worms, lice and fleas could be produced by magic spells. Modern science, of course, does not believe […]
(Extract from the “Phœnix” of Darmstadt-Frankfort, April, 1890.) [1] I believe I shall engage the interest of the adherents to our purpose if I introduce to them one who has achieved great things in fields of thought, standing in certain relation to our own aim. We shall have an opportunity later on to refer more […]
[Sozialismus und Theosophie] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Anyone who commits sin is sin’s slave. The knowledge of the truth makes you free.” (John VIII, 32.) A thunderous cry of freedom roars through all lands, and everyone who has any human feeling in his heart joins in it. In vain, the Philistine tries […]
[Soll man die Verstorbenen betrauern?] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] “There is no death, only transformation.” In order to answer this question, it is necessary to get to know the existence into which man enters when he has left his body for good. For those who have the ability to leave their mortal […]
[Kurzer Abriss der Geschichte der “Theosophischen Gesellschaft.”] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] In 1875, at New York, some persons of eminence met to exchange their views on the higher problems of mankind, which have occupied the minds of all nations from time immemorial, and will continue to do so. The majority of them […]
A. B. [1] The highest desire any reasonable man can cherish and the highest right he can possibly claim is the power to become perfect. To know everything, to love all and be beloved by all, to command and possess everything that exists, is a condition of being that to a certain extent may […]
[Der Orden der Rosenkreuzer] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Preliminary Remarks. Having come by chance (if you can call it that) in possession of an ancient manuscript, which gives information about the nature of the Rosicrucians and the purpose of their order, and also contains the rituals of this […]