Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Question: What is the purpose and benefit of prayer? Answer: The awakening and elevation of that spiritual self-consciousness which is the revelation of the Godhead in man. If you go into a Christian church and hear the prayers that are held there very often, many a […]
The necessity of practical work. [1] Much has been said and written about practical occultism, and yet there are few who have more than a very vague idea of the meaning of this expression. By “practical work,” we mean neither the reading of books, nor the study of science, nor the exercise of charity, nor […]
Vibrations[1] As the intellectual progress of the world advances, even the most narrow-minded adherents of scientific superstitions are gradually forced to change their opinions and to begin to understand that all things in the visible and invisible universe are made up of only one essence or “primordial substance” (as it was called by the ancient […]
Note[1] He who sees the Supreme Lord dwelling alike in all beings, the Imperishable in things that perish, sees indeed.—Bhagavad Gita, xiii. 27. Ever since public attention was called by H. P. Blavatsky to a reasonable consideration of things spiritual and occult, there have developed two classes of investigators. One consists of the “few,” […]
[Die occulte Wissenschaft][1] Translation from German into English by Robert Hutwohl There is a great deal of talk today about the “occultists,” and by this is usually understood a class of persons who deal with hypnotism, animism, “suggestion,” somnambulism, etc., and from the observation of such external processes or phenomena arising therefrom trying to draw […]
[Occulte Phänomene. Ein psychologisches Rätsel] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl.[1] If one more proof is required that the human personality is a thing distinct from the real nature of man, and is, as it were, only the house in which his spiritual ego dwells, and in which the occupant can go in and […]
Note:[1] Ever since the advent of the Theosophical Society in India, the occurrence of “Occult Phenomena” has been a thorn in the flesh of those who do not know how to discriminate properly. Letters have been dropped unexpectedly from the vacant air on apparently trivial occasions, invisible bells have been heard to ring, writing and […]
[Occult Phenomena. Eine wunderbare Heilung] [1] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl The ccult Review and other English journals give accounts of a miraculous healing similar to those reported from time to time of Lourdes, and of actual intervention of the supernatural world in ours: A young girl, Miss Dorothy Kerin, was already sickly […]
“Occult Powers!” What ominous words! “Do not desire occult powers !” sounds the warning voice, and the timid investigator shrinks back in fear and swears that he will have nothing more to do with Theosophy, lest he might come in contact with the Powers of Darkness. On the other hand we hear of certain mystics […]
To answer the continual insinuations of the London “Light” and others of our spiritualistic friends, who, in the face of all demonstrations to the contrary, insist on believing that the so-called occult phenomena are produced by “spirits” through the “mediumship” of Madame Blavatsky, I will state that the occurrence of these phenomena has not ceased […]