Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] If one examines more closely why certain people, when “occult phenomena”or so-called “spiritual phenomena” are spoken of, have nothing but a dull grin for it, or scornfully reject it with a sneer that is supposed to be sublime, we find that the the reason for this is that […]
[Okkulte Phänomene (Unsichtbare Helfer?] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] The well-known poet Scheffel often told circles of acquaintances the following incident, which he had heard from a friend who had taken part in the Franco-Prussian War as a cavalry captain. My friend was a cavalryman and during the last French campaign he […]
[Occulte Wissenschaft und Kultur] Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “Half knowledge is a dangerous thing.” There are many people for whom the very term “occult science” causes a secret shudder. Visions of witches and demons, ghosts, vampires and the like arise, and the “educated” imagine that they are only talking about things which the […]
[Briefkasten. Von Dr. Grävell. Neue Lotusblüten 6, no. 5-6 (May-June 1913), 191-192] [En] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] I sent the following short obituary to the editors of the well-known Leipziger Illustrierte Zeitung for publication immediately after Hartmann’s death. It is characteristic of our time that no one felt the need to take […]
Ralph Shirley, Editor of the Occult Review[1] IT is with great regret—a regret that will be shared, I am sure, by all readers of the Occult Review—that I have to record the passing over, on August 7, in his seventy-fourth year, of the celebrated Austrian physician and occultist, Dr. Franz Hartmann, at Kempten, in Southern […]
Translation from Sabhapatti Svāmī’s English book into German by Franz Hartmann, M.D.[1] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl [Aus der Philosophie und Wissenschaft des Vedānta und Raja-Yoga. Von Mahātmā Jñāna Guru Yogi Sabhapatti Svāmā.] Preliminary note of the translator. “Yoga” (from yuj — to connect) is the union of the human soul with God [the […]
[Auszüge aus dem Buche Dzyan von H. P. Blavatsky. Die Entstehung des Menschen.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] [2] The following second part[3] of the Secret Doctrine contains the oldest record now in existence regarding the origin of the human race, and we find in the Book of Dzyan the foundation upon which later […]
Note:[1] [Auszüge aus der Geheimlehre des Ostens. Von H. P. Blavatsky.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl Τhe Secret Doctrine of the East is the unified basis of all science, religion and philosophy. Like all deeper religious mysteries, it is called “secret”; not because it should not be published, but because a deeper intellectual […]
Note:[1] Question 25.—Can any light be thrown on the statement that the influence of the moon is evil? If the body of the moon has to be absorbed by the earth before the earth evolution be complete, must must there not be beneficial effects also derivable from the moon, or are all astral influences […]
Note:[1] [Aus den Papieren eines ungenannten Philosophen] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl ॐ 1. Know that all is One. This one is fact, the eternal Absolute, from which the whole world has emerged as an appearance (idea) and into which everything returns again. The Absolute is the ground of everything and […]