Monatsschrift zur Erforscbung der gesamten Geheimwissenschaften, 3, no. 6 (December, 1909), 284. We also received the following remarkable letter:[1] Dear editors! The Central Journal for Occultism is very successful; only what Dr. Grävell writes in No. 1 of this year about H. P. Blavatsky, that she hated Christianity, is not […]
I[1] Ostende, December 5th [1885] My dear Doctor:— You must really forgive me for my seeming neglect, of you, my old friend. I give my word of honour, I am worried to death with work. Whenever I sit to write a letter all my ideas are scattered, and I cannot go on with the […]
VI[*] (Continued) April 3rd, 1886 My Dear Doctor:— I had given up all hope of ever hearing from you again, and was glad to receive today your letter. What you say in it seems to me like an echo of my own thoughts in many a way; only knowing […]
From Germany.— Dr. Thaddens Hyatt: Rifredi, Italy, April 7, 1904.[1] Dear Sir:—Your welcome letter of March 22 has been received with thanks. Although I am not occupying any official position in any of the different Theosophical Societies, nevertheless I am authorized to say on behalf of my very numerous friends in those Theosophical groups in […]
[Dante Alighieris “Göttliche Komödie” und die okkulte Philosophie. Einleitung.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Introduction “The kingdom of God is within ourselves” It is ancient history, written in the books of the wise of all nations, yet understood by few; the eternal invisible truth in the visible and multicolored robe of poetry, a […]
[Kulturtheosophie] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] One speaks today of cultural philosophy, just as one likes to use the word “culture” as often as possible. There’s a good reason for that. It means that we are in an epoch when people are consciously trying to put into practice the lessons of history, the […]
AN ADDRESS[1] Delivered March ist, 1890, In the hall of the “Scientific Club” at Vienna, on the occasion of the yearly assembly of the Society of the Friends of Cremation, “The Flame,” Ladies and Gentlemen,— In thanking you most heartily for the opportunity offered me of addressing you on the religious views which […]
[Die Schöpfung aus nichts.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “Obedient to my will, my nature brings forth all that moves and all that does not move.” Bhagavad Gita. IX. 10 “And God said: Let us make man in our own image.” Genesis It is one thing to peruse books which deal with spiritual […]
[Kosmische Gewalten und geistige Kräfte] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] Everyone remembers the terrible catastrophe of the steamship Titanic, which was destroyed by an iceberg. An iceberg floats above the water: but one does not realize that a large part of it is hidden below the surface. So it is with every cosmic […]
To the Editor of Lucifer.[1] Hallein, Austria, Dec. 9th, 1894. Dear Sir,— Many thanks for sending me[2] the little book of Edmund Garrett, entitled, Isis very much Unveiled, or the Story of the great Mahātmā Hoax, which I found very amusing and entertaining, and also in some way instructive, and consider it a valuable contribution […]