Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “Christianity” is a religion; but the word “religion” has, when considered more precisely, three different meanings: In the first place, it denotes the practice of a certain kind of spiritual education, whereby the higher principles in the constitution of man are developed and reunited (religere = to bind back) […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Tor those who understand the Bible correctly, it is a textbook of occult science and a guide to the path that leads to perfection and immortality. The stories contained in it do not refer merely to external events that once took place somewhere in Palestine, but are pictorial representations […]
Source [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 […]
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 […]
Note[i] “The fulness of time has taken place, and the kingdom of God has arrived. Repent and believe in the gospel of truth.”—J. B. Jacob Boehme was born in the year 1575, at Alt Seidenburg, a place about two miles distant from Goerlitz in Germany. He was the son of poor country people, and in […]
Note[1] “And God said: Let there be Light: and there was Light” If we take up any of the ancient books of Wisdom: be it the Vedas of the Hindus, the books of Hermes the Egyptian, the Dhammapada of the Buddhists, the Cabala of the Jews, the Christian Bible, or any of the secret doctrines, […]
Note[1] The first chapter of Genesis in the Bible, accepted by the Christians, says:— In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. These opening lines, as well as the rest of the grand poem, called “The Bible,” have been for centuries either ridiculed by those who were ignorant of the wisdom concealed in […]
(Founder of the Order of Jesuits) [1] The study of comparative religion being one of the objects of the Theosophical Society, it may be of some interest to compare the yoga-practices of the Roman Catholic Church with those described in the Oriental writings. We will then find that they are to a certain extent identical, […]
Note[1] “Christianity” is a religion; but the word “religion” has evidently three distinct meanings: In the first place it signifies the practice of a certain kind of spiritual training, by which the higher principles in the constitution of man are developed and reunited (bound back) to the divine source to which they belong. In […]
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 […]