Dr. Hartmann Reads the “Postscript.”[1] “My dear Judge:—What is the matter? Has the world become struck with blindness, and does the President of the T.S. not know what Theosophy is? Have all the lectures of Mrs. Besant been after all nothing but eloquence mixed with gush? Do our own Theosophical writers only repeat parrot-like […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “Ridiculous!” said the red-haired Dr. N. . . ., one of the learned men of the F. P. circles, and a smile of the deepest contempt appeared on his usually expressionless face as he glanced at the cover of a book by Cornelius Agrippa which I held before […]
From the Editor of Borderland:[1] There is no subject in the whole range of occult science more mysterious than that which the ancients described in their treatises of the Incubus and the Succuba. Defoe, in his treatise on the Natural History of the Devil, accepted the mediaeval doctrine as substantially correct, fastening all the phenomena […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] The latest slogan of the “London Society for Psychic Research” shows the excesses that the urge to satisfy scientific curiosity can lead to. According to it, everyone should choose a motto or saying from any book and send it sealed and numbered to the secretary of the society. After […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Theosophy in scholarly circles.—The fact that even the greatest learning does not necessarily atrophy the soul, provided that the spark of divine knowledge is not extinguished within it, is proven by the life and thought of the recently deceased famous anatomist Josef Hyrtl. He said the following, verbatim: […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] It has not been long since that triad of malice, stupidity and megalomania, formerly known as the “devil,” appeared under the mask of religion and introduced [to the world] the Inquisition and heresy trials. Hundreds of thousands of people fell victim to this monster in a short space of […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[i] What is Theosophy? “Theosophy” is a much abused word, which, like the words “religion,” “morals,” and “science,” is liable to be misunderstood and misapplied, and to serve as a cloak for things which are not theosophical. All existence is relative, and therefore “theosophy” to him who deals with what […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] It is not my intention to enter into discussions of any of the opinions expressed in the “Sphinx”; for one does not arrive at knowledge of the truth through disputes over differences of opinion. Everyone has the right to say what he believes, but no one has the right […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] [2] “We certainly speak wisdom for the more mature, but not the wisdom of this age and of the great men of this world, who come to nothing; but we speak the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God (called θεου σοφία[3] in the Greek texts), which God intended from […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Divine wisdom is not grasped by those who merely imitate the dogmas of human authorities, but by those who understand their essence through them. — No one can be “converted” to become a theosophist who is not already one in his inner being. — Theosophy is not a theory, […]