Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] The word “theosophy” is made up of the words theos (God) and sophia (wisdom) and is usually translated as “God’s wisdom”. In order to understand what is meant by the term “God’s wisdom”, it would first of all be necessary to define the term “God”. But since God is […]
Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl[1] One hears so much about “opponents of theosophy,” and yet there can be no reasonable person who is an opponent of theosophy; for “theosophy” is the higher self-knowledge, and no person is conceivable who is an opponent of the fact that he himself comprehends, understands and recognizes something. It […]
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 […]
Dr. Hartmann sends me the following, for which I gladly make room: It is a fact universally recognized by the medical profession, that in all cases where no vital organ is destroyed, there is no certain sign that a person is dead, except the beginning of an advanced state of putrefaction, and that […]
[Bruchstücke aus den Mysterien.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl, with the thirteen articles assembled as a single document.[1] Introduction[2] “I am the truth!” (John XIV. 6.) There is scarcelyanything in the world which has caused so much calamity as the difference of opinion as to the person of the founder of Christendom. Trapped […]
[Sechs Zeugen für die Wahrheit der Lehre von der Wiederverkörperung] [i] Translation from German by Robert Hutwohl It will not occur to any man to dispute the doctrine of reincarnation once he understands it properly. The opponents of this topic fight only their own false ideas about it, which they have formed as a result […]
Note[1] “The true state of being begins only with the attainment of the knowledge of the true Self.” Preface The object of the following pages is to aid those who are in search of the truth in realizing that there is no other real knowledge, except the knowledge of the reality in one’s own soul. […]
Note[i] “Where intellectual conceptions fail, words come in very conveniently.”—Goethe, “Faust” To every one accustomed to look beyond the mere surface of daily life, it must be clear that many of the words and expressions commonly used have a far deeper meaning than what is usually attributed to them, and that a true understanding of […]
[Die Geheimnisse der Zeugung und die Bestimmung des Geschlects des Kindes vor der Geburt.] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl.[i] Chapter I. Much has been written at length about predetermining the sex of children before birth, and about the art of producing male or female offspring at will, but all the views which have […]
Note[1] The world (the body) has life, and eternity (the soul) is Life. The interior lives and the external lives; the cause is life and the effects are living. Life is law and its manifestation; it is law for the understanding and manifestation for the organs of sense. The parts are vivified by the whole; […]