Note[1] Om, amitaya! measure not with words Th’ immeasurable; nor sink the string of thought Into the fathomless. Who asks doth err; Who answers errs. Say nought.— (Light of Asia.) Allow me to express my sincere gratitude for the kind answer you gave to my questions about “Devachan” in No. 44 of your journal. As […]
Question 284, regarding the Seven Keys of the Mystery Tongue. E. A. D.[1] Μ. L. B.— What are the seven keys of interpretation to every symbol and allegory? (See S. D. II, page 25, note.) A. D.—The seven keys of interpretation of symbols and allegory belong to the mysteries of initiation, and they have never […]
Note[1] A few days ago I traveled from S. to V. The only occupant in the railroad compartment besides myself was a sinister looking man of tall figure, well fed and well dressed, but with a brutal expression of perpetual dissatisfaction printed upon his face. He read or pretended to read a newspaper, and thus we […]
[Kraft ist Stoff] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Modern science and philosophy are coming closer and closer to accepting the ancient theory that everything in the world originated from a single, indivisible fundamental principle, no matter what name we call it, depending on the point of view from which we look at it. […]
Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] Motto: “True wisdom comes from God, rests in God and leads to God.” It is an age-old rule that he who aspires to a high goal should not look back along the way. The shooter looking for other things while aiming will have a hard time hitting the […]
[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 scarcely anything in the world which has caused so much calamity as the difference of opinion as to the person of the founder of Christendom. […]
Note[1] THERE is a great deal of prating about what is called “exact science,” but nothing is said about the development of the investigator himself necessary to make his science exact and to enable him to practically apply it. We do not recognise any other science as being “exact,” except that which results from true […]
A Letter to the Editor of Borderland. [1] Dear Sir,—I am living in a small town located in a corner of the Austrian Alps, where I seldom see one of the English newspapers, and I know, therefore, very little in regard to the interest which the public in England take concerning the storm in […]
An Opinion In Regard To What It Ought To Be. [by a member.][1] I am often asked by strangers who have heard some accounts of the doings of the Theosophists: What is the Theosophical Society, and what is its purpose? Some believe it to be a sect, in which no opinion is suffered to exist […]
Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] If one wants to clarify something, it is useful, to avoid mistakes, to call the thing by its real name. The word “Theosophy” (from “theos” God and “sophia” = wisdom) means the supreme wisdom or the wisdom of God in the universe, which is above all human intellectual […]