[Philosophie und Theosophie!] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[i] Since there is much talk of “theosophy” these days, many demand to know what it means. To give a definition of “theosophy” which can be understood by the limited earthly mind is just as impossible as an “explanation” of “god” “infinity” or other things […]
The necessity of practical work. [1] Much has been said and written about practical occultism, and yet there are few who have more than a very vague idea of the meaning of this expression. By “practical work,” we mean neither the reading of books, nor the study of science, nor the exercise of charity, nor […]
Vibrations[1] As the intellectual progress of the world advances, even the most narrow-minded adherents of scientific superstitions are gradually forced to change their opinions and to begin to understand that all things in the visible and invisible universe are made up of only one essence or “primordial substance” (as it was called by the ancient […]
Note[1] He who sees the Supreme Lord dwelling alike in all beings, the Imperishable in things that perish, sees indeed.—Bhagavad Gita, xiii. 27. Ever since public attention was called by H. P. Blavatsky to a reasonable consideration of things spiritual and occult, there have developed two classes of investigators. One consists of the “few,” […]
[Auszüge aus dem Buche Dzyan von H. P. Blavatsky. Die Entstehung des Menschen.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] [2] The following second part[3] of the Secret Doctrine contains the oldest record now in existence regarding the origin of the human race, and we find in the Book of Dzyan the foundation upon which later […]
Note:[1] [Auszüge aus der Geheimlehre des Ostens. Von H. P. Blavatsky.] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl Τhe Secret Doctrine of the East is the unified basis of all science, religion and philosophy. Like all deeper religious mysteries, it is called “secret”; not because it should not be published, but because a deeper intellectual […]
Note:[1] Question 25.—Can any light be thrown on the statement that the influence of the moon is evil? If the body of the moon has to be absorbed by the earth before the earth evolution be complete, must must there not be beneficial effects also derivable from the moon, or are all astral influences […]
Note:[1] [Aus den Papieren eines ungenannten Philosophen] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl ॐ 1. Know that all is One. This one is fact, the eternal Absolute, from which the whole world has emerged as an appearance (idea) and into which everything returns again. The Absolute is the ground of everything and […]
The Occult Review 8, no. 1 (July 1908), 44-46[1] MY personal experience concerning gruesome ghost stories and apparitions of the dead is somewhat limited; but the following well-authenticated cases have come to my notice— 1. In the town of Kempten in the south of Bavaria there is an old […]
Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] With this number we bring a well-chosen portrait of H. P. Blavatsky, the founder of the “Theosophical Society,” who has rightly been called “the sphinx of the nineteenth century” because she was an unsolvable enigma to “science” for most of her lifetime, and like man in general, she […]