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  • Independence. A Contemplation. By Franz Hartmann, M.D.

    Neue Lotusblüten 6, no. 1-2 (January-February 1913), 50-59 [Unabhängigkeit. Eine Betrachtung] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] People think they can stand on their own two feet, while only their lower self is under the spell of passions and often enough demons chasing behind them. The Christian education consisted essentially in the fact that […]

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  • Initiation. The Self and the “Selves.” Part II, by Franz Hartmann, M.D.

    The Metaphysical Magazine 2, no. 5 (November 1895), 337-344 Part II.[1]           II. The personality, or astral body. (Sukskma Sharira.) The physical body is the outward material expression of the personal image called the ” ethereal astral form.” If there were no personality, there would be no personal character and no […]

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  • Initiation. The Self and the “Selves.” Part I, by Franz Hartmann, M.D.

    The Metaphysical Magazine 2, no. 4 (October 1895), 257-262.[1]        “Do not attempt to deal with the highest and most sacred of all sciences, unless you are resolved to walk in the way of holiness; for those who are not pure in heart will not see the true light and not understand the […]

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  • John Pordage by Franz Hartmann, M.D.

    The Word 4, no. 6 (March 1907), 372-377. [1]   “I will utter things which have been secret from the foundation of the world.”                                                               […]

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  • Koot Hoomi Unveiled by F. Hartmann, F.T.S.

    The Theosophist 5, no. 12 (September 1984), 301-303. [i] Mr. Arthur Lillie’s pamphlet is an interesting contribution to the literature of Occultism. Not because it discloses anything especially new, except a deplorable and quite unexpected want of information on the part of the writer, but because it brings before the public a number of questions, which […]

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  • Learning and Experience [Erlernen und Erleben] by Franz Hartmann, M.D.

    Neue Lotusblüten 2, no. 11-12 (November-December 1909), 321-322. Translation by Robert Hutwohl[1] “True knowledge is the gateway to immortality.” There are two kinds of knowledge; what one has acquired from others and what one has acquired through personal experience. H. P. Blavatsky says:      Anyone who is still addicted to doubt and would like […]

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  • Letter from Dr. Franz Hartmann to the Editor [D. Georgievitz-Weitzer] of Zentralblatt für Okkultismus

    Monatsschrift zur Erforscbung der gesamten Geheimwissenschaften, 3, no. 6 (December, 1909), 284. We also received the following remarkable letter:[1] Dear editors!           The Central Journal for Occultism is very successful; only what Dr. Grävell writes in No. 1 of this year about H. P. Blavatsky, that she hated Christianity, is not […]

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  • Letters of H.P.B. To Dr. Franz Hartmann, 1885–1886, I, II, III, IV, V

    I[1] Ostende, December 5th [1885] My dear Doctor:—           You must really forgive me for my seeming neglect, of you, my old friend. I give my word of honour, I am worried to death with work. Whenever I sit to write a letter all my ideas are scattered, and I cannot go on with the […]

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  • Letters of H.P.B. To Dr. Franz Hartmann, 1885–1886, VI

    VI[*] (Continued)   April 3rd, 1886 My Dear Doctor:—           I had given up all hope of ever hearing from you again, and was glad to receive today your letter. What you say in it seems to me like an echo of my own thoughts in many a way; only knowing […]

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  • Letter from Franz Hartmann. Theosophical Quarterly 2, no. 1 (July 1904), 22

    From Germany.— Dr. Thaddens Hyatt: Rifredi, Italy, April 7, 1904.[1] Dear Sir:—Your welcome letter of March 22 has been received with thanks. Although I am not occupying any official position in any of the different Theosophical Societies, nevertheless I am authorized to say on behalf of my very numerous friends in those Theosophical groups in […]

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