[Über den Unterschied zwischen Unsterblichkeit, und “Leben im jenseits.”] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl.[1] At all times philosophers have been concerned with the question of whether there is a continuation of human life after the death of his visible body, and this is also inconceivable otherwise, for if everything should end with this death, […]
[Über die “Geheimlehre” von H. P. Blavatsky und ihre Quelle] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl.[1] H. P. Blavatsky’s The Secret Doctrine, in two volumes of over 700 and 800 pages each, can rightly be called the greatest work that has appeared since the beginning of the Christian era, and it is to be […]
[Über den Fortschritt im Geistigen oder der wahre Weg zur Initiation] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] “The truth is within us! — In all of us, there is a center in the innermost being where the truth dwells in its fullness, and its knowledge consists rather in opening a way for it through […]
[Über die Führung im Geistigen] Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl.[1] One who wishes to become a disciple (chelā) and find his master usually seeks someone whom he considers wiser than himself and places himself under his intellectual guidance. This would be quite true if it were intellectual knowledge, the imparting of theories, or, […]
Note[1] ON August 4th, 1896, the International Congress of Psychologists assembled at Munich, on which occasion an Indian Yogi, Mr. Bheema Sena Pratapa, gave representations of his self-induced yoga sleep exclusively to the members of that Congress, creating thereby a great deal of interest, although the phenomenon, as might have been expected, was understood by […]
[Kama Rupa oder, die formenschaffende Kraft der Seele.][1] Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl “He who consecrates himself to the Shining Ones,[2] goes to the Shining Ones. He who consecrates himself to the Ancestors,[3] goes to the Ancestors. He who devotes himself to the larvae,[4] goes to the larvae. Whoever loves Me alone goes […]
The articles in your paper headed “Is suicide a crime?” have suggested to my mind to ask another question “Is Foeticide a crime?” Not that I personally have any serious doubts about the unlawfulness of such an act; but the custom prevails to such an extent in the United States that there are comparatively only […]
Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl.[1] I.[2] “This is the curse of evil deeds, That they keep giving birth to evil.” — Schiller (part). The word karma (Sanskrit) means “action” or “activity,” and when the “law of karma” is spoken of, it means nothing other than the general law of nature according to which […]
Translation from the German by Robert Hutwohl[1] “The guild of scribes casts itself as judges But we recommend that you use your common sense as a referee. Rückert. Even if nowadays under the name “Theosophy” many empty enthusiasms and a sick mysticism are hidden, the word θεοσ σοφία in its true sense means nothing other […]
Translation from the German by Robert Hütwohl[1] The ancient philosophers called the big world around us the “macrocosm” and man “the small world” or “microcosm.” Both are intimately connected with each other, and the forces contained in them are in constant relation and mutual interaction with each other. God created man in his own image, […]