“I concede some theological ground to others; I concede some philosophical ground to others; I do not, however, concede any psychological ground, since that would not leave enough room for One.”—General Theosophy

Knowledge was virtue to Socrates, “To be wise was to be good.”1

"Education, on the other hand, was something Socrates believed others “wrangled over.” “But our present discourse is in place only on the lips of one who holds that education is none of these things, but rather that schooling from boyhood in goodness which inspires the recipient with passionate and ardent desire to become a perfect citizen, knowing both how…

For the first time in history, as has been said elsewhere, Hinduism itself forms here the subject of generalisation of a Hindu mind of the highest order. For ages to come the Hindu man who would verify, the Hindu mother…

In the early theosophical literature, there are many references to cycles and how entire universe is governed by cycles. I just ran into one of the most interesting articles about cycles. Here is the link. Some of you may enjoy it.

That pretty much says it all.

Have you ever looked up and saw someone and all you saw was them talking about themselves, how great and gifted they are?  It kind of grates after a while.  You just wish they would mention how great and gifted others are and talk about something besides themselves for once.  This seems to happen too often, not only on infomercials and other forms of advertising, but in spiritual settings too.  I recall sitting through part of a lecture with the American…

Theosophy.

It is a word that means a lot of things to a lot of people.  For the most part, this is represented on the web by the works of HP Blavatsky, the 19th Century Russian who was active in the Theosophical Society.

This is one Theosophy that has the largest presence…

The Cooperative Spirit and its Many Manifestations

Rene Wadlow*

            The United Nations General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/64/136 has designated 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives in order to highlight the large role that cooperatives can play in ecologically-sound development and poverty reduction.  As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said “Cooperatives are a reminder to the international community that…

Just dropped in to say Hello. My absence is due to worsening condition. It's likely that someday soon I'll find out if what lies beyond and if what I have come to believe will embrace me. So thank you Joe and everyone for helping to raise the consciousness of us all!. With that said I'll leave you with a poem that I anticipate experiencing. To Wit:…

Communis comes from a combination of the Latin prefix com- (which means "together") and the word munis probably originally derived from the Etruscan…

I just experienced Samadhi.

cheers, peace

8-)

Inspired by conversation in SD group I therefore blog. Blog blog.

Years ago I had a bad flu and was lying in bed in fever listening to tv-news about EU parliament with all these huge piles of papers when everything has to be in different langugaes. In my feverish mind I thought I'll make a new language for EU. Or, why not, a universal language.

Ideas I had:

It's grammar should be as straightforward as possible. No exceptions to rules after another.

All the…

This is an ongoing project involving the compilation of resources on specific concepts/themes related to theosophical study and inquiry. Within each topic can be found links and quotes from historical treatises stemming from a wide range of traditions, religions, philosophies and sciences.







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Evolution…

People have asked, what is the Esoteric Science?  I have downloaded this Introduction and first four chapters of my revised work to give the members of the forum a sense of what the Esoteric Science is.  I work, for the most part, with the Judeao Christian Scriptures and I demonstrate this Esoteric…

Alison Pargeter

The Muslim Brotherhood: The Burden of Tradition

(London: Saqi Books, 2010, 248pp.)

         Although Pan-Islamic and Pan-Arab movements have not been ‘federalist’ in the sense that federalism is usually analysed, Pan-Islamic movements have been an effort to organize political community across State boundaries.  The division of the Arab world into a host of separate States has been condemned by some Pan-Arab thinkers while separate…

I have uploaded two videos from Youtube. How can I make the video shows up in the frame instead of Youtube logo? Need tech help!!!!