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Madame Blavatsky: Spiritual Traveller on HDNet

Selected episodes from the Enigma series are debuting on American TV this month in HDNet's In Focus documentary series. Continue

Added by K. Paul Johnson on December 3, 2009 at 10:16am — No Comments

10 December -Human Rights Day

If synthesis is to be a major aspect of the coming age, it is useful to look at an important ealier effort at synthesis -that of the Roman Stoics. From the discussions and differeing philosophical traditions found in the Mediterranean world, they developed the concept of the person and then the citizen, concepts which have come down to us as pointed out in this essay marking December 10 -Human Rights Day; Human Rights: The Emergence of the Person Rene Wadlow All human rights are universal, ind… Continue

Added by Rene Wadlow on December 3, 2009 at 3:49am — No Comments

Mindfulness exercises, religion trivia, buddhism gifts, etc.

Wishing you all a great month full of holiday cheer.

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Spiritual evolution, cycles, 2012 and wisdom (7 comments)
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Added by Katinka Hesselink on December 1, 2009 at 5:16am — No Comments

Observation about Nature Spirits - New article by CWL

There is a new article on Internet, titled - 'My First Flight', in which C. W. Leadbeater describes his first flight, which took place between Brisbane and Toowoomba in Queensalnd, Australia, in 1928. He makes some interesting observations on the nature-spirits of the air, some of which he had not seen before! Also, this is the first time I have seen anyone writing about observing entities while on airplane flight. All theosophists know that the entire universe is full of intelligent entities.… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on November 30, 2009 at 6:47am — 2 Comments

unsure if im own my own beliefs?

I am only 17 and i spend most of my time trying to figure out my beliefs. Ive researched alot but ive never found anything that is close to how i feel about life. I started thinking alot and writing down everything that came to me naturally before i even started researching any type of philosophical ideas. The weird part is there was nothing that influenced me to start wondering about this stuff ive never even really heard of it till i started researching so i thought i was just strange. I wante… Continue

Added by Brandi Mitchell on November 25, 2009 at 8:49pm — 3 Comments

Finding one's astrological twins

Last week I celebrated one of my most memorable birthdays, as 11/18/2009 was also the centenary of Johnny Mercer's birth and the occasion of the unveiling of a statue of him that I attended in Ellis Square in Savannah. Johnny's 100th was my 56th, which inspired me to look up my birth date and see who else turned 56 with me. Just two showed up on Wikipedia, Al… Continue

Added by K. Paul Johnson on November 25, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

New Secret Doctrine Abridgement published

There is a new abridgement of the Secret Doctrine out by Michael Gomes, and published by Penguin Paperbacks in paperback and ebook, both at $17.95 US. (288pp.) It is good to see a major publisher have a Blavatsky book out. Gomes has a good intuition in his historical papers, so I imagine it is a good selection. There are probably many abridgements of the SD, the only I know of are, One edited by Elizabeth Preston and Christmas Humphreys for Quest Books and Theosophical Publishing house (260pp, $… Continue

Added by Mark R. Jaqua on November 22, 2009 at 2:05pm — 4 Comments

A bit of hidden Theosophical History

From the Akashic DVD series, Madame Blavatsky, the Unknown Years. While it is well known that HPB had a long-running feud with the spiritualist A. O. Hume, relatively few know the roots of the feud. It all began one afternoon when Madame Blavatsky was paying a visit to Mr. Hume. They were in the library on the second floor of his house and she sat in an antique chair near the door. Unfortunately the combination of the immense gravity of her person and the age of the chair combined to cause the… Continue

Added by Charles Cosimano on November 21, 2009 at 9:58am — 4 Comments

www.light-weaver.com - Theosophical and Spiritual Website

I was very fortunate to find the light-weaver website created by Duane Carpenter, a theosophist. The stunning website speaks for itself what is possible in the hands of a talented artist. It also it contains links to a lot of information. You visit and enjoy the site Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on November 16, 2009 at 8:25am — 1 Comment

Talbot Mundy: Theosophical Novelist

Mundy and the Khyber Rifles Rene Wadlow He who would understand the Plains must ascend the Eternal Hills, where a man’s eyes scan Infinity. Be he who would make use of understanding must descend on the Plains where Past and Future meet, and men have need of him. Talbut Mundy Om-The Secret of Abbor Valley The current fighting on both sides of the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier and the Khyber Pass which links the two countries brings to mind the theosophical novel King of the Khyber Rifles (1916)… Continue

Added by Rene Wadlow on November 14, 2009 at 8:55am — No Comments

2012 a trash

Today, few people of the world are talking 2012 as an end of the world. At this juncture we all should know the time caliculation as per mythology. There are 4 yugas kali, dwapara, treta and kruta yugas. In which kali is the unit and it has 432100 years (this is the current yuga) and dwapara means two ie( 2 X 432100 = 864200 years), treta means three, kruta means 4. These four yugas together become day of Brahmma. Now, we are in the last yuga of the Brhamma's day in which only few years are gone… Continue

Added by GORTI SRINIVAS DUTT on November 13, 2009 at 9:29am — No Comments

Krishnamurti and Theosophy

The comments on my latest blogpost about theosophical popquizes went a bit off topic. So I thought I'd start a new blogpost discussing the issue. I've written about this before, so I'll start by quoting myself a few times. Let's start with my first attempt at discussing this: I still do appreciate Krishnamurti's teachings as valid on the path for many, but aspects of it just don't work for many people on ot… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on November 13, 2009 at 1:09am — 7 Comments

Let's have some fun with trivia quizes :)

Squidoo has created a template for online quizes that I've been having some fun with. So test out if you really practice the second object of the TS by studying religion, by taking my quiz about religion in general. Or whether you know enough about the largest world religion: Christianity. Perhaps a bit closer to home: I also made… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on November 11, 2009 at 1:30pm — 18 Comments

Ordering Joseph Ross’ books on Krotona and other titles

Many readers have inquired where Joseph Ross’ books on Krotona and other titles can be purchased. I am given to understand that soon, one would be able to purchased them on-line. In the interim, anyone interested in purchasing them can contact the author directly at: JEUGENER_AT_PACBELL.NET - Replace [AT] by the symbol in the email address. MKR Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on November 6, 2009 at 6:10pm — 2 Comments

Occult America: The Secret History of How Mysticism Shaped our Nation by Mitch Horowitz (book review)

Mitch Horowitz rescues many colorful characters from obscurity in this entertaining tour through the byways of American religious history. My favorite sections of the book were those describing individuals whose teachings flourished in the early twentieth century but are almost forgotten today. Psychiana was a successful mail-order religion that did not long survive the death of its founder Frank Robinson. Baird Spaulding concocted tall tales about encounters with Oriental spiritual Masters in b… Continue

Added by K. Paul Johnson on November 5, 2009 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Joseph Ross' books on Krotona

Joseph Ross’ books on Krotona Sometimes, reading historical material gives a better perspective of TS. Some take a simplistic view of TS as another world-wide worldly organization like the various business and political organizations were are all familiar with. Considering the unusual origin of TS and how and why it was launched and the intense on-hands Adeptic guidance of TS in the early days, it makes one think and possibly meditate. Much of the historical details are not found in the usual… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on November 4, 2009 at 8:56pm — No Comments

Religious symbolism, organised religion vs atheism, global warming ...

Contents of my spiritual newsletter November 2009

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on November 4, 2009 at 3:32am — No Comments

Lives of Alcyone - now available at scribed.com for download

The book - Lives of Alcyone by CWL and AB is fascinating to read even if you consider it all fiction. It was not republished by TPH since 1924. The original publication used very poor quality paper which later became brittle and most threw them away. Courtesy of Internet and digital scanning, it is now available for download at scribed.com. It is in three files and here is the link for the first. <<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/17282274/Lives-of-Alcyone1AB-CWL">http://www.scribd.c… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on October 31, 2009 at 9:12pm — 6 Comments

Google Wave Invites

I have 18 available. If someone wants a Google Wave account, let me know. They're free. First come first served. Continue

Added by Joe Fulton on October 31, 2009 at 4:02pm — No Comments

Theosophical Quarterly

I just put the index to this 35-volume (1903-1938) periodical online at scribd.com (below). Most would consider this New York based group "ultra-conservative." It formed around Ernest T. Hargrove (pres of Am. T.S. after Judge died) after he left Katerine Tingley's group. It included Hargrove, Charles Johnston, Julia and Archibald Keightley, C.A. Griscom and many others. There's 17 1/2 volumes online. (link) http://www.scr… Continue

Added by Mark R. Jaqua on October 30, 2009 at 10:07am — No Comments