Spiritual Evolution
SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION The universe is even as a great temple.Claude de St. Martin The central tenets of Theosophia are not derived from any ancient or modern sect but represent the accumulated wisdom of the ages, the unrecorded inheritance of humanity. Its vast scheme of cosmic and human evolution furnishes all true seekers with the symbolic alphabet necessary […]
Theosophy and Universal Brotherhood
THEOSOPHY AND UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD Theosophy—the Wisdom Religion Universal Brotherhood Theosophy is “Divine Wisdom”, that bedrock of Truth which underlies and unites all of life. It is the Philosophia Perennis, the philosophy of human perfectibility, the science of spirituality and the religion of responsibility. It has been expressed in different ages by great teachers such as […]
The Word Theosophy
THE WORD “THEOSOPHY” Enquirer: Theosophy and its doctrines are often referred to a new-fangled religion. Is it a religion? Theosophist: It is not. Theosophy is Divine Knowledge or Science. Enq: What is the real meaning of the term? Theosophist: “Divine Wisdom” (Theosophia), or Wisdom of the Gods, as (theogonia), genealogy of the gods. The word […]
The Ocean of Theosophy
THE OCEAN OF THEOSOPHY W.Q. Judge Chapter I THEOSOPHY AND THE MASTERS Theosophy is that ocean of knowledge which spreads from shore to shore of the evolution of sentient beings; unfathomable in its deepest parts, it gives the greatest minds their fullest scope, yet, shallow enough at its shores, it will not overwhelm the understanding of a child. […]
Cycles
CYCLES LADIES and gentlemen: This is our last meeting; it is the last impulse of the Cycle which we began when we opened our sessions at this Parliament. All the other bodies which have met in this building have been also starting cycles just as we have been. Now, a great many people know what […]
Law of Correspondences
LAW OF CORRESPONDENCES “Law of Correspondences” is a greater subject than people are liable to suspect; yet we all know something of correspondences in the simple facts of nature—the seven colors of the spectrum, the seven notes of the scale. Each color of each octave corresponds to the same color of another octave. We see […]
Spirit, Mind and Matter
SPIRIT, MIND AND MATTER The “midway point of evolution” is that stage where the astral prototypes definitely begin to pass into the physical, and thus become subject to the differentiating agencies now operative around us. Physical causation supervenes immediately on the assumption of “coats of skin” – i.e., the physiological equipment in general. The forms of Men […]
Man as Microcosm
MAN AS MICROCOSM Man . . . is a microcosm, a world in himself, the mirror of an invisible universe that is around and beyond him. RAGHAVAN IYER, Hermes, March 1979 In the same Sub-Category Share on email Email
Bhagavad Gita
THE BHAGAVAD GITA Like everything else that a Great Teacher does, it is meant to release in Arjuna authentic representations of an archetypal stance. Whatever part he chose or course of action he took, it was possible for Arjuna to have unconditional help from Krishna. It was also possible for Arjuna—in relation to his world—both […]
The Dhammapada
THE DHAMMAPADA The Dhammapada is the laser-like quintessence of Buddha’s luminous message to all humanity. Bridging eternity and time, the unmanifest and the manifest, thought and action, theoria and praxis, it is a highly potent therapeia, a catalytic agent of self-transformation, rooted in the realization of that essential unity which enshrines the meaning of events and relations in an ever-changing cosmos. Although the […]