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This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
This volume is divided into five sections, the first a series of
articles introducing theosophical concepts which Judge wrote for
'Kate Field's Washington' under the title "Echoes from the Orient".
Sections 2-4 contain tracts and pamphlets issued by Judge including
his highly-esteemed "Epitome of Theosophy" as well as articles in
newspapers and journals other than those in the first two volumes,
and miscellanea (extracts, undated articles, etc.). The fifth and
largest section, comprising nearly half the volume, is devoted to
'Suggestions and Aids' issued to students of the Eastern School of
Theosophy, founded by H P B with Judge's assistance in 1888. These
papers deal with matters more directly pertinent to theosophists,
as well as with the core purposes of the Theosophical Society and
its founders, the Mahatmas. Whatever the subject, Judge's writing
is invariably down to earth, cutting right through rigid thinking
and the nonsense of pseudo-occultism. It is refreshing to read
clear, simply-worded sentences free of the misty sweetness and
light or clever but vague language that characterises much new-age
literature today. As straightforward as Judge is, his perspective
is clearly rooted in a larger philosophic background, oriented
towards universal brotherhood, innate human dignity, and the
inestimable worth of altruistic motive and service. Never
condescending, but always the Esotericist, a student/teacher with
whom we can easily relate, Judge transmits the perennial wisdom in
a way that encourages us to broaden our views and thus to see in
everyone and everything vibrant expressions of the divine force
permeating the universe.
Collected here in this 5-in-1 omnibus edition are five of Rudolf
Steiner's most important works including Theosophy, an
Introduction, An Esoteric Cosmology, Intuitive Thinking as a
Spiritual Path, An Introduction to Waldorf Education and Other
Essays, and how to Know Higher Worlds. Rudolf Steiner was an
Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, educator, artist,
playwright, social thinker, and esotericist.
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This Book Is About The Three Paths Of Karma, Jnana And Bhakti, As
Explained In The Bhagavad-Gita. Lectures Delivered At Benares, At
The Sixth Annual Convention Of The Indian Section Of The
Theosophical Society On October 19th, 20th And 21st, 1896.
1912. Four lectures delivered by Besant, the Founder/President of
the Theosophical Society at its Thirty-sixth Annual Convention held
at Benares. The lecture topics include: Brotherhood Applied to
Government; Brotherhood in Education and Criminology; Tolerance;
Knowledge; and The Perfect Man. See other works available by this
author from Kessinger Publishing.
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Adherents of theosophy, the esoteric philosophy popular at the turn
of the 20th century, believed that science and religion could be
reconciled, and that the plan of the universe could and should be
understood, and that it was humanity's duty to adapt to that plan.
Here, in a series of lectures delivered in Sydney, Australia, in
1915, the renowned spiritualist Charles W. Leadbeater, a leader of
theosophical thought, celebrates the new "sub-race" of humanity
come to joyful life in the immigrant nations of America, Australia,
and New Zealand, where, freed from the social shackles of Old World
Europe, races and classes were intermingling to create a new kind
of culture, which would in turn reshape the world. Far-reaching and
perceptive, this is an extraordinary little volume of social
insight and criticism.British author CHARLES WEBSTER LEADBEATER
(1854-1934) was ordained as an Anglican priest, but later joined
the prominent Theosophical Society and traveled to India to study
alternative spiritual and occult practices, eventually settling
into his life as a clairvoyant and author. His other works include
Man Visible and Invisible and The Science of the Sacrament.
The Author of this volume - an independent student, the result of
whose investigations extending over a period of many years is
embodied in this work - here outlines a system of esotericism
reminiscent in a marked degree of the Rosicrucian School. His
thesis revolves round the central problem of the mystery of birth
and death. Neither spiritualism, psychic research, nor theosophy by
themselves are sufficient, he contends, to explain this 'Fourth
Mystery', although the solution suggested by the author involves
the acknowledgment and appreciation of each in its degree. The
reader will find in this little book a distinctive and interesting
contribution to the literature of esotericism. In this text, C. G.
Harrison's concern is resurrection, whereas in his earlier and more
extensive work, The Transcendental Universe (of which the present
text forms a continuation), the central theme was reincarnation. Of
the earlier book, contemporary author on related topics and
director of Phanes Press, David Fideler, wrote: At sensitive
moments in time, spiritual impulses are released into the world of
human affairs. This work] casts an intriguing light on this
phenomenon, as seen through the eyes of a nineteenth-century
Christian occultist.
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1921. Lectures delivered at the North Indian Convention of the
Theosophical Society held at Benares by its Founder/President Annie
Besant. The Lectures are entitled: Ishvara, the Builders of a
Cosmos, The Hierarchy of our World, the Rulers, the Teachers, the
Forces; The Method of Evolution, The Building of Man, The Building
of Races and Sub-Races, The Manus; The Divine Plan, Its Section,
Religions and Civilisations, The Present Part of the Plan, The
Choice of the Nations. See other works by this author available
from Kessinger Publishing.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
Elephas Levi (the pen name of Abb Louis Constant, 1810-1875) was
one of the leading occultists of the 19th century. For most of his
life he was a Roman Catholic priest; even after he was defrocked in
1844, his views continued to have a strong Catholic influence. His
books, translated into English after his death, were essential to
the development of other occultists such as Albert Pike, Helena
Blavatsky, A.E. Waite, and Aleister Crowley.
"Paradoxes of the Highest Science" was the first of Levi's books
to be translated into English. (The original French version was
published in 1856.) This edition reprints the 1883 text issued by
the Theosophical Society (translated by Anonymous) and includes the
1922 commentary by "an Eminent Occultist" (perhaps Helena P.
Blavatsky).
In addition to "Paradoxes of the Highest Science," this edition
includes two more essays by Levi, "Synthetic Recapitulation" and
"The Great Secret."
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