Occult world series; Philosophical and theoretical teachings 1881-1883 Probation and chelaship; Phoenix venture and the condition of India; London lodge of the Theosophical Society; Spiritualism and phenomena; Miscellaneous letters.

Of the one will of God; Of the origin of God's ever-speaking Word; Of the introduction of the fiery enkindling into form; Of the original condition of the created world; Of the original state of man; Of man's fall, and of his wife; Of the animal manifestation in man; Of passages of the Holy Scripture; Of opposition between passages in the Scriptures; A brief compilation of objections; A further comparison and explanation of the passages concerning Election; A brief account of some questions that confound Reason; Theosophic Questions: What is God, apart from nature and creature, in himself? What is the abyss of all things where no creature is, or the unfathomable nothing? What is God's love and anger? What was there before the angels and the world of creation were? What was the ground and the essential principle from which the angels were created? What is the office and the mode of activity of the angels? What moved Lucifer that he had a desire contrary to God, and turned himself away from the good? How can a devil have arisen from an angel? or, what is a devil? In what essence and being does he stand after the fall? Seeing that God is almighty, why did He not resist Lucifer, and prevent this? What was it the devil desired, with a view to which he turned aside from God's love? What was the combat between Michael and the dragon? How may the eternal counsel of God be contemplated in the Divine intuition? How was the expulsion of the dragon and the legions of Lucifer brought about? What is the office of the devil in hell? Had the foundation of hell a temporal beginning, or has it been from eternity?

Annie Besant was born in 1847, and was a life long reformist, fighting for the causes of women, secularism, freedom of thought, birth control, socialism and workers rights. In 1889, she became involved with Theosophy, and after the death of Madame Blavastsky in 1891, she became a leading figure in the spiritual movement. These two books explain the interaction between the physical body, the mind, and the emotions, and the aura and the energies of the Universe.

Four Lectures Delivered at the Twenty-fourth Anniversary Meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar Madras, December 1899. Contents: What is an Avatara; The Source of and Need for Avataras; Some Special Avataras; Shri Krishna.

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This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

Other Contributors: William Q. Judge; Annie Besant; G. De Purucker; James M. Warnack; Boris De Zirkoff.

Youth and marriage; forest for throne; brotherly love; the carrying off of Sita; struggle; triumph.

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The Search for Pleasure; The Mystery of Threshold; The Initial Effort; The Meaning of Pain; The Secret of Strength.

Theosophy and the masters; General principles; earth chain; septenary constitution of man; body and astral body; kama-desire, Manas; reincarnation; Kama loka; Devachan; Cycles; Differentiation of species-missing links.

The writer attempts to supply a clear and simple study of the principal teachings - as he understands them- of the portion of the body of ancient knowledge now called theosophy, which particularly relates to man, and which will be neither too vague nor too difficult for the beginner.

Each human soul has some message to give to every other human soul, and what Jinarajadasa writes in this little book is his message to W.H. just now. It is not Jinarajadasa's in reality, for it came to him from other human souls.

Theosophy is a monthly magazine devoted to the promulgation of Theosophy as it was given by those who brought it. It discusses the Theosophical Movement, brotherhood of humanity, the study of occult science and philosophy and Aryan literature. A sample of articles found within include: Letter From H.P.B. to the American Convention of 1888. Aphorisms On Karma. Misconceptions of Theosophy. The Monad. The Purpose of Life. Practical Occultism. Reincarnation and Memory. Resurrecting the Dead. To the Man in the Street. Serpent's Blood. Love With an Object. Magic Screen of Time. Ethical Irresponsibility. Living the Higher Life. Three Planes of Human Life. Meditation and Action.

1911. Words from one of the leading figures of the Theosophical Society. Contents: Christ and Buddha; Chatta and the Buddha; Agade-1500 B.C.; Good King Wenceslas; The Baby White Elephant; My Cat; The Helper; and The Master. See other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1923. A booklet of letters from the Elder Brothers, who were the true Founders of the Theosophical Society, transcribed and annotated by C. Jinarajadasa. Contents, Letters: The Theosophical Society and its Work; The Path of Discipleship; India and the Theosophical Movement; Letters of Personal Counsel; Letters about D.K.M; General; Marginal Letters; The French Letter of 1870; On the Use of the Letters by Theosophical Writers; and The Future of the T.S. See other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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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Four lectures delivered at the Twenty-Ninth Anniversary Meeting of the Theosophical Society at Benares, December, 1904.

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Other tranlators: E. B. Cowell and Raja Rajendralal Mitra. English Translation with Notes from the Commentaries of Sankaracharya and the Gloss of Anandagiri.

"Suddenly the thought came into my mind: 'What if this be but hallucination...' -from "The Arabian Nights in New York" The philosophical discipline of theosophy enjoyed a flowering in the late 19th century, a spiritual reaction to the materialism aggressive scientific exploration and the newly ascendant corporate culture seemed to be promoting. In 1910, Claude Bragdon published this overview of the roots of theosophy, and it remains an important document of this influential movement, key reading for anyone interested in the origins and aims of early New Age thought. Though known primarily as an architect and, later, as a stage designer, Bragdon dabbled in mysticism, and brings his well-deserved renown as a delightful, charming writer to this little volume. Other works by Bragdon available from Cosimo Classics: More Lives Than One, The Beautiful Necessity, Architecture and Democracy, and A Primer of Higher Space (The Fourth Dimension). American architect, stage designer, and writer CLAUDE FAYETTE BRAGDON (1866-1946) helped found the Rochester Architectural Club, in the city where he made his greatest mark as a building designer with structures including Rochester Central Station, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the First Universalist Church; he also designed Peterborough Bridge in Ontario. In later life, Bragdon worked on Broadway as scenic designer for 1930s productions of Cyrano de Bergerac and Hamlet, among others.