Alfred Percy Sinnett was an English journalist who, at the age of thirty-nine, moved to India to become editor of 'The Pioneer', the premier English daily on the sub-continent. It was in India he met Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and began his studies into Theosophy and other aspects of the occult world. 'Esoteric Buddhism' was first published in 1883. Wide-ranging in scope, the book covers topics as diverse as life after death, Karma, the origin of Evil, The Chain of Globes, psychic perception, Nirvana, and Esoteric Cosmogony. Delving so deeply into what Sinnett considers "absolute truth," the work also highlights the many ways in which Buddhist esotericism agrees with the occult wisdom of other faiths.

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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.

1925. Three Lectures delivered by Besant, in the Kensington Town Hall, London, to Fellows of the Theosophical Society. From the beginning of the Theosophical Society, Theosophists have been strong individualists who have stressed the importance of freedom of thought. Freedom of thought includes the freedom to either affirm or reject any person's claims to occult authority. This was a matter of contention at times within the Theosophical Society and Besant raises this issue in the lectures. See other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1899. 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.

1921. Extractions from the many writings of Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophical Society, and presented as meditations, or readings, for each day of the year. See other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.

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Born at Ekaterinoslav in Southern Russia, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (n e von Hahn) contracted an unconsummated marriage at 17, and spent the next quarter of a century in a variety of adventures, visiting most of Europe, Turkey, Egypt, South America, Mexico, USA, Japan Java and India, and crowning her travels with a trip to Tibet by way of Kashmir and Ladkh. Aware of the world's spiritual dimension since childhood, it was during this latter journey that she underwent her most intense esoteric training, obtaining occult insights and experiences that led to the publication of her magnum opus, the massive and densely argued 'Secret Doctrine'.'The Key to Theosophy' is a much gentler introduction into the aims and tenets of the society she co-founded to spread knowledge of this 'Divine Wisdom'. The author describes in precise, logical terms the structure of the super-sensible worlds, humanity's spiritual evolution, and the common set of basic principles that lie behind the world's religions. Theosophy considers itself a repository for "the accumulated Wisdom of the ages, tested and verified by generations of Seers..." This book is must-read for all serious occultists and will repay serious study.

The Four Modes of Knowledge; The Occult Functions of Sleep; The Pupil and His Teacher; Inspiration; Tuition; Philosophy and Theosophy.

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THIS 60 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Science of Social Organization or the Laws of Manu in the Light of Theosophy, by Bhagavan Das. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766103382.

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1913. Cousins began in Belfast as office boy, clerk, and secretary to the Lord Mayor; moved to Dublin in the 1890s and became a Theosophist, vegetarian, and playwright. Contents: The Need of the Age, and Its Supply; Theosophy: Its Philosophical and Psychological Basis; Theosophy: The Religious and Social Reconciler; and Theosophy in Personal Practice. See other works by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.