MY BOOKS
BY
H P BLAVATSKY
From the
writings of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, the
founder
of modern Theosophy and co-founder of the
original
Theosophical Society in
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Cymdeithas Theosoffi
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Datganiaid Cenhadaeth
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dominyddol a chraid Cymdeithas Theosoffi Caerdydd
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astudiaeth Dysgeidiaeth Theosoffical
fel y diffinir gan
ysgrifau Helena Petrovna Blavatsky,
William Quan Judge, Alfred
Percy Sinnett a’u llinach.
Nid yw’r datganiad
cenhadaeth yn atal gweithgareddau
ddi-theosoffical ond rhaid
iddynt fod o natur ysbrydol
a/neu yn chymharus
Amcanion y Cymdeithas.
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Helena
Petrovna Blavatsky
1831-1891
The
Founder of Modern Theosophy
My
Books
By
Helena
Petrovna Blavatsky
SOME time ago, a Theosophist, Mr.
R_____, was travelling by rail with an American gentleman, who told him how
surprised he had been by his visit to our London Headquarters. He said that he
had asked Mdme. Blavatsky what were the best Theosophical works for him to
read, and had declared his intention of procuring Isis Unveiled, when to his
astonishment she replied, "Don't read it, it is all trash."
Now I did not say "trash" so
far as I remember; but what I did say in substance was: "Leave it alone;
Isis will not satisfy you. Of all the books I have put my name to, this
particular one is, in literary arrangement, the worst and most confused."
And I might have added with as much truth that, carefully analysed from a
strictly literary and critical standpoint, Isis was full of misprints and misquotations;
that it contained useless repetitions, most irritating digressions, and to the
casual reader unfamiliar with the various aspects of metaphysical ideas and
symbols, as many apparent contradictions; that much of the matter in it ought
not to be there at all and also that it had some very gross mistakes due to the
many alterations in proof-reading in general, and word corrections in
particular. Finally, that the work, for reasons that will be now explained, has
no system in it; and that it looks in truth, as remarked by a friend, as if a
mass of independent paragraphs having no connection with each other, had been
well shaken up in a waste-basket, and then taken out at random and--published.
Such is also now my sincere opinion. The
full consciousness of this sad truth dawned upon me when, for the first time
after its publication in 1877, I read the work through from the first to the
last page, in India in 1881. And from that date to the present, I have never
ceased to say what I thought of it, and to give my honest opinion of Isis
whenever I had an opportunity for so doing. This was done to the great disgust
of some, who warned me that I was spoiling its sale; but as my chief object in
writing it was neither personal fame nor gain, but something far higher, I
cared little for such warnings. For more than ten years this unfortunate
"master-piece," this "monumental work," as some reviews
have called it, with its hideous metamorphoses of one word into another,
thereby entirely transforming the meaning,l with its misprints and wrong
quotation-marks, has given me more anxiety and trouble than anything else
during a long life-time which has ever been more full of thorns than of roses.
But in spite of these perhaps too great admissions,
I maintain that Isis Unveiled contains a mass of original and never hitherto
divulged information on occult subjects. That this is so, is proved by the fact
that the work has been fully appreciated by all those who have been intelligent
enough to discern the kernel, and pay little attention to the shell, to give
the preference to the idea and not to the form, regardless of its minor
shortcomings. Prepared to take upon myself--vicariously as I will show--the
sins of all the external, purely literary defects of the work, I defend the
ideas and teachings in it, with no fear of being charged with conceit, since
neither ideas nor teaching are mine, as I have always declared; and I maintain
that both are of the greatest value to mystics and students of Theosophy. So
true is this, that when Isis was first published, some of the best American
papers were lavish in its praise--even to exaggeration, as is evidenced by the
quotations below.2
The first enemies that my work brought
to the front were Spiritualists, whose fundamental theories as to the spirits
of the dead communicating in propriâ personâ I upset. For the last fifteen
years--ever since this first publication--an incessant shower of ugly
accusations has been poured upon me. Every libellous charge, from immorality
and the "Russian spy" theory down to my acting on false pretences, of
being a chronic fraud and a living lie, an habitual drunkard, an emissary of
the Pope, paid to break down Spiritualism, and Satan incarnate. Every slander
that can be thought of has been brought to bear upon my private and public
life. The fact that not a single one of these charges has ever been
substantiated; that from the first day of January to the last of December, year
after year, I have lived surrounded by friends and foes like as in a
glass-house,--nothing could stop these wicked, venomous, and thoroughly
unscrupulous tongues. It has been said at various times by my ever active
opponents that
(1) Isis Unveiled was simply a rehash of
Eliphas Lévi and a few old alchemists;
(2)that it was written by me under the
dictation of Evil Powers and the departed spirits of Jesuits (sic); and finally
(3) that my two volumes had been
compiled from MSS, (never before heard of), which Baron de Palm--he of the
cremation and double-burial fame--had left behind him, and which I had found in
his trunk!3
On the other hand, friends, as unwise as
they were kind, spread abroad that which was really the truth, a little too
enthusiastically, about the connection of my Eastern Teacher and other
Occultists with the work; and this was seized upon by the enemy and exaggerated
out of all limits of truth. It was said that the whole of Isis had been
dictated to me from cover to cover and verbatim by these invisible Adepts. And,
as the imperfections of my work were only too glaring, the consequence of all
this idle and malicious talk was, that my enemies and critics inferred--as well
they might--that either these invisible inspirers had no existence, and were
part of my "fraud," or that they lacked the cleverness of even an
average good writer.
Now, no one has any right to hold me
responsible for what any one may say, but only for that which I myself state
orally, or in public print over my signature. And what I say and maintain is
this: Save the direct quotations and the many afore specified and mentioned
misprints, errors and misquotations, and the general make-up of Isis Unveiled,
for which I am in no way responsible, (a) every word of information found in
this work or in my later writings, comes from the teachings of our Eastern
Masters; and (b) that many a passage in these works has been written by me
under their dictation. In saying this no supernatural claim is urged, for no
miracle is performed by such a dictation. Any moderately intelligent person,
convinced by this time of the many possibilities of hypnotism (now accepted by
science and under full scientific investigation), and of the phenomena of
thought-transference, will easily concede that if even a hypnotized subject, a
mere irresponsible medium, hears the unexpressed thought of his hypnotizer, who
can thus transfer his thought to him--even to repeating the words read by the
hypnotizer mentally from a book--then my claim has nothing impossible in it.
Space and distance do not exist for thought; and if two persons are in perfect
mutual psycho-magnetic rapport, and of these two, one is a great Adept in
Occult Sciences, then thought-transference and dictation of whole pages, become
as easy and as comprehensible at the distance of ten thousand miles as the
transference of two words across a room.
Hitherto, I have abstained--except on
very rare occasions--from answering any criticism on my works, and have even
left direct slanders and lies unrefuted, because in the case of Isis I found
almost every kind of criticism justifiable, and in that of "slanders and
lies," my contempt for the slanderers was too great to permit me to notice
them. Especially was it the case with regard to the libellous matter
emanating from America. It has all come from one and the same source, well
known to all Theosophists, a person most indefatigable in attacking me
personally for the last twelve years,4 though I have never seen or met the
creature. Neither do I intend to answer him now. But, as Isis is now attacked
for at least the tenth time, the day has come when my perplexed friends and
that portion of the public which may be in sympathy with Theosophy, are
entitled to the whole truth--and nothing but the truth. Not that I seek to
excuse myself in anything even before them or to "explain things." It
is nothing of the kind. What I am determined to do is to give facts, undeniable
and not to be gainsaid, simply by stating the peculiar, well known to many but
now almost forgotten, circumstances, under which I wrote my first English work.
I give them seriatim.
(1)
When I came to
America in 1873, I had not spoken English--which I had learned in my childhood
colloquially--for over thirty years. I could understand when I read it, but
could hardly speak the language.
(2)
I had never been at any college, and
what I knew I had taught myself; I have never pretended to any scholarship in
the sense of modern research; I had then hardly read any scientific European
works, knew little of Western philosophy and sciences. The little which I had
studied and learned of these, disgusted me with its materialism, its
limitations, narrow cut-and-dried spirit of dogmatism, and its air of
superiority over the philosophies and sciences of antiquity.
(3)
Until 1874 I had
never written one word in English, nor had I published any work in any
language. Therefore—
(4)
I had not the least idea of literary
rules. The art of writing books, of preparing them for print and publication,
reading and correcting proofs, were so many close[d] secrets to me.
(5)
When I started to write that which
developed later into Isis Unveiled, I had no more idea than the man in the moon
what would come of it. I had no plan; did not know whether it would be an
essay, a pamphlet, a book, or an article. I knew that I had to write it, that was
all. I began the work before I knew Colonel Olcott well, and some months before
the formation of the Theosophical Society.
Thus, the conditions for becoming the
author of an English theosophical and scientific work were hopeful, as everyone
will see. Nevertheless, I had written enough to fill four such volumes as Isis,
before I submitted my work to Colonel Olcott. Of course he said that everything
save the pages dictated--had to be rewritten. Then we started on our literary
labours and worked together every evening. Some pages the English of which he
had corrected, I copied: others which would yield to no mortal correction, he
used to read aloud from my pages, Englishing them verbally as he went on,
dictating to me from my almost undecipherable MSS. It is to him that I am
indebted for the English in Isis. It is he again who suggested that the work
should be divided into chapters, and the first volume devoted to SCIENCE and
the second to THEOLOGY. To do this, the matter had to be re-shifted, and many
of the chapters also; repetitions had to be erased, and the literary connection
of subjects attended to. When the work was ready, we submitted it to Professor
Alexander Wilder, the well-known scholar and Platonist of New York, who after
reading the matter, recommended it to Mr. Bouton for publication. Next to
Colonel Olcott, it is Professor Wilder who did the most for me. It is he who
made the excellent Index, who corrected the Greek, Latin and Hebrew words,
suggested quotations and wrote the greater part of the Introduction
"Before the Veil." If this was not acknowledged in the work, the
fault is not mine, but because it was Dr. Wilder's express wish that his name
should not appear except in footnotes. I have never made a secret of it, and
every one of my numerous acquaintances in New York knew it. When ready the work
went to press.
From that moment the real difficulty
began. I had no idea of correcting galley proofs; Colonel Olcott had little
leisure to do so; and the result was that I made a mess of it from the
beginning. Before we were through with the first three chapters, there was a
bill for six hundred dollars for corrections and alterations, and I had to give
up the proof-reading. Pressed by the publisher, Colonel Olcott doing all that
he possibly could do, but having no time except in the evenings, and Dr. Wilder
far away at Jersey City, the result was that the proofs and pages of Isis
passed through a number of willing but not very careful hands, and were finally
left to the tender mercies of the publisher's proof-reader. Can one wonder
after this if "Vaivaswata" (Manu) became transformed in the published
volumes into "Viswamitra," that thirty-six pages of the Index were
irretrievably lost, and quotation-marks placed where none were needed (as in
some of my own sentences!), and left out entirely in many a passage cited from
various authors? If asked why these fatal mistakes have not been corrected in a
subsequent edition, my answer is simple: the plates were stereotyped; and
notwithstanding all my desire to do so, I could not put it into practice, as
the plates were the property of the publisher; I had no money to pay for the
expenses, and finally the firm was quite satisfied to let things be as they
are, since, notwithstanding all its glaring defects, the work--which has now
reached its seventh or eighth edition, is still in demand.
And now--and perhaps in consequence of
all this--comes a new accusation: I am charged with wholesale plagiarism in the
Introductory Chapter "Before the Veil"!
Well, had I committed plagiarism, I
should not feel the slightest hesitation in admitting the
"borrowing." But all "parallel passages" to the contrary,
as I have not done so, I do not see why I should confess it; even though
"thought transference" as the Pall Mall Gazette wittily calls it, is
in fashion, and at a premium just now. Since the day when the American press
raised a howl against Longfellow, who, borrowing from some (then) unknown
German translation of the Finnish epic, the Kalevala, published it as his own
superb poem, Hiawatha, and forgot to acknowledge the source of his inspiration,
the Continental press has repeatedly brought out other like accusations. The
present year is especially fruitful in such "thought transferences."
Here we have the Lord Mayor of the City of London, repeating word for word an
old forgotten sermon by Mr. Spurgeon and swearing he had never read or heard of
it. The Rev. Robert Bradlaugh writes a book, and forthwith the Pall Mall
Gazette denounces it as a verbal copy from somebody else's work. Mr. Harry de
Windt, the Oriental traveller, and a F.R.G.S. to boot, finds several pages out
of his just published A Ride to India, across Persia and Beluchistan, in the
London Academy paralleled with extracts from The Country of Belochistan, by A.
W. Hughes, which are identical verbatim et literatim. Mrs. Parr denies in the
British Weekly that her novel Sally was borrowed consciously or unconsciously
from Miss Wilkins' Sally, and states that she had never read the said story,
nor even heard the author's name, and so on. Finally, every one who has read La
Vie de Jésus, by Renan, will find that he has plagiarised by anticipation, some
descriptive passages rendered in flowing verse in the Light of the World. Yet
even Sir Edwin Arnold, whose versatile and recognised genius needs no borrowed
imagery, has failed to thank the French Academician for his pictures of Mount
Tabor and Galilee in prose, which he has so elegantly versified in his last
poem. Indeed, at this stage of our civilisation and fin de siècle, one should
feel highly honoured to be placed in such good and numerous company, even as
a--plagiarist. But I cannot claim such a privilege and, simply for the reason
already told that out of the whole Introductory chapter "Before the Veil,"
I can claim as my own only certain passages in the Glossary appended to it, the
Platonic portion of it, that which is now denounced as "a bare-faced
plagiarism" having been written by Professor A. Wilder.
That gentleman is still living in or
near New York, and can be sked whether my statement is true or not. He is too
honourable, too great a scholar, to deny or fear anything. He insisted upon a
kind of Glossary, explaining the Greek and Sanskrit names and words with which
the work abounds, being appended to an Introduction, and furnished a few
himself. I begged him to give me a short summary of the Platonic philosophers,
which he kindly did. Thus from p. 11 down to 22 the text is his, save a few
intercalated passages which break the Platonic narrative, to show the identity
of ideas in the Hindu Scriptures. Now who of those who know Dr. A. Wilder
personally, or by name, who are aware of the great scholarship of that eminent
Platonist, the editor of so many learned works,5 would be insane enough to
accuse him of "plagiarising" from any author's work! I give in the
footnote the names of a few of the Platonic and other works he has edited. The
charge would be simply preposterous!
The fact is that Dr. Wilder must have
either forgotten to place quotes before and after the passages copied by him
from various authors in his Summary; or else, owing to his very difficult
handwriting, he has failed to mark them with sufficient clearness. It is
impossible, after the lapse of almost fifteen years, to remember or verify the facts.
To this day I had imagined that this disquisition on Platonists was his, and
never gave a further thought to it. But now enemies have ferretted out unquoted
passages and proclaim louder than ever "the author of Isis Unveiled,"
to be a plagiarist and a fraud. Very likely more may be found, as that work is
an inexhaustible mine of misquotations, errors and blunders, to which it is
impossible for me to plead "guilty" in the ordinary sense. Let then
the slanderers go on, only to find in another fifteen years as they have found
in the preceding period, that whatever they do, they cannot ruin Theosophy, nor
even hurt me. I have no author's vanity; and years of unjust persecution and
abuse have made me entirely callous to what the public may think of me--personally.
But in view of the facts as given above;
and considering that—
(a)
The language in
Isis is not mine; but (with the exception of that portion of the work which, as
I claim, was dictated), >may be called only a sort of translation of my
facts and ideas into English;
(b)
It was not written for the public,--the
latter having always been only a secondary consideration with me--but for the
use of Theosophists and members of the Theosophical Society to which Isis is
dedicated;
(c)
Though I have since learned sufficient
English to have been enabled to edit two magazines--the Theosophist and
LUCIFER--yet, to the present hour I never write an article, an editorial or
even a simple paragraph, without submitting its English to close scrutiny and
correction.
Considering all this and much more, I
ask now every impartial and honest man and woman whether it is just or even
fair to criticize my works--Isis, above all others--as one would the writings
of a born American or English author! What I claim in them as my own is only
the fruit of my learning and studies in a department, hitherto left
uninvestigated by Science, and almost unknown to the European world. I am
perfectly willing to leave the honour of the English grammar in them, the glory
of the quotations from scientific works brought occasionally to me to be used
as passages for comparison with, or refutation by, the old Science, and finally
the general make-up of the volumes, to every one of those who have helped me.
Even for the Secret Doctrine there are about half-a-dozen Theosophists who have
been busy in editing it, who have helped me to arrange the matter, correct the
imperfect English, and prepare it for print. But that which none of them will
ever claim from first to last, is the fundamental doctrine, the philosophical
conclusions and teachings. Nothing of that have I invented, but simply given it
out as I have been taught; or as quoted by me in the Secret Doctrine (Vol. I,
p. 46 [xlvi]) from Montaigne: "I have here made only a nosegay of culled
(Eastern) flowers, and have brought nothing of my own but the string that ties
them."
Is any one of my helpers prepared to say
that I have not paid the full price for the string?
H.P. BLAVATSKY
April 27, 1891,
Lucifer, May, 1891
1 Witness the word "planet" for
"cycle" as originally written, corrected by some unknown hand, (Vol.
I., p. 347, 2nd par.), a "correction" which shows Buddha teaching
that there is no rebirth on this planet (!!) when the contrary is asserted on
p. 346, and the Lord Buddha is said to teach how to "avoid"
reincarnation; the use of the word "planet," for plane, of
"Monas" for Manas; and the sense of whole ideas sacrificed to the
grammatical form, and changed by the substitution of wrong words and erroneous
punctuation, etc., etc., etc.
2 Isis Unveiled; a master key to the
mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology. By H.P. Blavatsky,
Corresponding Secretary of the Theosophical Society. 2 vols., royal 8vo., about
1,500 pages, cloth, $7.50. Fifth Edition.
"This monumental work . . . about everything
relating to magic, mystery, witchcraft, religion, spiritualism, which would be
valuable in an encyclopædia."--North American Review.
"It must be acknowledged that she is a remarkable
woman, who has read more, seen more. and thought more than most wise men. Her
work abounds in quotations from a dozen different languages, not for the
purpose of a vain display of erudition, but to substantiate her peculiar views
. . . her pages are garnished with foot-notes establishing, as her authorities,
some of the profoundest writers of the past. To a large class of readers, this
remarkable work will prove of absorbing interest . . . demands the earnest
attention of thinkers, and merits an analytic reading."--Boston Evening
Transcript.
"The appearance of erudition is stupendous.
Reference to and quotations from the most unknown and obscure writers in all
languages abound, interspersed with allusions to writers of the highest repute,
which have evidently been more than skimmed through."--N.Y. Independent.
"An extremely readable and exhaustive essay upon the
paramount importance of reestablishing the Hermetic Philosophy in a world which
blindly believes that it has outgrown it."--N.Y. World.
"Most remarkable book of the season."--Com.
Advertiser.
"[To] Readers who have never made themselves
acquainted with the literature of mysticism and alchemy, the volume will
furnish the materials for an interesting study--a mine of curious
information."--Evening Post.
"They give evidence of much and multifarious
research on the part of the author, and contain a vast number of interesting
stories. Persons fond of the marvellous will find in them an abundance of
entertainment."--New York Sun.
"A marvellous book both in matter and manner of
treatment. Some idea may be formed of the rarity and extent of its contents
when the index alone comprises fifty pages, and we venture nothing in saying
that such an index of subjects was never before compiled by any human being. .
. But the book is a curious one and will no doubt find its way into libraries
because of the unique subject matter it contains . . . will certainly prove
attractive to all who are interested in the history, theology, and the
mysteries of the ancient world."--Daily Graphic.
"The present work is the fruit of her remarkable
course of education, and amply confirms her claims to the character of an adept
in secret science, and even to the rank of a hierophant in the exposition of
its mystic lore."--New York Tribune.
"One who reads the book carefully through, ought to know
everything of the marvellous and mystical, except perhaps, the passwords. Isis
will supplement the Anacalypsis. Whoever loves to read Godfrey Higgins will be
delighted with Mme. Blavatsky. There is a great resemblance between their
works. Both have tried hard to tell everything apocryphal and apocalyptic. It
is easy to forecast the reception of this book. With its striking
peculiarities, its audacity, its versatility, and the prodigious variety of
subjects which it notices and handles, it is one of the remarkable productions
of the century."--New York Herald.
3 This Austrian nobleman, who was in
complete destitution at New York, and to whom Colonel Olcott had given shelter
and food, nursing him during the last weeks of his life--left nothing in MS. behind
him but bills. The only effect of the baron was an old valise, in which his
"executors" found a battered bronze Cupid, a few foreign Orders
(imitations in pinchbeck and paste, as the gold and diamonds had been sold);
and a few shirts of Colonel Olcott's, which the ex-diplomat had annexed without
permission.
4 I will not name him. There are names
which carry a moral stench about them, unfit for any decent journal or
publication. His words and deeds emanate from the cloaca maxima of the Universe
of matter and have to return to it, without touching me.
5 A. Wilder, M.D., the editor of Serpent
and Siva Worship, by Hyde Clarke and C. Staniland Wake; of Ancient Art and
Mythology, by Richard Payne Knight, to which the editor has appended an
Introduction, Notes translated into English and a new and complete Index; of
Ancient Symbol Worship, by Hodder M. Westropp and C. Staniland Wake, with an
Introduction, additional Notes and Appendix by the editor; and finally, of The
Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries; "A Dissertation, by Thomas Taylor,
translator of 'Plato,' 'Plotinus,' 'Porphyry, 'Jamblichus,' 'Proclus,'
'Aristotle,' etc., etc., etc.," edited with Introduction, Notes,
Emendations, and Glossary, by Alexander Wilder, M.D.; and the author of various
learned works, pamphlets and articles for which we have no space here. Also the
editor of the "Older Academy," a quarterly journal of New York, and
the translator of the Mysteries, by Jamblichus.
libellous
matter emanating from America. This refers to the writings of William
Emmette Coleman who engaged in a long standing campaign against H P Blavatsky
and Theosophy. The most enduring criticism of HPB originated in his writings Blavatsky
Unveiled, published after her death is an example of his work.
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Biography of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Lentil burgers, a
thousand press ups before breakfast and
the daily 25 mile
run may put it off for a while but death
seems to get most
of us in the end. We are pleased to
present for your
consideration, a definitive work on the
subject by a
Student of Katherine Tingley entitled
For everyone
everywhere, not just in Wales
Theosophy and the Number Seven
A selection of articles relating to the
esoteric
significance of the Number 7 in Theosophy
The Spiritual Home of Urban Theosophy
The Earth Base for Evolutionary Theosophy
Quick Explanations with Links to More Detailed Info
What is Theosophy ? Theosophy Defined (More Detail)
Three Fundamental Propositions Key Concepts of Theosophy
Cosmogenesis Anthropogenesis Root Races
Ascended Masters After Death States
The Seven Principles of Man Karma
Reincarnation Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Colonel Henry Steel Olcott William Quan Judge
The Start of the Theosophical
Society
History of the Theosophical
Society
Theosophical Society Presidents
History of the Theosophical Society
in Wales
The Three Objectives of the
Theosophical Society
Explanation of the Theosophical
Society Emblem
The Theosophical Order of
Service (TOS)
Glossaries of Theosophical Terms
by
Annie
Besant
THE PHYSICAL PLANE THE ASTRAL PLANE
KÂMALOKA
THE MENTAL PLANE DEVACHAN
THE BUDDHIC AND NIRVANIC PLANES
THE THREE KINDS OF KARMA COLLECTIVE KARMA
THE LAW OF SACRIFICE MAN'S
ASCENT
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Annie Besant Visits Cardiff 1924
An Outline of Theosophy
Charles Webster Leadbeater
Theosophy - What it is How is it Known?
The Method of Observation General Principles
Advantage Gained from this
Knowledge
The Deity The Divine Scheme The Constitution of Man
The True Man Reincarnation The Wider Outlook
Death Man’s Past and Future Cause and Effect
Reincarnation
This
guide has been included in response
to the
number of enquiries we receive on this
subject
at Cardiff
Theosophical Society
From A Textbook
of Theosophy By C W Leadbeater
How We Remember our Past Lives
Life after Death & Reincarnation
The
Slaughter of the
a
great demand by the public for lectures on Reincarnation
Classic Introductory Theosophy Text
A Text Book of Theosophy By C
What Theosophy Is From the Absolute to Man
The Formation of a Solar System The Evolution of Life
The Constitution of Man After Death
Reincarnation
The Purpose of Life The Planetary Chains
The Result of Theosophical Study
The Occult
World
By
Alfred Percy
Sinnett
The
Occult World is an treatise on the
Occult
and Occult Phenomena, presented
in readable style, by an early giant of
the
Theosophical Movement.
Preface to the American Edition Introduction
Occultism and its Adepts The Theosophical Society
First Occult Experiences Teachings of Occult Philosophy
Later Occult Phenomena Appendix
Is Theosophy a Religion ? By H P
Blavatsky
A Textbook of Theosophy By C W
Leadbeater
Outline of Theosophy By C W
Leadbeater
Theosophy and the Theosophical Society
Evolution by William Quan Judge
The
Seven Principles of Man
By
Annie
Besant
Thoughts on Karma By L A Bosman
A Student of Katherine Tingley
Katherine Tingley (1847 -1929)Was the founder &
President
of the Point Loma Theosophical Society 1896 -1929
She and her students produced a series of informative
Theosophical works in the early years of the 20th century
Elementary Theosophy Who is the Man?
Body and Soul
Body, Soul and Spirit Reincarnation
Karma The Seven in Man and Nature
Cardiff Gallery
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Castle viewed from Queen Street
The
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Roath
Library on Newport Road, Cardiff
The
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Connecting
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Built
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Mural
in Splott, Cardiff
St Mary Street, Cardiff
Theosophy has no dogma, no priesthood or diploma
elite
and recognizes no spiritual head
All ideas presented at meetings are for consideration
Helena
Petrovna Blavatsky 1831 – 1891
The
Founder of Modern Theosophy
Index of
Articles by
By
H P
Blavatsky
Is the Desire to Live Selfish?
Ancient Magic in Modern Science
Precepts Compiled by H P Blavatsky
Obras
Por H P Blavatsky
En
Espanol
Articles
about the Life of H P Blavatsky
Writings
of W Q Judge Writings of Annie Besant
Writings of A P Sinnett Writings
of C W Leadbeater
Writings of C Jinarajadasa Writings of H S Olcott
Writings of G S Arundale Writings
of G R S Mead
Writings of Ernest Egerton Wood
Theosophy and the Number Seven
A selection of articles relating to the
esoteric
significance of the Number 7 in Theosophy
Index of
Searchable
Full
Text Versions of
Definitive
Theosophical
Works
H P Blavatsky’s Secret Doctrine
Isis Unveiled by H P Blavatsky
H P Blavatsky’s Esoteric Glossary
Mahatma Letters to A P Sinnett 1 - 25
A Modern Revival of Ancient Wisdom
(Selection of Articles by H P Blavatsky)
The Secret Doctrine – Volume 3
A compilation of H P Blavatsky’s
writings published after her death
Esoteric Christianity or the Lesser Mysteries
The Early Teachings of The
Masters
A Collection of Fugitive Fragments
Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy
Mystical,
Philosophical, Theosophical, Historical
and Scientific
Essays Selected from "The Theosophist"
Edited by George
Robert Stow Mead
From Talks on the Path of Occultism - Vol. II
In the Twilight”
Series of Articles
The In the
Twilight” series appeared during
1898 in The
Theosophical Review and
from 1909-1913 in The Theosophist.
compiled from
information supplied by
her relatives and friends and edited by A P Sinnett
Letters and
Talks on Theosophy and the Theosophical Life
Obras
Teosoficas En Espanol
Theosophische
Schriften Auf Deutsch
Karma Fundamental Principles Laws: Natural and Man-Made
The Law of Laws
The Eternal Now
Succession
Causation
The Laws of Nature A Lesson of The Law Karma Does Not Crush
Apply This Law
Man in The Three Worlds Understand The Truth
Man and His Surroundings The Three Fates
The Pair of Triplets
Thought, The Builder Practical Meditation Will and Desire
The Mastery of Desire Two Other Points The Third Thread
Perfect Justice
Our Environment
Our Kith and Kin Our Nation
The Light for a Good Man Knowledge of Law The Opposing Schools
The More Modern View Self-Examination Out of the Past
Old Friendships
We Grow By Giving Collective Karma Family Karma
National Karma India’s Karma National
Disasters
Annotated Edition Published
1885
Preface to the Annotated Edition Preface to the Original Edition
Esoteric Teachers The Constitution of Man The Planetary Chain
The World Periods Devachan
Kama Loca
The Human Tide-Wave The Progress of Humanity
Buddha Nirvana The Universe
The Doctrine Reviewed
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The Empath; A Theosophical View
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bPDlYfGT_Y&t=22s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOi9Jy7cuQQ&t=5s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy-quIQxVxI&t=23s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3zUUZQSYFs
Clearing Emotional Debris from Your Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0DsoHI0MMc&t=20s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8oayLKWQi4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWTioaIUgPQ&t=17s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGgxoVItpVc&t=30s
Causes of Immediate Reincarnation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HSUd_w7x4M&t=35s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJxYtUwRjJk
Trapped in the Wheel of Samsara.
Reincarnation without Spiritual Progress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNhPHUgpFiQ&t=16s
Reincarnation
& Population Increase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBfRamMv_F0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-duEHD86aY
The Benefits of Making a
Stand
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4d7CEX00t0&t=7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MrG9xrROyQ&t=25s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4CHHIs0Ekg&t=34s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2aKJ-SRX_4
Addiction to Mental Stimulation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcHAK3RbIjA&t=7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCZ2nHWDcsw
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Mission
Statement
The
dominant and core activity of Cardiff Theosophical Society
is to
promote and assist the study of Theosophical Teachings
as
defined by the writings of Helena
Petrovna Blavatsky,
William Quan Judge, Alfred Percy Sinnett and their
lineage.
This
Mission Statement does not preclude non Theosophical
activities
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and/or
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Datganiaid Cenhadaeth
Mae’r gweithgaredd dominyddol
a chraid Cymdeithas Theosoffi Caerdydd
yw hyrwyddo a chynorthwyo
astudiaeth Dysgeidiaeth Theosoffical
fel y diffinir gan
ysgrifau Helena Petrovna Blavatsky,
William Quan Judge, Alfred
Percy Sinnett a’u llinach.
Nid yw’r datganiad cenhadaeth
yn atal gweithgareddau
ddi-theosoffical ond rhaid
iddynt fod o natur ysbrydol
a/neu yn chymharus
Amcanion y Cymdeithas.
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