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The Hidden Side of Lodge Meetings
by C. W. Leadbeater The Theosophical Publishing House. Adyar, Madras 600 020, India* Wheaton, III., USA * London, England Let us consider the hidden side of a meeting of a theosophical Lodge; more specifically, the ordinary weekly meeting at which the Lodge is following a definite line of study. I am, of course, referring only…
OCCULT INVESTIGATIONS A DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK OF ANNIE BESANT AND C. W. LEADBEATER
BY C. JINARAJADASA Past Vice-President of The Theosophical Society 1921-1928 THE THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE 1938 ADYAR– MADRAS– INDIA CONTENTS 1. Occult Investigations 2. Three Men of “C. W. L.” OCCULT INVESTIGATIONS _____ A Description of the Work of Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater IT is worth while to put on record the work done by our…
Aspects of the Christ
Adyar Pamphlet Issue No. 22 Publisbed in 1912. By Annie Besant Painting by Holman Hunt 1851 I HAVE chosen for our thought tonight a subject which appears to me to be one of profound interest, and one also of great practical importance. For no subject in the western world touches more nearly the hearts of…
On Prejudice
Theosophical Talks at Adyar, From the Inner Life (first series), Theosophical Publishing House, Adya, Madras India, (1917). Website https://www.anandgholap.net/Inner_Life_Vol_I-CWL.htm By Charles Webster Leadbeater Beware of the beginnings of suspicion: it will distort everything. I have seen it come between friends and noticed how a little suspicion soon grows into a giant misunderstanding. Every harmless word…
How “Isis Unveiled” Was Written
By Alexander Wilder, M. D., From The Word, May 1908 (7:2) The authorship of “Isis Unveiled” has sometimes been questioned. Some persons have claimed it for themselves. The one individual best able to bear witness, from among all who had personal knowledge of the authorship, is Alexander Wilder, physician and scholar, the most able of…
Alexandria
From the book: Fragments of a Faith Forgotten, Published by The Theosophical Publishing Society 1906. By G.R.S. Mead The rough outlines of the background of the Gnosis which we have endeavoured to sketch, are of necessity of the vaguest, for each of the many subjects touched upon is deserving of a volume or several volumes. Our…
The Pathway to Greatness
By G. S. Arundale A Lecture given in Sydney, Australia Reprinted from The Theosophist May 1927. I believe and have believed for a very long time, that in greatness, or at least in a definite, sustained and determined approach to greatness, is to be found the solution of all the problems confronting us so hopelessly…
The Building of Character
By Ernest Wood Reprinted from the Adyar Pamphlets 1920. DURING recent years there has been a great change in the attitude of people who are concerned with the bringing up of the young, as to the essential points at which they should aim. For a long time we thought that it was sufficient to educate…
The Other Man`s Point of View
BY N. SRI RAM The cause of understanding is well served by such talks as this, emanating from a well balanced mind which is able to see both sides of a question and to communicate the same discriminating vision to others. The troubled world MY theme, “ The other man’s point of view,” is one…
Practical Work For Theosophists
By Annie Bessant, F.T.S. First Printed in Lucifer Magazine 1889. Every person who enters the Theosophical Society is bound to accept its first principle, the assertion of the Universal Brother hood of Man ; but it is to be feared that with large numbers of the Fellows the profession remains an empty phrase, too…
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