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Meditation
From the book: The Inner Life, By Charles Webster Leadbeater Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, Madras, India Krotona, Hollywood, Los Angeles California (1917). I think that our members sometimes mistake with regard to meditation, because they have not thoroughly understood the exact way in which it works. They sometimes think that because they do not feel…
Is Theosophy an Ideology?
By Pedro Oliveira The Encyclopedia Britannica defines ideology as ‘a form of social or political philosophy in which practical elements are as prominent as theoretical ones. It is a system of ideas that aspires both to explain the world and to change it’. The purpose of this article is to investigate if Theosophy, for a…
Law of Cause and Effect
By C. W. Leadbeater Adyar Pamphlet No. 20October 1912THE THEOSOPHIST OFFICE ADYAR, MADRAS, INDIA I have explained elsewhere that what we usually call man’s life is simply one day in the real and larger life, and that when what we call death comes to him he simply lays himself down to sleep at the conclusion of…
Annie Besant Reviews
“ THE SECRET DOCTRINE” THE Adyar Edition of The Secret Doctrine was officially published on the 17th November 1938 at the Founders’ Day celebration in the Great Flail, Adyar. The President introduced the set of six volumes, saying : “ I am very happy to make this act of reverence to H .P. Blavatsky, the…
The Voice of Intuition
By J. KrishnamurtiLecture from a series of lectures compiled in the book The Kingdom of Happiness (March 1927) I want, if I can, to put before you certain ideas which you should cultivate and which would give you a definite and intelligent conception of spiritual life. I think all of you realize that to create, as you…
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…
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