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Permalink Reply by Martin Euser on January 29, 2011 at 2:54pm

You mean the http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/etgloss/etg-hp.htm

Encyclopedic theosophical glossary? That's online much longer, since about the year 2000, I believe.

It's useful indeed, containing somewhat more explanations of terms than the books in the TSs have. On scribd there are PDF versions of the complete work.

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Permalink Reply by Nicholas Weeks on January 29, 2011 at 5:55pm

Yes, we have it; but I admit to rarely cracking it open, so cannot give an informed opinion.

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Permalink Reply by Leslie Price on February 3, 2011 at 10:45am

There is a review of TE published in Psypioneer November 2010 [ archived at www.woodlandway.org ] but generally speaking the book publication of TE appears to have been met by indifference, with few if any reviews. The plan to put a revised and expanded edition on line is a good one. Details can be found at some pages under construction

http://theosophy.ph/encyclo/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

I hope that the proprietors are able to secure the confidence of  theosophical scholars in the wider sense, including not just those active in Theosophical societies, but the academic community.  It may be, of course, that Modern Theosophy is in terminal decline and the relative lack of interest in TE ,  whose scope is described  at http://www.theosophy.ph/encyclo.html  is a symptom of the receding wave.  if you have perused the Encyclopedia, please contribute your reactions to it; if you have not I can recommend it as a fruitful and challenging intellectual  experience.

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Permalink Reply by ROlly D. Velarde on March 2, 2012 at 11:20pm

The Theosophical Encyclopedia is available at www.theosophy.ph  According to Mr. Vic Hao Chin, one of its editors and past president of the Theosophical Society of the Philippines, works are now on the way to have it available in the web similar to wikipedia. The Theosophical Encyclopedia is a compilation of 1,200 articles by 110 authors, including:

John Algeo
Mary Lutyens
Joy Mills 
Grace Knoche
Robert Ellwood 
Stephen Phillips
Dara Eklund
Mary Anderson 
and more than a hundred others.

Edited by
Phil S. Harris
Vicente Hao Chin Jr.
Richard Brooks

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by John on March 3, 2012 at 12:45am

just fyi -

A book that has a solid Academic  collaboration is:
Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism. Edited by Wouter J. Hanegraaff

This includes the much broader range of Traditional Theosophy our site is directed toward.

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Permalink Reply by ROlly D. Velarde on March 3, 2012 at 1:03am

Further info regarding the Theosophical Encyclopedia:

THEOSOPHICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA The most comprehensive single source of theosophical knowledge ever published. It contains articles on: theosophy comparative religion with articles on significant personages of each religion history of the Theosophical Society including those which have become independent of the mother society mysticism and spirituality eastern and western philosophy science mythology and symbolisms ancient religions such as those of Egypt, the Mayans, Inca, etc. indigenous religions such as those of Australia, American Indians, Zulu, etc. parapsychology, spiritualism and psychical research history and activities of the national sections of the Theosophical Society

Plus: With photos and illustrations With a comprehensive index Sanksrit terms use standard diacritical marks Chinese terms in both Wade-Giles and Pinyin systems of transliteration

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