If one assumes that Theosophy actually means ‘Divine Wisdom’, then proceeding on ‘Our New Direction’, I find the following to be of interest:

1. The recognition that the Divine is not relative/subjective in nature.
   
   What follows from this is that such Wisdom is not to be found ultimately through erudition.
2. The sharing of specific methods of achieving Theosis. For me, I currently practice works from Ichazo’s School, Arica.
3. Just knowing #1 above does…

Good and bad or

right and wrong

We are not as accustomed to this way as in Theosophy thought about is about good and evil thinking. This may be difficult for us to have an idea about them. Good and evil are relative. Every person has his own (limited) view of what is good and evil. We often identify ourselves with other people. It resonates with something in our thinking when we see others suffer. This can be, e.g., pity or compassion. - Pity, then the emotional aspect of our…

I have been reading the work of Dion Fortune and I find it interesting becuase it is "applied theosophy". I have not read all of her books so I cannot comment on the accuracy of her entire material. Any thoughts and opinions on her teachings?

Some thoughts on the three Axioms of HP Blavatsky 1. Immensity 2. Cyclical movements 3. Brotherhood…

- Amrita Yana (AY) is mainly APPLY tenets of the 3 & the Seven Jewels of Wisdom in your life. It is very practical and concrete. The pursuit of truth is w.s.l.…

I read with interest the recent announcement of New Direction etc. and noticed that the word theosophy was not capitalized.  I thought, therefore, that this might be a good time to share part of a larger work-in-progress of mine which gives the special epistemological reason that I prefer to keep it capitalized.  Best wishes to all--R.

Paul Bunyan Disorder

Let me tell you about…

One of the things that baffles newbees as well as long-time students of theosophy, is the confused definitions of theosophy. When one tries to discuss or debate the subject, we may end up parting with deep disagreements because each one of us may have been introduced to theosophy by various lineages, each clinging to certain viewpoints. HPB seems to have forseen this problem and addressed this to the second annual convention of the American Section. She stated:

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But there…

World Day of Social Justice: The People’s Revolution is On the March

Rene Wadlow*

         The United Nations General Assembly, on the initiative of Nurbch Jeenbrev, the Ambassador of Kyrgyzstan to the U.N. in New York, has proclaimed 20 February as the “World Day of Social Justice” .The World Day of Social Justice gives us an opportunity to take stock of how we can work together at the local, national and global level on…

"It is easy to run around asking profound questions about life; the harder thing is to remain still while listening for the answers.”—General Theosophy

For the first time in history, as has been said elsewhere, Hinduism itself forms here the subject of generalisation of a Hindu mind of the highest order. For ages to come the Hindu man who would verify, the Hindu mother who would teach her children, what was the faith of their ancestors will turn to…

In the early theosophical literature, there are many references to cycles and how entire universe is governed by cycles. I just ran into one of the most interesting articles about cycles. Here is the link. Some of you may enjoy it.

The Cooperative Spirit and its Many Manifestations

Rene Wadlow*

            The United Nations General Assembly in Resolution A/RES/64/136 has designated 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives in order to highlight the large role that cooperatives can play in ecologically-sound development and poverty reduction.  As Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said “Cooperatives are a reminder to the international community that…

Communis comes from a combination of the Latin prefix com- (which means "together") and the word munis probably originally derived from the Etruscan…