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…

I just experienced Samadhi.

cheers, peace

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Inspired by conversation in SD group I therefore blog. Blog blog.

Years ago I had a bad flu and was lying in bed in fever listening to tv-news about EU parliament with all these huge piles of papers when everything has to be in different langugaes. In my feverish mind I thought I'll make a new language for EU. Or, why not, a universal language.

Ideas I had:

It's grammar should be as straightforward as possible. No exceptions to rules after another.

All the…

People have asked, what is the Esoteric Science?  I have downloaded this Introduction and first four chapters of my revised work to give the members of the forum a sense of what the Esoteric Science is.  I work, for the most part, with the Judeao Christian Scriptures and I demonstrate this Esoteric Science secretly coded to its texts.…

Alison Pargeter

The Muslim Brotherhood: The Burden of Tradition

(London: Saqi Books, 2010, 248pp.)

         Although Pan-Islamic and Pan-Arab movements have not been ‘federalist’ in the sense that federalism is usually analysed, Pan-Islamic movements have been an effort to organize political community across State boundaries.  The division of the Arab world into a host of separate States has been condemned by some Pan-Arab thinkers while separate…

I have uploaded two videos from Youtube. How can I make the video shows up in the frame instead of Youtube logo? Need tech help!!!!