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General Theosophy #1

"When writing or talking about scientifically unfalsifiable 'Spiritual' or 'esoteric' subjects, it is often best just to use the strategy of the medieval mapmakers—that is, rather than always pretending Preternatural precision, sometimes simply use little stand-in wavy lines for the coastal boundaries."—General Theosophy

Added by Richard Ihle on August 16, 2010 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Moderator Theosophical Network now has 500 members

This site now has 500 members and it is a milestone. It is one of the few sites which public can access without joining it.

There is a tendency in traditional theosophical circles, to keep discussions private. Since the major search engines index the contents of sites they can access, I am confident that the membership here will steadily grow as more users in Internet become aware of this site. Congrats to the organizers of the site.

Added by M K Ramadoss on August 16, 2010 at 8:55am — No Comments

New page in spanish theosophy in Mexico

A new blog in Mexico about Theosophy has opened. Check it out:

http://teosofosbc.blogspot.com

Some bit of politics, inner section too...a lot of stuff...

Is in Spanish, use the Google translator if you're interested....

Cheers to all

Estrella

Added by EstrellaFugaz on August 14, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Just Published! unpublished 1889 Secret Doctrine Commentaries of H.P. Blavatsky

I'm happy to announce that the unpublished 1889 Secret Doctrine Commentaries of H.P. Blavatsky have now been published!!

I've created a webpage with additional info and a link direct to

the publisher/bookshop in the Netherlands.

See:…

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Added by Dan Caldwell on August 14, 2010 at 5:44pm — 6 Comments

Children can be trained into terrorists . . . or heart-centered leaders

I've often wondered exactly how the Taliban goes about convincing kids to become terrorists and suicide bombers. What must that propaganda look like? What are their arguments? Whatever they're doing, it's working. Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy went inside a Taliban training camp to find out exactly how their system works. And it IS working. They target children of very poor families (or perhaps those with no families at all) who are long on despair and short on options. The offer of food,…

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Added by Kathy Gann on August 14, 2010 at 11:18am — 1 Comment

Creation philosophy & psychology (2): Assagioli's act of will

Will is a most interesting topic to research. Everyone of us has to some degree experience with the act of will and can do experiments in this field.

In this blog posting I'll summarize Assagioli a bit. Extract from an old blog of mine:

The process of active will is very complex. It has been described by

Assagioli in his book "Act of will". I cannot deal with it here at length.

I will mention the steps involved in the will-process,…

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Added by Martin Euser on August 13, 2010 at 8:56am — No Comments

Creation philosophy & psychology (1)

In this blog posting, and some follow-ups, I plan to deal concisely and informally with the fascinating route from wish to reality. There have been quite some authors who have been writing and lecturing about this, especially in newage…

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Added by Martin Euser on August 8, 2010 at 3:43pm — No Comments

Moderator Automated encyclopedia at www.cpedia.com

Wikipedia is a source we normally access to find detailed information

about any entity. Now there is an automated encyclopedia at www.cpedia.com. Since it is an automated one, compiling information in Cyberspace, it is likely to be more comprehensive and uptodate. I ran into a compilation about Theosophical Society. Here is the link.…

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Added by M K Ramadoss on August 8, 2010 at 11:24am — No Comments

Moderator More photos and information on World Theosophical Congress in Rome

Theosophical Order of Service has come up with a very professional on-line newsletter which has a lot of pictures and other information on World Congress. TOS should be congratulated for a nice job done. Here is the link.

http://international.theoservice.org/e-news/11/en11-01.html

Enjoy the pictures and information.

Added by M K Ramadoss on August 5, 2010 at 10:33pm — No Comments

Moderator Comments about World Congress from Elina

Elina Juusola-Halonen http://elinajuusolahalonen.blogspot.com/, a Finnish

member of TS living in Australia has published a blog on the recent TS

World Congress. Here is the link. We should be thankful to Sampsa Kuukasjärvi

from Finnland for providing the information.…

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Added by M K Ramadoss on August 2, 2010 at 9:18am — No Comments

More pictures from the World Congress

Here is a collection of pictures by Tom Dede, who gave me permission to post them on my blog:

http://www.moderntheosophy.com/2010/photographs-10th-world-congress-theosophical-society/

Added by Katinka Hesselink on August 1, 2010 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Moderator More pictures from TS World Congress at Rome

Marja Artamaa, the General Secretary of the Finnish Section has posted more photos from the Congress. They can be viewed at the Finnish Ning site. While the site is in Finnish, you can see the photos and enjoy them. Here is the link.

http://teosofit.ning.com/photo

Added by M K Ramadoss on August 1, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Spirituality as a defense, don't give up quotes, Patanjali and Alice Bailey

A change in blog policy

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on July 20, 2010 at 9:15am — No Comments

All my posts about the World Congress in Rome

I think I'm just about done reporting about the World Congress, though pictures will follow. I put up a last version of my posts about the congress on my own blog 'Modern Theosophy'. Here's an overview:

Marja Artamaa’s workshop at the Theosophical World Congress…

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on July 18, 2010 at 9:17am — No Comments

Moderator Some Comments on - Reflections on an Ageless Wisdom: A Commentary on The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett.

This book by Joy Mills, who is well known in theosophical circles, is very welcome.

I have not read the book. It is not a cheap paperback . List price is US$39.95 and is out of reach of many interested theosophists (most of whom are not rich), especially in the third world countries.

While Quest books - an arm of Theosophical Society in the United States - has published it, one wonders why no one thought of making it also available in electronic form such as a… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on July 18, 2010 at 9:05am — No Comments

Review: Reflections on an Ageless Wisdom: A Commentary on The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett

The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett is one of the books that is central

to theosophical literature. I read, and reread it a lot, in the early

years of my being involved with the Theosophical Society and it's one of

the books I based my first online project on 'The Esoteric Studies

Guide'.

Joy Mills is famous in the Theosophical Society Adyar for her in depth

study of these letters. She's… Continue

Added by Katinka Hesselink on July 18, 2010 at 3:08am — No Comments

Moderator Theosophical World Congress 2010 - Some thoughts

Based on the feedback received so far, the World Congress seems to be a great success.

Attendance: The congress was well attended by members from various sections and it is a good sign that many have taken the trouble to spend the money and travel to Rome. I was heartened to hear a large contingent of members traveled from Brazil and it only shows that the Brazil Section took the trouble to organize the trip in an efficient manner.… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on July 16, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments

The Theosophical World Congress evaluated

I came to the World Congress mainly for the people - as I do for any theosophical meeting. And the people were great. I met inspiring and hard working people from all over the world, and have learned about theosophical issues and activities all over the world. I do think in general the atmosphere of this congress was great: relaxed, friendly, cheerful even.

In planning such a congress I do think there are two possible roads to take:

Going for a theosophical theme…

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Added by Katinka Hesselink on July 15, 2010 at 1:11am — No Comments

Moderator NZ Elections - Interesting Developments

Finally, Internet is coming into play in the National President election in New Zealand. In the past, you get voting papers along with a brief ‘official’ summary about the candidates and members have to decide based on scant information. Members get no advance notice about the candidates, their expertise, experience, future goals. This helps the inner circle of current and former elected officials keep their influence on whom they want to be elected.… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on July 14, 2010 at 8:44pm — No Comments

Moderator Every member of Brazil Delegation paid their own way - Correcting Katinka's Blog on the subject

Katinka’s blog about who paid Brazilian delegates/attendees expenses to the World Congress is untrue.

Here is the information verified with the Brazil delegates/attendees.

1. Brazilian Section did not pay expenses to any Brazilian delegates at all, not even for Marcos Resende, the National President.… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on July 14, 2010 at 10:24am — 1 Comment