Greetings and good wishes to all.

[In another thread Joe wrote: “This, in my view, demonstrates quite clearly that the use of astrology in relation to the various cycles was a valid concept. {. . .} Now, if there is any validity at all to any of this, then one can assume that even smaller cycles in our evolution can be discerned.”]

Among all esoteric teachings, I think…

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"Sooner or later old age can be used to excuse almost everything except your history."—General Theosophy

“If AGNOSTICIM may be considered the sophisticated territory between one's current non-belief and one's possible future belief, INTUITION might be considered the even more sophisticated territory between one's immediate apprehension of something and one's gradual apprehension that other people are usually not impressed and/or convinced by assertions only supported by, and only sent to them from, one's inner life.”—General…

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My basic policy and that of Captain Theosophy might be summed up in General Theosophy #7: “Always be kinder than your strength needs to be.”

Perhaps this needs to be mentioned at the outset because kindness to those who might be new prospects for meditation might mean that a little “unkindness”…

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"The secret of success is simply to send in a better version of yourself."—General Theosophy

Katinka Hesselink's always-interesting blog alerted me to an exceptional article in the January 2010 issue of THE THEOSOPHIST.

“Manifestation of Intention…

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"Fortunately, anthropomorphic God cannot completely return until anthropic science has completely departed."—General Theosophy

“Always be kinder than your arsenal really needs to be.”—General Theosophy

"The Devil does not need any help presenting his cases to mortals; it is God-Within/Without which requires your cooperative advocacy."—General Theosophy

"One's personal 'Enlightenment' may have to be re-Self-evaluated if one can still be interested in getting some sort of public recognition for being Enlightened."—General Theosophy

"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

“Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.” —Emerson

I would have to say that trickery has been a major way that I have played the fool.



Not trying to trick other people. Not even trying to trick myself. The kind of trickery I am referring to is the attempt to cultivate "magical powers" or Siddhis. These are things like traveling anywhere at the speed of thought, controlling all bodily processes,… Continue

Richard Ihle

What Is Your Rank?







“What is your rank?”



“S-R6.x(PC7),”I answered.







Of all the ideas I have ever had--whether eventually jettisoned, promulgated for the purpose of semi-Self-aggrandizement, or hoarded like a Rosicrucian before there were web sites with PayPal donations--few notions seem as intuitionally (therefore “Theosophically”) true to me as the existence of a hidden Psycho-Spiritual Hierarchy.



I suppose…

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Richard Ihle







When the Spirit Doesn't Move You





“Incidentally,” said old J.W. von Goethe, “I despise everything which merely instructs me without increasing or immediately enlivening my activity.”







And now, of course, the only thing which is likely to enliven Theosophy, its organizations and individuals, may be a radical shift toward Theosophical psychology. Like old Goethe, many modern people may have little time and/or… Continue

Richard Ihle/Captain/General Theosophy



General Theosophy



“The Strange Reincarnation of Captain Theosophy” might be a more apt title, I suppose. . . .

The original “Captain Theosophy” has been dead for thirty years, of course. He was a fictional character who appeared a few times in the pages of the American Theosophist. However, perhaps he was only fictional in the sense of one of General Theosophy’s aphorisms: “Let us pity those who are unable to even fictionalize… Continue