Deities, like humans, have different characteristics.  The energy/shakti of some deities is very ‘yang’, powerful, while others are gentle, their energy permeates through your bodies like a gentle wave that washes over you, cooling you, as you lie on the sand in shallow water.  When a relationship has developed between the disciple and their 'Ishtadevata' the personal deity, occult obedience is the first rule that must, at all costs, be understood.  For instance, during some…

Captain Theosophy (Part One: Meeting Your Personal Genie/Genius) by Richard Ihle

"There's a man in the funny papers we all know. . . ."

Some people started to call me "Captain Theosophy.". . .

Initially, this was almost certainly because it was the title of an article I had written for the old THE AMERICAN THEOSOPHIST magazine. In those days I guess I did sometimes seem sort of like a cartoonish superhero—not only because of my…

Another blog writting about Lucifer, opinions expressed here are not necessarily my views but that of the author.

Lucifer the Lightbringer

One of the most slanderous, ignorant, and utterly false accusations that has been repeatedly directed at H.P. Blavatsky and against Theosophists in…

“Thoughts are Things.”

In the late 19th  century, a group of people in Britain began to deeply explore consciousness through meditation, theology, and philosophy. They called themselves the Theosophists. One of their visionaries was a woman by the name of Helena Blavatsky, who wrote the book “The Secret Doctrine.” It was deep and heavy for most people, but later writers were better able to connect the ideals of Theosophy with the rest of us. Some of these writers were Annie…

At present there is no single point real time distribution of theosophical and theosophical organizational news. This is changing.

Theos_news, a new group at Yahoo has come up. It is exclusively for real time…

So I'm running around town running errands, I'm at a stop sign and then I see this place across the street.

The sign reads "Real Psychic Readings".

I started thinking, well is a REAL psychic person someone that has expansion of consciousness?

If consciousness is only self awareness then expanding that consciousness makes us aware of being aware…

Professor Gautam Kaul, Professor of Finance at University of Michigan is teaching a free course on Finance through coursera.com which offers courses for free by top faculties from top universities.



In the syllabus, there is a very significant statement. He says:

 

“Read the Economist as often as you can; it has some thoughtful pieces. However, recognize that you need to develop the habit of reading material critically; just because something is published in a reputable…

Just learnt that Joseph Ross has released Vol 6 of Krotona Series. Deals with years after 1931. Yet to see the book. Just ordered it from Amazon. Also a Kindle edition is available. Will look forward to a pdf file. Which is the most efficient and effective way to distribute material around the world in today's Internet World.  This is especially true when those interested in the history of TS and JK are miniscule and spread around the world. Yet to see any reviews by editors and authors. Let…

Professors from several universities are going to use a grant to research the influence of theosophy on artists and musicians. Here is the full article.

Enjoy video record.

In a recent blog Dr. Ramanujachari drew attention to a letter T Subba Rao, well known theosophist, wrote to HPB on the topic of Occult School of South India and Trans Himalayan one. While few of the Adepts of both traditions are known to the public, thanks to the writings of theosophical authors, a basic question that we may want to inquire is this - Surely there should be ‘other’ traditions from other parts of the world such as the China, Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa.…

EO in his foot note on last page of the Eliphas Levi’s Paradoxes of the Highest Science says:



Let your exact science, so proud of her achievements and discoveries, remember that the grandest hypotheses - I mean those that have now become facts and undeniable truths - have all been guessed, were the results of spontaneous inspiration (or intuition) - never those of…

Hi all,

I just wrote a blogpost on my Modern Theosophy Blog and not till I was finished did I notice it was the day after White Lotus. Here it is: 

Theosophists must excuse me for once more butting in where I no longer have any business. I was thinking just now about where the Theosophical Movement went wrong. When did, in…

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…

A new book titled The Theosophical Society: The History of a Spiritual Movement has been published by Jeffrey D Lavoie. First 25 pages can be found here.



While I have not had a chance to access the full book, it appears that it is a well researched publication and hence anyone interested in the history of TS should read it.



Something that is to be noticed is the author’s acknowledgement of the…

Last year there was a conference held at the University of Sydney and a

brief summary of the papers presented/discussed is now available. The

topics mentioned are interesting.



Here is quote of introduction and a link for full summary.



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This collection of papers was inspired by a two-day conference held at the

University of Sydney in October 2010, and organised by the immediate past

president of SSLA, Associate Professor Vrasidas Karalis. Titled…

Besant and CWL did occult research on atom and their observations were published in 1908. While there was a lot of questions about them, here is a recent article by a well known Indian Scientist which appeared in an Indian Newspaper. Here are two quotes:           



‘According to M Srinivasan, former associate director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, (BARC), "One important piece of work, which brings out the extraordinary power of the human mind or consciousness in gaining 'direct…

This essay discusses the segmentation of the world, more particularly the Western world, into three cultural groups: Moderns, Traditionals and Cultural Creatives. There is a fierce polarity to be found here. Can Cultural Creatives bridge the gap that exists between Moderns and Traditionals? 

This essay is a kind of informal sociological analysis. It is a sequel to my analysis of the…

The new website www.krotonaarchives.com setup by Joseph Ross is a welcome addition to theosophical history.

Since Ross has a lot of very valuable historical documents and possibly artifacts of interest, it would be of great interest and value to everyone interested in theosophy, Krishnamurti and Krotona if these material are scanned and provided on the website.

Today, good fast scanners are not expensive and the…