“Apart from those things you identify as your life-duties, all other decisions can be made just by asking yourself the question, ‘Will it lead toward more seriousness or toward better play?’ As a child you knew which answer you were looking for. . . .”—General Theosophy

“Aspirants of the past had to dig through a mountain of ignorance to find a few scraps of useful knowledge; aspirants of the present have to dig through a mountain of knowledge to find a few scraps of useful knowledge.” —General Theosophy

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…

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”…

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

“Manifestation of Intention…

"If you must write or talk about fundamentally unknowable subjects, at least use the strategy of the medieval mapmakers—that is, instead of pretending precision just make the shoreline crinkly." --General Theosophy…

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…