Chelas and Lay Chelas
Chelas and Lay Chelas Theosophist, July, 1883 As the word Chela has, among others, been introduced by Theosophy into the nomenclature of Western metaphysics, and the circulation of our magaz... Read more
The Sankhya and Yoga Philosophy
[“What is known of the training of the Yogis? Nothing but what they give out themselves—which is very little. Read Patanjali’s Yoga Aphorisms; but with caution, for it is very apt to mislead... Read more
The Theory of Cycles
The Theory of Cycles Theosophist, July, 1880 It is now some time since this theory, which was first propounded in the oldest religion of the world, Vedaism, then taught by various Greek phil... Read more
The Number Seven
The Number Seven Theosophist, June, 1880 A deep significance was attached to numbers in hoary antiquity. There was not a people with anything like philosophy, but gave great prominence to nu... Read more
[Nature-Worship & Elementals]
[Nature-Worship & Elementals] Theosophist, January, 1880 Article selection from “Nature Worship”, by H.H.D. | Note by H.P.B. What the philosophic poet [Wordsworth] beautifull... Read more
An Epitome of Theosophy
An Epitome of Theosophy A Theosophical Tract, Published in Summer, 1888 THEOSOPHY, the Wisdom-Religion, has existed from immemorial time. It offers us a theory of nature and of life which is... Read more
Personal and Impersonal God
Personal and Impersonal God At the outset I shall request my readers (such of them at least as are not acquainted with the Cosmological theories of the Idealistic thinkers of Europe) to exam... Read more
The Moral Law of Compensation
The Moral Law of Compensation By an Ex-Asiatic1 Theosophist, October, 1881 “For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.... Read more
Brahmanism on the Sevenfold Principle in Man It is now very difficult to say what was the real ancient Aryan doctrine. If an inquirer were to attempt to answer it by an analysis and comparis... Read more
Occult Study
(The following Paper was read lately by a Theosophist and “Lay Chela” in London to an audience consisting chiefly, but not exclusively, of Theosophists.—Ed.) The practical bearing of occult... Read more