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
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
Chelas
Chelas Theosophist, October, 1884 Notwithstanding the many articles which have appeared in this magazine upon the above subject, much misunderstanding and many false views seem still to prev... Read more
The “Elixir of Life”
The “Elixir of Life” From a Chela’s1 Diary. by G—— M——,* F.T.S. Theosophist, March-April, 1882 Re-printed in Five Years of Theosophy (1885) And Enoch walked with the Elohim, and the Elohim t... Read more
Rotation—Individual Evolution
Rotation—Individual Evolution The Path, January, 1887 The paper on “The Higher Life,”1 and the remarks which it has called forth, have led me to further reflections upon the subject. That su... Read more
Psychic and Noetic Action
Psychic and Noetic Action Lucifer, October, November, 1890 “. . . I made man just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall, Such I created all th’ ethereal powers And s... Read more
Culture of Concentration
Culture of Concentration The Path, July, 1888 The term most generally in use to express what is included under the above title is SELF CULTURE. Now it seems to well enough express, for a tim... Read more
Madame Blavatsky on “The Himalayan Brothers” Spiritualist (London), August 12, 1881 Sir— “On the authority of an adept” (?) “they” (the Theosophists and M... Read more
Mahatmas and Chelas
Mahatmas and Chelas Theosophist, July, 1884 A MAHATMA is a personage, who, by special training and education, has evolved those higher faculties and has attained that spiritual knowledge, wh... Read more