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] 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
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
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
Transmigration of the Life Atoms Theosophist, August, 1883 Letter by N. D. K. | Reply by H. B. P. It is said that “for three thousand years at least the ‘mummy,’ not withstanding all the che... Read more
Prakriti and Purusha Prakriti may be looked upon either as Maya when considered as the Upadhi of Parabrahmam or as Avidya when considered as the Upadhi of Jivatma (7th principle in man).1 Av... Read more
Zoroastrianism on the Septenary Constitution of Man Many of the esoteric doctrines given out through the Theosophical Society reveal a spirit akin to that of the older religions of the East,... Read more
Dialogues Between the Two Editors On Astral Bodies, or Doppelgangers Lucifer, December, 1888 M. C. Great confusion exists in the minds of people about the various kinds of apparitions, wrait... Read more
Classification of “Principles” Theosophist, April, 1887 In a most admirable lecture by Mr. T. Subba Row on the Bhagavad Gita, published in the February number of the Theosophist, the lectur... Read more
The States of Consciousness A Page from an Occult Notebook Lucifer, October, 1890 “When the eyes that are beneath are closed, Then the eyes that are above are opened.” Orphic Mysteries. Abou... Read more
