The following is an exploration of the Platonic Charioteer Allegory, an allegory which appears not only in Greek philosophy, but also in Indian spiritual texts, both with quite sim... Read more
Practical Theosophy The Path, July, 1890 The ethics of life propounded by Jesus are not different from those found in theosophy, but the latter holds in its doctrines a compelling power whic... Read more
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
Theosophy as a Guide in Life A Theosophical Tract, Published in 1887 This is a practical age, and every system or theory is challenged to give proofs of what it may accomplish in action. How... Read more
Much Reading, Little Thought The Path, June, 1890 The wise man sagely said that of making books there is no end. If true in his day, it is the same now. Among members of the Theosophical Soc... Read more
Studies in the Upanishads The Path, May & July, 1886; March, 1891 Many American theosophists are asking, “What are the Upanishads?” They are a portion of the ancient Aryan li... Read more
On “The Good” and “The One” of Plato by Thomas Taylor, from an extensive note in his translation of The Republic The good, which is here celebrated by Socrates as that which reigns in the in... Read more
The Following beautiful account of the story of Ragnarök is from Asgard and the Gods, by Wilhelm Wägner. This book is quoted several times in H. P. Blavatsky’s Secret Doctrine, see, fo... Read more
