The Secret Doctrine is the accumulated Wisdom of the Ages, and its cosmogony alone is the most stupendous and elaborate system: e.g., even in the exotericism of the Purânas. But such is the mysterious power of Occult symbolism, that the facts… The Wisdom of the Ages
Q. How is it that “Behind will, stands desire” ? It seems as though it should be reversed. A. We do not act until there is desire or intention to do so; Will is the force of consciousness in action.… Will and Desire
Try to imagine a “Spirit,” a celestial Being, whether we call it by one name or another, divine in its essential nature, yet not pure enough to be one with the All, and having, in order to achieve this, to so purify… The Power of Manas
In that mysterious journeying from time to eternity, where the soul moves on to ever higher planes of its own being, there must be many transformations of the psyche. Something I think goes with it from this world to that… Heaven to Earth
There is a spiritual consciousness, the Manasic mind illumined by the light of Buddhi, that which subjectively perceives abstractions; and the sentient consciousness (the lower Manasic light), inseparable from our physical brain and senses. This latter consciousness is held in subjection by… Buddhi Whispering to Manas
(a) Mind is a name given to the sum of the states of Consciousness grouped under Thought, Will, and Feeling. During deep sleep, ideation ceases on the physical plane, and memory is in abeyance; thus for the time-being “Mind is… The Mystery of the Mind
An Omnipresent, Eternal, Boundless, and Immutable Principle on which all speculation is impossible, since it transcends the power of human conception and could only be dwarfed by any human expression or similitude. It is “beyond the range of speech and thought”—in the words of Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad,… The God Idea
(1.) The Secret Doctrine is the accumulated Wisdom of the Ages, and its cosmogony alone is the most stupendous and elaborate system: e.g., even in the exotericism of the Purânas. But such is the mysterious power of Occult symbolism, that the… Six Items of Cosmogony
The spiritual Ego of man moves in Eternity like a pendulum between the hours of life and death. But if these hours marking the periods of terrestrial and spiritual life are limited in their duration, and if the very number… The Spiritual Pilgrim
To be brief, it is January the 4th which ought to be selected by the Theosophists —the Esotericists especially — as their New Year. January is under the sign of Capricornus, the mysterious Makara of the Hindu mystics — the… Birthday of the Kumaras
Time is only an illusion produced by the succession of our states of consciousness as we travel through eternal duration, and it does not exist where no consciousness exists in which the illusion can be produced; but “lies asleep.” The… The Illusion of Time
Enquirer: Do I, then, understand that the law of Karma is not necessarily an individual law? Theosophist: That is just what I mean. It is impossible that Karma could readjust the balance of power in the world’s life and progress,… Distributive Karma