Theosophy/NAM Satanic in NATURE? lecture 101

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No. You are wrong. Crowley was not a Theosophist but a fake magician!

Study again my friend!

Do you have any problem with Alice bailey and Djwal Khul?

did i say that Crowley was a theosophist? oi...evading...kuyawan ka i connect ang name ni Crowley with blavatsky and alice?

At one time Reg in case wala ka kabalo si Crowley was an associate nila ni blavatsky ug alice.

wala koy problem...just asking...would you mine to answer my question.

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did i say that Crowley was a theosophist? oi...evading...kuyawan ka i connect ang name ni Crowley with blavatsky and alice?

At one time Reg in case wala ka kabalo si Crowley was an associate nila ni blavatsky ug alice.

wala koy problem...just asking...would you mine to answer my question.

So what? can you find any reference that madam blavatsky and Bailey were evil persons?

Did she murder, or have sexual scandals like katrina Halili? hehehe

I bet you are not like mr. Hayden Kho!

[regnauld]

Chapter 1

What is Theosophy?

Like as a bird cleaves the eternal ether, so the mystic advances on a path not ordinarily manifest. -- William Q. Judge

The Wisdom-Religion of the Ages

He in whom the soul is ever manifest -- he is the true mystic, and to him theosophy is no system of sterile thought but a light, a teacher, a companion, ever calling to compassionate action, ever urging to higher things.

Think of theosophy not so much as a body of philosophic or other teaching, but as the highest law of conduct, which is the enacted expression of divine love or compassion.

It will bring something to you that can never pass away: the consciousness of your divine, your inner self; a conviction of your inherent power to conserve your energy along the highest spiritual lines. For man cannot find his true place in the great scheme of human life until he has ennobled and enriched his nature with the consciousness of his divinity. That is what theosophy means; that is its message; and it is a beautiful one to those who can throw aside fear and prejudice and truly interpret its meaning.

New in its presentation, but old as the ages in its meaning, theosophy was once the universal religion of mankind, and is destined to be the universal religion of the future. Even now its great principles are permeating thought and action everywhere, and everywhere the most advanced minds are looking forward to the ideal of a universal religion as humanity's one hope.

Those who long to serve humanity should study its teachings, if for nothing else than that they may learn to "know themselves"; that they may learn to know their children spiritually; that they may perceive the duality that exists in human nature as well as in life, thus becoming able to control the disruptive and lower elements, and encourage those which are noble, constructive and divine. For the despair and unrest of humanity, the unbalance and the injustices of life, stand at the door of our civilization, like living pictures, specters, their very presence pleading for a manifestation of the higher law.
But the one who essays to study theosophy must do his part. He cannot be fed with a spoon. There must be effort and humility, aspiration and love of virtue, and a willingness to be taught.

No teacher, however great, can teach until the pupil is ready to learn.
Theosophy does not offer spiritual instruction for money. Truth is not purchasable.
Were you to be told that just outside the door great minds were waiting to give you the secret of acquiring fabulous wealth, you would not stop for anything. Yet that which you would hope to gain belongs but to the perishable, fleeting, material side of life. Why not make as great an effort for the knowledge that will give you the secret of right living, reveal to you the mysteries of life.


Theosophy: The Path of the Mystic - Chapter 1 "

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So what? can you find any reference that madam blavatsky and Bailey were evil persons?

Did she murder, or have sexual scandals like katrina Halili? hehehe

I bet you are not like mr. Hayden Kho!

yes akong reference is ang bible.

dili man siguro kinahanglan mopatay para ma evil ang tao...hehe

lagpasa na nimo ug mga storya reg oi...hehehe...wala na sa topic...

so ngano hadlok man ka e associate ang name ni Crowley with Blavatsky ug Bailey?

nya kinsa lagi na si Djwhal kuhl? hehe


then asa gikan ang The Secret Doctrine, inspired man daw ni,hehe...inspired by whom? hehe

reg rest sa ko ha kay wala na kay klaro ka istorya...abot naka ni hayden...tan-aw diay ug hayden ang mga theosophist? LOLZ

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yes akong reference is ang bible.

dili man siguro kinahanglan mopatay para ma evil ang tao...hehe

lagpasa na nimo ug mga storya reg oi...hehehe...wala na sa topic...

so ngano hadlok man ka e associate ang name ni Crowley with Blavatsky ug Bailey?

nya kinsa lagi na si Djwhal kuhl? hehe


then asa gikan ang The Secret Doctrine, inspired man daw ni,hehe...inspired by whom? hehe

reg rest sa ko ha kay wala na kay klaro ka istorya...abot naka ni hayden...tan-aw diay ug hayden ang mga theosophist? LOLZ

Tan-aw man gani sad ka nga BORN AGAIN unya ako na hinuon nga dili BORN AGAINST!

Ikaw ra diay kamao mo tan-aw? hehehe

Wla koy khadlok manoy bisan unsa pa imo false allegations and accusations!

Sige kuno beh, post kuno sa imong bible nga THEOSOPHY is evil. Wala man gihapon ka mo post manoy! Kutob ra man ka panghadlok ug CHISMIS!!

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The First Principles of Theosophy





by Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa





First published in 1921


INTRODUCTION
Theosophy is the wisdom arising from the study of the evolution of life and form. This wisdom already exists, because the study has been pursued for long ages by properly equipped investigators into nature's mysteries. The investigators, who are called the Masters of the Wisdom, are those souls who in the evolutionary process have passed beyond the stage of man to the next higher, that of the "Adept". As man evolves to Adept, he gains knowledge by investigation and experiment. The knowledge so far gained by an unbroken line of Adepts is Theosophy, the Ancient Wisdom.

As man becomes Adept, he ceases to be merely an item in the evolutionary process, and appears as a master and director of that process, under the supervision of a great Consciousness called in Theosophy the Logos. He is enabled, as a cooperator with the Logos, to see nature from His standpoint, and to some extent survey her, not as her helpless tool, but ...

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with the vision of her Creator. Such a survey is Theosophy today.

These Masters of the Wisdom, the agents of the Logos, direct the evolutionary process in all its phases, each supervising a particular department in the evolution of life and form. They form a body known as the Great Hierarchy or the Great White Brotherhood. They guide the building and unbuilding of forms on sea and land; they direct the rise and fall of nations, giving to each just so much of the Ancient Wisdom as is needed for its welfare, and can be assimilated by it.

Sometimes that Wisdom is given indirectly, through workers in quest of knowledge, by inspiring them all unseen towards discoveries; sometimes it is given directly, as a revelation. Both these ways are observable now in the twentieth century. The Masters of the Wisdom, who are in charge of the evolution of all that lives, are giving the Wisdom — the science of facts — indirectly, through the invisible guidance and inspiration of scientific workers; directly, they have given it in a body of knowledge known by the term Theosophy.

Theosophy is then, in a sense, a revelation, but it is the revelation of a knowledge by those who have discovered it, to those who have not ...

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yet done so. It cannot but be a hypothesis at first to whomsoever it is offered; it can become one's own personal knowledge only by experiment and experience.

In Theosophy today we have not the fullness of knowledge of all facts. Only a few main facts and laws have been told us, sufficient to spur us on to study and discovery; but innumerable gaps remain to be filled in. They are being filled in by individual workers in our midst, but what we have of knowledge is as a drop in the ocean to what lies undiscovered or unrevealed. Nevertheless, the little we have is of wonderful fascination, and it reveals new inspiration and beauty everywhere. Theosophy today, in the modern Theosophical literature, will be found to be concerned mostly with the evolution of life. But the knowledge concerning the evolution of form, now gathered in every department of modern science, is equally a part of the Ancient Wisdom. In both, there are gaps to be filled in; but when both are correctly viewed, each is seen to supplement the other.

In this exposition of Theosophy, as in every manual of science, there are bound to be two elements. A writer will expound what has been accepted as fact by all, or by a majority ...

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of scientific investigators, but at the same time he may include the result of the work of a few or of himself only, which may require corroboration or revision. As he proceeds, he may not separate, unconsciously or through lack of true scientific training, these two elements. Similarly, while the leading ideas of this work may be considered "Theosophical", and as a fairly correct exposition of the knowledge revealed by the Masters of the Wisdom, there will be parts that will not deserve that dignity. But as Truth is after all a matter of discovery by each for himself, what others can do is merely to point out the way. Scientifically established truths, and what may be but personal or erroneous views, must all be tested by the same standard.

Though in its fundamental ideas Theosophy is a revelation, yet there is no authority in it to an individual, unless he himself assents to it. Nevertheless, as a man must be ready to stand or fall by the noblest hypothesis of life which his heart and mind can conceive, this work is written to show that such a hypothesis exists in Theosophy.

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http://users.ez2.net/nick29/theosophy/fp-index.htm

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Let us study THEOSOPHY objectively and not just rely on CHISMIS 101!

[kebot]

unsa ni guilty by company?lulz



how to spot a FUNDIE.
yawa lagi mo basta di mo pareha nila.

oh, well.

Im back! hahaha! naunsa napod ni? OMG i tot settled nani...

Brad don't forget Birds of the same feather flocks together! If its a bird then probably they are birds... tsk tsk tsk...

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Famous People and the impact of the Theosophical Society

Inventory of the influence of the Theosophical Society

Katinka Hesselink 2006-2008

This list is a tentative inventory of the impact of the Theosophical Society on the world. It owes a lot to John Algeo's work. Some things have been included, even though my source for them is merely the theosophical grapevine. These obviously need further study. I have also (not yet) included proper source references. This will hopefully come in time. At the moment the list only includes people from the Theosophical Society Adyar. This is not a policy, but a reflection on my knowledge in this field. If anyone can come up with people from other theosophical organisations that had a significant impact on society, feel free to contact me.
I realize that this is a problematic field of study: what exactly constitutes influence? Still I think it is possible to give some sort of answer to the question of the influence of the Theosophical Society by doing an inventory of prominent cultural innovators who were members of the Theosophical Society. If one can find a significant number, it is plausible that the relatively small organization did have a relatively high influence on East and West. As the list shows it isn't always easy to show how the Theosophical Society or its ideals and teachings made a difference in a certain persons perspective or method. Still, I think it is useful to cultural historians to be aware of memberships of the Theosophical Society. For Theosophical Society-members it may be interesting to know the contributions Theosophical Society-members have made in the world.
Some people who made it on this list were never members of the Theosophical Society, in those cases a note has been added. They are on here because of their spiritual interests, or their contact with theosophists even if they never joined.

WRITERS

Lyman Frank Baum , American author of The Wizard of Oz and other children’s stories (1851 –1919)
Mohini Chatterji , on the Gita, Vivekachudamani, etc. (1858 –1936)
William Butler Yeats , Anglo-Irish poet and playwright (1865 –1939)
George W. Russell (Æ) , Irish poet, painter, and agricultural expert (1867 –1935)
Talbot Mundy (1879 –1940)
Sir Edwin Arnold , British author of The Light of Asia and The Song Celestial
Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), author of the Alice books, Sylvie and Bruno, etc. (1832 –189
Kahlil Gibran (cf. Prophet : the life and times of Kahlil Gibran / Robin Waterfield. (New York : St. Martin's Press, 199, p. 225.)
Sir Henry Rider Haggard , English novelist, King Solomon’s Mines, She, etc. (1856 –1925)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , English author of Sherlock Holmes stories, Spiritualist (1859 –1930). His theosophical interests are debatable. He looked into theosophy and was in touch with the Blavatsky Association about the Hodgson Report.
Maurice Maeterlinck , Belgian Symbolist poet, playwright, and novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize in 1911 (1862 –1949)
Algernon Blackwood , writer on the supernatural and mystery tales (1869 –1951)
Jack London , American novelist (1876 –1916)
E. M. Forster , English novelist, Passage to India, etc. (1879 –1970)
James Joyce , Irish novelist, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake (1882 –1941)
D. H. Lawrence , English novelist, The Plumed Serpent, etc. “a religious writer who did not so much reject Christianity as try to create a new religious and moral basis for modern life” (1885 –1930)
T. S. Eliot , Anglo-American poet and critic (1888 –1965)
Henry Miller , Bohemian autobiographical novelist (1891 –1980)
John Boyton Priestley , English novelist and playwright, Time and the Conways, I Have Been Here Before, An Inspector Calls (1894 –1984)
Thornton Wilder , American novelist and playwright, The Cabala, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Our Town, The Matchmaker [ > Hello, Dolly!], The Skin of Our Teeth (1897 –1975)
Kurt Vonnegut , Jr., American author of satirical novels of social criticism (b. 1922)
Sir Thomas (Tom) Stoppard , Czech-born playwright of intellectual drama, e.g. Arcadia (1993), which brought together Fermat's Last Theorem, chaos theory, landscape architecture, and Lord Byron; also Indian Ink about Indian independence and Theosophists (b. 1937)

ARCHITECTS

Claude Bragdon , American architect and author (1866 –1946)
Walter Burley Griffin , American architect and city planner, who worked in F. L. Wright’s studio and who designed the plan for the Australian capital, Canberra (1876 –1937)

SCIENTISTS AND INVENTORS

Sir William Crookes , theoretical physicist and inventor of the prototype of the TV tube and fluorescent lighting (1832 –1919)
Thomas Edison , American inventor of the electric light, phonograph, etc. (1847 –1931) (cf. The Theosophist, August 1931, p. 657)
Rupert Sheldrake , British biologist and proposer of morphogenetic fields. (b. 1942)
Alfred Russel Wallace , naturalist who developed a theory of natural selection independent of Darwin, excepted higher mental capacities from the theory, a Spiritualist (1823 –1913). His theosophical interests are debatable. “I have tried several Reincarnation and Theosophical books, but cannot read them or take any interest in them. They are so purely imaginative and do not seem to me rational. Many people are captivated by it. I think most people who like a grand, strange, complex theory of man and nature, given with authority- people who if religious would be Roman Catholics.” quoted from William Brock, William Crookes (1832–1919) and the Commercialization of Science, 2008 (originally in Marchant’s 1916 biography of Wallace - it comes from an 1897 letter by Wallace).
Camille Flammarion , French astronomer (1842 –1925)
Baroness Jane Goodall , scientist working with chimpanzees, Theosophical connection acknowledged in her recent book Reason for Hope (b. 1934)

Psychologists

William James , philosopher and psychologist
Carl Gustav Jung , founder of analytical psychology (1875 –1961). Was not interested in Blavatsky, Leadbeater or Besant, but was in frequent contact with G.R.S. Mead - after the latter had left the T.S. in 1909.
Ian Stevenson , Professor of Psychiatry, University of Virginia and leading investigator of reported cases of reincarnation. Probably influenced by his theosophical upbringing.

Painters and other Artists

Rukmini Devi Arundale: Revitalized Indian arts, especially dance and music. In her case membership of the Theosophical Society meant international contacts which made it possible for her to learn western dance and music, which in turn gave her the training necessary to breath new life into Indian dance. The way she ended up doing what she did is unthinkable without the contacts the Theosophical Society gave her.
Hilma af Klint , abstract painter. (cf for instance The Theosophist July 2006, p. 385-389)
Piet Mondriaan , Dutch painter, leading exponent of “de Stijl” whose “neoplastic” style profoundly influenced modern art, architecture, and graphic design (1872 –1944) Member of the Theosophical Society
Beatrice Wood , artist, ceramicist (1893 –199
Paul Gauguin , French post impressionist, primitivist painter (1848 –1903)
Vassily Kandinsky , Russian founder of nonobjectivist art (1866 –1944) Influenced by theosophy, not a member.
Gutzon Borglum , monumental sculptor of the Mount Rushmore presidential heads and painter of a portrait of Blavatsky 1867 –1941)
Charles Rennie Mackintosh , Scottish art nouveau architect and designer (1868 –1926)
Paul Klee , whimsical Swiss artist of Der Blaue Reiter and the Bauhaus School (1879 –1940)
Nicholas Roerich , Russian mystical artist, friend of Henry Wallace (1874 –1947)
Harris, Lawren , Canadian painter was a member of the Toronto Lodge of the Theosophical Society in Canada. (October 23, 1885 – January 29, 1970)

Musicians

Cyril Scott , composer and author (1879 –1970)
Gustav Mahler , symphonic composer (1860 –1911)
Jean Sibelius , Finnish musical composer inspired by the Kalevala (1865 –1957)
Alexander Nikolaievitch Scriabin , Russian composer, “Theosophical ideas similarly provided the basis of the orchestral Poem of Ecstasy (190 and Prometheus (1911), which called for the projection of colours onto a screen during the performance,” (1872 –1915)
Elvis Presley , American rock and roll musician (1935 –1977)
Ruth Crawford-Seeg - composer
Dane Rudhyar - composer
Alexander Scriabin - composer

Actors

Florence Farr , actress, Golden Dawn, etc. (1860 –1917)
Dana Ivey , Broadway, screen, and TV actress
Shirley MacLaine , American film actress (b. 1934)

Politicians

Annie Besant , president of the Theosophical Society, prominent activist for the independence of India (was already an activist for many causes before she became a member of the Theosophical Society). Popular lecturer on many themes. Her popularity did a lot to enlarge the membership of co-freemasonry (which accepts men and women). Education in India for boys and girls (continuing the work started by H.S. Olcott, first president of the Theosophical Society)
Allan Octavian Hume , British administrator in India, one of the founders of the Indian National Congress (1829 –1912)
Alfred Deakin , framer of the Australian Federation and Prime Minister of Australia, 1903 –4, 1905 –8, 1909 –10 (1856 –1919)
Hernández Martínez , President of El Salvador (1882 –1966)
Henry Wallace , Vice President of the United States (1888 –1965)
Jawaharlal Nehru , first Prime Minister of India, 1947 –64 (1889 –1964) Ferdinand T. Brooks, a young theosophists, tutored Nehru as an adolescent. Nehru acknowledged in his autobiography that “ F.T. Brooks left a deep impress upon me and I feel that I owe a debt to him and to Theosophy. ” (Theosophical History Vol. VII, Issue 3, July 199
George Lansbury , leader of British Labour party, 1931 –5, (1859 –1940)
Mohandas K. Gandhi , Indian patriot, framer of satyagraha (1869 –194 Gandhi certainly knew Annie Besant, had great respect for her, and the version of the Bhagavad Gita that first acquainted him with Indian philosophy was her translation. In his autobiography he describes his early acquaintance in London with Theosophy and the Theosophical Society. The two “brothers” he mentions there are almost certainly the Keightley uncle and nephew, whom others have mistaken for brothers as they were so close in age. His contribution: a reformulation of Hinduism into a passive activism. Contributed significantly to the independence movement in India and the breakdown of the castesystem.

Feminists

Clara Codd , A feminist who was imprisoned in England.
Matilda Joslyn Gage , American feminist and coauthor with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony of the History of Woman Suffrage (1815 –1902)
Gloria Steinem , American writer and feminist, editor of Ms., Theosophical influence acknowledged in an interview in Jewish News (b. 1934)

Religious Figures

Paul Brunton, (1898-1981) Author of A Search in Secret India, the book that made Ramana Maharshi well known. (source) Brunton was a member of the TS only for a short while, but the biography by his son reveals that he shared many of the more obscure ideas from the Secret Doctrine. [More about Paul Brunton and his books]
Anagarika Dharmapala , a leading figure in the Buddhist revival (1864 –1933)
Venerable Balangoda Ananda Maitreya (August 24, 1896 - July 18, 199, 'one of the leading figures of contemporary Buddhism, not just in Sri Lanka but throughout the world' (see: Chapter 9 in 'Buddhism Transformed: Religious Change in Sri Lanka', by Richard Gombrich and Gananath Obeyesekere).
G.R.S. Mead : introduced Gnosticism to popular knowledge in England and probably the world.
Christmas Humphreys , English introducer of Buddhism to Westerners (1901 –1983). On Christmas Humphreys work as a judge. Christmas Humphreys: an article for the Canadian Theosophist.
D.T. Suzuki , Brought Zen-Buddhism to the West. It has recently come to light that not only was his wife a central figure in the (small) theosophical scene in Japan, he himself was a member of the Theosophical Society when he lived in Japan. (Theosophical History Magazine, article by Adele Algeo)
H.S. Olcott , founding president of the Theosophical Society: Education in Sri Lanka and India, Composition of the Buddhist Catechism, Started a newspaper in Sri Lanka for the Sinhalese people. 'Sarasavi Sandaresa' [cf Buddhist Channel | Buddhism News, Headlines | The Angkor Wat of Malaysia february 17th 2006], Buddhist flag (organization of committee and significant input in the final design)

MISCELLANEOUS

Alonzo Decker (?? –1956), co founder of Black & Decker manufacturing company, joined T.S. in America April 3, 1929, member until his death.
General Abner Doubleday , legendary father of baseball (1819 –1893)
Maria Montessori , educator and founder of Montessori Method, based on a belief in the child’s creative potential, drive to learn, and right to be treated as an individual (1870 –1952)

Groups

These groups started by theosophists or had as their most active members theosophists in their early days.

Co-freemasonry (See Annie Besant)
Amnesty International (source: theosophical grapevine)

Buddhist Society in England (was the Buddhist lodge of the Theosophical Society), was founded by the most famous and influential of Western Buddhists, Christmas Humphreys (see Christmas Humphreys), who was a member of the Theosophical Society early in his life and who wrote appreciatively about H.P. Blavatsky to the end of his life.

Sufi movement started by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Further reading

• Campbell, Bruce F. ' Ancient Wisdom Revived, A History of the Theosophical Movement ', University of California Press, Berkely, Los Angelos, London, 1980. Though I don't agree with the authors assessment of Blavatsky, this book offers a good insight into the history and sociological development of the Theosophical Movement, as well as the influence of that movement on the world. The concluding chapter on challenges for the Theosophical Movement in the future are astute.
• See also: Famous Theosophists / Notable Members of Theosophical Society
• Links about well known theosophists

Famous people in the Theosophical Society - Theosophical History

[kebot]

Tan-aw man gani sad ka nga BORN AGAIN unya ako na hinuon nga dili BORN AGAINST!

Ikaw ra diay kamao mo tan-aw? hehehe

Wla koy khadlok manoy bisan unsa pa imo false allegations and accusations!

Sige kuno beh, post kuno sa imong bible nga THEOSOPHY is evil. Wala man gihapon ka mo post manoy! Kutob ra man ka panghadlok ug CHISMIS!!

-- dba naa mo christ?
MAT 24:5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and
will deceive many.

MAR 13:6 Many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and will deceive
many.

LUK 21:8 He replied: "Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will
come in my name, claiming, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not
follow them.

I hope this satisfies your CHISMIS ALLEGATION BRAD.