This Theosophical Encyclopedia contains all the articles of the printed … abhors a vacuum” and that their concept of space or “void” was equivalent to the Kabalistic concept of Ain-Soph or the occult concept of an Absolute ( SD I:343) — i.e., void only to ordinary perception. She also claims that Democritus was “taught by the Magi” ( ibid ., vol. 1, p. 117), in other words was aware of the occult doctrine of the Mystery Schools. The theory of Atomism was continued by the Greek philosopher Epicurus (ca. 341-270 …
… answers when he questioned them. “. . . from his earliest years [he was] deeply interested in religious, philosophical and occult subjects . . .” ( Theosophy , Vol. 7, p. 320). Selling their business in Montreal, Crosbie and his partner went to …
… than most of us. Furthermore, Blavatsky, in a discussion about astrology, states, “‘What is destiny?’ As understood by the Occultist, it is merely the chain of causation producing its correspondential series of effects. One who has carefully followed the teachings of Occultism, as recently given out, concerning Devachan and future re-births, knows that every individual is his own creator …
… being the chief or first formative forces, made themselves to become the heavens and the material sphere” ( Studies in Occult Philosophy , p. 151). Helena P. BLAVATSKY in her The Secret Doctrine , writes, “The introductory chapters of …
… writing that “the ancients, having contemplated this mutual sympathy of things (celestial and terrestrial) applied them for occult purposes. . . . All things are full of divine natures . . . while every order of things proceeds gradually in a … descent from the highest to the lowest” (IU I:244) — in other words, that nature works from within outwards, a key tenet of occult philosophy. His theory about the after-death condition of the soul is essentially the same as that of modern …
… power. Helena P. BLAVATSKY states, “In the Sanskrit, as also in the Hebrew and all other alphabets, every letter has its occult meaning and its rationale; it is a cause and an effect of a preceding cause, and a combination of these very often produced the most magical effect. The vowels, especially, contain the most occult and formidable potencies” ( SD I:94). The Vedic hymns, particularly, are not merely praises of various deities ( …
… of letting a brief or careless phrase hurt anybody’s feelings. His handwriting, too, was always very legible and regular. (Occult World, p. 158) In October, 1881, the Mahatma K. H. went on a three-month retreat, during which the correspondence …
… of a divine Being. The names given in one system to these series of hierarchies was listed in Gottfried de Purucker’s Occult Glossary as: (1) Divine; (2) Gods, or the divine-spiritual; (3) Demi-gods; (4) Heroes [Saints?]; (5) Men; (6) …
… in the ordinary English ear, but not quite rightly. The Tantras are very useful books, very valuable and instructive; all occult science is to be found in them. . . . The difficulty is that without a teacher they are very dangerous. . . . So the …
… are. As I. K. TAIMNI states in his The Science of Yoga (Theosophical Publishing House, 1961; 1975), “The exercise of occult powers does not free [a person] from the basic illusions of life and therefore cannot bring him Enlightenment and …