This Theosophical Encyclopedia contains all the articles of the printed … who brought fire (i.e., intelligence) to mankind, and was punished by Zeus for that by being chained to a rock. From the occult point of view, the serpent here represents kundalini , the “serpent fire,” entwined around our spinal column. Eating …
… Esoteric astrology “is concerned with the inner growth of individuals, and that which deals with the science from an occult standpoint.” The sun, for example, represents the inner individuality, while the Moon the outer personality. Mercury … and understand correctly the great Law of Universal Sympathy . Not only astrology but magnetism, theosophy and every occult science, especially that of attraction and repulsion, depend upon this law for their existence. Without having …
… in Christianity, are considered by many theosophical writers to have a deeper significance as well, called “esoteric” or “occult.” Most, if not all, important religious ceremonies are derived initially from a scripture or from an oral tradition. … said, upon his clairvoyant investigations into the subject. There are also some further claims made in his Some Glimpses of Occultism: Ancient and Modern (1903), The Hidden Side of Things (1913), and The Hidden Side of Christian Festivals (1920) …
… effected by him in a comparatively very short period by passing through the process of self-evolution laid down by the Occult Philosophy” (ibid., 239-240). Blavatsky states that Mahātmas have physical bodies, and while they have conquered the …
… inadequate idea of its scope or importance. In truth, however, it is one of the seven main branches into which the whole occult science is divided . . .” (Esoteric Writings, TPH, 1931, p. 364-5). Since the system of classification of the human …
… that the word is of Turanian origin, more specifically Mongolian, from a verbal root fo. (G. Purucker, Studies in Occult Philosophy , 1945, p. 584). According to Purucker , fo or more properly foh is used in that language as the name of …
… (1904); The Way of Initiation (1908; Foreword by Annie Besant); Knowledge of Higher Worlds and Its Attainment (1909); Occult Science, an Outline (1913); Christianity as Mystical Fact (and the Mysteries of Antiquity) (1914); A Road to …
… thought highly of Lévi although she warned against some of his teachings and did not consider him an initiate of genuine “occultism.” There is no doubt that he was by nature an idealist who constantly campaigned against the rigid and autocratic …
… would — if they chose to submit to our conditions , instead of dictating theirs — be allowed to BEGIN the study of the occult sciences under the written directions of a ‘Brother’” ( ML , p. 30). Thus the changes in the wordings of the First …
… much from the information” (SD II:48), but hints that the Nārada which appears as son of Brahmā is “the Deva-Rishi of Occultism par excellence” (SD II:83), is, in fact, “a true Mānasaputra ” and “the mysterious guiding intelligent power, … with having calculated and recorded all the astronomical and cosmic cycles to come” (SD II:49). She further says that “the Occultist who does not ponder, analyse, and study Narada from his seven esoteric facets, will never be able to fathom …