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Tarot Cards

… the combination of Force and Matter; the union into one of Philosophy, Science, Religion and Wisdom ( The Encyclopedia of Occult Sciences , New York, 1939). “The real Tarot, in its complete symbology, can be found only in the Babylonian …

Rawson, Albert Leighton

… Rawson about Blavatsky appeared in Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly, February 1892 entitled Madame Blavatsky — a Theosophical Occult Apology. According to Johnson, this article is a mixture of respect for Blavatsky and reservations about theosophy. …

Lucis Trust

… living. Students are drawn from all parts of the world and they work in many languages. The School involves daily work in occult meditation; study of esoteric philosophy and the problems of humanity with regular written papers; and students are …

Dharmapala, Anagarika

… He thereafter made a pledge to study the Arhat doctrine. Upon reading about the Masters from Alfred P. SINNETT’s book,  The Occult World , he wrote that “I surrendered my life to them and silently pledged to lead the chela life. HPB helped me much …

Viśiṣṭādvaita

… would agree, but generally Visistadvaita Vedanta philosophy has been neglected by them as not quite consonant with the occult doctrine. R.W.B. © Copyright by the Theosophical Publishing House, Manila …

Theosophical Societies, History of

… BULWER-LYTTON, the “odic force” of Reichenbach — was particularly influential on Theosophy. At the same time, the century’s occult revival, as represented in the fiction of Bulwer-Lytton and the writings of Éliphas Lévi, suggested the practical … Society founded by Rudolf Steiner, a sometime theosophist, presents teachings emphasizing Western Christian occultism. The teachings of Alice Bailey, also a sometime theosophist, according to her and her followers offer new guidance …

Hodson, Geoffrey

… (1886-1983). A theosophical author and international lecturer, occultist and superphysical researcher, Liberal Catholic priest, Co-Freemason (32°) and humanitarian. Hodson was born in … love for the Christian faith and he was inspired to write several books and many journal articles dealing with the inner occult and spiritual side of Christianity. Notable amongst such books were  The Hidden Wisdom in the Holy Bible  (4 Vols. …

Kāma-Rūpa

… In India these entities are called  Piśācas . Gottfried de PURUCKER presents a somewhat different picture. In his  Occult Glossary  he states that the kāma-rūpa is that part of the human’s constitution in which dwell the various desires, …

Was Cagliostro a Charlatan - by H.P. Blavatsky

… the fashion with certain theosophical professors of the time to transliterate into Oriental form every name provided by Occult Fraternities for disciples destined to work in the world. Whosoever then, may have been Cagliostro’s parents, their … the last to bring such a charge against a learned Brother who was persecuted by the Vatican even more as a Mason than as an Occultist. Had it been so, would these same Jesuits even to this day vilify his name? Had he served them, would he not have …

Seven Rays

… From this manifested Logos will proceed the Seven Rays, which in the Zohar are called the lower Sephiroth and in Eastern occultism the primordial seven rays. Thence will proceed the innumerable series of Hierarchies . [7] They [the “luminous … grossest and most imperfect of the Hierarchy, man—it is the former purely spiritual group that is pointed out to us, in our Occult teaching, as the nursery and fountainhead of human beings. [9] Rays and Principles These seven hierarchies are the …

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