… path of Theosophy, far more than any other man who chooses as his goal the gratification of his own ardent aspirations for occult knowledge. Buddhism stripped of its superstitions is eternal truth, and he who strives for the latter is striving for … with both its hapless founders than that we should permit it to become no better than an academy of magic and a hall of occultism. That we , the devoted followers of that spirit incarnate of absolute self sacrifice, of philanthropy, divine …
… book or magazine. [S.D.II, 490] This is an important statement that should guide us in our views in many other aspects of Occultism or Theosophy when we think maybe we are being given access to real secrets. To the solo student other warnings …
… 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 …
… handwriting --- because of the intense desire of some one individual to that effect, a desire or prayer which, according to occult law, the Masters feel, and if the “addressee” is worthy, They are bound to notice one or the other --- he gets … handwriting --- because of the intense desire of some one individual to that effect, a desire or prayer which, according to occult law, the Masters feel, and if the “addressee” is worthy, They are bound to notice one or the other --- he gets …
… (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 …