“Yet it is absolutely necessary to inculcate it gradually [N.A.: the doctrine They promulgated], enforcing its theories, unimpeachable facts for those who know, with direct inferences deduced from and corroborated by modern exact science.” (Mahachohan. In C. Jinarajadasa, editor. Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, 1st Series, letter n. 1, p. 2; emphasis added)
Categoria: Ideas: their Importance
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (4): Liberalism: Premisses and Political System
4 – LIBERALISM: PREMISSES AND POLITICAL SYSTEM – The Dominant Thought Currents – Mistaken Premisses – The Beginnings of Liberalism – Human Being: Rational, Egocentric and Similar Capabilities – Three Independent Powers: Order of Checks and Balances – Minimum State – One Man, One Vote – Changes with Permanency of the Foundational Premisses – The… Read More
Complete Spiritual Freedom Is Also Called God, Buddha, Enlightenment, or Theosophy
“For as everyone knows, total emancipation from authority of the one all-pervading power or law (Note: the law of Karma) called God by the priests – Buddha, Divine Wisdom and enlightenment or Theosophy, by the philosophers of all ages (…).” (Mahachoan. In C. Jinarajadasa, editor. Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, 1st Series, letter n.… Read More
‘Intellectual Classes’ Degrade Those They Should Protect and Guide
“Those ‘intellectual classes,’ reacting upon the ignorant masses which they attract and which look up to them as noble and fit examples to follow, degrade and morally ruin those they ought to protect and guide.” (Mahachohan. In C. Jinarajadasa, editor. Letters from the Master of the Wisdom, 1st Series, letter n. 1, p. 4; emphasis added)… Read More
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (3): Differences of Capabilities Among Human Beings
3 – DIFFERENCES OF CAPABILITIES AMONG HUMAN BEINGS – The Studies of Philip E. Converse – Breadth Levels in Political Understanding – The Differences: Constraint Quantification in Belief Systems – The Differences: Elements of Greater Centrality – The Differences: Organizational Role of Abstract Concepts – The Differences: Breadth Levels in Converse’s Categories – Level I:… Read More
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (2): Unity Underlying Humanity
2 – UNITY UNDERLYING HUMANITY – Unity and Diversity in the Religious Traditions – Buddhism – Christianity – Confucianism – Hinduism – Islamism – Judaism – Taoism – Shintoism – Unity in the Contemporary Sciences Unity and Diversity in the Religious Traditions A worldview that contemplates an essential unity in relation to the deep nature… Read More
Idolaters and Idolatry
“Idolatry consists in the materialisation of spiritual Mysteries: They are Idolaters who understand the things of Sense where the things of the Spirit are alone implied, and who conceal the true Features of the Gods with material and spurious presentations. Idolatry is Materialism, the common and original Sin of Men, which replaces Spirit by Appearance,… Read More
Fig Tree: Symbol of Intuitional Perception and of Hermes (Rafael)
“The fig-tree, which both with the Hebrews and the Greeks was the type of intuitional perception, was an especial symbol of Hermes, called by the Hebrews Raphael.” (Anna Kingsford. Dreams and Dream-Stories, Footnote p. 38; emphasis added)
Horse Is the Symbol of Intelligence: Divine Order of Chivalry Is the Order of Christ
“The divine Order of Chivalry is the enemy of ascetic isolation and indifferentism. It is the Order of the Christ who goes about doing good. The Christian knight, mounted on a valiant steed (for the horse is the symbol of Intelligence), and equipped with the panoply of Michael, is the type of the spiritual life,… Read More
Adam and Eve
“Eve – the moral Conscience of Humanity – subject to Adam – the intellectual Force, – “whereby all manner of evil and confusion abounds, since her desire is unto him, and he rules over her until now. But the end foretold by the Seer is not far off.”” (Anna Kingsford. Clothed With the Sun, Pt.… Read More