“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
Categoria: Reincarnation and Karma: their Importance
‘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
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
Thrice Fortunate They Who Can Break Through the Vicious Circle of Modern Influence
“All you can do is to prepare the intellect: the impulse toward “soul-culture” must be furnished by the individual. Thrice fortunate they who can break through the vicious circle of modern influence and come up above the vapours!” (K.H. In T. Baker, editor. The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett, letter n. 35, p. 247; emphasis added)
Human Nature in General Is the Same Now As a Million Years Ago
“As for human nature in general, it is the same now as it was a million of years ago: Prejudice based upon selfishness; a general unwillingness to give up an established order of things for new modes of life and thought — and occult study requires all that and much more — pride and stubborn… Read More
Esoteric Doctrines Must Be Spread Step by Step, Not Suddenly
“In common with many, you blame us for our great secrecy. Yet we know something of human nature for the experience of long centuries — aye, ages — has taught us. And, we know, that so long as science has anything to learn, and a shadow of religious dogmatism lingers in the hearts of the… Read More
Esoteric Doctrines Must Be Cautiously Spread
“We cannot consent to over-flood the world at the risk of drowning them, with a doctrine that has to be cautiously given out, and bit by bit like a too powerful tonic which can kill as well as cure.” (K.H. In T. Baker, editor. The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett, L. 34, p. 245; emphasis… Read More