Ideas for a Better World

  QUOTATIONS ON INTERPRETATION OF THE SYMBOLS     1) “Once the veil of symbolism is lifted from the divine face of Truth, all Churches are akin, and the basic doctrine of all is identical (…). Greek, Hermetic, Buddhist, Vedantist, Christian – all these Lodges of the Mysteries are fundamentally one and identical in doctrine.… Read More

  GLIMPSES OF A TRUE CATHOLIC AND SCIENTIFIC RELIGION: THE BUDDHIST CHRISTIANITY (1)   Arnaldo Sisson Filho   [Note: The quotations in bold and italic are for illustrative purposes and are also part of the work The Wheel and the Cross: An Introduction to Buddhist Christianity.]   “True it is ‘faith that saves,’ but the… Read More

ANNA KINGSFORD, BUDDHIST CHRISTIANITY AND VEGETARIANISM (1)   Arnaldo Sisson Filho     [Presentation by Viviane Pereira]   “Raised in a Roman Catholic family, Arnaldo Sisson Filho began his search early for answers to the questions that guide our existence. He studied at Roman Catholic schools and, in his late teens, questioning everything he had… Read More

  VEGETARIANISM AND CHRISTIANITY (1)   Arnaldo Sisson Filho       In your opinion, regarding religious matters, why is it important to be vegetarian?   Within the type of Christianity I practice, based on the mystical interpretations and illuminations of Dr. Anna Kingsford, I would highlight two aspects; the first is within the phrase… Read More

  PART III   COMPLEMENTARY TEXTS AND QUOTATIONS   The Banquet of the Gods (Anna Kingsford) Vegetarianism and Christianity (Arnaldo Sisson Filho) Anna Kingsford, Buddhist Christianity and Vegetarianism (Arnaldo Sisson Filho) Glimpses of a True Catholic and Scientific Religion: The Buddhist Christianity (Arnaldo Sisson Filho) Quotations on Interpretation of the Symbols Quotations on Buddhist Christianity… Read More

  The Bible and Flesh-Eating (1)   Bertram McCrie     There are many worthy Christians in the world today who regard the Bible as a sort of divinely appointed city of refuge, to which they may flee at sundry inconvenient seasons. However much they may ignore the Bible in ordinary affairs, they promptly fall… Read More

  VEGETARIANISM AND THE BIBLE (1)   Edward Maitland     There are very many persons for whom the arguments scientific, social, economic, and even moral, in favour of a vegetable diet, do not suffice, but who require in addition the sanction of the Bible. As we are prepared to meet inquirers at this point… Read More

  PART II   VEGETARIANISM (IN THE LIGHT OF THE “NEW” GOSPEL OF INTERPRETATION)   Concerning the Three Veils Between Man and God (Anna Kingsford) Vegetarianism and the Bible (Edward Maitland) The Bible and Flesh-Eating (Bertram McCrie)           CONCERNING THE THREE VEILS BETWEEN MAN AND GOD (1)   Anna Kingsford  … Read More

  EDWARD MAITLAND AND VEGETARIANISM   Samuel Hopgood Hart     Information: [The information below was sent by Mr. Brian McAllister, who kindly photocopied and sent this text to the Anna Kingsford Site.] “This article (Edward Maitland and Vegetarianism) by Samuel Hopgood Hart was photocopied from Mr. Hart’s own copy in his Newspaper Cuttings Book… Read More

  ANNA KINGSFORD AND VEGETARIANISM (1)   Samuel Hopgood Hart     Anna Kingsford was born at Maryland Point, Stratford, in Essex, on the 16th of September 1846. It is now over forty-three years since she was with us – she having died on the 22nd of February 1888, at the comparatively early age of… Read More