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12. The Dual Aspect of Wisdom Helena P. Blavatsky [Lucifer, Vol. VII, No. 37, September 1890, pp. 1-9. Collected Writings, Volume XII-1890] [The original of this document, handwritten by H.P.B., is held in the Archives of the Theosophical Society, Adyar, Chennai, India.] Editor’s Note: The following is a collection of quotations drawn from the article… Read More

  ADDITIONAL TEXTS: 11. THE EXISTENCE OF THE PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY Arnaldo Sisson Filho   The notion of the existence of a Perennial (or Esoteric) Philosophy can be presented, very briefly, from the well-known phrase of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: “Everything that rises converges”. In other words, if it is possible for human consciousness to “rise”,… Read More

9. MAN’S PAST AND FUTURE   When we have once grasped the fact that man has reached his present position through a long and varied series of lives, a question naturally arises in our minds as to how far we can obtain any information about this earlier evolution, which would obviously be of absorbing interest… Read More

5. THE CONSTITUTION OF MAN   The astounding practical materialism to which we have been reduced in this country can hardly be more clearly shown than it is by the expressions that we employ in common life. We speak quite ordinarily of man as having a soul, of “saving” our souls, and so on, evidently… Read More

  An Outline of the Perennial Philosophy C. W. Leadbeater Adaptation, preface and edition: Arnaldo Sisson Filho Adaptation based on the work by C.W. Leadbeater: An Outline of Theosophy Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, Chennai, India. First printing: 1902. Second to eighth printings: 1905-1977. Nineth printing: 1987.   INITIAL QUOTATIONS   Theosophy Is the ‘Great Renunciation… Read More