Although we have a website dedicated to the social philosophy of Humanitarianism, we have chosen here a work and a part of a chapter of another work as a synthesis of Humanitarianism. Humanitarianism is based in the Perennial Philosophy and in the Law of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity. Besides this synthetic presentation, we have… Read More
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Works
BACON, Francis. Novum Organum (or, True Directions for the Interpretation of Nature). 1620. In Essays Civil and Moral by Francis Bacon. London, Ward Lock & Co Limited, 1910. 493 pp. Link to free online copy. BACON, Francis. – Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Humane. London, CASSELL & COMPANY, 1893. Link to free online copy.… Read More
Authors
Adept (one of the Mahatmas) Arnold, Matthew Bacon, Francis Baker, A. Trevor Besant, Annie W. Blake, William Blavatsky, Helena P. Bobbio, Norberto, et allie. Bouthoul, G. Burnier, Radha. Buck, J. D. Buddha, Gautama Capra, Fritjof Carton, Paul Churchill, Winston Codd, Clara Collins, Mabel Confucius Converse, Philip E. Da Vinci, Leonard Dom Bosco (Saint Giovanni Bosco) Duverger,… Read More
Fundamental Quotes
Ideas Rule the World “Hear (…) the old, old axiom that ‘Ideas rule the world;’ and as men’s minds receive new ideas, laying aside the old and effete the world (will) advance; mighty revolutions (will) spring from them; institutions (aye, and even creeds and powers, they may add) — WILL crumble before their onward march crushed by… Read More
The Decisive Role and Responsibility of the Elites
Another very clear aspect of the above description given by Leadbeater is the decisive role and immense responsibility of the elites in relation to the welfare of the population as a whole. By “elites” we here refer to those with higher psycho-spiritual potential. This fact will be addressed in more detail further on, but in the analysis… 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
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (18): Bibliography, Our Sites and Pages
BIBLIOGRAPHY, OUR SITES AND PAGES (of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) BACON, F. The Physical and Metaphysical Works of Lord Bacon. London, G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., 1911. 567 pp. BARKER, A.T., comp. The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett. Pasadena, Theosophical University Press, 1975. 589 pp. BESANT, A. Man and His Bodies.… Read More