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
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Organizational Model (Political etc.) Requires Coherence with Human Capabilities, or Not Worthy of Defense
Professor C.B. Macpherson of the University of Toronto in Canada – in his well-known work The Life and Times of Liberal Democracy – refers as follows to the importance of these assumptions about human beings when considering political systems: “To show that a model of a political system or society, existing or not yet existing,… Read More
Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood and the World Problems (8): The Perennial Philosophy and the Law of Universal Brotherhood – The Present Level of Evolution of Humanity
VIII – THE PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY AND THE LAW OF UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD: The Present Level of Evolution of Humanity (Chapter VIII of the work “Theosophy, the Law of Universal Brotherhood”) 91 – “(…) The immense majority, whether in or out of the body, are but dreamly semiconscious, though few are now in the condition of mere… Read More
Synthesis of Humanitarianism
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
Synthesis of the Democracy of the Future
Although we have a website dedicated to the Democracy of the Future, we have chosen here a work and a part of a chapter of another work as a synthesis of the Democracy of the Future. Humanitarianism is a social-political philosophy based in the Perennial Philosophy and in the Law of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity.… Read More
Participatory Democracy (or the Democracy of the Future), in the Vision of Professor C.B. Macpherson
“Let me turn finally to the question of how a participatory democracy might be run if we did achieve the prerequisites. How participatory could it be, given that at any level beyond the neighbourhood it would have to be an indirect or representative system rather than face-do-face direct democracy? If one looks at the question… Read More
Glimpses of a True Catholic and Scientific Religion: The Buddhist Christianity
Arnaldo Sisson Filho [Interviewed by Viviane Pereira. Part of the work A Roda e a Cruz: Uma Introdução ao Cristianismo Budista (The Wheel and the Cross: An Introduction to Buddhist Christianity).] [Note: The quotations in bold and italic are for illustrative purposes and are also part of the work The Wheel and the Cross: An… Read More
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ADEPT (One of the Mahatmas). => Dominant “Gods” in the Elite of Our Time: Sinister Powers of Might, Greed and Luck => Exoteric Creeds Generate Oppression. It Is Esoteric Philosophy Alone that Can Bring Mediate State and Lead to the Alleviation of Suffering => Great Mission of True Altruism (Theosophy): Working Out of Clear Ethic… Read More
The Blunder of Large Mass Elections and The Power of the Big Organizations
The Blunder of Large Mass Elections Freedom of participation and expression is a universal value, inherent to human dignity, and any a priori restriction on the possibility of someone, or of any group, participating in the political process will vitiate the choice process. Speaking only in general terms, the guarantee of this freedom of participation,… Read More
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (7): World Problems and the Dominant Political Models
7 – WORLD PROBLEMS AND THE DOMINANT POLITICAL MODELS – Some of the Main World Problems – Perverse Dynamics of “Free” International Competition As Immediate Cause of the Main Problems – Competition Between the Big Organizations – Weakness of the Present Models of Liberal Democracy – Incompetence of the Marxist Model – Difficulty of Sustainable… Read More