“As it was no part of the design of the Gospels to represent the whole course of the Man Regenerate, so neither was it a part of that design to provide, in respect of religious life and doctrine, a system whole and complete independently of any which had preceded it. (…) Christianity, in its original… Read More
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Once the Veil of Symbolism is Lifted All Churches Are Akin, and the Basic Doctrine of All Is identical
“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, (1) Christian – all these Lodges of the Mysteries are fundamentally one and identical in doctrine. (…) We hold that no single ecclesiastical creed is… Read More
Bible, Collection of Parables About the History of the Soul: Persons, Peoples, Animals etc, Are Symbols – To Materialize the Symbols Is to Commit Idolatry
“The Bible, in short, may be defined as a collection of parables setting forth the history of the Soul from its first descent into matter, to its final return to its original condition of pure spirit. And as the Soul undergoes the same process whether it be one or many — a person, a church,… Read More
The Credo of Christendom
The Credo of Christendom Exposition I (1) Credo in Deum, Patrem omnipotentem, Creatorem caeli et terrae (I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth). THE Christian Faith is the direct heir of the old Roman faith. Rome was the heir of Greece, and Greece of Egypt, whence the Mosaic dispensation and… Read More
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
What Is Wrong with Politcs? (1): Index of Chapters and Introduction
WHAT IS WRONG WITH POLITICS? BASES FOR A TRUE DEMOCRACY Note for the current version (for the Internet): At the moment, this is the fundational work on Humanitarianism. In its chapters, the bases of the social philosophy called Humanitarianism are exposed, albeit synthetically. What Is Wrong with Politics? Bases for a True Democracy Arnaldo Sisson… Read More
In Memorian Anna Kingsford
HART, Samuel Hopgood. In Memorian Anna Kingsford. The Leeds Vegetarian Society, Leeds (U.K.), 1947. Information: Booklet containing the full text, with some additions by the author, of a Lecture given to the Leeds Vegetarian Society on September 15th, 1946, to commemorate the Centenary of the birth of Dr. Anna Kingsford. Text published in the Anna… Read More
Ecclesiasticism Is Intolerant of All Other Faiths and Religious Systems; This Attitude Towards Buddhism Is Suicidal to Christianity
“Now one of the most deplorable features of Ecclesiasticism is its habitual intolerance of all other faiths and religious systems, despite their antiquity, authenticity, fundamental similarity, and standing. It regards them not as friends, but as rivals and foes; not to be understood, appreciated, and – in part at least – assimilated, but to be… Read More
Buddha’s Doctrine: Complete Regeneration of Mind and Indispensable Precursor of the Doctrine of Christ
“For the fact is that the doctrine of the Buddha, with its Four Great Truths and its Noble Eightfold Path, its boundless compassion towards all sentient life, its reasonable ethical teaching of development through self-conquest and self-culture, its simple yet profound analysis of suffering and sorrow with the method of escape therefrom (…), its entire… 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