“The term “Universal Brotherhood” is no idle phrase. (…) It is the only secure foundation for universal morality. If it be a dream, it is at least a noble one for mankind: and it is the aspiration of the true adept.” (K.H. In T. Baker, editor. The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett, n. 4, p. 17;… Read More
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Secret of the Spiritual Failure and Unconscious Egotism of this Age: Lack of a Universal Moral Law or Principle
“The philantropy you Western thinkers boast of, having no character of universality; i.e. never having been established on the firm footing of a moral, universal principle; never having risen higher than theorethical talk; (…) is but a mere accidental manifestation but no recognised LAW. (…) This, I think is, the secret of the spiritual failure… Read More
Only Object to Be Striven For: the Spread of Truth Suited to the Various Stages of His Development and of the Country He Inhabits and Belongs to
“The only object to be striven for is the amelioration of the condition of MAN by the spread of truth suited to the various stages of his development and of the country he inhabits and belongs to. TRUTH has no ear-mark and does not suffer from the name under which it is promulgated — if… Read More
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 their own inherent force (…) It… Read More
Outlook Perennial Philosophy: XIV – Bibliography
XIV – BIBLIOGRAPHY ANDERSON, Jerome A. Reincarnation. (4th ed.) San Francisco, Lotus Publishing Company, 1896. 192 pp. BESANT, Annie The Ancient Wisdom. The Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, Chennai, India, 1911. (See free online copy on the site by Anand Gholap, where there are several other free online books: https://www.anandgholap.net/Ancient_Wisdom-AB.htm) Birth and Evolution of… Read More
Between Degrading Superstition and Still More Degrading Brutal Materialism
“Those ‘intellectual classes,’ reacting upon the ignorant masses which they attract and which look up to them as noble and fit examples to follow, degrade and morally ruin those they ought to protect and guide. Between degrading superstition and still more degrading brutal materialism the white dove of truth has hardly room where to rest… Read More
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
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
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