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The '''[[New Year]]''' is celebrated on [[January 1]] in cultures that use the Gregorian Calendar. In the [[Theosophy|Theosophical]] view, the time of the new year coincides with a season in which the subtle energies of the Earth begin to grow stronger at the end of December, following the [[Winter Solstice]].
The '''[[The Light of Asia (book)|''The Light of Asia'']]''' is a beautiful poem relating the life and philosophy of Siddhartha, the Gautama Buddha. This work introduced the Western world to Buddhism and was much appreciated by [[H. P. Blavatsky]]. The author, '''[[Edwin Arnold|Sir Edwin Arnold]]''' (1832-1904), was an English writer and Orientalist who was proficient in Sanskrit, Arabic, Turkish, and Persian languages, and a founder of the Maya Bodhi Society, along with [[Henry Steel Olcott|Colonel Olcott]]. Two of Arnold's sons became Theosophists.
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The The Light of Asia is a beautiful poem relating the life and philosophy of Siddhartha, the Gautama Buddha. This work introduced the Western world to Buddhism and was much appreciated by H. P. Blavatsky. The author, Sir Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), was an English writer and Orientalist who was proficient in Sanskrit, Arabic, Turkish, and Persian languages, and a founder of the Maya Bodhi Society, along with Colonel Olcott. Two of Arnold's sons became Theosophists.

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