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[[Category:Periodicals|Adyar Bulletin]]<br />
[[Category:TS Adyar|Adyar Bulletin]]<br />
'''''The Adyar Bulletin''''' was the newsletter of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society based in Adyar, India]]. It was published from January, 1908 to October, 1929, with [[Annie Besant]] as the editor. An announcement of its publication stated:<br />
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Its primary purpose is to furnish a medium of intelligence between the unattached members and the headquarters of the Society. Speaking of the isolation of members-at-large, Mrs. Besant says: "How little do we know, for instance, respecting our members in South America, or in South or West Africa, in Egypt, in Persia, in China. Yet they are scattered everywhere, animated by the same hopes, the same truths, the same ideals, and we ought to know each other and to exchange greetings now and then."<br />
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The ''Bulletin'' will be issued monthly. The January [1908] number contains newsy letters from correspondents in various countries and notes of travel by Mrs. Besant in her usual eloquent style... It may be obtained by others by sending the equivalent of two shillings sixpence to the office of the ''Theosophist'', Adyar, Madras, India, or to any agent of the ''Theosophist'' in America.<ref>"The Adyar Bulletin," ''The American Theosophist'' 1.1 (April, 1908), 5. Available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=F_zWORpzXocC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books.]</ref><br />
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== Index to the periodical ==<br />
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The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] provides a searchable [http://www.austheos.org.au/indices/ADYBUL.HTM index to this periodical online], listing article titles and authors in chronological sequence.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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<div>[[File:Occult Publishing Co.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Occult Publishing Co. logo from ''The Elixir of Life'', 1887.]]<br />
The '''Occult Publishing Company''' published and distributed Theosophical books in the 1880s and 1890s in Boston.<br />
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== Publications ==<br />
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These are some of the works published.<br />
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* Anonymous. '''''The Finding of the Gnosis or Apotheosis of an Ideal Interior-Life Drama'''''. 1890. Subtitle: "Wherein is Brought to Light the Inmost Secret of All Veritable Religion." Available online at [https://archive.org/details/findinggnosisor00unkngoog Internet Archive], at [https://archive.org/details/findinggnosisor01unkngoog Internet Archive], and at [https://archive.org/details/findingofgnosis00bost Internet Archive].<br />
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* Barry, Charles. '''''What Shall We Do With the Children?''''' 1891. Subtitle: "How to Find Their True Natures, and the Best Way to Educate Them." 35 pages, followed by 10 pages of advertising for other books. This booklet is concerned with phrenology. Available online at [https://archive.org/details/whatshallwedowit00barr Internet Archive]. <br />
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* Colville, W. J. '''''Theosophy and Its Relation to Spiritualism, Christian Science, and General Reform: an Essay'''''. 1888.<br />
* G. M., F.T.S. '''''The Elixir of Life'''''. 1887. A copy of this booklet is among the pamphlets in the Boris de Zirkoff Papers at the Theosophical Society in America Archives.<br />
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* Hartmann, Franz. '''''Among the Gnomes: An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg''''' First U.S. edition 1896. 272 pages.<br />
* Hartmann, Franz. '''''The Life of Jehoshua, the Prophet of Nazareth: An Occult Study and a Key to the Bible. Containing the History of an Initiate'''''. 1888. 208 pages. Available at [http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Life_of_Jehoshua_the_Prophet_of_Naza.html?id=-agMAAAAIAAJ Google Books].<br />
* Hartmann, Franz. '''''The Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries'''''. 1888. Copied and translated from an old German manuscript. Available at [http://books.google.com/books?id=_wATAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=%22Occult+Publishing+Company%22&source=bl&ots=8sLXKbO13D&sig=q3TTheph1_7U7NpJwUO52vhGV_s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p5thU6ahDZKGyATk0YL4Cg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=%22Occult%20Publishing%20Company%22&f=false Google Books]. Full title: "Cosmology, or Cabala. Universal Science. Alchemy. Containing the Mysteries of the Universe Regarding God Nature Man. The Macrocosm and Microcosm, Eternity and Time Explained According to the Religion of Christ, by Means of the Secret Symbols of the Rosicrucians of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries."<br />
* Hartmann, Franz. '''''With the Adepts: An Adventure Among the Rosicrucians'''''. First U.S. edition 1893.<br />
* Pernety, Antoine-Joseph. Edited by Edouard Blitz. '''''Treatise on the Great Art. A System of Physics According to Hermetic Philosophy and Theory and Practice of the Magisterium'''''. 1898. 256 pages.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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<div>[[File:Marc Edmund Jones 2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Marc Edmund Jones]]<br />
'''Marc Edmund Jones''' was an American astrologer, writer, Presbyterian minister, Theosophist, and lecturer. He has been called "the dean of American astrology." He founded the '''Sabian Assembly''' in 1923, and made major contributions to the advancement of astrology through the Sabian Symbols and a system of planetary patterns relating to temperament types. For a detailed biographical sketch, see the [https://sabian.org/marc_edmund_jones.php Sabian Assembly website].<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Marc Edmund Jones was born in St. Louis on [[October 1]], 1888. His parents were Edmund H. Jones, a dealer in building materials, and Anna Louise Holmes Jones. The family moved to Chicago, where Marc was taken as a child to visit the World's Columbian Exposition. His sister Helen was born in 1897. He attended John Dewey's experimental high school, but dropped out to work as a stenographer at the Pullman Company and hold positions at various other companies.<ref>1910 U. S. Census.</ref> <br />
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By 1913 he was working as a writer in the new silent film industry, living in New York and in California, where the production companies were based. He was called up to military duty during World War I at the age of 30. Inducted as a private, he was soon writing the camp newspaper and then sent to Officers Training School.<ref>Diana E. Roche, [https://sabian.org/marc_edmund_jones.php "A Photo Essay of the Life and Work of Dr. Marc Edmund Jones"] in Sabian Assembly website.</ref> After a few months the war drew to a close and he was honorably discharged on November 23, 1918.<ref>New York, U.S., Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919.</ref> <br />
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On June 11, 1926, he married Priscilla Kennedy Chandler. They shared their lives for fifty years, but had no children.<br />
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Marc Jones was energetic and entrepreneurial. He submitted scenarios (scripts) to film producers, and was very active as a lecturer. During the 1940s he and Priscilla lived in Manhattan, and then around 1952 settled permanently in the Seattle area at Stanwood, Washington.<br />
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Priscilla Jones died on February 18, 1976 in Snohomish, Washington.<ref>Washington, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2017.</ref> Dr. Jones died on [[March 5]], 1980 at Sedro-Wooley, Washington, at the age of 91.<ref>Washington, U.S., Death Index, 1940-2017</ref>.<br />
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He left a great legacy in his writings and students. These are the closing lines of his healing ritual:<br />
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May the temple of your living flesh<br><br />
Be worthy of your high desire;<br><br />
May your worldly place in daily life<br><br />
Bring recompense in rich degree;<br><br />
May your happiness and state of heart<br><br />
Endear you everywhere you go;<br><br />
And may the spirit stirring deep within<br><br />
Be ever conscious in your thoughts!<br />
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[[File:Marc Edmund Jones 1.jpeg|right|180px|thumb|Marc Edmund Jones]]<br />
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== Career as a writer ==<br />
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Dr. Jones was a very prolific and inventive writer in several genres. <br />
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=== Screenwriting ===<br />
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Jones worked in the early days of filmmaking as a prolific and highly regarded screenwriter, or "photoplaywright," described as "one of the cleverest scenario writers and movie picture experts in the country."<ref>"To Write Scenario" ''Washington Bee'' (January 12, 1918), 1.</ref> He wrote original stories and adapted novels into "scenarios" for silent films. In 1912 he sold his first scenario, ''Twilight'', and went on to sell 13 in 1913 and 39 in 1914. During the silent film era, writers were present during production of the film, because the process was very improvisational. When writing episodes of the ''Runaway Jane'' series, Jones was with the Reliance production company as they traveled from their base in New York to Bermuda:<br />
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Marc Edmund Jones will work into his scenarios every interesting feature of the island and diving and submarine scenes will also be completed before the Runaways run back to New York.<ref>"'Runaway June' runs to balmy Bermuda" ''Bridgeton Evening News (Feburary 9, 1915), 5.</ref><br />
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He was honored by his peers at a banquet of the New Orleans Inquest Club in 1913:<br />
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Mr. Jones is one of the best-known photoplaywrights in the country, and is the author of many screen successes. He will remain in the city until the month of March, and it is the intention of the local writers to extend him a hearty welcome. The banquet, which promises to be a swell affair, will be given at Fabacher's Rathskeller.<ref>"Banquet to Mr. Jones" ''Times Picayune'' (September 25, 1913), 4.</ref><br />
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In 1914 he worked with Russell D. Smith, Hattie Gray Baker, and other writers of the Mutual Film Corporation to establish the '''Photoplay Authors' League''', a organization that lobbied on behalf of its members at a time when films were not protected by the First Amendment in the United States.<ref>"News of Photoplays and Photoplayers" ''Daily Telegram'' (April 8, 1914), 8.</ref> By 1919 was also a member of the Green Room Club, Playwright's Club, Authors' League, and Photodramatists' Club.<ref>"Writers and Directors." Motion Picture Studio Directory, 1919. Page 228.</ref><br />
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=== Fiction ===<br />
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During the time he was linked to the film industry, Jones wrote '''novelizations''' of popular films. He also wrote dozens of '''short stories''' for pulp magazines. Most were on romantic and comic themes. In the 1960s he introduced a series of astrological detective stories featuring the character '''Grandon Trine'''. <br />
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== Christian ministry ==<br />
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At the age of sixteen, Marc made a lifetime Christian commitment to the Presbyterian church. In 1921 he took a position as Executive Head of the 6th World and 28th International Christian Endeavor Convention in New York City. Then, in 1929, Jones undertook to complete his education and become a Presbyterian minister.<br />
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At the age of 41, Marc began a three year program at Occidental College in Los Angeles. He graduated in June of 1932, and in August he began a three-year program of study at the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California. He graduated from Seminary in 1934 with a Bachelor of Divinity degree. His thesis was "The Prophesy of Israel." That same year, he was ordained as a minister and was installed in a pastorate at Esparto, California.<br />
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On July 6, 1936, he matriculated at Columbia University. On August 29 of the following year, his father died at the age of 74. In April of 1938 he moved to New York and became a student in the Advanced School of Education at Columbia.<ref>Diana E. Roche.</ref><br />
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He was awarded his Ph.D. in Philosophy at Columbia in 1948, with a dissertation on George Sylvester Morris. After achieving his doctorate, Dr. Jones continued working in Bible studies, counseling, and ministry throughout his life. Most of his writings on biblical topics were lessons composed for members of the Sabian Assembly.<br />
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== Astrology and the occult ==<br />
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In 1913 Jones began to study astrology.<br />
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The following year his mother died and he met the occultist, [[W. J. Colville]], author of ''Universal Spiritualism''. Marc later described Colville in his book, ''Occult Philosophy'', as "having had great influence in preserving a measure of reconciliation between [[Spiritualism]] and [[Theosophy]]." He eventually lived in Colville's room at Hyperion House where he had significant "spiritual experiences."<ref>Diane E. Roche</ref><br />
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In 1915 he joined the [[Rosicrucianism|Rosicrucian Society]] and began teaching classes for the [[Max Heindel]] group. He said "it was there that he became thoroughly grounded in the occult and experienced the actuality of the screen of prophecy, or the idea of things fitting together and being a part of each other." <ref>Diane E. Roche</ref> Jones studied the concept of ‘’’magic squares’’’ in the ‘’Fons Vitae’’ of Solomon ben Judah ibn Gabirol and eventually “used the magic squares patterning to structure the entire corpus of the Sabian Assembly study materials.”<br />
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The year 1922 marked a turning point for the man who would later become known as "The Cabalist." Rejecting the popular fortune-telling astrology of the day, he began organizing and codifying his astrological material by what he termed a "cabalistic" method. Although his method included the more widely recognized Hebrew [[Kabbalah|Kabbala]], he described his approach as a blend of head and heart, or poetry and philosophy, that is directed toward helping the individual to integrate those functions within himself. His cabalistic structure permeates the Sabian lesson material...<br />
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At some point in 1922, Marc began working with Zoe Wells, a recognized commercial artist and student of his, who possessed remarkable psychic skills. In an experimental session, Miss Wells brought through fifty-two symbols for a pack of ordinary playing cards. Marc described this event, in his book, ''The Sabian Symbols in Astrology'', as the "beginning of a conscious recognition of the ancient sources as a self-contained and living integrity available for use"...<br />
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On December 5, 1922, Marc began the first of a series of weekly classes in astrology at the Judson Tower in New York. He uses that date and time as the birth date of the Sabian Assembly for astrological charts, although he designated [[October 17]], 1923 as the official birthday of the Assembly. It was on that date, after moving back to California in April, that he resumed his classes at Manley Palmer Hall's Church of the People in Los Angeles.<ref>Diane E. Roche</ref><br />
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In 1924 he began writing sets of Sabian lessons, including The Codex Occultus, Key Truths of Occult Philosophy, and commentaries on The Book of Daniel and Grimms' Fairy Tales. He met a psychic, Elsie Wheeler.<br />
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On some unrecorded date in 1925, Marc drove to Balboa Park in San Diego with psychic Elsie Wheeler, who was then one of his students, and there, during the space of a day, they brought through the now famous Sabian symbols.<br />
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As Marc told it, "I had to find a place where the conditions would be proper for Elsie Wheeler, through whose consciousness the laya [energy] center in each of the three hundred and sixty cases could get in a picture or situation with meaning in modern and common everyday life, for that one of the Brothers who had the age-old and particular saturation in the true Memphite (earlier Egyptian) schematism from which the zodiac was derived originally, and myself, supplying the especially refined cabalistic training needed for the critical interpretation or rationalization of the relationships at the threshold of a new or atomic age."<ref>Diane E. Roche</ref><br />
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Jones was dissatisfied with his first commentary on the Sabian symbols, but after revision published a book, '''''The Sabian Symbols in Astrology''''' in 1953. Meanwhile, he completed his education, lectured nationally, and wrote extensively. From 1942-1943, he wrote over 900 of what was to become 3,002 lessons for students of the Sabian Assembly. In the 1950s he published other important books, '''''The Sabian Manual''''' and '''''Essentials of Astrological Analysis'''''. His final books were '''''Man, Magic and Fantasy''''', '''''Fundamentals of Number Significance''''', and '''''The Counseling Manual in Astrology'''''. <br />
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He left a huge legacy of occult instruction and astrological theory that is still very much in use today.<br />
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== Theosophical Society involvement ==<br />
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Jones was admitted as a member of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society]] on January 13, 1941. He joined in his home town of St. Louis, where the lodge was for a few years affiliated directly with the international headquarters rather than with the [[Theosophical Society in America]]. The President of the St. Louis Lodge was the industrialist Charles Luntz, who was an excellent teacher of astrology and editor of a Theosophical magazine called ''Ancient Wisdom''. Later Jones was active with TSA lodges in Columbus, Ohio and Seattle, Washington, and he remained a member until his death in 1980. His wife, Priscilla, was also a member from June 30, 1951 until her death in 1976. <br />
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Dr. Jones was much in demand as a lecturer in Theosophical lodges all over the United States, especially from 1948-1959. He spoke in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Philadelphia, Miami, Washington, San Antonio, Wilmington, and many other cities. He conducted a workshop at Camp Indralaya, a Theosophical retreat center near Seattle. In 1976, at the age of 88, he lectured at the Society's [[Olcott (campus)|national headquarters]] in Wheaton, Illinois. The topics of his lodge lectures were usually related to [[Theosophy]], astrology, religion, history, and culture. Some of the titles are:<br />
* "Theosophical Perspectives on Astrology" <br />
* "Unrealized Christian Factors in Theosophy" <br />
* "The Meaning of Eastern Teachings in the Western World Today"<br />
* "The Crazy Quilt of History and Some Answers Theosophy Provides"<br />
* "The Mother Principle of God"<br />
* "Theosophy and the Feminization of Our Culture"<br />
* "The New Look in Mundane Astrology"<br />
* "The Cabala and Today's Crisis"<br />
* "The Astrology of Initiation"<br />
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Editions of some of Jones' books, including '''''How To Live With The Stars''''' and '''''The Guide To Horoscope Interpretation''''', were published by the [[Theosophical Publishing House (Wheaton)|Theosophical Publishing House]].<br />
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[[File:Cover of Sabian Symbols.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Book cover]]<br />
[[File:Cover of Guide.jpg|right|160px|thumb|Book cover]]<br />
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== Writings ==<br />
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=== Film credits ===<br />
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These are some of the film scenarios he wrote:<br />
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* '''''Twilight''''', 1912 - the first scenario he sold, for $20.<br />
* '''''In the Firelight''''', 1914 - in a series of 6 fhort films directed by Thomas Ricketts.<br />
* '''''In the Moonlight''''', 1914 - in a series of 6 fhort films directed by Thomas Ricketts.<br />
* '''''In the Daylight''''', 1914 - in a series of 6 fhort films directed by Thomas Ricketts.<br />
* '''''In the Candle Light''''', 1914 - in a series of 6 fhort films directed by Thomas Ricketts. Two reels.<br />
* '''''Out of the Haunted Past''''', 1914 - #44 in the ''Our Mutual Girl'' series of one-reel films.<br />
* '''''The Town of Nazareth''''', 1914 - directed by Thomas Ricketts.<br />
* '''''In the Twilight''''', 1915 - in the "Flying A" series of 6 films directed by Thomas Ricketts. Two reels.<br />
* '''''The Cowardly Way''''', 1915 - on suicide.<br />
* '''''Fate and the Fugitive''''', 1915 - a man is falsely accused for the crimes of a double.<br />
* '''''Runaway June''''', 1915 - Jones adapted a screenplay from a George Randolph Chester novel. The film was presented as 15 short weekly episodes. Limited access at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4385862 Hathitrust] and [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/2577536.html Hathitrust].<br />
* '''''Tears and Smiles''''', 1917.<br />
* '''''Loyalty of a Race''''', 1918 - 4-reel film commissioned by the National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee, and performed by "colored" actors in 150 scenes.<br />
* '''''Skin Deep''''', 1922 - produced by Thomas H. Ince, was based on Jones' novel "Lucky Damage."<br />
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=== Novelizations of films ===<br />
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Jones turned silent films into popular novels:<br />
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* '''''Land of the Rising Sun; Based upon the Stirring Account of Japanese Life and Affairs'''''. Philadelphia, D. McKay Company, 1943. Story by James R. Young. Original screen play by Emmet Lavery; novelized version by Marc Edmund Jones.<br />
* '''''The Mystery Mind'''''. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1920. "By Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey; illustrated with photographic reproductions taken from the [silent movie] serial of the same name ... ; novelization by Marc Edmund Jones." Available at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433076047640&view=1up&seq=11 Hathitrust], [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/10120529.html Hathitrust], and [https://books.google.com/books?id=8rwdAAAAMAAJ Google Books].<br />
* '''''The Voice of Calliope; the Romance of the Pipe Organ'''''. Los Angeles, J.F. Rowny Press, 1926.<br />
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=== Short stories ===<br />
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The [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/s/s4486.htm bibliographic website] of Galactic Central Publications lists over 30 short stories that Jones wrote, including titles such as these:<br />
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* '''"Her First Suspicion"''', ''Argosy'' Jun 7 1919.<br />
* '''"Love in St. Louis"''', ''Argosy All-Story Weekly'' Oct 30 1920.<br />
* '''"Death’s Bridegroom"''', ''The Black Mask'' Apr 1921.<br />
* '''"Hour-a-Day Hadley"''', ''Short Stories'' Sep 10 1922.<br />
* '''"Flapperella"''', ''Telling Tales'' Oct 1922.<br />
* '''"Murder at Malden Manor"''', ''New Dimensions'' Apr/May 1963.<br />
* '''"A Murder for a Murder"''', ''New Dimensions'' Oct/Nov 1963. A Grandon Trine story.<br />
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=== Periodicals ===<br />
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In 1940, Jones published an encyclopedic article, "The Science of the Ages," that ran for 11 issues in ''American Astrology''. In 1941, eleven of his articles were published by ''Horoscope'' and ''American Astrology''. "From 1942 through 1943, Marc published a total of 39 articles in various astrological magazines on topics ranging from horary astrology to a series of Grandon Trine astrological detective stories.<ref>Diana E. Roche</ref> <br />
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=== Books on Astrology and the Occult ===<br />
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Jones wrote over 20 books about astrology and the occult, and many are reviewed in the '''[https://sabian.org/mej_books.php Sabian Assembly website]'''. The titles are listed here in alphabetical sequence:<br />
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* '''''Astrology Books: A Commentary'''''. Stanwood, Wash.: Sabian Pub. Society, 1987. 25 pages.<br />
* '''''Astrology: How & Why It Works: an Introduction to Basic Horoscopy'''''. Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1945. Several other editions. Serialized in abridged form in ''American Astrology'' magazine from February, 1940, through January, 1941. Limited access at [https://archive.org/details/astrologyhowwhyi00jone Hathitrust] and [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24200707M/Astrology Open Library].<br />
* '''''The Counseling Manual In Astrology: a Long-tested Method for Accuracy'''''. Tempe, AZ: American Federation of Astrologers, 1979.<br />
* '''''Essentials Of Astrological Analysis: Illustrated in the Horoscopes of One Hundred and Seventy-four Well-known People'''''. Stanwood, Washington: Sabian Pub. Society, 1960. Several editions.<br />
* '''''Fundamentals Of Number Significance: an Autobiographical Account of Accomplishment'''''. Stanwood, Wash.: Sabian Pub. Society, 1978.<br />
* '''''The Guide To Horoscope Interpretation'''''. Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1941. Quest Books released a miniature version in 1975, and there have been several other editions. Limited access at [https://archive.org/details/guidetohoroscope00jonerich Internet Archive], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4311071 Hathitrust], and [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL8191033M/Guide_to_Horoscope_Interpretation_%28Quest_Book%29 Open Library].<br />
* '''''Horary Astrology: the Technique of Immediacies, with a Primer of Symbolism '''''. Philadelphia, D. McKay, 1943. Several other editions, some under the title '''''Problem Solving by Horary Astrology'''''. Limited access at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4320248 Hathitrust] and [https://books.google.com/books?id=a7a0AAAAIAAJ Google Books]. <br />
* '''''How To Learn Astrology'''''. Philadelphia: David McKay Co., 1941. Philadelphia, D. McKay, 1941. Numerous other editions, including French. Limited access at [https://archive.org/details/howtolearnastrol00marc Internet Archive] and [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7462450M/How_to_Learn_Astrology Open Library].<br />
* '''''How To Live With The Stars: Simple, Personal Astrology'''''. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1975.<br />
* '''''Key Truths of Occult Philosophy: an Introduction to the Codex Occultus'''''. Los Angeles: J.F. Rowny Press, 1925. Available at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b29063&view=1up&seq=13 Hathitrust]. <br />
* '''''Man, Magic And Fantasy: the Domestication of Imagination'''''. Stanwood, Wash.: Sabian Pub. Society, 1978. Limited access at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uva.x000002932 Hathitrust].<br />
* '''''The Marc Edmund Jones 500''. New York: ASI Publishers, 1978.<br />
* '''''Mundane Perspectives In Astrology: the Expanded Dynamic Horoscopy'''''. Stanwood, Wash.: Sabian Pub. Society, 1975.<br />
* '''''Occult Philosophy: an Introduction, the Major Concepts, and a Glossary'''''. Philadelphia, McKay, 1947. Several editions, including Spanish.<br />
* '''''Patterns Of Consciousness: The Ibn Gabirol Squares'''''. Infinity Publishing, 2010.<br />
* '''''Philosophy of Concepts'''''. 1958. Originally issued between 1928 and 1934. ''Philosophy of Concepts'' is a subset of ''The Sabian Manual'' as listed in the Sabian Library of Lessons.<br />
* '''''The Sabian Book Of Letters To Aspirants''''. Stanwood, Wash.: Sabian Pub. Society, 1973. Selection and commentary by Helen Rentsch and Helen Hill.<br />
* '''''The Sabian Manual: A Ritual For Living'''''. New York: Sabian Pub. Society, 1957.<br />
* '''''The Sabian Symbols In Astrology'''''. New York: Sabian Publishing Society, 1953. Numerous editions including German. Subtitle: "Illustrated by one thousand horoscopes of well-known people."<br />
* '''''The Scope Of Astrological Prediction: an Introduction to the Dynamic Horoscopy'''''. Stanwood, Wash.: Sabian Publishing Society, 1969.<br />
* '''''Ten Words of Power: a New Age Interpretation of the Ten Commandments'''''. Stanwood, Wash.: Sabian Pub. Society, 1987.<br />
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=== Biographies ===<br />
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* '''''Gandhi Lives'''''. Philadelphia: David Mackay Co., 1948. illustrated and with an afterword by Paramahansa Yogananda. Limited access at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1601464.html Hathitrust].<br />
* '''''George Sylvester Morris: Philosophical Career & Theistic Idealism'''''. Philadelphia: David Mackay Co., 1948. Reprinted by Greenwood Press in 1968.<br />
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== Additional resources ==<br />
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=== Books ===<br />
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* Carnarius, Stanley. ''Marc Edmund Jones: Perspectives & Selections''. Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1984.<br />
* Carnarius, Stanley. ''Marc Edmund Jones: A Biography''. Infinity Publishing, 2014.<br />
* Holden, James H., and Robert A. Hughes. ''Astrological Pioneers of America''. Tempe, AZ: American Federation of Astrologers, 1988.<br />
* Mather, Jonas R. ''The Sabian Way: A Compilation of the Philosophy of Dr. Marc Edmund Jones''. Levittown, Pennsylvania, 1993.<br />
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=== Audio ===<br />
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* [https://chris-flisher-turning-of-the-wheel.com/rectifying-the-work-of-marc-edmund-jones/ Rectifying the Work of Marc Edmund Jones”] podcast by Chris Flisher. Also available on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPQC6uCwU3w YouTube].<br />
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=== Websites ===<br />
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* [https://sabian.org/about_sabian_assembly.php Sabian Assembly] website.<br />
* [https://sabian.org/marc_edmund_jones.php A Photo Essay of the Life and Work of Dr. Marc Edmund Jones] by Diane E. Roche.<br />
* [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=Marc+Edmund+Jones&method=all Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals] lists eleven articles about Jones. Most are book reviews.<br />
* [https://www.facebook.com/marcsabiansymbol/ Marc Edmund Jones and The Sabian Symbols] Facebook page.<br />
* [http://www.mindfire.ca/An%20Astrological%20Mandala/An%20Astrological%20Mandala%20-%20An%20Exchange%20of%20Letters%20with%20Marc%20Edmund%20Jones.htm An Exchange of Letters with Marc Edmund Jones] and Dane Rudhyar.<br />
* [http://www.astrologychart.eu/astrology/marc-edmund-jones.html Marc Edmund Jones] natal horoscope at AstrologyChart.eu.<br />
* [https://www.astro-seek.com/birth-chart/marc-edmund-jones-horoscope Marc Edmund Jones Birth Chart] at astro-seek.com.<br />
* [https://www.joshuablubuhs.com/blog/marc-edmund-jones-as-a-fortean Marc Edmund Jones as a Fortean] blog posting by Joshua Blu Buhs at From an Oblique Angle Blog. 9/2/2014.<br />
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[[Category:People|Jones, Marc Edmund]]</div>Luke Ironside 2https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Jean-Marie_Ragon&diff=45233Jean-Marie Ragon2021-04-18T19:36:43Z<p>Luke Ironside 2: Created page with "Jean-Marie Ragon de Bettignies (born 25 February 1781 at Bray-sur-Seine, died 1862 at Bruges) was a freemason, author, and editor, referred to as an "Initiate" in H. P. Blav..."</p>
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<div>Jean-Marie Ragon de Bettignies (born 25 February 1781 at Bray-sur-Seine, died 1862 at Bruges) was a freemason, author, and editor, referred to as an "Initiate" in [[H. P. Blavatsky|'Madame Blavatsky's']] [[Secret Doctrine|''The Secret Doctrine'']].</div>Luke Ironside 2https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Raja_Yoga_Messenger_(periodical)&diff=45222Raja Yoga Messenger (periodical)2021-04-15T23:47:54Z<p>Luke Ironside 2: </p>
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<div>The '''''Raja Yoga Messenger''''' was published at [[Point Loma]] from 1901-1925.<br />
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It is available at the [http://theosophydownunder.org/ifensterl.php?./library/melbourne-library-journals-list/ Theosophy Downunder Library], but not in digital form. Some issues are available at [http://iapsop.com/archive/materials/raja_yoga_messenger/ IAPSOP]. There is no index in the [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]]. <br />
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[[Category:Point Loma]]</div>Luke Ironside 2https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Oriental_Esoteric_Society&diff=45194Oriental Esoteric Society2021-04-15T12:20:46Z<p>Luke Ironside 2: Created page with "The Oriental Esoteric Society was established in the late 1890s by Dr. Alberto de Sarâk, the Count de Das, a controversial figure who had been expelled from the Theosophica..."</p>
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<div>The Oriental Esoteric Society was established in the late 1890s by Dr. Alberto de Sarâk, the Count de Das, a controversial figure who had been expelled from the [[Theosophical Society]] by [[Henry Steel Olcott|Colonel Olcott]] in 1892. Among the objects of the Oriental Esoteric Society, two are particularly significant: (a) to “form a chain of universal fraternity based upon the purest altruism, without hatred of sect, caste or color” and (b) “study the Occult Sciences of the Orient and . . . develop those psychic powers which are in man and his environment.” <br />
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The O.E. Library Critic was, for a time, the literary arm of the OES.</div>Luke Ironside 2https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=January_6&diff=44668January 62021-01-06T11:35:25Z<p>Luke Ironside 2: Max Heindel's death was is the birth category - I corrected this.</p>
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==Blavatsky's Gem of the Day==<br />
"[[Wisdom|Wise]] men are light-bringers."<br />
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==Events==<br />
* 1907 &ndash; [[Maria Montessori]] opened the first Casa dei Bambini in the San Lorenzo slum of Rome.<br />
* 1883 &ndash; [[C. C. Massey]] resigned as president of the [[London Lodge]]<br />
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==Births==<br />
* 1872 &ndash; [[Alexander Scriabin]], Russian composer (d. 1915) - born December 25 in Old Style dates<br />
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==Deaths==<br />
* 1919 &ndash; [[Max Heindel]], Danish-American Christian occultist, astrologer, author, and mystic who founded [[Rosicrucianism|The Rosicrucian Fellowship]]. (b. [[July 23]], 1865)<br />
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==Holidays and observances==<br />
* '''Christmas''', birth of Jesus Christ, as celebrated by Armenian Christians. See also [[January 7]] and [[December 25]].<br />
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6 This Date in Wikipedia]<br />
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==Blavatsky's Gem of the Day==<br />
"Remember that life is wearing off, and a smaller part of it is left daily."<br />
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==Events==<br />
* 1883 &ndash; [[Charles Webster Leadbeater|Rev. C. W. Leadbeater]] joined [[London Lodge|The Theosophical Society in London]], together with Sir [[William Crookes]] and his wife.<br />
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==Births==<br />
* 1889 &ndash; [[Nilakanta Sri Ram]], fifth international President of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]], serving from 1953-1973 (d. [[April 8]], 1973). <br />
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==Deaths==<br />
* 1892 &ndash; [[Mary Gebhard]], active [[Theosophist]] in Germany and associate of [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] (b. 1832)<br />
* 1949 &ndash; [[Alice Bailey]], teacher and write who cofounded the [[Arcane School]] and [[Lucis Trust]] with husband [[Foster Bailey]] (b. [[June 16]], 1880)<br />
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[[Category:Calendar]]</div>Luke Ironside 2https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Koot_Hoomi&diff=44458Koot Hoomi2020-10-24T10:15:51Z<p>Luke Ironside 2: Corrected "Mrs. Mrs. Mary Hollis Billings" to "Mrs. Mary Hollis Billings".</p>
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<div>[[File:Koot Hoomi.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Portrait of Mahatma Koot Hoomi by [[Hermann Schmiechen|H. Schmiechen]]]]<br />
'''Koot Hoomi''' (also spelled Kuthumi, and frequently referred to simply as K.H.) is one of the [[Mahatma]]s that inspired the founding of the [[Theosophical Society]]. He engaged in a correspondence with two English [[Theosophist|Theosophists]] living in India, [[A. P. Sinnett]] and [[A. O. Hume]], correspondence was published in the book [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']].<br />
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== Personal features ==<br />
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Few descriptive references to K.H. occur in [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett]] and the writings of [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]]. The name Koot Hoomi seems to be a pseudonym. We find a reference to a "Rishi Kuthumi" in several Puranas, as for example in the [[Vishnu Purana]] (Book 3, Chapter 6) where he is said to be a pupil of Paushyinji. In reference to this [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] wrote:<br />
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<blockquote>The name of Rishi Koothumi is mentioned in more than one Purana, and his Code is among the 18 Codes written by the various Rishis and preserved at Calcutta in the library of the Asiatic Society. But we have not been told whether there is any connection between our Mahatma of that name, and the Rishi, and we do not feel justified in speculating upon the subject. All we know is, that both are Northern Brahmans, while the Môryas are Kshatriyas.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VI, (Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1979), 41.</ref></blockquote><br />
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K.H.'s early letters to Sinnett are signed with the name Koot Hoomi Lal Sing. However, later in the correspondence, he says the "Lal Singh" was an addition made by his disciple [[Djwal Khool]]:<br />
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<blockquote>Why have you printed the Occult World before sending it to me for revision? I would have never allowed the passage to pass; nor the "Lal Sing" either foolishly invented as half a nom de plume by Djwal K. and carelessly allowed by me to take root without thinking of the consequences. . .<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ed., ''Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett in Chronological Sequence'' No. 136, (Quezon City, Phillipines: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 450. See [[Mahatma Letter No. 136#Page 10 - left|Mahatma Letter No. 136 page 10]].</ref></blockquote><br />
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The word "Lal" is mostly used in Chitral (now in Pakistan) as surname or "Title name", meaning "Tribe Chief". "Singh" is a common title, middle name, or surname originally used by the Hindu Kshatriyas (warriors and kings). It is used as a surname or middle name by Sikhs, and Hindu communities like Rajputs, Marathas, Jats, Yadavs and Ahirs among other.<br />
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In an interview by [[Charles Johnston]] to [[H. P. Blavatsky]], he described the handwriting of Master K.H. in the following way:<br />
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<blockquote>. . . evidently a man of very gentle and even character, but of tremendously strong will; logical, easy-going, and taking endless pains to make his meaning clear. It was altogether the handwriting of a cultivated and very sympathetic man.<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VIII, (Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1979), 399.</ref></blockquote><br />
[[File:Ravine_in_Tibet.gif |right|250px]]<br />
Master KH is said to live in a house in a ravine in Tibet, near the house of [[Morya|Master Morya]]. In 1881, Colonel Henry S. Olcott wrote to [[A. O. Hume]]:<br />
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<blockquote>I have also personally known [Master Koot Hoomi] since 1875. He is of quite a different, a gentler, type, yet the bosom friend of the other [Master Morya]. They live near each other with a small Buddhist Temple about midway between their houses.<br />
In New York, I had . . . a colored sketch on China silk of the landscape near [Koot Hoomi]'s and my Chohan's residences with a glimpse of the latter’s house and of part of the little temple.<ref>A. O. Hume, ''Hints on Esoteric Theosophy'' vol. 1 (Bombay, India: The Theosophical Society, 1882), 83.</ref></blockquote><br />
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[[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]], in a letter to [[Mary Hollis Billing|Mrs. Hollis Billings]] wrote:<br />
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<blockquote>Now Morya lives generally with Koot-Hoomi who has his house in the direction of the Kara Korum [Karakoram] Mountains, beyond Ladak, which is in Little Tibet and belongs now to Kashmire. It is a large wooden building in the Chinese fashion pagoda-like, between a lake and a beautiful mountain. . . .<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Forum'' (May, 1936), 345.</ref></blockquote><br />
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This is confirmed by a reference given by Mahatma K. H. himself, in a letter to [[A. P. Sinnett]]:<br />
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<blockquote>I was coming down the defiles of Kouenlun — Karakorum you call them . . . and was crossing over to Lhadak on my way home.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ''The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett in Chronological Sequence'' No. 5 (Quezon City: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 15. See [[Mahatma Letter No. 5#Page 2|Mahatma Letter No. 5 page 2]].</ref></blockquote><br />
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=== Account by C. W. Leadbeater ===<br />
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[[C. W. Leadbeater]] described the physical appearance of Master KH in this way:<br />
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<blockquote>The Master Kuthumi wears the body of a Kashmiri Brahman, and is as fair in complexion as the average Englishman. He, too, has flowing hair, and His eyes are blue and full of joy and love. His hair and beard are brown, which, as the sunlight catches it, becomes ruddy with glints of gold. His face is somewhat hard to describe, for His expression is ever changing as He smiles; the nose is finely chiselled, and the eyes are large and of a wonderful liquid blue.<ref>C. W. Leadbeater, ''The Masters and the Path'' (Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1925), 38.</ref></blockquote><br />
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== Education in Europe ==<br />
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Apparently before being an Adept, Master Koot Hoomi visited Europe and studied in some of the Universities there. [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] said that Mahatma K.H. "is a Kashmiri Brahman by birth . . . and has travelled a good deal in Europe."<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. VIII, (Adyar, Madras: Theosophical Publishing House, 1979), 399.</ref><br />
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Mr. [[A. O. Hume]], in his "Hints on Esoteric Theosophy," wrote:<br />
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<blockquote>Take a case said to have occurred many years ago in Germany, in which a Brother, who has corresponded with us, is said to have taken part. He was at this time a student, and though in course of preparation was not then himself an Adept, but was, like all regular chelas, under the special charge of an Adept. A young friend of his was accused of forgery, and tried for the same. Our Brother, then a student as above explained, was called as a witness to prove his friend's handwriting; the case was perfectly clear and a conviction certain. Through his mentor, our Brother learnt that his accused friend did not really deserve punishment that would necessarily fall on him, and which would have ruined not only him, but other innocent persons dependent on him. He had really committed a forgery but not knowingly or meaningly, though it was impossible to show this. So when the alleged forged document was handed to the witness, he merely said: "I see nothing written here," and returned the deed blank. His mentor had caused the entire writing to disappear. It was supposed that a wrong paper had been by mistake handed to the witness; search was made high and low, but the deed never appeared, and the accused was perforce acquitted.<ref>A. O. Hume, ''Hints on Esoteric Theosophy'' vol. 1 (Bombay, India: The Theosophical Society, 1882), 29.</ref></blockquote><br />
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Maybe it is because of this that the [[Morya|Master Morya]] refers to K.H. as "a fine scholar".<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ed., ''Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett in Chronological Sequence'' No. 29, (Quezon City, Phillipines: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 86. See [[Mahatma Letter No. 29#Page 1|Mahatma Letter No. 29 page 1]].</ref> Master K.H. speaks English and French well, which in one letter led Master M. to call him "Frenchified". <ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ed., ''Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett in Chronological Sequence'' No. 26, (Quezon City, Phillipines: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 83. See [[Mahatma Letter No. 26#Page 1|Mahatma Letter No. 26 page 1]].</ref>. He probably knew German also.<br />
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In a letter received by Mr. Sinnett on July 5, 1881, Master K.H. wrote:<br />
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<blockquote>I may answer you, what I said to [[G. H. Fechner]] one day, when he wanted to know the Hindu view on what he had written — "You are right;... ‘every diamond, every crystal, every plant and star has its own individual soul, besides man and animal...’ and, ‘there is a hierarchy of souls from the lowest forms of matter up to the World Soul,’ but you are mistaken when adding to the above the assurance that ‘the spirits of the departed hold direct psychic communication with Souls that are still connected with a human body’ — for, they do not."<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ed., ''Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett in Chronological Sequence'' No. 18, (Quezon City, Phillipines: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 63. See [[Mahatma Letter No. 18#Page 13|Mahatma Letter No. 18 page 13-14]].</ref></blockquote><br />
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In 1883, [[C. C. Massey]], leader of the British Theosophists, tried to test this evidence of the existence of the Mahatmas by writing to Dr. Hugo Wernekke, who lived at Weimar, Germany, and was in touch with a Professor [[Gustav T. Fechner]]. He wanted "to find out whether Professor Fechner ever had such a conversation with an Oriental." The answer from Professor G. T. Fechner to Dr. Hugo Wernekke dated "Leipzig, April 25th, 1883" said:<br />
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<blockquote>What Mr. Massey enquires about is undoubtedly in the main correct; the name of the Hindu concerned, when he was in Leipzig, was however, [[Nisi Kanta Chattopadhyaya]], not Koot Humi. In the middle of the seventies he lived for about one year in Leipzig and aroused a certain interest owing to his foreign nationality, without being otherwise conspicuous; he was introduced to several families and became a member of the Academic Philosophical Society, to which you also belonged, where on one occasion he gave a lecture on Buddhism.<ref>See "Echoes of the Past: Master Koot Hoomi" by Mary K. Neff at http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/neffkoothoomi.htm</ref></blockquote><br />
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C. C. Massey wrongly assumed that [[Nisi Kanta Chattopadhyaya]] was a pseudonym used by Master K.H., although the former was well-known Indian gentleman.<br />
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== Travels ==<br />
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Koot Hoomi traveled widely, as documented by [[Mary K. Neff]]:<ref>Mary K. Neff, ''The "Brothers" of Madame Blavatsky'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1932), 63-79. Quoting from Introduction to ''Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett'', ''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'', and other sources.</ref><br />
* 1870s - student in Europe - Leipzig, Zurich, Wurzburg<br />
* 1880 - Toling, in western Tibet; Kashmir; Karakorum, in Mongolia<br />
* 1881 - Tirich Mir, a mountain in the Hindu Kush range; Sakkya-Jung, Ghalaring-Tho Lamasery, and Horpa Pa La, in unknown territory<br />
* 1882 - Unknown location of KH's retreat; Himalayan lamasery near Darjeeling<br />
* 1883 - extended tour of Asia; Lake Manasarovara in the Himalayas; Lahore; Kashmir; Madras; Singapore; Ceylon; Burma; Mysore; Sanangerri (unknown location); China; Cambodia<br />
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Travel was difficult. KH wrote in [[Mahatma Letter No. 20]], "I hope these disjointed reflections may be pardoned in one who remained for over nine days in his stirrups without dismounting."<br />
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== K.H.'s retreat and initiation ==<br />
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On Oct 2, 1881, [[H. P. Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] described this to [[Mary Hollis Billings|Mrs. Hollis Billings]] as follows:<br />
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<blockquote>K. H. or Koot-Hoomi is now gone to sleep for three months to prepare during this Sumadhi or continuous trance state for his initiation, the last but one, when he will become one of the highest adepts. Poor K. H. his body is now lying cold and stiff in a separate square building of stone with no windows or doors in it, the entrance to which is effected through an underground passage from a door in Toong-ting (reliquary, a room situated in every Thaten (temple) or Lamisery; and his Spirit is quite free. An adept might lie so for years, when his body was carefully prepared for it beforehand by mesmeric passes etc. It is a beautiful spot where he is now in the square tower. The Himalayas on the right and a lovely lake near the lamisery. His Cho-han (spiritual instructor, master, and the Chief of a Tibetan Monastery takes care of his body. M . . also goes occasionally to visit him. It is an awful mystery that state of cataleptic sleep for such a length of time. . .<ref>H. P. Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Forum'' (Point Loma, California: May 1936), 345.</ref></blockquote><br />
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[[Morya|Master Morya]] in a letter to [[A. P. Sinnett]] described K.H.'s retreat as follows: <br />
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<blockquote>At a certain spot not to be mentioned to outsiders, there is a chasm spanned by a frail bridge of woven grasses and with a raging torrent beneath. The bravest member of your Alpine clubs would scarcely dare to venture the passage, for it hangs like a spider’s web and ''seems'' to be rotten and impassable. Yet it is not; and he who dares the trial and succeeds — as he will if it is right that he should be permitted — comes into a gorge of surpassing beauty of scenery — to one of ''our'' places and to some of ''our'' people, of which and whom there is no note or minute among European geographers. At a stone’s throw from the old Lamasery stands the old tower, within whose bosom have gestated generations of Bodhisatwas. It is there, where now rests your lifeless friend — my brother, the light of my soul, to whom I made a faithful promise to watch during his absence over ''his'' work.<ref>Vicente Hao Chin, Jr., ed., ''Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett in Chronological Sequence'' No. 29, (Quezon City, Phillipines: Theosophical Publishing House, 1993), 87. See [[Mahatma Letter No. 29#Page 4|Mahatma Letter No. 29 page 4]].</ref></blockquote><br />
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In another letter, Mme. Blavatsky writes:<br />
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<blockquote>Koot Hoomi awoke from his Samadhi on December 24th [1881]. On the 1st of January [1882], he communicated with us, and is now teaching Mr. Sinnett philosophy again.</blockquote><br />
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== Writings ==<br />
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K.H. was an excellent writer. In addition to his extensive correspondence, he provided articles and guidance to several periodicals.<br />
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=== Letters written by K.H. ===<br />
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K. H. had the assignment to educate two English [[Theosophist|Theosophists]] living in India, [[A. P. Sinnett]] and [[A. O. Hume]], and this primarily took the form of correspondence that was published in the book '''[[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]'''. In addition, letters to [[H. P. Blavatsky]], [[Henry Steel Olcott|Colonel Olcott]], and many others were published in '''[[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom'']]'''.<br />
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For a list of Master K. H.'s letters that were published in these sources, see '''[[:Category:ML from Koot Hoomi]]'''. There are 195 letters in all, which were typically written in blue ink. His writing demonstrates a wide knowledge of religion, science, literature, and current affairs, and frequently includes phrases in Latin and French. <br />
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=== Involvement in periodicals ===<br />
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He took a keen interest in [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']], and wrote many articles. He "exercised a constant and varied supervision, from proof reading to furnishing material for articles and substance for replies to enquiring or controversial letters, when not writing them himself."<ref>Mary K. Neff, ''The "Brothers" of Madame Blavatsky'' (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1932), 22. See Chapter III, pages 22-33.</ref> KH was also heavily involved in planning for the establishment of [[A. P. Sinnett|A. P. Sinnett's]] proposed daily Indian newspaper, [[Phoenix Venture|''The Phoenix'']], but funding for the venture was never sufficient.<br />
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== Samples of signature ==<br />
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<gallery><br />
File:K H initials 6618 MLB30 ML74.jpg|Initials from [[Mahatma Letter No. 74]]<br />
File:K H initials 7055 MLB105 ML98.jpg|Initials from [[Mahatma Letter No. 98]]<br />
File:K H signature 6029 MLB2 ML2.jpg|Signature from [[Mahatma Letter No. 2]]<br />
File:K H signature 7150 MLB98 ML9.jpg|Signature from [[Mahatma Letter No. 9]]<br />
</gallery><br />
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== Online resources ==<br />
===Articles===<br />
*[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/ravinetext.htm# Where was the "Ravine in Tibet"?] by Daniel H. Caldwell<br />
*[http://prajnaquest.fr/blog/k-h-and-the-kadampas# K.H. and the Kadampas] by Jacques Mahnich<br />
*[http://blavatskyarchives.com/neffkoothoomi.htm# Echoes of the Past: Master Koot Hoomi] by Mary K. Neff<br />
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'''Alma Vilibalda Maximiliana Karlin''' (12 October 1889 – 15 January 1950) was a Slovene traveler, writer, poet, collector, polyglot and theosophist. She was one of the first European women who alone circled the globe.<br />
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The '''Theosophical Press''' was a publishing house operated by the [[American Theosophical Society]] at its headquarters in Chicago and then in Wheaton, Illinois. It was replaced by the [[Theosophical Publishing House (Wheaton)|Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The company was established in 1922 from the [[Theosophical Book Concern]] that had in 1916 become an agency of the [[Theosophical Publishing House (Adyar)|Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar]]. After [[L. W. Rogers]] became President in 1920, he negotiated with International President [[Annie Besant]] to return the book business to the American Section headquarters in Chicago. The name "The Theosophical Press" was suggested by Miss Gail Wilson in April 1922.<ref>L. W. Rogers, "By the National President" ''The Messenger'' 9.11 (April 1922), 248.</ref><ref>Joy Mills, ''100 Years of Theosophy in America: 1875-1975''. (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 83.</ref> Mr. Rogers arranged to purchase a headquarters building that would suitably house both the Section offices and the revived publishing business. The house at 826 Oakdale was quickly expanded to accommodate the stock of books received from California when the original Krotona site was sold.<ref>Joy Mills, ''100 Years of Theosophy in America: 1875-1975''. (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 85-86.</ref> The new book business was quickly a success; at the 1923 annual convention, book sales exceeded $1000.<ref>Joy Mills, ''100 Years of Theosophy in America: 1875-1975''. (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 88.</ref> Rogers developed a "new book plan" to encourage local book stores all over the country to stock Theosophical Press books.<ref>Joy Mills, ''100 Years of Theosophy in America: 1875-1975''. (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 88-89.</ref><br />
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The company had its own printing presses and bindery equipment. When the American Theosophical Society moved to new headquarters in Wheaton, Illinois in September, 1927, the publishing company moved as well. The Theosophical Press printed books, pamphlets, periodicals such as [[The American Theosophist (periodical)|''The American Theosophist'']], publicity materials, and administrative forms.<br />
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In late 1936 an announcement was made:<br />
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On behalf of Mr. Rogers we are glad to announce that his books, hitherto distributed through the [[Theosophical Book Company|Theo Book Company]], are now available exclusively through the Theosophical Press, Wheaton, to whom Mr. Rogers is turning over the stock of books on hand and through whom all future orders will be filled... Discounts to lodges and other selling agencies remain unchanged.<ref>"Mr. Rogers' Books," ''The American Theosophist'' 24.12 (November 1936), 263.</ref><br />
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In 1947, a New York member named Captain Russell Lloyd Jones financed publication of a new edition of '''''The Essential Unity of All Religions''''' by [[Bhagavan Das]]. Fifteen hundred copies of this important work were distributed to "Outstanding people in the business, education and cultural world." One of those copies reached the hands of David Lawrence, editor of ''U. S. News and World Report'', who mentioned it in a 1966 editorial. That led to the work's reissue as the first [[Quest Books]] paperback edition.<ref>Joy Mills, ''100 Years of Theosophy in America: 1875-1975''. (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 131.</ref><br />
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== Operation of the Press ==<br />
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In 1954, Helen Zahara wrote a detailed description of the operation of the Press under the manager, Lola C. Fauser, who had held that position for ten years. Miss Zahara began by describing the book display room off the lobby of the [[L. W. Rogers Building|headquarters building]]:<br />
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Visitors are invariably surprised to learn of the impressive number of the Press publications as they are represented in an alphabetical (by title) reference library containing one each of every available book or pamphlet, in addition to separate shelves of author's works and different groupings of various subjects insofar as the limitation of space permits...<br />
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As the book sales department of The Theosophical Society in America, The Theosophical Press operates under its own name for convenience in establishing contacts with other publishers, but it is not organized as a separate institution and its workers are a integral part of the staff at Headquarters.<br />
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Being essentially a mail order business, there is a heavy daily mail... Order desk #1 under the charge of Mrs. [Lula B.] Gruendeman is given the charge account orders, including all lodge accounts as well as those of individuals and book dealers... Order desk #2 in charge of Clarice Richie clears all cash orders which the daily cash report brings...<br />
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The shipping department of the Press is located in the basement and there we find the cheerful presence of Harry T. McAllister Jr, who has been on the staff since 1948 and is well known among the [[Young Theosophists]]...<br />
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The supply of theosophical publications comes largely from the [[Theosophical Publishing House (Adyar)|Theosophical Publishing House at Adyar]] and these are mainly printed at the [[Vasanta Press]] founded by [[Annie Besant|Dr. Annie Besant]] The books are shipped mostly by freight from India...<br />
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The [[Theosophical Publishing House (London)|Theosophical Publishing House of London, England]], also supplies a number of titles which they publish and these come by mail, as they are not required in sufficient quantity to warrant freight shipments.<br />
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All books that do not bear the imprint of The Theosophical Press as the publisher have affixed, usually on the title page, a small sticker: "Sold by The Theosophical Press, Wheaton, Illinois" to identify the source in U. S. A. It is often this small label that brings inquiries to the Press for more information about their publications. When shipments of several thousands of books and pamphlets arrive, the affixing of these stickers is quire a project before the books are wrapped for storage. All books are given dust protection by being paper wrapped in packages of five, ten, or more copies, according to size, and of course each package is appropriately labeled as to title and quantity.<br />
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The Theosophical Press in this country cooperates with the Publishing House in Adyar so that no reprint of any work is undertaken here without the knowledge and approval of the international President and/or the Manager of The Theosophical Publishing House. Likewise new material is advisedly submitted to the international Headquarters for consideration, since the Publishing House there has a world market for theosophical publications and wide-scale advertising is possible through the international journal, ''The Theosophist'', published at Adyar.<br />
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The Theosophical Press is the exclusive agent in U. S. A. for [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']] and solicits and forwards subscriptions for the magazine, maintaining the records for this country...<br />
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The Press serves and helps the work of [[Theosophical Book Gift Institute|The Theosophical Book Gift Institute]] in this Section. The T. B. G. I. bears the expense involved in the distribution of books to libraries, but the labor of shipping and invoicing is done at a minimum cost by the Press. There is also cooperation with the National Library of the Society in America, both in providing books and the mailing of books to library borrowers.<br />
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Whenever an Olcott Sunday [afternoon] lecture for the public is held, the Press is open and many visitors take advantage of the opportunity to see the books available for purchase. But the busiest time is during the summer sessions, when the larger office [across the hall] becomes the display room and is thronged with visitors...<ref>Helen Zahara, "Olcott at Work," ''The American Theosophist 42.4 (April, 1954), 72-74.</ref><br />
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== Reorganization and renaming ==<br />
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Convergence of several events led to the reorganization and renaming of the publishing house. [[Herbert A. Kern, Sr.]] and [[The Kern Foundation]] began in the early 1960s to issue grants to support Theosophical work, and Mr. Kern was especially interested in dissemination of information through book publishing. [[Joy Mills]], in her first year as President of the [[Theosophical Society in America]], was making preparations to participate in the 1966 World Congress in Salzburg - the first such gathering in thirty years.<br />
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Anticipating the impact our new paperback publishing program would have on the world Society and feeling the need for the development of a new literature or revising some of our older books, we had called on the International President, [[Nilakanta Sri Ram|N. Sri Ram]], to convene two special invitational conferences during the Congress period, one to deal with international publishing agreements among the three major English language publishing houses (Wheaton, Adyar and London), and the other to consider the modernization of theosophical literature. Our proposals had been supported by the Australian and English Sections, and the President had readily agreed to the scheduling of such discussions along with a meeting of the Society's General Council. To ensure our representation at these sessions, we had requested a special grant from the Kern Foundation to enable us to extend World Congress fellowships to five members intimately involved in these areas of our work, while the National Board of Directors had already approved sponsoring me [Joy Mills] as the Section's official representative at the Congress.<ref>Joy Mills, ''100 Years of Theosophy in America: 1875-1975''. (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 163-164.</ref><br />
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[[Quest Books]], the new line of paperback books, was launched early in 1966, with '''''The Essential Unity of All Religions''''' by [[Bhagavan Das]] as the first title. Demand for that book was high due to an editorial written by David Lawrence in ''U. S. News and World Report''. It had been printed by Theosophical Press in 1939, and reprinted in 1947, but sold out completely.<br />
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At the World Congress, an agreement was reached in which Theosophical Press changed its name to [[Theosophical Publishing House (Wheaton)|Theosophical Publishing House]]:<br />
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The three English language publishing houses of the Society, each retaining its own management and organizational structure, would now be known under a single name, the works of any one of them bearing the addresses of the other two.<ref>Joy Mills, ''100 Years of Theosophy in America: 1875-1975''. (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1987), 168.</ref><br />
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After that agreement was ratified by the TSA's Board of Directors on September 1, 1966, the Theosophical Press officially became [[Theosophical Publishing House (Wheaton)|Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton]].<br />
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These are examples of works first published by the Theosophical Press, including many written by American Theosophists or transcribed from lectures.<br />
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* Acuña, José Basileo. ''Democracy in the Scheme of Evolution''. 1944. Olcott series, Summer 1943. 280 pages.<br />
* Bendit, Phoebe Daphne Payne. ''Easter: The Myth of Man's Regeneration''. 1962. 11 pages.<br />
* Blavatsky, H. P. and Horne, Alexander. ''Alchemy and the Secret Doctrine''. 1927.<br />
* Blavatsky H. P. ''The People of the Blue Mountains''. 1930. First English-language edition.<br />
* Brýdlova, Bozena. ''Flame of the Fog''. 1927.<br />
* Brýdlova, Bozena. ''A Sinner's Sermons''. 1927.<br />
* Codd, Clara M. ''Theosophy for Little Children''. 1930.<br />
* Coon, Arthur M. ''The Nature of the Soul''. 1955. 40 pages.<br />
* Coon, Arthur M. ''The Theosophical Seal''. 1958.<br />
* Duane, Mary Morris. ''The Path to Peace the Way of the Soul''. 1927.<br />
* Emmons, Viva. ''The Heavens Declare: A Series of Talks on the Relationship of Astrology to Modern Science''. 1965. A transaction of the Krotona Institute of Theosophy. 55 pages.<br />
* Horne, Alexander. ''An Introduction to Esoteric Judaism''. 1928. <br />
* Jinarajadasa, Curuppumullage. ''Personal and Impersonal God''. 1944.<br />
* Jinarajadasa, Curuppumullage. ''The War – and After: a Theosophist's Viewpoint''. 1939.<br />
* Kuhn, Alvin Boyd. ''The Root of All Religion''. 1936.<br />
* Kunz, F. L. ''The Quest for the Quiet Mind''. 1956.<br />
* Laozi and Mackintosh, Charles Henry. ''Tao … a Rendering into English verse of the Tao the Cing of Lao Tsze (B. C. 604)''. 1926. <br />
* Neff, Mary K. ''The Mahatma Letters: Their Chronological Order''. 1940.<br />
* Pearson, E. Norman. ''Let's Look at Life''. 1954. 67 pages.<br />
* Perkins, James S. ''Freedom through Intuition''. 1951. 25 pages. <br />
* Perkins, James S. ''Open Immortal Eyes''. 1948. 31 pages.<br />
* Perkins, James S. ''Through Death to Rebirth''. 1961.<br />
* Ransom, Josephine Maria Davies. ''Studies in the Secret Doctrine''. 1934.<br />
* Roest, Pieter Kornelis. ''A Life View for Moderns, and Life, Death, Fate, and Free Will – Two Lectures''. 1938.<br />
* Sellon, Emily B. ''The Significance of the Mind-Changing Drugs: A Theosophical Interpretation''. 1966. 20 pages.<br />
* Taylor, Alfred. ''Understanding through the Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science''. 1959. 35 pages.<br />
* Wild, H. Douglas. ''Laws of Dramatic Perspective in Man and the Universe''. 1957. 57 pages. Honorary American Theosophical lecture, 1957.<br />
* Williams, Bertha. ''Living on a Star: A Companion Volume to C. W. Leadbeater's 'A Textbook of Theosophy'''. 1946. 124 pages.<br />
* Wood, Ernest. ''A Study of Pleasure and Pain''. 1962.<br />
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* Shearman, Hugh. ''Purpose Beyond Reason''. Also published at London: Theosophical Publishing House.<br />
* Weatherhead, Leslie D. ''The Case for Reincarnation''. 1957. Also published at Tadworth, Surrey, England: M. Peto. A Lecture given to the City Temple Literary Society.<br />
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The '''International Fraternity of Theosophists''' was an attempt to unite Theosophists who were disaffected, disenfranchised, or otherwise independent from the major organizations of the [[Theosophical Movement]]. It was the brainchild of [[Victor A. Endersby]].<br />
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On [[November 17]], 1955, the eightieth anniversary of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]], twenty-three persons met to inaugurate The International Fraternity of Theosophists, with the intent "to bring together on an autonomous basis those in various groups who follow similar principles." In an letter to [[Alvin Boyd Kuhn]], Victor confided that the Fraternity was a "modest experiment for pulling together homeless or discontented Theosophists..." To his friend [[George Cardinal LeGros]], Victor wrote:<br />
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I think the success of the Fraternity will depend very largely upon how well its members avoid letting matters of the past of this sort affect their cooperative efforts. So far the order of the members is in order of numbers, [[Point Loma|ex-Pasadena]], [[United Lodge of Theosophists|U.L.T.]], independent, and [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Adyar]] (only one of the last so far.) If that kind of team can pull together, something will have been done, even if on a small scale, that has never been accomplished since the original split. It should mean something.<br />
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Initially, the Fraternity attracted mostly former Point Loma members, but within six months, the Fraternity numbered ninety-two members, with backgrounds from all organizations.<ref>Jerry Hejka-Ekins, "Victor A. Endersby, A Pioneering Independent Theosophist," ''Keeping the Link Unbroken'' (New York: Theosophical Research Monographs, 2004), 126-150.</ref> <br />
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* [Endersby, Victor A.] [http://theosophy.katinkahesselink.net/canadian/Vol-37-3-Theosophist.htm "Towards Theosophical Unity: The International Fraternity of Theosophists"] ''The Canadian Theosophist'' 37.3 (July-Aug 1956), 54-60.<br />
* Endersby, Victor A. "An International Fraternity of Theosophists" ''Theosophical Notes'' 5 (December, 1955), 1-9.<br />
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The '''International Fraternity of Theosophists''' was an attempt to unite Theosophists who were disaffected, disenfranchised, or otherwise independent from the major organizations of the [[Theosophical Movement]]. It was the brainchild of [[Victor A. Endersby]].<br />
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On [[November 17]], 1955, the eightieth anniversary of the [[Founding of the Theosophical Society|founding]] of the [[Theosophical Society]], twenty-three persons met to inaugurate The International Fraternity of Theosophist, with the intent "to bring together on an autonomous basis those in various groups who follow similar principles." In an letter to [[Alvin Boyd Kuhn]], Victor confided that the Fraternity was a "modest experiment for pulling together homeless or discontented Theosophists..." To his friend [[George Cardinal LeGros]], Victor wrote:<br />
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I think the success of the Fraternity will depend very largely upon how well its members avoid letting matters of the past of this sort affect their cooperative efforts. So far the order of the members is in order of numbers, [[Point Loma|ex-Pasadena]], [[United Lodge of Theosophists|U.L.T.]], independent, and [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Adyar]] (only one of the last so far.) If that kind of team can pull together, something will have been done, even if on a small scale, that has never been accomplished since the original split. It should mean something.<br />
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Initially, the Fraternity attracted mostly former Point Loma members, but within six months, the Fraternity numbered ninety-two members, with backgrounds from all organizations.<ref>Jerry Hejka-Ekins, "Victor A. Endersby, A Pioneering Independent Theosophist," ''Keeping the Link Unbroken'' (New York: Theosophical Research Monographs, 2004), 126-150.</ref> <br />
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== Additional resources ==<br />
* [Endersby, Victor A.] [http://theosophy.katinkahesselink.net/canadian/Vol-37-3-Theosophist.htm "Towards Theosophical Unity: The International Fraternity of Theosophists"] ''The Canadian Theosophist'' 37.3 (July-Aug 1956), 54-60.<br />
* Endersby, Victor A. "An International Fraternity of Theosophists" ''Theosophical Notes'' 5 (December, 1955), 1-9.<br />
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'''Bahman Pestonji Wadia''' was an Indian member of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)|Theosophical Society based in Adyar, Chennai, India]], and later of the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]]. <br />
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== Early life and education ==<br />
[[File:B P Wadia 1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|B. P. Wadia]]<br />
== Work at Theosophical Publishing House ==<br />
In 1921 Wadia resigned from the management of the enterprise and president [[Annie Besant]] appointed [[Fritz Kunz]] to succeed him. Mrs. Besant was considering a plan "for the organization of a publishing business on international lines" with Wadia appointed to that work.<ref>"The Theosophical Publishing House," ''The Messenger'' 8.10 (March 1921), 632.</ref><br />
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== Departure from TS Adyar ==<br />
B.P.Wadia resigned from the Theosophical Society on the 18th of July 1922. His reasons for resigning were disseminated widely to members through an open letter in which he expressed his support for the impersonal policy of the ULT and the latter's one-pointedness in focusing exclusively on the original Theosophy of H. P. Blavatsky and her associates. <br />
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== Activities in United Lodge of Theosophists ==<br />
[[File:B P Wadia 1950s.jpg|right|190px|thumb|BPW in 1950s]]<br />
Following his resignation from the Theosophical Society, Wadia left Adyar to work for the ULT in Los Angeles. In 1923 he founded several lodges on the east coast of the States. In 1925 he founded a lodge in the UK. In 1928 a lodge was founded in France, in 1929 in Mumbai, and in 1930 he began publishing the journal ''The Aryan Path''. Other lodges of the ULT were founded in the States, Europe and India.<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
A street in Bangalore, B.P. Wadia Road, is named after him.<br />
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== Writings ==<br />
[[File:B P Wadia painting by Sanjay Chapolkar.jpg|right|320px|thumb|B. P. Wadia by Sanjay Chapolkar]]<br />
The [[Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals]] lists 192 articles by [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=bp+wadia&method=exact BP Wadia], and additional articles may be found by searching under [http://www.austheos.org.au/cgi-bin/ui-csvsearch.pl?search=wadia&method=all&page=1 Wadia]. Other contributions to [[The Theosophist (periodical)|''The Theosophist'']] were anonymous or signed as the Editor or by his initials. <br />
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He wrote books and pamphlets, and some of his writings were compiled for posthumous publication by the ULT though the [[Theosophy Company]]. A detailed list is available at '''"B.P. Wadia: Bibliography of Books and Articles"''' in ''Keeping the Link Unbroken''.<ref>W. Dallas TenBroeck, "Biographical Notes on Sri B.P. Wadia" ''Keeping the Link Unbroken'' (Theosophical Research Monographs, 2004), 120.</ref> Here are some of his works listed in order of publication:<br />
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* '''''Theosophy and New Thought'''''. Bombay: Cosmopolitan Press, 1907.<br />
* '''''Statement Submitted to the Joint Committee on Indian Reforms'''''. London: Indian Parliamentary Committee and National Home Rule League (India), nd. 8 pages.<br />
* '''''The Congress Souvenir 1917: an album containing over eighty portraits. With a life sketch of Mrs. Annie Besant'''''. Madras: Congress Souvenir Agency, 1917. 90 pages with illustrations. Sketch by Sir S. Subramania Aiyer. and a short history of The Indian National Congress by B.P. Wadia.<br />
* '''''Problems of National and International Politics'''''. New York: Theosophical Association of New York, 1922. Available at [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/4546716.html Hathitrust] and at [https://archive.org/details/problemsofnation00wadi Internet Archive]. A lecture delivered at Adyar in December, 1917. 48 pages.<br />
* '''''The Labour Problem in India'''''. New York: Friends of Freedom for India, 1919.<br />
* '''''Svadesh and Svaraj'''''. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publisihing House, 1920. Adyar pamphlets no. 120. 8 pages. "Reprinted from The Adyar Bulletin, February, 1910."<br />
* '''''Labour in Madras'''''. Triplicane, Madras, India: S. Ganesan, 1921. 240 pages. Foreword by Col. Josiah C. Wedgwood. Available at [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/12383556.html Hathitrust].<br />
* '''''Will the Soul of Europe Return?''''' London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1921. Paper offered to the first World Congress of the Theosophical Society. On reconstruction of Europe following World War I.<br />
* '''''To all Fellow Theosophists and Members of the Theosophical Society. A statement.''''' Los Angeles, 1922. 18 pages.<br />
* '''''Growth through Service'''''. New York: The Theosophical Association of New York, 1922. Available at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t3707zr59 Hathitrust] and [https://archive.org/details/growththroughser00wadiiala Internet Archive]. Two lectures presented in London on 7 and 14, 1921.<br />
* '''''The Inner Ruler'''''. New York: The Theosophical Association of New York, 1922. "Talks to students." Available at [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZN41AQAAMAAJ Google Books].<br />
* '''''Some Observations on the Study of The Secret Doctrine'''''. New York City: Theosophical Association of New York, 1922. Available at [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t0ft8kg2d;view=1up;seq=9 Hathitrust].<br />
* Foreword to '''''Outlines of Jaina Philosophy: the Essentials of Jaina Ontology, Epistemology and Ethics''''' by Mohan Lal Mehta. Bangalore: Jain Mission Society, 1954. 168 pages.<br />
* '''''Our Soul's Need'''''. Bangalore, 1958.<br />
* '''''The Building of the Home'''''. Bangalore: Indian Institute of World Culture, 1959. Also translated into Dutch.<br />
* '''''"Thus Have I Heard," Leading Articles from "The Aryan Path"'''''. Bangalore: Indian Institute of World Culture, 1959. 422 pages.<br />
* '''''Studies in "The Secret Doctrine"'''''. Theosophy Co. (India), Bombay 1961 and 1973.<br />
* '''''Living the Life'''''. Bangalore, India: Indian Institute of World Culture, 1981.<br />
* '''''The Gathas of Zarathustra'''''. London: Concord Grove Press, 1983. 95 pages. Five Gathas from the Zend Avesta. Includes: "The Zoroastrian philosophy and way of life" by B.P. Wadia and "Ormuzd and Ahriman" by H.P. Blavatsky.<br />
* '''''The Law of Sacrifice'''''. London and Santa Barbara: Concord Grove Press, 1985. 89 pages. Reprinted articles from 1924 and 1925.<br />
* '''''The Gandhian Way'''''. Mumbai: Asian Book Trust in association with Theosophy Company (India), 2000. 170 pages. "In this book, we have brought together articles on Gandhian philosophy by the late Sri B.P. Wadia, which originally appeared in "The Theosophical Movement" and "The Aryan Path" the two magazines founded and edited by him. (...) In this rare collection of articles, not only students of Theosophy but also the followers and old and young admirers of Gandhiji will find inspiration to lead a meaningful Spiritual life. (Foreword, by Usha Mehta)."<br />
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== Additional resources ==<br />
* Dallas Tenbroeck, "B. P. Wadia - A Life of Service to Mankind," available at [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/dtb_2.htm katinkahesselink.net].<br />
* Articles by B. P. Wadia are available at [http://www.theosophyonline.com/autores.php?autor=B.+P.+Wadia theosophyonline.com].<br />
* '''''Shri B.P. Wadia: / 1881-1958'''''. Bangalore: Indian Institute of World Culture, 1981. 8 pages.<br />
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'''Orphism''' (Ancient Greek: Ὀρφικά) is a religion originating in the ancient Greece and associated with literature. It is ascribed to the mythical poet Orpheus, (sometimes referred as the "dark-skinned") who is regarded as the inventor of letters and writings. He is said to have descended into Hades and returned, and is regarded as the founder of the Mysteries of Dionysus, which were designed to learn and become familiar with the afterlife.<br />
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Some of the Orphic teachings resemble more those of India than of Greece. They taught that human souls were divine and immortal, but was caught in a "grievous circle" of [[metempsychosis]] ([[reincarnation]]). They prescribed an ascetic way of life that included [[vegetarianism]]. Participation in the secret initiation rites, was supposed to guarantee not only eventual release from the circle of reincarnations but also communion with the gods.<br />
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[[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|H. P. Blavatsky]] wrote that "Herodotus tells us that the mysteries were brought by Orpheus from India".<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''Collected Writings'' vol. XIII (Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1982), 235.</ref> Referring to Orpheus, she stated the following:<br />
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<blockquote>Orpheus (Gr.). Lit., the “tawny one”. Mythology makes him the son of Æger and the muse Calliope. Esoteric tradition identifies him with Arjuna, the son of Indra and the disciple of Krishna. He went round the world teaching the nations wisdom and sciences, and establishing mysteries. The very story of his losing his Eurydice and finding her in the underworld or Hades, is another point of resemblance with the story of Arjuna, who goes to Pâtâla (Hades or hell, but in reality the Antipodes or America) and finds there and marries Ulupi, the daughter of the Nâga king. This is as suggestive as the fact that he was considered dark in complexion even by the Greeks, who were never very fair-skinned themselves.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 242.</ref></blockquote><br />
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<blockquote>Orphic Mysteries or Orphica (Gr.). These followed, but differed greatly from, the mysteries of Bacchus. The system of Orpheus is one of the purest morality and of severe asceticism. The theology taught by him is again purely Indian. With him the divine Essence is inseparable from whatever is in the infinite universe, all forms being concealed from all eternity in It. At determined periods these forms are manifested from the divine: Essence or manifest themselves. Thus through this law of emanation (or evolution) all things participate in this Essence, and are parts and members instinct with divine nature, which is omnipresent. All things having, proceeded from, must necessarily return into it; and therefore, innumerable transmigrations or reincarnations and purifications are needed before this final consummation can take place. This is pure Vedanta philosophy. Again, the Orphic Brotherhood ate no animal food and wore white linen garments, and had many ceremonies like those of the Brahmans.<ref>Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, ''The Theosophical Glossary'' (Krotona, CA: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973), 242-243.</ref></blockquote><br />
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'''Robert Crosbie''' was an influential early Theosophist who founded and led the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]].<br />
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Crosbie was born in Montreal, Lower Canada on 10 January 1849. <br />
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Mr. Crosbie was admitted as a member of the [[Theosophical Society]] on February 26, 1888.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 4350 (website file: 1B/38).</ref><br />
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In 1908 he published a letter, ''To all open-minded Theosophists'', about his thoughts on the Theosophical Society. On February 1909 he founded the ULT in Los Angeles. The organization had no presidents or hierarchical structures. Emphasizing the universality of theosophy, the Declaration of the United Lodge of Theosophists states in part:<br />
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"It regards as Theosophists all who are engaged in the true service of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, condition or organization,(...)" <br />
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Much of the wording of the ULT Declaration is directly derived from statements found in the writings of William Q. Judge and H.P. Blavatsky. The expressed mission statement of the United Lodge of Theosophists is “To spread broadcast the original teachings of Theosophy as recorded in the writings of H.P. Blavatsky and William Q. Judge.”<br />
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In 1912 Crosbie first published the theosophical magazine "Theosophy". He also founded Theosophy School. In 1916 two new lodges of the ULT were opened in San Francisco and Berkeley, California. The ULT exists to this day, as an international association with lodges and study groups presently in 16 nations around the world.<br />
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* Crosbie, Robert, [http://www.helenablavatsky.org/2017/02/ "Transcript of Autobiographical Notes"] at HelenaBlavatsky.org.<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Crosbie "Robert Crosbie"] in Wikipedia.<br />
* TenBroeck, Dallas, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/dtb_6.htm "Robert Crosbie - The Friendly Philosopher"] at KatinkaHesselink.net.<br />
* [https://blavatskytheosophy.com/robert-crosbie-the-friendly-philosopher/ "Robert Crosbie: The Friendly Philosopher"] in BlavatskyTheosophy.com. Reprinted from ''Theosophy'' in December 1934.<br />
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'''ARTICLE UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''<br><br />
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'''Robert Crosbie''' was an influential early Theosophist who founded and led the [[United Lodge of Theosophists]].<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
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Crosbie was born in Montreal, Lower Canada on 10 January 1849. <br />
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== Theosophical activities ==<br />
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Mr. Crosbie was admitted as a member of the [[Theosophical Society]] on February 26, 1888.<ref>Theosophical Society General Membership Register, 1875-1942 at [http://tsmembers.org/ http://tsmembers.org/]. See book 1, entry 4350 (website file: 1B/38).</ref><br />
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In 1908 he published a letter, ''To all open-minded Theosophists'', about his thoughts on the Theosophical Society. On February 1909 he founded the ULT in Los Angeles. The organization had no presidents or hierarchical structures. Emphasizing the universality of theosophy, the Declaration of the United Lodge of Theosophists states in part:<br />
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"It regards as Theosophists all who are engaged in the true service of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, condition or organization,(...)" <br />
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Much of the wording of the ULT Declaration is directly derived from statements found in the writings of William Q. Judge and H.P. Blavatsky. The expressed mission statement of the United Lodge of Theosophists is “To spread broadcast the original teachings of Theosophy as recorded in the writings of H.P. Blavatsky and William Q. Judge.”<br />
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In 1912 Crosbie first published the theosophical magazine "Theosophy". He also founded Theosophy School. In 1916 two new lodges of the ULT were opened in San Francisco and Berkeley, California. The ULT exists to this day, as an international association with lodges and study groups presently in 16 nations around the world.<br />
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== Writings ==<br />
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''The Friendly Philosopher, Letters and Talks on Theosophy and the Theosophical Life''. The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1934, 1945, latest reprint 2008<br />
''Answers to Questions on The Ocean of Theosophy''. 1933, The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles<br />
''Notes on The Bhagavad-Gita'' with William Q. Judge. The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles<br />
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== Additional resources ==<br />
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* Crosbie, Robert, [http://www.helenablavatsky.org/2017/02/ "Transcript of Autobiographical Notes"] at HelenaBlavatsky.org.<br />
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Crosbie "Robert Crosbie"] in Wikipedia.<br />
* TenBroeck, Dallas, [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/his/dtb_6.htm "Robert Crosbie - The Friendly Philosopher"] at KatinkaHesselink.net.<br />
* [https://blavatskytheosophy.com/robert-crosbie-the-friendly-philosopher/ "Robert Crosbie: The Friendly Philosopher"] in BlavatskyTheosophy.com. Reprinted from ''Theosophy'' in December 1934.<br />
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The Theosophical Fellowship is a theosophical organization founded in 1994 by Ananda Tara Shan (1946-2002), active in Denmark and Australia. Their motto is "Truth is our goal. Love is our Way". <br />
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== Ananda Tara Shan ==<br />
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Ananda Tara Shan (1946-2002), born Jeanne Morashti, founded Den Iysende Cirkel, a lodge of the Theosophical Society in Denmark, in 1978, serving as its president. She considered running for election for the position of General Secretary of the Danish Section, however left the Society shortly after the founding of the lodge due to disagreements with the leadership. After breaking with the Theosophical Society, Ananda Tara Shan formed a variety of organizations, including The Society for Maitreya Theosophy, Rosenhaven (The Rose Garden), The Church of the Sacred Heart of Maitreya and Right Human Relations, before the founding of the Theosophical Fellowship in 1994. <br />
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After the passing of Ananda Tara Shan in 2002, the leadership of the Fellowship passed to her husband, Pauli T. Pallesen, the current President. The Fellowship remains active in Denmark and Australia to this day. <br />
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* [https://www.theosophicalfellowship.org/ The Theosophical Fellowship] <br />
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* [https://www.maitreyatheosophy.org/our-master-and-our-teacher.html Maitreya Theosophy] - Published works by Ananda Tara Shan<br />
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<div>The Theosophical Fellowship is a theosophical organization founded in 1994 by Ananda Tara Shan (1946-2002), active in Denmark and Australia. <br />
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== Ananda Tara Shan ==<br />
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Ananda Tara Shan (1946-2002), born Jeanne Morashti, founded Den Iysende Cirkel, a lodge of the Theosophical Society in Denmark, in 1978, serving as its president. She considered running for election for the position of General Secretary of the Danish Section, however left the Society shortly after the founding of the lodge due to disagreements with the leadership. After breaking with the Theosophical Society, Ananda Tara Shan formed a variety of organizations, including The Society for Maitreya Theosophy, Rosenhaven (The Rose Garden), The Church of the Sacred Heart of Maitreya and Right Human Relations, before the founding of the Theosophical Fellowship in 1994. <br />
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== Current status ==<br />
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After the passing of Ananda Tara Shan in 2002, the leadership of the Fellowship passed to her husband, Pauli T. Pallesen, the current President. The Fellowship remains active in Denmark and Australia to this day. <br />
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== Online resources ==<br />
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* [https://www.theosophicalfellowship.org/ The Theosophical Fellowship] <br />
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* [https://www.maitreyatheosophy.org/our-master-and-our-teacher.html Maitreya Theosophy] - Published works by Ananda Tara Shan<br />
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* [https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67217 Rituals and Religious Innovation: The Meaning of Rituals in Shan the Rising Light] by Mikael Rothstein<br />
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<div>The Theosophical Fellowship is a theosophical organization founded in 1994 by Ananda Tara Shan (1946-2002), active in Denmark and Australia. <br />
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== Ananda Tara Shan ==<br />
<br />
Ananda Tara Shan (1946-2002), born Jeanne Morashti, founded Den Iysende Cirkel, a lodge of the Theosophical Society in Denmark, in 1978, serving as its president. She considered running for election for the position of General Secretary of the Danish Section, however left the Society shortly after the founding of the lodge due to disagreements with the leadership. After breaking with the Theosophical Society, Ananda Tara Shan formed a variety of organizations, including The Society for Maitreya Theosophy, Rosenhaven (The Rose Garden), The Church of the Sacred Heart of Maitreya and Right Human Relations, before the founding of the Theosophical Fellowship in 1994. <br />
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== Current status ==<br />
<br />
After the passing of Ananda Tara Shan in 2002, the leadership of the Fellowship passed to her husband, Pauli T. Pallesen, the current President. The Fellowship remains active in Denmark and Australia to this day. <br />
<br />
== Online resources ==<br />
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* [https://www.theosophicalfellowship.org/ The Theosophical Fellowship] <br />
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* [https://www.maitreyatheosophy.org/our-master-and-our-teacher.html Maitreya Theosophy] - Published works by Ananda Tara Shan<br />
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* [https://journal.fi/scripta/article/view/67217 Rituals and Religious Innovation: The Meaning of Rituals in Shan the Rising Light] by Mikael Rothstein<br />
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<div>According to [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'']]:<br><br />
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Brown, William Tournay, a young Scotsman who had been educated as a lawyer. He joined the TS in London while [[A. P. Sinnett|APS]] was there and sailed for India in 1883. Apparently he was a man of nervous temperament but of considerable promise. [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|HPB]] sent him to join [[Henry Steel Olcott|HSO]] and [[Damodar K. Mavalankar|DKM]], who were on tour in North India ([[The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], p. 62). In Lahore he was visited by [[Koot Hoomi|KH]] ([[The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett (book)|LBS]], p. 68) During the absence of the [[Founders]] from [[Adyar, India]], he served on the [[Board of Control]] appointed by HSO and was present at the time of the [[Hodgson Report|Hodgson investigation]]. He left India in 1885 and traveled most of the rest of his life, principally in the US and Europe. [[The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|ML]], p. 421; [[A Short History of the Theosophical Society (book)|SH]], pp. 184, 185, 192; [[Damodar and the Pioneers of the Theosophical Movement (book)|D]], p. 570; [[H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings (book)| HPB]] VI:31, 32, 429; [[Old Diary Leaves (book)|ODL]] 3: 23, 42; [[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|LMW]] 1: 28. See Chronology <nowiki>[</nowiki>of [[Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett (book)|RG]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>.<br />
<ref>George E. Linton and Virginia Hanson, eds., ''Readers Guide to The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett'' (Adyar, Chennai, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972), 222.</ref><br />
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== Visit from Master K. H. ==<br />
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Mr. Brown was accompanying Col. Olcott on a lecture tour. He claims that in a couple of lectures he saw the astral form of the Masters, in one occasion recognizing the [[Koot Hoomi|Mahatma K.H.]] Later, on [[November 20]], 1883, he had the opportunity to see the [[Masters of Wisdom|Master]] in his physical body. He wrote:<br />
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<blockquote>. . . Lahore has a special interest, because there we saw, in his own physical body, Mahatma Koot Hoomi himself. <br />
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On the afternoon of the 19th November, I saw the Master in broad daylight, and recognized him, and on the morning of the 20th he came to my tent, and said, "Now you see me before you in the flesh; look and assure yourself that it is I," and left a letter of instructions and silk handkerchief. <br />
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On the evening of the 21st, after the lecture was over, Colonel Olcott, Damodar, and I were sitting outside the shamiana (pavilion or pandal [temporary, open-sided shelter roofed with bamboo matting], when we were visited by [[Djual Khool]], the Master's head Chela, who informed us that the Master was about to come. The Master then came near to us, gave instructions to Damodar, and walked away. <br />
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On leaving Lahore the next place visited was Jammu, the winter residence of His Highness the Maharajah of Cashmere. <br />
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At Jammu I had another opportunity of seeing Mahatma Koot Hoomi in propria persona. One evening I went to the end of the "compound" (private enclosure), and there I found the Master awaiting my approach. I saluted in European fashion, and came, hat in hand, to within a few yards of the place on which he was standing. After a minute or so he marched away, the noise of his footsteps on the gravel being markedly audible.<ref>[http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/mastersencounterswith.htm# A Casebook of Encounters with the Theosophical Mahatmas] Case 37, compiled and edited by Daniel H. Caldwell</ref></blockquote><br />
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== Letters from Master K. H. ==<br />
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Brown received two letters from K. H. They were published in as '''[[Mahatma Letter to W T Brown - LMW 1 No. 21|Letter 21]]''' and '''[[Mahatma Letter to W T Brown - LMW 1 No. 22|Letter 22]]''' in [[Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom (book)|''Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, 1881-1888'']], also known as First Series.<br />
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== Writings ==<br />
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* ''Some Experiences in India''. London: London Lodge of the Theosophical Society, 1884.<br />
* [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/browncoleman.htm "The Theosophical Mahatmas"] in ''The Religio-Philosophical Journal'' (Chicago), October 16, 1886, p. 2.<br />
* ''My Life''. D. Lauber. 64 pages.<br />
* [http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1885__brown___theosophical_society_explanatory_treatise.pdf ''The Theosophical Society: An Explanatory Treatise'']. Madras: National Press, 1885. 16 pages. <br />
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== Additional resources ==<br />
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* Beechey, Katherine A. "W. T. Brown and Two Less Known Letters of the Master K. H." ''The Theosophist'' 109.3 (December, 1987), 87-90.<br />
* Brown, William T. ''Some Experiences in India''. London: London Lodge of the Theosophical Society, 1884, 5–7, 10–11, 12, 13, 15–17. See [http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/mastersencounterswith.htm# ''A Casebook of Encounters with the Theosophical Mahatmas''] Case 37, compiled and edited by Daniel H. Caldwell.<br />
* [https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/biography/?id=WH9823&type=P "William Tournay Brown"] at University of Glasgow website.<br />
* Gomes, Michael. [https://theohistory.org/thop/volume-iv/ ''W.T. Brown’s “Scenes in My Life”''] in ''Theosophical History Occasional Papers Volume IV.'' Fullerton, California: Theosophical History, 1995. Reprinted from the ''Rochester Post-Express'', 1886, with additional material by Michael Gomes. A library catalog description says: "Under the pseudonym "Carwood Gerald Clark," William Tournay Brown recounts his experiences with members of the Theosophical Society and the Master Koot Hoomi, as originally printed in the ''Rochester Post-Express'', August and September 1886. "<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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[[Category:Associates of HPB|Brown, William Tournay]]<br />
[[Category:Attorneys|Brown, William Tourney]]<br />
[[Category:Nationality Scottish|Brown, William Tournay]]<br />
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[[Category:Received Mahatma Letters|Brown, William Tournay]]<br />
[[Category:People|Brown, William Tournay]]</div>Luke Ironside 2https://theosophy.wiki/w-en/index.php?title=Druidism&diff=42636Druidism2020-03-09T21:15:44Z<p>Luke Ironside 2: </p>
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Druidism was the class of high-ranking professionals in ancient Celtic cultures. Perhaps best remembered as religious leaders, the druids were also legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals, and political advisors. While the druids are reported to have been literate, they are believed to have been prevented by doctrine from recording their knowledge in written form, thus they left no written accounts of themselves. They are however attested in some detail by their contemporaries from other cultures, such as the Romans and the Greeks.<br />
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== H. P. Blavatsky on Druidism ==<br />
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Helena P. [[Blavatsky]] referenced Druidism in positive terms in The Secret Doctrine (2:756): <blockquote> The mystery veiling the origin and the religion of the Druids is as great as that of their supposed fanes [temples] is to the modern Symbologist, but not to the initiated Occultists. Their priests were the descendants of the last Atlanteans, and what is known of them is sufficient to allow the inference that they were eastern priests akin to the Chaldeans and Indians, though little more. It may be inferred that they symbolized their deity as the Hindus do their Vishnu, as the Egyptians did their Mystery God, and as the builders of the Ohio great serpent mound worshipped theirs — namely under the form of the “Mighty Serpent,” the emblem of the eternal deity TIME (the Hindu Kala). Pliny called them the “Magi of the Gauls and Britons.” But they were more than that. The author of IndianAntiquities [Thomas Maurice] finds much affinity between the Druids and Brahmins of India. Dr. Borlase points to a close analogy between them and the Magi of Persia; others will see an identity between them and the Orphic priesthood of Thrace — simply because they were connected, in their esoteric teachings, with the universal Wisdom Religion, and thus presented affinities with the exoteric worship of all. </blockquote> <br />
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<blockquote> Like the Hindus, the Greeks and Romans (we speak of the Initiates), the Chaldees and the Egyptians, the Druids believed in the doctrine of a succession of worlds, as also in that of seven “creations” (of new continents) and transformations of the face of the earth, and in a sevenfold night and day for each earth or globe.” In the same work (2:760), Blavatsky wrote, “The Druids believed in the rebirth of man . . . in a series of reincarnations in this same world; for as Diodorus says, they declared that the souls of men, after determinate periods, would pass into other bodies. </blockquote> <br />
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== Other Theosophical writers on Druidism ==<br />
<br />
[[File:The Druids and Theosophy.png|right|no framing|200px|Cover of ''The Druids and Theosophy'' by Peter Freeman (1924)]]<br />
A number of Theosophical writers have written on Druidism as an aspect of the Ancient Wisdom. In the introduction to Peter Freeman's 1924 pamphlet, ''The Druids and Theosophy'', Annie Besant states: <blockquote> That the Druids held in trust secrets of science and mystic lore we know. Persecution by the ignorant and the superstitious slew, and drove into hiding the wise and the understanding, and robbed the lands of the Kelts of music and poesy, of art and grace, save that which was interwoven in the soul of the people and made them what they were. </blockquote> <br />
<br />
Freeman further propounds a relationship between Druidism and Theosophy on the last page of the text: <blockquote> The word “ Druid” is derived from, Dru = God (cf. Modern Welsh Duw; Gaelic, Draoi; French, Dieu; Greek, A ; English, Deity), and “Vid” = "knowledge” (cf. Aryan root, vid = wisdom; Latin, video; Sanscrit, vidya; English, vision); in fact it is but another form of the words “ Divine Wisdom,” the Brahma-Vidya or THEOSOPHY. </blockquote> <br />
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<blockquote> From the above it does not seem unreasonable to assume that the Druids were to the Fourth Sub-Race, what the Theosophical Movement is to the Fifth, and that the same great fundamental teachings of life which inspired the Druids are now the ideals by which many try to live as Theosophists. </blockquote> <br />
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== Online resources ==<br />
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* [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/1097-druidism Druidism] entry in the Theosophical Encyclopedia<br />
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* [http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1924__freeman___the_druids_and_theosophy.pdf The Druids and Theosophy] by Peter Freeman (introduction by Annie Besant) <br />
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* [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/forum/f28n09p535_druidism.htm Druidism: The Theosophy of Ancient Wales] by Kenneth Morris <br />
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Druidism was the class of high-ranking professionals in ancient Celtic cultures. Perhaps best remembered as religious leaders, the druids were also legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals, and political advisors. While the druids are reported to have been literate, they are believed to have been prevented by doctrine from recording their knowledge in written form, thus they left no written accounts of themselves. They are however attested in some detail by their contemporaries from other cultures, such as the Romans and the Greeks.<br />
<br />
== H. P. Blavatsky on Druidism ==<br />
<br />
Helena P. [[Blavatsky]] referenced Druidism in positive terms in The Secret Doctrine (2:756): <blockquote> “The mystery veiling the origin and the religion of the Druids is as great as that of their supposed fanes [temples] is to the modern Symbologist, but not to the initiated Occultists. Their priests were the descendants of the last Atlanteans, and what is known of them is sufficient to allow the inference that they were eastern priests akin to the Chaldeans and Indians, though little more. It may be inferred that they symbolized their deity as the Hindus do their Vishnu, as the Egyptians did their Mystery God, and as the builders of the Ohio great serpent mound worshipped theirs — namely under the form of the “Mighty Serpent,” the emblem of the eternal deity TIME (the Hindu Kala). Pliny called them the “Magi of the Gauls and Britons.” But they were more than that. The author of IndianAntiquities [Thomas Maurice] finds much affinity between the Druids and Brahmins of India. Dr. Borlase points to a close analogy between them and the Magi of Persia; others will see an identity between them and the Orphic priesthood of Thrace — simply because they were connected, in their esoteric teachings, with the universal Wisdom Religion, and thus presented affinities with the exoteric worship of all. </blockquote> <br />
<br />
<blockquote> Like the Hindus, the Greeks and Romans (we speak of the Initiates), the Chaldees and the Egyptians, the Druids believed in the doctrine of a succession of worlds, as also in that of seven “creations” (of new continents) and transformations of the face of the earth, and in a sevenfold night and day for each earth or globe.” In the same work (2:760), Blavatsky wrote, “The Druids believed in the rebirth of man . . . in a series of reincarnations in this same world; for as Diodorus says, they declared that the souls of men, after determinate periods, would pass into other bodies.” </blockquote> <br />
<br />
== Other Theosophical writers on Druidism ==<br />
<br />
[[File:The Druids and Theosophy.png|right|no framing|200px|Cover of ''The Druids and Theosophy'' by Peter Freeman (1924)]]<br />
A number of Theosophical writers have written on Druidism as an aspect of the Ancient Wisdom. In the introduction to Peter Freeman's 1924 pamphlet, ''The Druids and Theosophy'', Annie Besant states: <blockquote> That the Druids held in trust secrets of science and mystic lore we know. Persecution by the ignorant and the superstitious slew, and drove into hiding the wise and the understanding, and robbed the lands of the Kelts of music and poesy, of art and grace, save that which was interwoven in the soul of the people and made them what they were. </blockquote> <br />
<br />
Freeman further propounds a relationship between Druidism and Theosophy on the last page of the text: <blockquote> The word “ Druid” is derived from, Dru = God (cf. Modern Welsh Duw; Gaelic, Draoi; French, Dieu; Greek, A ; English, Deity), and “Vid” = "knowledge” (cf. Aryan root, vid = wisdom; Latin, video; Sanscrit, vidya; English, vision); in fact it is but another form of the words “ Divine Wisdom,” the Brahma-Vidya or THEOSOPHY. </blockquote> <br />
<br />
<blockquote> From the above it does not seem unreasonable to assume that the Druids were to the Fourth Sub-Race, what the Theosophical Movement is to the Fifth, and that the same great fundamental teachings of life which inspired the Druids are now the ideals by which many try to live as Theosophists. </blockquote> <br />
<br />
== Online resources ==<br />
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* [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/1097-druidism Druidism] entry in the Theosophical Encyclopedia<br />
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* [http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1924__freeman___the_druids_and_theosophy.pdf The Druids and Theosophy] by Peter Freeman (introduction by Annie Besant) <br />
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* [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/forum/f28n09p535_druidism.htm Druidism: The Theosophy of Ancient Wales] by Kenneth Morris <br />
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<div>Druidism was the class of high-ranking professionals in ancient Celtic cultures. Perhaps best remembered as religious leaders, the druids were also legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals, and political advisors. While the druids are reported to have been literate, they are believed to have been prevented by doctrine from recording their knowledge in written form, thus they left no written accounts of themselves. They are however attested in some detail by their contemporaries from other cultures, such as the Romans and the Greeks.<br />
<br />
== H. P. Blavatsky on Druidism ==<br />
<br />
Helena P. [[Blavatsky]] referenced Druidism in positive terms in The Secret Doctrine (2:756): <blockquote> “The mystery veiling the origin and the religion of the Druids is as great as that of their supposed fanes [temples] is to the modern Symbologist, but not to the initiated Occultists. Their priests were the descendants of the last Atlanteans, and what is known of them is sufficient to allow the inference that they were eastern priests akin to the Chaldeans and Indians, though little more. It may be inferred that they symbolized their deity as the Hindus do their Vishnu, as the Egyptians did their Mystery God, and as the builders of the Ohio great serpent mound worshipped theirs — namely under the form of the “Mighty Serpent,” the emblem of the eternal deity TIME (the Hindu Kala). Pliny called them the “Magi of the Gauls and Britons.” But they were more than that. The author of IndianAntiquities [Thomas Maurice] finds much affinity between the Druids and Brahmins of India. Dr. Borlase points to a close analogy between them and the Magi of Persia; others will see an identity between them and the Orphic priesthood of Thrace — simply because they were connected, in their esoteric teachings, with the universal Wisdom Religion, and thus presented affinities with the exoteric worship of all. </blockquote> <br />
<br />
<blockquote> Like the Hindus, the Greeks and Romans (we speak of the Initiates), the Chaldees and the Egyptians, the Druids believed in the doctrine of a succession of worlds, as also in that of seven “creations” (of new continents) and transformations of the face of the earth, and in a sevenfold night and day for each earth or globe.” In the same work (2:760), Blavatsky wrote, “The Druids believed in the rebirth of man . . . in a series of reincarnations in this same world; for as Diodorus says, they declared that the souls of men, after determinate periods, would pass into other bodies.” </blockquote> <br />
<br />
== Other Theosophical writers on Druidism ==<br />
<br />
[[File:The Druids and Theosophy.png|right|no framing|200px|Cover of ''The Druids and Theosophy'' by Peter Freeman (1924)]]<br />
A number of Theosophical writers have written on Druidism as an aspect of the Ancient Wisdom. In the introduction to Peter Freeman's 1924 pamphlet, ''The Druids and Theosophy'', Annie Besant states: <blockquote> That the Druids held in trust secrets of science and mystic lore we know. Persecution by the ignorant and the superstitious slew, and drove into hiding the wise and the understanding, and robbed the lands of the Kelts of music and poesy, of art and grace, save that which was interwoven in the soul of the people and made them what they were. </blockquote> <br />
<br />
Freeman further propounds a relationship between Druidism and Theosophy on the last page of the text: <blockquote> The word “ Druid” is derived from, Dru = God (cf. Modern Welsh Duw; Gaelic, Draoi; French, Dieu; Greek, A ; English, Deity), and “Vid” = "knowledge” (cf. Aryan root, vid = wisdom; Latin, video; Sanscrit, vidya; English, vision); in fact it is but another form of the words “ Divine Wisdom,” the Brahma-Vidya or THEOSOPHY. </blockquote> <br />
<br />
<blockquote> From the above it does not seem unreasonable to assume that the Druids were to the Fourth Sub-Race, what the Theosophical Movement is to the Fifth, and that the same great fundamental teachings of life which inspired the Druids are now the ideals by which many try to live as Theosophists. </blockquote> <br />
<br />
== Online resources ==<br />
<br />
* [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/1097-druidism Druidism] entry in the Theosophical Encyclopedia<br />
<br />
* [http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1924__freeman___the_druids_and_theosophy.pdf The Druids and Theosophy] by Peter Freeman (introduction by Annie Besant) <br />
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* [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/forum/f28n09p535_druidism.htm Druidism: The Theosophy of Ancient Wales] by Kenneth Morris <br />
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<div>Druidism was the class of high-ranking professionals in ancient Celtic cultures. Perhaps best remembered as religious leaders, the druids were also legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals, and political advisors. While the druids are reported to have been literate, they are believed to have been prevented by doctrine from recording their knowledge in written form, thus they left no written accounts of themselves. They are however attested in some detail by their contemporaries from other cultures, such as the Romans and the Greeks.<br />
<br />
== H. P. Blavatsky on Druidism ==<br />
<br />
Helena P. [[Blavatsky]] referenced Druidism in positive terms in The Secret Doctrine (2:756): <blockquote> “The mystery veiling the origin and the religion of the Druids is as great as that of their supposed fanes [temples] is to the modern Symbologist, but not to the initiated Occultists. Their priests were the descendants of the last Atlanteans, and what is known of them is sufficient to allow the inference that they were eastern priests akin to the Chaldeans and Indians, though little more. It may be inferred that they symbolized their deity as the Hindus do their Vishnu, as the Egyptians did their Mystery God, and as the builders of the Ohio great serpent mound worshipped theirs — namely under the form of the “Mighty Serpent,” the emblem of the eternal deity TIME (the Hindu Kala). Pliny called them the “Magi of the Gauls and Britons.” But they were more than that. The author of IndianAntiquities [Thomas Maurice] finds much affinity between the Druids and Brahmins of India. Dr. Borlase points to a close analogy between them and the Magi of Persia; others will see an identity between them and the Orphic priesthood of Thrace — simply because they were connected, in their esoteric teachings, with the universal Wisdom Religion, and thus presented affinities with the exoteric worship of all. </blockquote> <br />
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<blockquote> Like the Hindus, the Greeks and Romans (we speak of the Initiates), the Chaldees and the Egyptians, the Druids believed in the doctrine of a succession of worlds, as also in that of seven “creations” (of new continents) and transformations of the face of the earth, and in a sevenfold night and day for each earth or globe.” In the same work (2:760), Blavatsky wrote, “The Druids believed in the rebirth of man . . . in a series of reincarnations in this same world; for as Diodorus says, they declared that the souls of men, after determinate periods, would pass into other bodies.” </blockquote> <br />
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== Other Theosophical writers on Druidism ==<br />
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[[File:The Druids and Theosophy.png|right|no framing|200px|Cover of ''The Druids and Theosophy'' by Peter Freeman (1924)]]<br />
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A number of Theosophical writers have written on Druidism as an aspect of the Ancient Wisdom. In the introduction to Peter Freeman's 1924 pamphlet, ''The Druids and Theosophy'', Annie Besant states: <blockquote> That the Druids held in trust secrets of science and mystic lore we know. Persecution by the ignorant and the superstitious slew, and drove into hiding the wise and the understanding, and robbed the lands of the Kelts of music and poesy, of art and grace, save that which was interwoven in the soul of the people and made them what they were. </blockquote> <br />
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Freeman further propounds a relationship between Druidism and Theosophy on the last page of the text: <blockquote> The word “ Druid” is derived from, Dru = God (cf. Modern Welsh Duw; Gaelic, Draoi; French, Dieu; Greek, A ; English, Deity), and “Vid” = "knowledge” (cf. Aryan root, vid = wisdom; Latin, video; Sanscrit, vidya; English, vision); in fact it is but another form of the words “ Divine Wisdom,” the Brahma-Vidya or THEOSOPHY. </blockquote> <br />
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<blockquote> From the above it does not seem unreasonable to assume that the Druids were to the Fourth Sub-Race, what the Theosophical Movement is to the Fifth, and that the same great fundamental teachings of life which inspired the Druids are now the ideals by which many try to live as Theosophists. </blockquote> <br />
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== Online resources ==<br />
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* [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/1097-druidism Druidism] entry in the Theosophical Encyclopedia<br />
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* [http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1924__freeman___the_druids_and_theosophy.pdf The Druids and Theosophy] by Peter Freeman (introduction by Annie Besant) <br />
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* [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/forum/f28n09p535_druidism.htm Druidism: The Theosophy of Ancient Wales] by Kenneth Morris <br />
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<div>Druidism was the class of high-ranking professionals in ancient Celtic cultures. Perhaps best remembered as religious leaders, the druids were also legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals, and political advisors. While the druids are reported to have been literate, they are believed to have been prevented by doctrine from recording their knowledge in written form, thus they left no written accounts of themselves. They are however attested in some detail by their contemporaries from other cultures, such as the Romans and the Greeks.<br />
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== H. P. Blavatsky on Druidism ==<br />
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Helena P. [[Blavatsky]] referenced Druidism in positive terms in The Secret Doctrine (2:756): <blockquote> “The mystery veiling the origin and the religion of the Druids is as great as that of their supposed fanes [temples] is to the modern Symbologist, but not to the initiated Occultists. Their priests were the descendants of the last Atlanteans, and what is known of them is sufficient to allow the inference that they were eastern priests akin to the Chaldeans and Indians, though little more. It may be inferred that they symbolized their deity as the Hindus do their Vishnu, as the Egyptians did their Mystery God, and as the builders of the Ohio great serpent mound worshipped theirs — namely under the form of the “Mighty Serpent,” the emblem of the eternal deity TIME (the Hindu Kala). Pliny called them the “Magi of the Gauls and Britons.” But they were more than that. The author of IndianAntiquities [Thomas Maurice] finds much affinity between the Druids and Brahmins of India. Dr. Borlase points to a close analogy between them and the Magi of Persia; others will see an identity between them and the Orphic priesthood of Thrace — simply because they were connected, in their esoteric teachings, with the universal Wisdom Religion, and thus presented affinities with the exoteric worship of all. </blockquote> <br />
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<blockquote> Like the Hindus, the Greeks and Romans (we speak of the Initiates), the Chaldees and the Egyptians, the Druids believed in the doctrine of a succession of worlds, as also in that of seven “creations” (of new continents) and transformations of the face of the earth, and in a sevenfold night and day for each earth or globe.” In the same work (2:760), Blavatsky wrote, “The Druids believed in the rebirth of man . . . in a series of reincarnations in this same world; for as Diodorus says, they declared that the souls of men, after determinate periods, would pass into other bodies.” </blockquote> <br />
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== Other Theosophical writers on Druidism ==<br />
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A number of Theosophical writers have written on Druidism as an aspect of the Ancient Wisdom. In the introduction to Peter Freeman's 1924 pamphlet, ''The Druids and Theosophy'', Annie Besant states: <blockquote> That the Druids held in trust secrets of science and mystic lore we know. Persecution by the ignorant and the superstitious slew, and drove into hiding the wise and the understanding, and robbed the lands of the Kelts of music and poesy, of art and grace, save that which was interwoven in the soul of the people and made them what they were. </blockquote> <br />
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Freeman further propounds a relationship between Druidism and Theosophy on the last page of the text: <blockquote> The word “ Druid” is derived from, Dru = God (cf. Modern Welsh Duw; Gaelic, Draoi; French, Dieu; Greek, A ; English, Deity), and “Vid” = "knowledge” (cf. Aryan root, vid = wisdom; Latin, video; Sanscrit, vidya; English, vision); in fact it is but another form of the words “ Divine Wisdom,” the Brahma-Vidya or THEOSOPHY. </blockquote> <br />
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<blockquote> From the above it does not seem unreasonable to assume that the Druids were to the Fourth Sub-Race, what the Theosophical Movement is to the Fifth, and that the same great fundamental teachings of life which inspired the Druids are now the ideals by which many try to live as Theosophists. </blockquote> <br />
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== Online resources ==<br />
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* [https://www.theosophyforward.com/articles/theosophical-encyclopedia/1097-druidism Druidism] entry in the Theosophical Encyclopedia<br />
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* [http://iapsop.com/ssoc/1924__freeman___the_druids_and_theosophy.pdf The Druids and Theosophy] by Peter Freeman (introduction by Annie Besant) <br />
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* [https://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/forum/f28n09p535_druidism.htm Druidism: The Theosophy of Ancient Wales] by Kenneth Morris <br />
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