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The '''Diagram of Meditation''' is a tool for occult study used by Theosophists. It was transmitted by [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky]] to her student [[E. T. Sturdy]].
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== History ==
== History ==
Some time between 1887 and 1891, [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky|Mme. Blavatsky]] dictated a Diagram of Meditation to [[E. T. Sturdy]], one of her close students. The latter, gave the Diagram to his friend [[Christmas Humphreys]] who published it for the first time in the Nov/Dec. 1942 issue of ''Buddhism in England'' (later renamed ''The Middle Way'', in which journal it was reprinted in May/June 1944).
John Cooper, the Australian authority on Theosophical history, reports that in a "Draft Catalogue of Volumes and Pamphlets" dated 1957 and kept at the home of Mr. Christmas Humphreys, under item 344 it says: "Envelope addressed to Christmas Humphreys from [[E. T. Sturdy]] with 'A diagram of meditation made under H.P.B.'s direction over 50 years ago.' (This diagram was later published in The Middle Way and offprints taken.) Also letter from Sturdy dated 14.8.42."<ref>Anon., "A Reader's Note," Canadian Theosophist 67:5 (Nov.-Dec., 1986), 117.</ref>
The original diagram is in a private collection, but a scan has been published, with permission, at [https://blavatskyarchives.com/blavatsky_diagram_of_meditation.jpg BlavatskyArchives.com].
== Diagram ==
[[File:Diagram of Meditation.jpg|center|500px]]
== Additional resources ==
=== Articles ===
* [https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/articles/diagram-of-meditation Diagram of Meditation] by Mary Anderson. Originally published in ''The Theosophist'' (August, 2002) and ''Theosophy In Australia'' (March, 2003).
* [http://www.blavatskytrust.org.uk/html/articles/HPB_meditation_Yoga.html# H.P.B. on Meditation & Yoga] by Geoffrey Farthing. ''The Theosophist'' (December, 1992).
* [http://www.katinkahesselink.net/other/meditation_hpb.html# HPB's Diagram of Meditation and the Process of Spiritual Transformation] by Roger Price. ''The Theosophist'' (May, 2003): 300-309.
* [https://theosophicalsociety.org.au/articles/hpbs-diagram-of-meditation HPB's Diagram Of Meditation] by Clara Codd. ''The Theosophist'' (January, 1968):  255-258.
=== Videos ===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqx_gJQNBhg# Blavatsky's Diagram of Meditation: An Overview] by Michele Sender
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMlTagT7jNg# HPB's Diagram of Meditation, Part I], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-weTtL04YQ# Part II], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eyIccpC6ZQ# Part III], and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-49Mrrzdic0# Part IV] by Pablo Sender and Michele Sender
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgaXkwTbaUA# HPB's Diagram of Meditation] by John Algeo.
=== Additional resources ===


John Cooper, the Australian authority on Theosophical history, wrote:
* '''[https://blavatskyarchives.com/blavatsky_diagram_of_meditation.jpg Blavatsky Diagram of Meditation]''' in BlavatskyArchives.com. This is the '''original''' of H.P.B.'s Diagram of Meditation that E.T. Sturdy sent to Christmas Humphreys in 1942.
* '''[http://www.dzyantheosophy.org/blavatskys-diagram-of-meditation.html# Blavatsky's Diagram of Meditation]''' at DzyanTheosophy.org


In a Draft Catalogue of Volumes and Pamphlets dated 1957 and kept at the home of Mr. Christmas Humphreys, under item 344 it says: "Envelope addressed to Christmas Humphreys from [[E. T. Sturdy]] with 'A diagram of meditation made under H.P.B.'s direction over 50 years ago.' (This diagram was later published in The Middle Way and offprints taken.) Also letter from Sturdy dated 14.8.42." (Canadian Theosophist, Vol. 67, No. 5 Toronto, Nov.-Dec., 1986, 117.)
== Notes ==
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Latest revision as of 11:40, 16 September 2024

The Diagram of Meditation is a tool for occult study used by Theosophists. It was transmitted by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky to her student E. T. Sturdy.

History

Some time between 1887 and 1891, Mme. Blavatsky dictated a Diagram of Meditation to E. T. Sturdy, one of her close students. The latter, gave the Diagram to his friend Christmas Humphreys who published it for the first time in the Nov/Dec. 1942 issue of Buddhism in England (later renamed The Middle Way, in which journal it was reprinted in May/June 1944).

John Cooper, the Australian authority on Theosophical history, reports that in a "Draft Catalogue of Volumes and Pamphlets" dated 1957 and kept at the home of Mr. Christmas Humphreys, under item 344 it says: "Envelope addressed to Christmas Humphreys from E. T. Sturdy with 'A diagram of meditation made under H.P.B.'s direction over 50 years ago.' (This diagram was later published in The Middle Way and offprints taken.) Also letter from Sturdy dated 14.8.42."[1]

The original diagram is in a private collection, but a scan has been published, with permission, at BlavatskyArchives.com.

Diagram

Diagram of Meditation.jpg

Additional resources

Articles

Videos

Additional resources

Notes

  1. Anon., "A Reader's Note," Canadian Theosophist 67:5 (Nov.-Dec., 1986), 117.