Arundale writings

George S. Arundale

George Sydney Arundale (1878–1945) was an English Theosophist, educator, writer, and editor. He served as the third President of The Theosophical Society based in Adyar, India from 1934 to 1945. He was married to Rukmini Devi Arundale.

Writings

Dr. Arundale was quite a prolific writer and editor.

Articles

Dr. Arundale wrote over 2200 articles for Theosophical periodicals, being especially prolific during the years that he served as President and as editor of The Theosophist. The Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals lists:

• George S Arundale.
• GS Arundale.
• G.S. Arundale.
• GSA.
• Bishop Arundale.

Books and pamphlets

These are books and pamphlets that he wrote, in chronological order.

• Christ and Christianity. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, [19uu].
• Dr. G. S. Arundale. [Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 19uu].
• The High Purpose of War. Adyar, Madras, India: Vasanta Press, [19uu].
• Notes on India's Political Constitution. Adyar, Madras, India: The New India League, [19uu].
• Theosophy and War. Adyar, Madras, India: Vasanta Press, 19uu. Also published as The High Purpose of War.
• Truth and Belief. Sydney, N.S.W.: The Blavatsky Lodge of The Theosophical Society, 19uu. "One of a series of short talks broadcasted from Sydney."
• The Spirit of Youth. Place of publication, publisher, and date of publication are not identified.
• Theosophy and Truth. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 19uu. Adyar pamphlets; no. 211.
• The Growth of National Consciousness in the Light of Theosophy. Madras: Theosophist Office, 1911. "Four lectures delivered at the Thirty-fifth annual convention of the Theosophical Society, held at Adyar, on December 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th, 1910."
• Brotherhood: a Series of Addresses. Benares, India: Rai Iqbal Narain Gurtu, 1912.
• Indian Students and Politics. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1914. Adyar pamphlets; no. 44. Available at Canadian Theosophical Association.
• The Spirit of Freedom. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1917. Being an address delivered to the new graduates of the University of Madras, after their graduation on November 22nd, 1917.
• Thoughts on "At the Feet of the Master". Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918. Second edition 1919. Available at Hathitrust.
• The Way of Service. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1913. Available at AnandGholap.net. Translated into German, French, and Tamil.
• Man's Waking Consciousness. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1916.
• The Path to Happiness. Sydney, N.S.W.: Advance! Australia Pub. Co., 192u. Advance Australia pamphlets; no. 2.
• The Real and the Unreal: being the four convention lectures delivered at Adyar at the forty-seventh anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1922. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1923. Lectures by Annie Besant, C. Jinarajadasa, and George Arundale.
• Bedrock of Education. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1924. Available at Hathitrust.
• Thoughts of the Great, to Remind Us "We Can Make Our Lives Sublime"; gathered from time to time for personal guidance. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1924.
• Path of Greatness. Adyar, Madras, India: International League of Youth (Indian Section/Theosophical Publishing House), 1924. Being the Convocation Address to the new graduates of the National University, delivered on December 15th, 1923. The International League of Youth series; no. 5.
• The Ashrama Ideal. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1924. The Brahmavidya Library. no. The opening lecture of the second session of the Brahmavidyãshrama, Adyar, October 2, 1923.
• Understanding Godlike: Poem. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1925.
• Education for Leadership. Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical World-University Association, 1925. From an address delivered at Adyar on the inauguration of The Theosophical World-University Association (India).
• Self-Preparation. London: Star Publishing Trust, 1925.
• Nirvana: a Study in Synthetic Consciousness. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1926. Wheaton: Theosophical Publishing House, 1978. Translated in to French, Spanish, German.
• "The Lord is Here". Adyar, Madras,India: Kalakshetra, 1927. Pamphlet.
• Krishnaji: Light-Bringer. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928.
• America: Her Power and Purpose. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928. Booklet.
• Education-A Dream. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928.
• The Life Magnificent. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928.
• The Glory of Sex. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928. Booklet.
• Some Intolerable Tyrannies. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928. Booklet.
• Shadows and Mountains. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928. Pamphlet.
• Go Your Own Way. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928.
• Fanaticism-Wholesale and Retail. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928.
• The Joy of Catastrophe. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928.
• On to Victory. Wheaton, Illinois: American Theosophical Society, 1932. Olcott Centenary Convention Address, August 14th, 1932.
• Mount Everest: Its Spiritual Attainment. Adyar, Madras; London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1933, 1978. Translated into German, Russian, Dutch, Polish.
• Authority. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1933. Adyar pamphlets; no. 178.
• Dr. Besant: Warrior. Adyar, Madra, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1934. Adyar pamphlets; no. 183.
• My Work as President of the Theosophical Society: A Seven Year Plan; the Spirit of Youth. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1934. Translated into Dutch, Gujarati.
• Freedom and Friendship: the Call of Theosophy and the Theosophical Society. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1935.
• You. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1935. Slightly revised - Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973. Translated into French, German.
• The Science of Theosophy. London: The Theosophical Society in England, 1935.
• Understanding is Happiness. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, ca. 1936.
• Theosophy as Beauty. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1936. Adyar pamphlets; no. 208. Available at Canadian Theosophical Association.
• Gods in the Becoming: A Study in Vital Education. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1936.
• Education for Happiness. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938. Available at Center for Research Libraries
• The Warrior Theosophist. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938.
• Kundalini: An Occult Experience. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938. Wheaton: Theosophical Publishing House, 1974. Translated into Spanish.
• Peace and War in the Light of Theosophy: Quotations from Writings and Addresses of George S. Arundale. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938.
• The Reality of the Masters. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Society, 1938. Excerpted from the February issue of The Theosophist (pages 393-422) Dr. Arundale concluded his Presidential Address to the Adyar Convention of The Theosophical Society on December 26th, 1937, with this passage on The Reality of the Masters.
• The Master Ascended. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938.
• The President's Address 1939. Adyar, Madras, India: Vasanta Press, [1939]. 64th International Convention of the Theosophical Society Adyar.
• A War Letter to My Fellow-Members of The Theosophical Society. Adyar, Madras, India: Vasanta Press, 1939. War--its call for theosophy and theosophists, October 1st, 1939.
• A Character for Indian Youth. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1939.
• Slumber Not! O Friends of the Light. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1939. Poetry.
• India's Hour Has Struck! Madras, India: The New India League, 1939. One of a series of lectures entitled "The Rebirth of India" delivered in the Gokhale Hall, Madras, October-November 1939. Rebirth of India series; 1.
• Forward! India. Armenian Street, Madras, India: The New India League, 1939. One of a series of lectures entitled "The Rebirth of India" delivered in the Gokhale Hall, Madras, October-November 1939. Rebirth of India series; 7.
• An Open Letter to My Fellow-Members of the Theosophical Society. Adyar, Madra, India: Vasanta Press, 1939. Twelve letters dated between March 29th, 1939 and July 26th, 1939.
• The Lotus Fire: A Study in Symbolic Yoga. Adyar, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1939. Wheaton: Theosophical Publishing House, 1976.
• A Guardian Wall of Will: a Form of Tapas-Yoga. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1939. Pamphlet. Available on Anand Gholap Web page.
• A Special Open Letter to My Fellow-Members of The Theosophical Society. Adyar, Madras, India: Vasanta Press, November 1939.
• Messages from General Secretaries in Reply to this Question from the President: How Can Every Member Best Help the World?. Adyar, Madras, India: Vasanta Press, 1939. The Present Crisis, July 26th, 1939.
• A Special Letter to My Fellow-Members of The Theosophical Society: The Society's Neutrality-Universality. Adyar, Madras, India: Vasanta Press, March 1st, 1940.
• The Peace of Theosophy. Adyar, Madras, India: Vasanta Press; The Peace Department/Theosophical Society, August 1940.
• Theosophical Education. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1940. Reprinted from The Theosophist, April 1940.
• Britain, India, and Dr. Besant. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1940. Reprint from "The Theosophist," October, December 1940.
• India and the War. Adyar, Madras, India: The New India League, 1940. Two Addresses delivered at Bombay in November 1940.
• A Fragment of Autobiography. Adyar, Madras,India: Kalakshetra, 1940.
• Vasant Mata! We Acclaim Thee!. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1940. A poem in honor of Annie Besant.
• The Song of Victory. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1940. Poetry.
• The Night Bell: Cases from the Case-book of an Invisible Helper. Adyar, Madras, India: Vasanta Press, 1940. Enlarged second edition, 1941.
• From Visible to Invisible Helping. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1941.
• Adventures in Theosophy. Adyar, Madras,India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1941.
• Real Education: In Questions and Answers with a Charter for Youth. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1941.
• Conversations with Dr. Besant, September 20th-October 1st, 1933, on the High Seas between Los Angeles & Suva. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1941. Dr. Besant died on September 20, so these are posthumous communications.
• Killed in Action: The Truth About Death. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1941. Second edition.
• Essentials of an Indian Education. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1942. Written with Annie Besant.
• Under the Weather. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1943.
• The Good Law. Adyar, Madras, India: Vasanta Press, 1943.
• Inaugural Addresses of Four Presidents of the Theosophical Society. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1946. Lectures by H. S. Olcott, Annie Besant, George S. Arundale, C. Jinarajadasa.

Compilations

A commemorative book about Dr. Arundale was compiled by friends after his death:

• Personal memories of G.S. Arundale, third President of the Theosophical Society, by some of his numerous friends and admirers. London, Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1967.

A collection of pamphlets has been made available in the Internet Archive from the Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library.

• George S. Arundale pamphlets.

Musical compositions

Arundale also wrote some musical compositions:

• Maiden's Khaki Song. London: Weekes & Co., 1900. Words by Horatio Nelson Crellin.
• Menuet de Ker-Lois, pour Violon et Piano. London: Weekes & Co., 1934.
• Yoga in Sound. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938. Score in 4 pages. Available at Theosophical.org.

He wrote an introduction to Yoga in Sound:

This little piece of music was sketched for my personal convenience as a means of helping to bridge the gulf between an inner and an outer Yoga. It is written here for the pianoforte, but I have added a few suggestions in this text for possible orchestration, since the piano is utterly inadequate to give expression to that Real within me, that music of myself, of which the composition is but a feeble reflection.