Jinarājadāsa writings

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Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa (16 December 1875 – 18 June 1953) was one of the foremost Theosophical writers. In 1913 he was awarded the Subba Row Medal for his contributions to Theosophical literature.

Articles

Mr. Jinarājadāsa was an extremely prolific contributor to Theosophical periodicals. Many of the articles are indexed in the Union Index of Theosophical Periodicals. Over 1600 articles are listed under the name Jinarājadāsa. Searching under CJ will result in a lengthy list that includes work by Charles Johnston, a Sanskrit scholar who was married to Madame Blavatsky's niece, and who was also known by the same initials. Within the results list, the articles by Mr. Jinarājadāsa will include those in the periodicals: The Adyar Bulletin, The American Theosophist, The Australian ES Bulletin, The Herald of the Star, The Messenger, Sishya (The Student), The Theosophic Messenger, The Theosophist, and World Theosophy. Articles by Charles Johnston appear in Theosophical Quarterly, Theosophy, The Path, and The Irish Theosophist.

Books and pamphlets

Dozens of books and pamphlets also flowed from the pen of Mr. Jinarājadāsa. These are some of his titles, arranged by topic. Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.

Madame Blavatsky

• The Personality of H. P. Blavatsky. 1930.
• Did Madame Blavatsky Forge the Mahatma Letters?. 1934. Also, New York: Macoy's, 1934. RARE
• H.P.B. Speaks. 1950-1951. "Letters written by H.P. Blavatsky from 1875 onwards, H.P.B.'s Diary for 1878, and some extracts from Scrapbook No. 1." 2 volumes : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles.

Theosophy

• First Principles of Theosophy. 1921. Published in at least 13 English editions. Second edition is available at Google Books and Hathitrust. It was also published in German, Dutch, Japanese and other languages.
• Practical Theosophy. 1918. RARE
• Life, death, and what then?. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918, 1919. Also Sydney, 1900s. RARE
• Theosophy and Reconstruction. 1919.
• How We Remember Our Past Lives, and Other Essays on Reincarnation. 1915. Also Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1923 and at least four more editions in 1950, 1955, 1970, 1973. Translated into Spanish.
• The Mediator and Other Theosophical Essays. 1926. Also Chicago, Theosophical Press 1927. RARE
• What Theosophists Believe. 1933.
• The Seven Veils Over Consciousness. 1952, 1969, 1974. RARE
• The Tenets of Theosophy. 1960. Also published in Wheaton, 1960s.
• The Secret of the Ages and Other Theosophical Essays. 2nd edition, 1988. RARE

Krishnamurti and World-Teacher

• The Message of the Future. Glasgow: Star Publishing Trust, 1916. ???? Available at Hathitrust.
• The Faith That Is Life. London: Star Publlishing Trust, 1920. RARE
• Krishnamurti's Message. 1928, 1930. Adyar pamphlet no. 134. 32 pages. RARE

Mahatmas and Mahatma Letters

• The "K. H." Letters to C. W. Leadbeater. 1941. CJ as editor of correspondence. May be available from Hathitrust.
• The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1881-1883. 1923. Also Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1923. Available at Hathitrust.
• Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, 1881-1888. 1919, 1925, and more editions. Translated into Russian. Available from Hathitrust.
• Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series. 1925, 1977.
• The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1881-1883. 1923. 245 pages. CJ as editor.
• Theosophy as the Masters See It: Being an Account of the Society and Its Work as Outlined in the "Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom". 1953. Compiled by Clara M. Codd. 369 pages.
• The Story of the Mahatma Letters. 1946, 1977. Compilation including materials by A. P. Sinnett and H. P. Blavatsky. RARE

Religions

• The Reign of Law: Buddhist Essay. 1923.
• Christ the Logos. 1910.
• The Law of Christ; Sermons by a Buddhist at the Church of St. Alban (Liberal Catholic) Sydney. 1924. 2nd edition from Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois, 1947. ????
• The Nature of Mysticism. 1917, 1934, 1948. Available at Hathitrust.
• Buddha and His Message. 1948. 30 pages. Adyar pamphlet no. 209. Available in Braille. RARE
• The Work of the Christ in the World To-day. 1934, 1947. RARE

Art, literature, and beauty

• Art and the Emotions. 1920. Also London: Theosophical Pub. House, 1900s. RARE. Kessinger edition.
• Art as Will and Idea. 1927.
• Karma-less-ness (Theosophical Essays on Art). 1932. Originally appeared as articles in magazines, including "The Basis of Art Expression," that appeared in 1915 as a chapter in the book Theosophy and Modern Thought.
• Goethe's Faust. 1932.
• Art as a Factor in the Soul's Evolution. 1915. "From the Proceedings of the Federation of the European Sections of the Theosophical Society, London, 1905." Adyar Pamphlet No..50.

Education and children

• Flowers and Gardens: A Dream Structure. 1913. Also Chicago, IL, Theosophical Publishing House, 1913. Published in braille in 1965. Available at Hathitrust and Google Books.
• What We Shall Teach. 1914, 1915.
• Christ and Buddha, and Other Sketches: from the Children's Page of "The Theosophic messenger". 1908, 1913. Chicago, Illinois: Rajput Press, 1911. Available at Hathitrust.
• The Wonder Child: (a sequel to Flowers and Gardens). 1924. RARE
• Release (a sequel to The wonder child). 1925. RARE

History and biography

• The Golden Book of The theosophical Society. 1925.
• A Short Biography of Annie Besant. 1931.
• Abul Fazl and Akbar. 1934.

Other subjects

• The New Humanity of Intuition. 1938. Published in Spanish in 1945.
• The Meeting of the East and the West. 1921. Available from Google Books.
• In His Name. Chicago, IL: Rajput Press, 1913. Written as a message to Weller Van Hook. Available at Hathitrust.
• The Heritage of Our Fathers. 1918. ????
• The Reign of Law. 1923. ????
• The Spiritual Factor in National Life. 1928.
• Offering. 1928. ???? RARE
• The Divine Vision. 1928. 2nd edition in 1949. ????
• Lecture Notes. 1930. ????
• Fragments: from the World of C. Jinarajadasa. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1980. Compilation by Elise Nisewanger. RARE
• The War- and After: a Theosophist's Viewpoint. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Press, 1940. RARE
• The Ritual of the Mystic Star: a Form of Service for Worship and Consecration, for Use by the Congregation. 1935, 1938, 1945, 1951 - four editions. RARE
• Unfolding the Intuition. Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Press, 1936. Addresses by C. Jinarajadasa, and others at the annual convention and summer school of the Theosophical Society. RARE

Edited works

Mr. Jinarājadāsa served as editor of these works:

• Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and of Some Compounds. Written by Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater; third edition was edited by C. Jinarajadasa, assisted by Elizabeth W. Preston. Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1951. The first edition was published in 1908, and the second edition in 1919, edited by A. P. Sinnett.
• The Soul's Growth through Reincarnation: I and II, Lives of Erato and Spica. 1941, 1976. By C. W. Leadbeater. Edited by C. Jinarājadāsa.
• The Soul's Growth through Reincarnation: the Lives of Orion / Vol. 3. 1946, 1975. By C. W. Leadbeater. Edited by C. Jinarājadāsa.

Chapters, essays, and introductions in other books

• The Astral Plane. By C. W. Leadbeater. 1933, 1941. Theosophical Manuals series no. 5. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
• "Theosophy and Reconstruction" in Plans for a Post-War World. Julia E. Johnsen, compiler. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. From a series: The Reference Shelf, v. 16, no. 2. Another essay was contributed by Henry A. Wallace.
• The Fire of Creation. By J. J. van der Leewe. 1925, 1927, 1947. Introduction by C. Jinarājadāsa.
• First Book of Theosophy (in questions and answers). By Pestanji Temulji Pavri. 1921 and several other publishers in at least 5 editions. Foreword by C. Jinarājadāsa.

Poetry

• The Master (Meditations in Verse). 1931, 1948.
• Collected poems of C. Jinarajadasa. 1953, 2007. 122 pages.

Published lectures

During the course of his life, Mr. Jinarājadāsa delivered hundreds of lectures. Some have been transcribed and printed in pamphlets and booklets. Unless otherwise stated, the publisher was Theosophical Publishing House in Adyar, Madras [now Chennai], India.

• Theosophy and Modern Thought: Four Lectures Delivered at the Thirty-ninth Annual Convention of the Theosophical Society, held at Adyar, Madras, December, 1914. 1915, 1921. Available from Internet Archive, Google Books, and Hathitrust.
• Practical Theosophy. 1918. Available at Canadian Theosophical Federation. These lectures were delivered in Chicago U.S.A., in 1910, and subsequently at the Annual Convention of the Burma Section in 1914.
• Theosophy and World-problems, Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered in Benares ... Dec. 1921. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1922. Available at Hathitrust and Google Books. Lecture 'Theosophy and the Cult of Beauty" by c. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. Krishnamurti, and George Arundale.
• The Real and the Unreal: Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered at Adyar at the Forty-seventh Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1922. 1923. RARE
• Theosophy and an Ideal Australia. Sydney, N.S.W. : Advance! Australia Publishing Co., 1920s. Advance! Australia Pamphlet no. 8. RARE Available from the State Library of Victoria. Address delivered at the Australian Convention in Sydney on 16th April, 1922.
• Theosophy the Interpreter, Being Three of the Four Convention Lectures Delivered at Benares, at the Forth-eighth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, Dec., 1923. 1924. Lecture "Theosophy the interpreter of science as the basis of knowledge and conduct " by C. Jinarājadāsa plus lectures by James Cousins and George Arundale. RARE
• The Law of Christ: Sermons by a Buddhist at the Church of St. Alban (Liberal Catholic) Sydney. 1924. Second edition 1947.
• Theosophy as the Basic Unity of National Life: Being the Four Convention Lectures Delivered in Bombay at the 49th Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, Dec. 1924. 1925. Lecture "The spiritual organisation of a nation" by c. Jinarājadāsa, plus lectures by Annie Besant, J. Krishnamurti, and Lady Emily Lutyens. RARE
• The Divine Vision: Three Lectures Delivered at the Queen's Hall, London, and One Lecture Delivered at Palermo, Italy.. London: Theosophical Publishing House, 1928. Delivered in London May 8th, 1927 and in Palermo, Italy in April, 1927. It is available at Narod Russian Web page. Reprinted in 1973 at Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, Illinois.
• The Three World Movements: Being the Jubilee Convention Lectures Delivered at Adyar at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Theosophical Society, December, 1925. 1926. RARE
• The Spiritual Factor in National Life: Being four Lectures Delivered in Sydney under the Auspices of the Blavatsky Lodge, Theosophical Society, in May, 1924 . 1928. RARE
• The Gods in Chains: Lectures and Addresses Delivered in South and Central America, 1928-29. 1929. Kessinger.
• Theosophy and Theosophists. 1929. An address delivered at a convention of the Theosophical Society in Holland, in Amsterdam, December 1, 1929. RARE
• Life! More Life!: Discourses on a Theosophist's Vision of Life and Its Possibilities, Delivered in Europe, Brazil and Costa Rica, 1933-34. 1934. RARE. Available from Google Books.
• The World as Idea, Emotion, and Will. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing Co., 1943, 1948. Translated into German.
• Personal and Impersonal God. 1944. An address in London on April 2, 1944. RARE
• Economics and Theosophy; Summaries of Three Lectures to Theosophical Conventions. 1944.
• Theosophical Outlook. Four lectures on religions, philosophy, education, politics, and social reform.