… her “the most eminent teacher of our times, the sphinx of the century,” the only person in Europe initiated into the occult sciences of the east - they were, indeed, with few exceptions, ready to canonize her memory, had the philosophy she … in the Himalayas and extreme north of India, where she studied the Sanskrit language and literature together with the occult sciences, so well known by the adepts, wise men, or Mahatmas, for whom later she had to suffer so much. Such, at …
… , and Allan Octavian Hume, who held a very high appointment in the service of the British Government. Mr. Sinnett, in The Occult World, narrates the commencement of his friendship with Madame H. P. Blavatsky. By reading the letters of “H.P.B.” … and weaned from Materialism, it was only by giving it occult knowledge, and that any attempt to “mix up Brotherhood with Occultism” would inevitably mean the collapse in the long run of the T.S. Again and again, wherever any suggestions were …
… in The Theosophist , September, 1995. There is an article by T. Subba Row, whom HPB held in very high regard as an occultist, entitled ‘The Occultism of South India’. In that he speaks of the two Paths, one of which is the steady, natural path of progress, on …
… be what they are and not wanting them to be different and the other letting events be what they are. .....the first step in occultism is to realize that we are ceaselessly self-deceived... Three Halls, O weary pilgrim, lead to the end of toils. …
… B. ON CHAINS OF PLANETS AND THEIR PLURALITY. Did the Ancients know of worlds besides their own? What are the data of the Occultists in affirming that every globe is a septenary chain of worlds -- of which only one member is visible --- and that … in the millions of years which have elapsed in the course of its existence; and changing its "skin," as it is called in Occultism, that the Earth has not had each time her special humanities adapted to such atmospheric and climatic conditions …
… Submitted by admin on 23 March 2018 From H. P. Blavatsky Theosophical Articles, Vol. II MATERIALISTS who arraign the Occultists and Theosophists for believing that every Force (so called) in Nature has at its origin a substantial NOUMENON, … the Substantialists--e.g., with regard to sound. As the day is dawning when the new theory is sure to array itself against Occultism, it is as well, perhaps, to anticipate the objections and dispose of them at once. The expression "immaterial …
… West, the Hierophants of old Egypt, the Rishis of Aryavart, the Theodidaktoi of Greece, included all knowledge of things occult and essentially divine. The Mercavah of the Hebrew Rabbis, the secular and popular series, were thus designated as … the greatest wonders by knowing the Universal Spirit (or God) and acquainting itself with the properties and qualities (occult) of all the things in the universe. A human being (a Dikshit or initiate) can thus acquire a power of seeing and …
… was: "The plant of today lacks the nutrition to connect thought with will." How could this have anything to do with us? The occultism has the answer. If we look at a chart of the planes of existence we see the Physical reflected in the highest … was: "The plant of today lacks the nutrition to connect thought with will." How could this have anything to do with us? The occultism has the answer. If we look at a chart of the planes of existence we see the Physical reflected in the highest …
… patently injurious acts as unfortunately are very prevalent in these days. Nor was this Society meant to be a school of occultism. A letter from one of the Mahatmas makes that very clear. He says: “Rather perish the T. S. with both its hapless Founders than that we should permit it to become no better than an academy of magic, a hall of occultism . ” These are striking and ringing words. Nor is the Society meant merely to satisfy intellectual curiosity or …
… Karma, and it is this law which affords the solution to the great question of collective suffering and its relief. It is an occult law, moreover, that no man can rise superior to his individual failings, without lifting, be it ever so little, the … pleasant or painful, well-beloved because tangible to the very lowest senses. The Theosophist who desires to enter upon occultism takes some of Nature's privileges into his own hands, by that very wish, and soon discovers that experiences come …