This Theosophical Encyclopedia contains all the articles of the printed … Conte di (Giuseppe Balsamo) (1743-1795). A well-known occultist of the 18th century. His life is shrouded in myth and conflicting reports; he is regarded by some as a charlatan … and reported death that he did escape, but no supporting evidence has emerged. Gottfried de PURUCKER in Studies in Occult Philosophy (p. 29-30), raises an interesting point arising out of a suggestion that Cagliostro was an Initiate or …
… to all members in India discouraging all expectation of seeing phenomena, or the Masters ( MAHATMAS ), or of receiving occult training; and unless an affirmative reply was received the member would be understood to be actuated by such …
… agrees, for she says, “Thus, the Rig Veda, the oldest of all the known ancient records, may be shown to corroborate the occult teachings in almost every respect. Its hymns — the records written by the earliest Initiates of the Fifth (our race) …
… there. For this reason, it has been assumed by some theosophical writers (cf., e.g., Gottfried de PURUCKER , Studies in Occult Philosophy , p. 498) that Esoteric Buddhism is very similar to theosophy, although there is no extant Buddhist …
… with the child before he is six or seven years old” (CW XII:619). The Pineal Gland, she states, “is that which the Eastern Occultist calls Devāka , the ‘Divine Eye,’ or the ‘Third Eye.’ To this day, it is the chief and foremost organ of … to which Blavatsky comments: Unscientific as this may appear in our day of exact learning, Descartes was yet far nearer the occult truth than is any Hæckel. For the pineal gland, as shown, is far more connected with Soul and Spirit than with the …
… It is “a planet with a retrograde motion, sometimes visible at a certain hour of night and apparently near the moon. The occult influence of this planet is transmitted by the moon” (Transactions of Blavatsky Lodge, 47). Esoterically, the Moon is … of the witches of Thessaly, down to some of the present tantrikas of Bengal, her nature and properties were known to every Occultist, but have remained a closed book for physicists. (SD I:156) From this is derived various beliefs about the …
… on the tissue, materials are drawn to it from the ocean of akas (permeating every atom of the sensuous universe), by an occult process, out of place here to describe, and permanent marks are left. From this it is abundantly clear that the …
… ALL. Fire is the invisible deity, ‘the Father,’ and the manifesting light is God ‘the Son,’ and also the Sun. Fire — in the occult sense — is aether, and aether is born of motion, and motion is the eternal dark, invisible Fire” ( CW X:374). Fire …
… Wisdom-Religion which is practical mysticism of which branches have come into existence, such as Kabalism, Theosophy and Occultism. In the article quoted, Blavatsky writes that in the mystical system of the Druzes there are five “messengers” or …
… quoting extensively from Clissold’s translation of Principia Rerum Naturalium, and commenting that his description “is Occultism pure and simple” (SD I:118 fn.). P.S.H. © Copyright by the Theosophical Publishing House, Manila …