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EPITOME
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Teachings
Theosophical
THEOSOPHICAL TEACHINGS

THEOSOPHY,
I-IEOSOPHY, the Wisdom-Religion,
Wisdom-Religion, has
existed from immemorial time.

It
It offers

life which
us
a theory
us a
theory of nature and of life

by the
acquired by
knowledge acquired
founded upon
is
is
upon knowledge
of the
those
especially
more
more
past,
the
Sages
of
especially
past,
Sages
its higher
East;
East; and its
higher students claim that this

knowledge
knowledge
it is

a
it is a

is not imagined or inferred,

is
inferred, but that
imagined

by
fads seen and known by
knowledge
knowledge of fats

concomply with the conthose who are willing

willing to comply

knowing.
knowing.
or about
knowledge of or
meaning knowledge
Theosophy, meaning
Theosophy,
universally
being universally
"God" being
term "God"
God,* and the term
God,*

seeing and
ditions requisite
requisite for seeing

personal anthropomorphic
* Not in the sense of a personal
*
anthropomorphic
''godly"
divine
of
in
that
in
but
God,
"godly" wisdom.
God,

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accepted
as including the whole of both the
accepted as
including
known and the

unknown,
it follows that "The"Theunknown, it

osophy" must
respecting the abmust imply
osophy"
imply wisdom respecting
solutej
and, since the absolute is
is without beginsolute; and,
begin-

ning
eternal, this wisdom must
must have exexning and eternal,
Hence

isted always.
always.

Theosophy
is sometimes
Theosophy is

Wisdom-Religion,
Wisdom-Religion, because from immemorial time it
it has had
knowledge of all
all the
knowledge
called the

governing the
laws governing

spiritual,
spiritual,

the

moral, and
moral,

the material.

The theory
theory of nature and

of life
life which it
it offers

is not one
first speculatively laid
one
that was
is
was at
first
speculatively

down and then proved

proved by
by adjusting
adjusting fafts
fats or conconit;
but
is
an explanation
explanation of exis an
exit;
istence,
istence, cosmic and individual,
individual, derived from
knowledge
by those who have acquired
knowledge reached by
acquired
fit
clusions to fit

the power
see behind the curtain that hides
power to see

the

operations
operations of

mind.

term
term

nature

from

the

its highest sense.

in its
highest sense.

Of late they
OF
they have

been called Mahatmas and Adepts.

Adepts.
times

ordinary
ordinary

Such Beings
Beings are
are called Sages,
Sages, using
using the

they
they

Maharishis,
Mahirishis,

were
were

known

as

the

In ancient
Rishis

and

the last
last being
being a word that means
means

Great Rishis.
It is
It
is not claimed that these exalted beings,
beings, or
or

Sages, have existed only

in the East.
Sages,
only in

They
They

are

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known

to have lived
all parts of the globe,
lived in all
parts
globe,

cyclic laws referred to bein obedience to the cyclic

as far as
as concerns
But as
concerns the present develpresent
opment
race on
on this planet,
they
of
the
human
race
opment
planet, they

low.

now

are to
now are

be found in the East,

although the
East, although

fa6l
some of them had,
had, in remote
remote
fact may
may be that some
times, retreated from even
even the American shores.
times,

There

among
among

being
being

of

necessity
necessity

various

grades
grades

the students of this Wisdom-Religion,

Wisdom-Religion,

reason that those belonging

it stands to reason
belonging to the

it

lower degrees
so much
degrees are able to give
only so
give out only

of the knowledge
knowledge as is
is the appanage of
the
appanage
grade
they
reached,
and
depend,
have
to
some
some
reached,
grade they
depend,
extent,
extent, for further information upon
upon students
higher yet.
who are higher
is these higher students
It
is
yet.
higher

whom the claim is

for whom
is asserted that their knowledge
not mere
mere inference,
inference, but that it
it concerns
concerns
is not
edge is
seen and known by
some
realities seen
by them. While some
of them are
are connected with the Theosophical
Theosophical
Society, they
they are yet
yet above it.
it.
The power
power to
Society,
see and absolutely know such laws is
is surrounded
absolutely

by
regulations which must
must be
by natural inherent regulations

complied
precedent; and it
it
complied with as conditions precedent;
therefore, not possible
possible to respond
is, therefore,
respond to the deworldly man
mand of the worldly
for an
an immediate
man

is,

statement

of this
wisdom, insomuch as he could
this wisdom,

comprehend it
not comprehend
it until those conditions are
fulfilled.
fulfilled.

and

knowledge deals with laws

As this knowledge

states of matter,
matter, and of consciousness unfun-

by the "pratical"
"practical" western
western world,
world,
dreamed of by
can only
grasped, piece
piece by piece,
it can
only be grasped,
by piece, as the

it

student pushes
pushes forward the demolition of his

preconceived
notions, that are
are due either to inpreconceived notions,

adequate
or to erroneous
erroneous theories.
adequate or
higher students that,
by
that,
by these higher

It
is
It is

in the

in

claimed

Occident

especially,
especially, a false method of reasoning
reasoning has for

many
many

centuries prevailed,
prevailed, resulting
resulting in a univer-

habit of mind which

sal
sal

causes
causes

men

men

to

look

upon many
many elicets
efFels as
as causes,
causes, and to regard
regard that
upon
which is
is real as
as the unreal,
unreal, putting meanwhile

putting

the unreal in the place

place of the real.
real.

nor
nor

example, the
example,

a miAs a

phenomena
phenomena of mesmerism

and clairvoyance,
lately, been denied
have, until lately,
clairvoyance, have,

western science,
yet there have
western
science, yet
numerous
persons
who
numerous
know for
persons

by
by

always
always

been

themselves,
themselves,

by
introspective evidence,
evidence, the
by incontrovertible introspective
truth of these

phenomena,
and, in
in some
some inphenomena, and,

stances, understand their cause

cause and rationale.
stances,

The following
following
propositions
propositions of

The

spirit
spirit

in

are
are

some of the fundamental

some

Theosophy:
Theosophy:-~

man

man

is the only real

is
peronly real and per-

_...ST
5

being; the rest of his nature

manent
manent part
part of his being;
And since decay
decay
compounded.
variously
being
being variously compounded. And

everything in
things, everything
composite things,
all composite
incident to all
impermanent.
spirit is
is
man but his spirit
man
impermanent.

is
is

one thing and not

Further,
thing
Further, the universe being
being one

being connected
it being
everything within it
diverse, and everything
diverse,
thing thereevery other thing
with the whole and with every
replane
(below rethe
upper
upon
in, of which upon
upper plane (below
in,
is a perfect knowledge, no
ferred to)
perfect knowledge, no act
to) there is

thought occurs
or thought
occurs without each portion
portion of the
noting it.
perceiving and noting
it.
great
great whole perceiving

Hence

together by
inseparably bound together
all are inseparably
all
by the tie of

Brotherhood.
proposition of Thefirst fundamental proposition
This first
is not an
an
universe is
the
postulates
that
osophy
osophy postulates
it is
is one
one
aggregation of diverse unities but that it

aggregation

denominated
is
is what is
This whole is
"Para"Deity'* by
Philosophers, and "Paraby Western Philosophers,
"Deity"
whole.

by the Hindu Vedantins.

Brahm" by
Brahm"
called the

may be
It may
It

itcontaining within itUnmanifested, containing

Unmanifested,

potency
every form of manifestapotency of every
governing those
tion,
tion, together
together with the laws governing
self the

manifestations.

no
is no
is

creation

Further,
Further,
of

it is
is taught that there
it
taught

worlds

in

the

theological
theological

strictly
is due strictly
sense;
appearance is
sense; but that their appearance
comes for the
When the time comes
to evolution.

When

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as an
an objective
Unmanifested to manifest as
objective Uni-

verse,
it does periodically, it
emanates aa
verse, which it
periodically, it emanates

Power

or
or

"The
"The

is the
it itself is

it

so called because
First Cause,"
Cause," so

rootless root of that Cause,

Cause, and

"Causeless Cause."
Cause." The
The
called in the East the "Causeless
first
may call Brahma,
Brahma, or
or Crmazd,
Ormazd,
Hrst Cause we
we may
or
or
any
name
we
please.
or Osiris,
or by
The
name
we
Osiris,
by any
please. The
projection
into
time
influence
or
of
the
soor
soprojection

called

"breath
"breath

of

Brahma"
Brahma"

causes
causes

all
all

the

worlds and the beings

upon them to gradually
gradually
beings upon
appear.
They
just as
remain
as
in
manifestation
appear.
They
just
long
proceed forth
long as that influence continues to proceed
in evolution.
ing,
ing,

long aeons
After long
aeons the outbreath-

evolutionary
slackens, and the
evolutionary influence slaclcens,

universe begins
begins to go
praobscuration, or prago into obscuration,
laya,
until,
"breath"
being
fully
the
"breath"
indrawn,
laya, until,
being fully indrawn,

no obje6ls
is but Brahremain, because nothing
objects remain,
nothing is
ma.
must be taken by
ma.
Care must
by the student to

no

make

a distinction between

personal
personal Parabrahma)
Parabrahma) and
fested Logos.
Logos.

by
by

A discussion of the

this power
power in acting
acting

in this
this

Epitome,
Epitome,

(the imBrahma (the

Brahma the mani-

means
means used

would be out of place

place

but of those means

means

Theosophy
Theosophy

also treats.

This breathing-forth
is known
breathing-forth is

as

Man-

vantara, or
or the Manifestation of the world bevantara,

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tween
tween two
two Manus (from Manu,
(from Manu, and Antara
"between")
completion
and
inspirathe
completion of the inspira"between")
tion brings
brings with it
it Pralaya, or
Pralaya, or destruction.

It

is from these truths that the erroneous

is
erroneous doctrines

"creation" and the "last

"last judgment"
judgment" have
of "creation"
sprung.
sprung.

Such Manvantaras and Pralayas

Pralayas have

eternally occurred,
occurred, and
eternally

place periodically,
periodically, and
place

For the purpose

purpose of

will continue to take

forever.
a
a

soManvantara two
two so-

called eternal principles

principles are
are postulated,
postulated, that

Purusha and Prakriti (or

(or

spirit

spirit

is,
is,

matter), beand matter),

cause
are ever
ever present
present and conjoined
conjoined in
cause both are
terms are
are used here
each manifestation.
Those terms

because no
no equivalent for them exists in Engequivalent
English.
lish.

is called "spirit," and

Purusha is
"spirit,"

Prakriti

"matter,"
not the unmaniis not
"matter," but this Purusha is
fested, nor
is Prakriti matter
matter as known to
nor is
fested,
the Aryan
Sages
Aryan Sages therefore declare

ence;
ence;

is a higher spirit
there is
higher spirit

scithat

still, called Purushottastill,

is that at the night of

The reason for this is
night

ma.
ma.

Brahma,
Brahma, or the

so-called

indrawing
indrawing

of

his

in
breath, both Purusha and Prakriti are absorbed in
breath,
is
the
is
which
the Unmanifested;
conception
a
Unmanifested;
conception

same
same

expresthe idea underlying the Biblical expres-

underlying
"remaining
Father."
bosom of the Father."
remaining
as

sion
sion-"

in the bosom

the

brings us to the doctrine of Universal

This brings

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Evolution

as

expounded by
Sages of the
expounded
by the Sages
The Spirit,
Spirit, or
or Purusha,
they
Purusha, they

Wisdom-Religion.
Wisdom-Religion.

say, proceeds
proceeds from Brahma through
say,
through the various
forms of matter evolved at the same
same time,
time, be-

ginning
ginning in the world of the spiritual
spiritual from the
highest
highest

and

lowest form.

in

the material world from the

is one
one unknown
This lowest form is

Thus therefore the

as yet
yet to modern science.

mineral,
vegetable, and animal forms each immineral, vegetable,
prison
spark of the Divine,
Divine, a portion
portion of the
prison aa spark

indivisible Purusha.

These sparks
struggle
sparks struggle

"return to the Fathto "return

er,"
words, to secure
secure self-consciouser," or in other words,

ness and at last

come into the highest

highest form,
form, on
on

come

Earth,
man, where alone self-consciousEarth, that of man,
ness is
The period,
is possible
period, calcupossible to them. The
lated in human time,
time, during
during which this evolution

goes
on embraces millions of ages.
spark
goes on
ages. Each spark
of divinity
divinity has therefore millions of ages in which
ages

to accomplish
its mission
that of
mission-that
accomplish its

obtaining
obtaining

complete
complete self-consciousness while in the form
of man.
man.

mere
mere

by this is
But by
is not

meant
meant that the

coming
coming into human forms of itself
upon this divine
upon
That great
great work may
may be accomplished
accomplished

act of

confers
spark.
spark.

self-consciousness

during the Manvantara in which a Divine spark

spark
during

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reaches the human form,

form, or
it may not;
deor it
may not; all clepends
upon
the
individual's
own
will
efforts.
individual's
own
and
ellbrts.
pends upon

Each

particular spirit
spirit thus goes through the
particular
goes through
Manvantara,
or enters
enters into manifestation for its
its
Manvantara, or
own enrichment and for that ofthe
of the Whole.
own
Mahatmas
Rishis are
are
Mahatmis
and
thus gradually
gradually

evolved

Manvantara, and become,

Manvantara,
become,
its expiration, planetary spirits, who guide
after its
expiration, planetary spirits,
guide
the evolutions of other future planets.
planets.
The
The
planetary
spirits
our
globe
of
are
our
are
who
in
those
planetary spirits
globe
previous
Manvantaras
or
days
Brahma
Manvantaras-or
of
Brahmaprevious
days
made the efforts,
efforts, and became in the course
course of
during
during

a
a

that long
long period
period Mahatmas.

Each Manvantara is
is for the same
same end and
purpose, so
so that the Mahatmas who have
purpose,

now

now

attained those heights,

heights, or those who may
may become
come such in the succeeding years of the prespressucceeding years

planetary
ent Manvantara,
Manvantara, will probably
probably be the planetary
spirits
spirits

next Manvantara for this or other

of the next

planets.
planets.

seen
This system
is thus seen
system is

to be based

and, ununupon the identity

Spiritual Being,
Being, and,
upon
identity of Spiritual

der the

conBrotherhood," conname of "Universal

Universal Brotherhood,"

name

"

Theosophical Sostitutes the basic idea of the Theosophical

realization of that
object is
is the
object
among men.
Brotherhood among
men.
is the basis
Sages say
The Sages
say that this Purusha is

ciety, whose
ciety,

lO
_]O_

Without
it nothing
/Vithout it
nothing

of all manifested objects.

objetfts.
could exist or
or cohere.

interpenetrates everyIt interpenetrates

everyis the reality of which,
It is
which,
reality

thing everywhere.
everywhere.
thing

things called real by

by us
us are
are
or
or upon which,
upon which, those things
mere
emmere images.
reches to and emimages. As Purusha reaches
all beings, they are
all connected togethbraces all
beings, they are all
togeth-

er;
or
er; and in or

plane where that Purusha

on the plane

on

is a perfect consciousness of every a(St,

is, there is
perfect
every acft,
thought,
object, and circumstance,
circumstance, whether supsupthought, object,

is,

or any
any
posed
occur there,
there, or
on this plane,
or on
posed to occur
plane, or
other.
spirit and above the
For below the spirit
intellect is
is a plane
plane of consciousness in

which

commonly called man's

man's
commonly
nature'*; this is
frequently said to be
"spiritual
is frequently
"spiritual nature";
body or his
susceptible of culture as his body
as susceptible
experiences
are noted,
noted,
experiences are

intellect.
all
plane is
upper plane
is the real register of all
This upper
register
are
although
there
are
sensations and experiences,
experiences, although

registering planes.
planes.
other registering

It is
is sometimes called
It

mind."
"subconscious mind."
the "subconscious
ever,
ever, holds

Theosophy, howTheosophy,

that it
it is
is a misuse

terms to sy
of terms
say
The

can be cultivated.
that the spiritual
spiritual nature can

is to so open
real
kept in view is
real object to be kept
open

object

up
up

spiror make porous

porous the lower nature that the spiritual
itual

nature

may
may

become
it and
through it
shine through

the guide
guide and ruler.

It
It is
is

"cultivated" in
only
only "cultivated"

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prepared for its

its
the sense
sense of having a
having a vehicle prepared
use,
use, into

which

it

it

may
may

descend.

In

other

is the
it is
words,
is held that the real man,
man, who is
words, it
spark
of
the
Divine
bebeing the spark
self
higher self-being
higher

overshadows the visible being,

fore alluded to
to-overshadows
being,
possibility of becoming
which has the possibility
becoming united to

that

spark.
spark.

that
it
is said
Thus it
is

the higher
higher

man, but above him.

is not in the man,
Spirit is
Spirit

It
is
It is

blissful, and full

full
peaceful, unconcerned,
always
unconcerned, blissful,
always peaceful,

knowledge.
of absolute knowledge.

partakes
It continually
continually partakes

continually that state

being continually
state, being
of the Divine state,
upon
Gods, it
it feeds upon
the
"conjoined
with
itself,
Gods,
itself, "conjoined

Ambrosia."
Ambrosia."

is to let
object of a student is
The object

through the lower

spirit shine through
light of that spirit
the light
coverings.
coverings.

culture"
This "spiritual
"spiritual culture"

is only attainable
is
only

passions, and demands

interests, passions,
as the grosser
grosser interests,

interests,
of the flesh are subordinated to the interests,
higher nature;
aspirations, and needs of the higher
nature; and

aspirations,

is a matter of both system

this is
system and establish-

ed law.

only become the ruler when

spirit can
can only
This spirit
the

firm

intellectual

acknowledgment
acknowledgment

or
or

ad-

And, as
is.
it alone is.
first made that IT
is first
And,
mission is
conperson
the
only
not
being
it
it
above,
stated above,
person cononly

being

must
all selfishness must
whole, all
cerned but also the whole,

__1;._...

be eliminated from the lower nature

nature before its
divine state can
can be reached.

long as
as the
So long

desire
even
smallest personal
or selfish
desire-even
personal or
spiritual attainment for
spiritual

our
our

for

own sake_remains,
sake
remains,
own

so
so long is
Hence the
long is the end desired put
put off.
term "demands
"demands of the Flesh"
flesh" really covabove term
really covers
ers

also demands that are not of the flesh,

flesh, and

its
its

proper
"desires of the
proper rendering
rendering would be "desires

personal
including those of the indipersonal nature,
nature, including
vidual soul."
soul."

When systematically
systematically trained in accordance
When
with the aforesaid system
system and law,
law, men
men attain to
into
clear insight
insight
immaterial, spiritual
spiritual world,
the immaterial,
world,

and their interior faculties apprehend

apprehend truth
immediately
readily as physical
physical
immediately and readily

as

faculties

things of sense,
grasp the things
sense, or
or mental faculties
grasp
those of reason.
in
Or,
the
words used by
by
Or,

some of them,
"They are able to look directly
directly
them, "They
upon
ideas"; and hence their testimony
testimony to such
upon ideas";

some

truth is
is as trustworthy as is
is that of scientists or
or
trustworthy

philosophers
fields.
philosophers to truth in their respective
respective fields.

In

the course
course of this
this spiritual
training such
spiritual training

men
men
acquire
of,
acquire perception
perception of,

and control over,

over,
various forces in Nature unknown to other men,
men,
and thus are able to perform
perform works usually

usually

called "miraculous,"
though really
"miraculous," though
really but the re-

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sult of larger
larger

knowledge
knowledge

of natural law.

are may
may be found in
these powers
powers are

What
What

Patanjali's

Patan_iali's

Toga
Yoga Philosophy.
P/zilorop/ay.

Their testimony
super-sensuous truth,
truth,
testimony as to super-sensuous
possession of such powers,
verified by their possession
powers, chalby
lenges
lenges

every religious
religious
candid examination from every

mind.
by
Turning now
now to the system
expounded by
Turning
system expounded
place, an
first place,
we find,
acwe
an acfind, in the first

sages
these sages

past and future of

cosmogony, the past
of cosmogony,
planets, the evolution of
this earth and other planets,

count
count

mineral, vegetable,
through
elemental, mineral,
vegetable, anithrough elemental,
they are
are called.
forms, as they
mal and human forms,

life
life

elementals'* are unknown

life elementals"
These "passive
"passive life
science, though sometimes
to modern science,though

by
by

a
it as a

of

life,

it

approached
approached

production
subtle material agent
agent in the production

itself.
life itself.
are a
a form of life
they are
whereas they

life,
period, is
is divided into
Kalpa, or grand
Each Kalpa,
grand period,
lasting
many thouYugas,
each
or
ages
four ages
lasting many
Yugas,
being marked by
by
one being
years, and each one
sands of years,
a

predominant
predominant characteristic.

are the
These are

Tretya-yug, the
truth), the Tretya-yug,
(or age
Satya-yug
age of truth),
Satya-yug (or
Kali-yug (or
(or
present
our
our
and
Dvapara-yug,
present Kali-yug
Dvapara-yug,

began five thousand

darkness), which began
age
age of darkness),
"darkness" here refers
The word "darkness"
years back.
years
to

spiritual
spiritual

and not material darkness.

In this

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age,
causes bring
all causes
effeds
however, all
age, however,
bring about their effects

much more
more rapidly
rapidly

than in any
any other age,
fa6t
a fact
age, a
momentum of "evil,"
"evil," as
momentum
as

due to the intensified

the course
course of its
its cycle is
cycle is about rounding
rounding to-

wards that of a new

new cycle of truth.
truth.
cycle

Thus

sincere lover of the race

race can
can accomplish
accomplish
in three incarnations

during Kali-Yuga,
during
Kali-Yuga,

more
more

than he

could in a
a much greater number in any other
greater
any
The darkness of this age
The
is not
not absolute,
absolute,
age is

age.
age.

is greater than that of other ages; its

but is
greater
ages; its main
tendency
being towards materiality, while havtendency being
materiality,

ing some
some mitigation
ing
mitigation
entific

in occasional ethical or sci-

advance conducive to the well-being of

well-being

the race,
race, by
causes
by the removal of immediate causes

of crime or disease.

Our
Uur
ets,
ets,

earth is
is one
one of a chain of seven
seven planplan-

being on
it alone being
on the visible plane,
plane, while

it

the six others are on

on different planes,
planes, and therefore invisible.

[The
[The

other planets
planets of our
our solar

system
seven.] And
system belong
belong each to a chain of seven.]
passes from the higher to the
passes
higher

the life-wave

lower in
in the chain until it
it reaches our
our earth,
earth,

and then ascends and passespasses to the.

three others
the.three
on the opposite arc, and thus seven
on
seven times. The
opposite arc,
of forms is
evolution or"
is co-incident with this proprogress,
life bearing
bearing with it
it the
gress, the tide of life

mmmm-

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cral
eral

and vegetable
vegetable

globe
until each globe
forms, until
forms,

turn is
is ready to receive the
ready

Of

human

in

life wave.
life
wave.

is the fourth.
our earth is
these globes
globes our

Humanity
Humanity

passes
passes

globe in a
a
globe to globe
from globe

circling about each

first
Rounds, Hrst
Rounds,
circling
numa fixed numupon it
it a
re-incarnating
globe,
globe, and re-incarnating upon
evoluConcerning
ber of times.
Concerning the human
series
series

tion

of

is
globes little is
or globes
planets or
on the concealed planets
ourWe
concern ourWe have to concern

on

permitted
permitted to be said.

our Earth alone.

vi^ith our
selves with

The

latter,
latter,

when

it for the
humanity has reached it
wave of humanity
the wave

began to
Round), began
our Fourth Round),
this, our
(in this,
last time (in

man, subdividing
evolute man,
subdividing him into races. Each
evolution,
has, through
it has,
when it
races
these
of
through evolution,
"the
period known as "the
reached the period

moment

moment

of

an indestiny as an
its future destiny
choice" and decided its
choice"
races
The races
The
disappear.
begins to disappear.
race, begins
dividual race,
by
moreover, from each other by
are separated, moreover,

separated,

nature, such as the subsidence

catastrophes
catastrophes of nature,
great natural convulsions.
of continents and great
races the
Coincidently
development of races
Coincidently with the development

development
development
fifth
our fifth
thus our

specialized senses takes place;

of specialized
place;

race
race

developed five senses.

has so far developed

affairs of
us that the affairs
tell us
The sages
sages further tell
cyclic
subject to cyclic
people are subject
its people
this world and its
qualcycle the rate or qualone cycle
any one
during any
laws, and during
laws,

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appertaining to aa different
difFerent cycle
cycle
of progress
progress appertaining
is not possible.
cyclic
operate
is
These
laws
in
possible.
operate in
cyclic
ity
ity

grow darker the same

As the ages
same
ages grow
prevail, only the cycles are shorter;
laws prevail,
shorter;
that
only
cycles
each age.
age.
is, they
is,
they

are
are the

same length
length in the absolute

same

sense,
over the given
go over
sense, but go
given limit in aa shorter
period
time.
These
restriftions
of
laws impose
period
impose restrictions

on
race.
cycle, where
a cycle,
on the progress of the race.
In a
progress
all
descending, the adepts
adepts must
all is
is ascending
must
ascending and descending,

comes before they

can aid
wait until the time comes
they can
the race
race to ascend.

They
They

cannot, and must

must
cannot,
they beThus they

not,
not, interfere with Karmic law.

again in the spiritual

work aftively
a6^ively again
sense,
spiritual sense,
is known by them to be apwhen the cycle
apcycle is
by

gin
gin

to

proaching
proaching
At the

its
its

turning point.
point.
turning

no hard
cycles have no
same time these cycles

same

inception, indeparture or inception,

points of departure
lines or
or
points

or drawing
drawing to
one may
may be ending
as one
ending or
close for some
some time after another has already
already

asmuch
a
a

begun.
begun.

They
They

one
thus overlap
overlap and shade into one

it is
is only
night; and it
another, as day
day does into night;
another,
only

when

the one
one has completely ended and the
completely

bringing out its

its blosreally begun
by bringing
other has really
begun by

soms,
soms, that
It
It

may be
may

cycles
cycles

new cycle.
can say we
we
we can
say we are in a new
cycle.
comparing two
by comparing
illustrated by
two adjacent
adjacent

to two

circles, where the cirinterlaced circles,

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center of the
one touches the center
cumference of one
one
moment where one ended and
other,
so that the moment
other, so
point where the
began would be at the point
the other began

circumferences intersected each other.

imagining a
a
imagining
walking,
the
walking,

man
man

as

by
Or by
Or

representing, in the act of

representing,

progress of the cycles;

cycles; his rate of
progress
can only be obtained by
advancement can
taking the
by taking
only
points at the
paces, the points
by his paces,
distance covered by
being the
thc
feet,
the
pace,
between
each
middle of
Feet, being
pace,

ending.
cycles and their ending.
beginning
beginning of cycles
or the deteriassisted, or
is assisted,
progress is
cyclic progress
The cyclic
way; at aa time
permitted, in this way;
oration further permitted,

when the cycle

cycle

prois ascending, developed

is
ascending, developed and pro-

by the term
Beings, known in Sanscrit by
gressed Beings,
gressed
spheres
Jnanis^ descend to this earth from other spheres
71Enis,
is going down,
cycle is
where the cycle
going down, in order that
progress of this
spiritual progress
help
the
may
also
they
spiritual
help
they may
sphere
this sphere
they
leave
manner they
In like manner
globe.
globe.
These
approaches darkness.
cycle approaches
our cycle
when our
however, be confounded with
not, however,
Jfianis must not,
Jhanis
Adepts mentioned above.
and
Mahatmas
the
Adepts
The right
Theosophists should
right aim of true Theosophists

may
inHuence may
so to live that their influence
therefore be so
dispelling of darkness to
be conducive for the dispelling
may turn
Jfianis may
the end that such _lnanis
sphere.
this sphere.
wards this

again
again

to-

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Theosophy
Theosophy also teaches

a
the existence of a

highly ethereal
universally
universally diffused and highly

medium,
medium,

Light" and
which has been called the "Astral
"Astral Light"
"akasa."
"iksa."

is the repository of all

all past, presIt is
past, presrepository
it are
are recorded
events, and in it
future events,
spiritual causes,
a6ts
the effects
all ats
effects of spiritual
causes, and of all

ent,
ent, and

spirit
thoughts from the direction of either spirit
and thoughts

may be called the Book of the

It may

matter.
or matter.

Recording Angel.
Angel.
Recording
Akasa,
is
Akasa, however,
however, is

it is
is
misnomer when it

confused with Ether or

or the astral
astral
Kabalists.

light
light

of the

pheAkasa is
is the noumenon
noumenon of the phe~

nomenal Ether or
or astral light
light proper,
proper, for akasa
producis infinite, impartite, intangible, its
is
inf1nite,impartite, intangible, its only
only production being
being Sound.*
light is
not
is material and not
And this astral light
It
is, in fact,
fact,
It is,

spirit.
spirit.

the lower principle

principle of that cosmic

body
highest.
is the highest.
body of which akasa is

It
It

has

the power
images.
retaining all
This inall images.
power of retaining
cludes a
a statement
statement that each thought
thought as well as
as

an image
word and act makes an
image there.

is
is

These

* Akasa in
Philosophy
in the mysticism
mysticism ofthe
of the Esoteric Philosophy
properly
speaking
Ghost" ;;
**Holy
the
female
properly speaking
"Holy Ghost"

** Sound" or speech being the logos, the manifested

"Sound"
speech being
logos,

of the unmanifested Mother.

verbum ofthe
Preface,
Preface,

p. 33, et seq.
p.
reg.

Sankhyasara
See S5/zkbyanira

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may be said to have two
images
two lives.
lives,
images may
Their
left
left

own
own

as

by
by them in the

ist.
Ist.

The impress
impress
matrix of
the astral light.
ofthe
light.
light there is
is no
no
of this light

an image.
image.

an

2nd.

upper realm
In the upper
or time in the human
such thing
space or
thing as space
sense.
are the thoughts
thoughts and
All future events are
sense.
acts

of men;
men; these are producers
producers in advance

picture of the event which is

is to
ocof the picture
oc-

Ordinary men
men continually, recklessly, and
Ordinary
continually, recklessly,
are making
making these events sure
sure to
are
but
the
come
to
pass,
Sages,
Mahatmas,
come
pass,
Sages, Mahatmas, and
Adepts of the good
good law,
only such
the Adepts
law, make only
cur.

wickedly,
wickedly,

are in accordance with Divine law,

pictures
as are
law,
pictures as

because they
production of their
they control the produition
thought.
thought.

In the astral light

light are all
all the differdiffer-

entiated sounds as well.

human

beings
beings

and

The elementals are

The shades of departed

departed

it.
energic
energic centers in it.

animals

are
are

also

there.

or entranced person
seer or
person can
Hence,
can see
see in
Hence, any
any seer
it all
all that anyone has done or said,
said, as Well
well as
as
it
anyone

happened to anyone
anyone with whom
whom
that which has happened
Hence,
also,
identity
he is
is connected.
the
Hence, also,
identity of

connected.

who are
are supposed
deceased persons
supposed to report
report
persons-who
plane
of
is not to be conthis plane_is
specially
conspecially out

giving of forgotten
or unknown
cluded from the giving
forgotten or

words,
facts, or ideas.
words, facts,

Out of this
this plane
plane of

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pictures of all
all who
matter can
can be taken the pictures

on
lived, and then reflected on
have ever
ever lived,

a
a

suitable

so as
as to seem
seem like
surface, so
magneto-electrical
magneto-electrical surface,

deceased, producing
all the
apparition of the deceased,
the apparition
producing all
hardness, and extension.
weight, hardness,
sensations of weight,
means of the Astral Light and
Through the means
Light

Through

help of
the help

Elementals,
Elementals,

the various material

and precipitated
precipitated
elements may
may be drawn down
plane sursurupon
a
atmosphere
either
a
from the atmosphere upon
plane
preor in the form of a solid object;
face or
object; this pre-

permanent, or
it may
or it
may be made permanent,
may
may
power as soon
soon to
light cohesive power
be of such a light
can
help of the elementals can
But the help
away.
fade away.
cipitation
cipitation

strong will added to aa

by aa strong
only
only be obtained by
govern
laws which govern
knowledge
of
the
complete
complete knowledge
It is
is useless to
It
being of the elementals.
the being
point;
on this point;
give
give further details on

first, because
first,

understand; and
cannot understand;
the untrained student cannot
is not percomplete explanation
second,
perexplanation is
second, the complete

space.
possible in this space.
even possible
it even
were it
mitted,
mitted, were

an important
important
is an
The world of the elementals is

our world and

factor in our

in the course of the

is evolved by a
thought asiit
as it is
Each thought
student.
by
elemental, and
an elemental,
instantly with an
man
man coalesces instantly

is
is

man's power.
power.
beyond the man's
then beyond
can easily
It
It can

easily

is goprocess is
seen that this process
be seen
go-

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ing
on every
every instant.
ing on
as
exists as

an
an entity.
entity.

things:
two things:
on two

on

thought
Therefore each thought
life depends
length of life
Its length
depends

original force of the

The original
(a) The
The power
{b) The
power of
(L)

{a)

thought;
person's will and thought;
person's

the elemental which coalesced with

it, the
it,

lat-

ter being
by the class to which the
being determined by
case with good
good
is the case
elemental belongs.
belongs. This is

thoughts
and bad thoughts

alike, and
alike,

as the will beneath

thoughts is
is
generality of wicked thoughts
the generality

usually
usually

is very imcan see that the result is

we can
powerful,
very
powerful, we
no conscience
elemental has no
the
portant,
because
portant,
its constitution and direction from
and obtains its

may from time to time carry.

it may
thought it
the thought
carry.
own elementals
being has his own
human
Each
being
thoughts.
nature and his thoughts.
partake of his nature
that partake

thoughts upon
your thoughts
fix your
you
upon
you fix
or
or

in critical,
critical, uncharitable

a
a

If

anger,
person
person in anger,

you attrat
attract
judgment, you
judgment,

to yourself a number of those elementals that

yourself

parthis parby this

generate, and are generated
belong to,
generated by
to, generate,
belong
precipitate themfailing, and they
or failing,
ticular fault or
they precipitate
through the injustice
Hence, through
you. Hence,
upon you.
selves upon
injustice of
canwhich
cancondemnation,
human
merely
your merely
condemnation,
your
a6lion
the
action
of
causes
of
source and
not know the source

once become a sharer of his fault

another,
another, you
you at once
expelled
spirit expelled
and the spirit
own act,
or failing by your own
act,and

failing by your

himself."
worse than himself."
seven devils worse
"with seven
returns "with

__z2__

saying that
popular saying
origin of the popular
is the origin
This is
roost," and
come home to roost,"
chickens, come
curses, like chickens,
"curses,
magneticaffinity.
inthelawsgoverning
its root in
has its
thelawsgoverning magnetic ahinity.

*'

by the
are hypnotized
we are
In the Kali-Yuga
hypnotized by
Kali-Yuga we
images in the
body of images
effect of the immense body
deeds,
all the deeds,
compounded of all
Astral Light, compounded

Light,
thoughts, and
thoughts,

ancestors, whose
so forth of our
our ancestors,

a material direction.
lives tended in a

These im-

who is
is conscious
man
the inner man-who
ages
ages influence
age
brighter age
suggestion.
In aa brighter
by suggestion.
them
of them-by
be
towards
images
such
would
of
influence
the
images

Truth.

The

effeft
ePt`e&

of the Astral

Light,
Light,

as

so
by us,
us, will remain so
painted by
thus molded and painted
images there,
place those images
we continue to place
long as we
there,

long

our execuexecuour judge

it thus becomes our
and it
judge and our
law
thus
contains
universal
Every
tioner.
Every
its
means for its
itself' the means
within itself

accomplishown accomplish-

own

its violation,
punishment for its
ment
ment and the punishment
violation, and
or
authority to postulate
further authority
no
no
requires
postulate itit or
requires
its decrees.
to carry
carry out its

The

its inherent action both

by its
Astral Light
Light by

destroys forms.
evolves and destroys
register.
sal
sal register.

Its
Its

is the univerIt is
It

chief office
oflice is
is that of a vehicle

for the operation

operation of the laws of

principle of
progress
progress of the principle

Karma,
Karma,

life, and

life,

or
or

the

it is
is thus in
it

"mediator"
sense a medium or "mediator"
spiritual sense
deep spiritual
a deep

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_23._

between man
his higher spirit.
Deity
man and his
his Deity-his
higher spirit.

Theosophy
Theosophy

origin, history,
history,
also tells
tells of the origin,

development, and destiny

destiny of mankind.
development,
subject of Man
Man itit teaches:
teaches:subject
1.
spirit is
a manifestation of
That each spirit
is a
the One Spirit,
passes
Spirit, and thus a
a part
all. It passes
part of all.
incarnation,
through
experiences
a
in
a
series
of
incarnation,
experiences
through

Upon
Upon

the

and is
is destined to ultimate reunion with

the

Divine.
2.

single but
not single
is not
That this incarnation is

repeated,
repeated,

each

individuality becoming
becoming
individuality

re-emre-em-

numerous existences in successbodied during

successduring numerous
races and planets
ive races
our chain,
chain, and
planets of our

accumuaccumu-

lating the experiences

experiences of each incarnation tolating

perfection.
wards its
its perfection.

incarnations, afThat between adjacent

adjacent incarnations,
comes
first purged away,
grosser elements are first
ter grosser
purged away, comes
3.
3.

comparative rest and

period of comparative
a period

refreshment,
refreshment,

being therein prepared

Devachan,the
the soul being
called Devachan,
prepared
life.
for its
its next advent into material life.
The constitution of

man
man

is
is

a
subdivided in a

being those
manner, the main divisions being
septenary manner,
septenary
These
spirit.
spirit.
govern
development govern
their relative development
The real
condition after death.

body, soul and

of body,

divisions and
his subjective

subjective

candivision can-

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24...

must for aa time remain

understood, and must
be understood,
senses not
certain senses
it requires
esoteric, because it

not
not

requires

esoteric,

its understanding.
developed for its
usually
understanding.
usually developed

If the

by Theogiven by
division, as given
present seven-fold division,
present
and
withstrictly
to
is adhered
sophical writers is
strictly

sophical

it will give
statement, it
any conditional statement,
out any
give rise
is
Spirit is
For instance.
or error.
to controversy
instance, Spirit
controversy or

principle.
not a seventh principle.

or
is the synthesis, or
It is

synthesis,

is equally present
the whole,
whole, and is
equally present in the other
only be
can only
The present various divisions can
six.
six.

present

general working
used as a general
hypothesis, to be deworking hypothesis,

correded as students advance and

veloped
veloped and corrected
develop.
themselves develop.

The

state of spiritual
spiritual

but comparative
comparative rest

so
an eternal one,
not an
is not
known as Devachan is
one, and so
is
is not

the

anity.
anity.

same

same as

the eternal heaven of Christi-

"hell" correspond
Nor does "hell"
correspond to the state

Theosophical writers as Avitchi.

Theosophical
transitory and
painful states are transitory
All such painful
passed the
purificatory
purificatory states. When those are passed

known

to

goes into Devachan.

individual goes

same.
"Hell" and Avitchi are thus not the same.
"Hell"
death,"
"second death," as
same as the "second
is the same
Avitchi is

comes to the
only comes
it is
is in fact annihilation that only
as will
wicked,
spiritually
or
Magician"
wicked,
"black
"black
it

Magician"

on.
seen further on.
be seen

spiritually

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The nature
nature of each incarnation depends
upon
depends upon
the balance as
as struck of the merit and demerit

of the previous
life or
previous life
or lives_upon
lives
upon the way
way in
which the man
man has lived and thought; and this
thought;
just.
is inflexible and wholly
law is
wholly just.

"Karma"
Karma"_aa
"

term
term

signifying two
things,
two things,
signifying

the

(Whatsoever aa man
man
law of ethical causation (VVhatsoever
soweth,
soweth,

that shall he also reap);

reap); and the bal-

or demerit in any
any indiance
or excess of merit or
ance or
main
experiences
vidual,
determines
also
the
vidual,
experiences of

sorrow
each
sorrow in

joy
joy and
what

we

call
"luck"
cal1"luck"

We

incarnation,
incarnation,

is in reality
is
reality

so
so

that

"desert"
"desert"-

past existence.
desert acquired
acquired in past

Karma

single
a single
not all
in a
is not
is
all exhausted in

life,
life,

experilife experinor
a person
nor is
is a
necessarily in this life
person necessarily
Karma;
previous
all
his
the
effect
of
encing
all
previous Karma;
encing
causes.
by various causes.
may be held back by
some may
for some
of the Ego
the failure ofthe
Ego

cause is
is
The principle
principle cause
to acquire
acquire a body
body which

will furnish the instru-

ment
ment

meditaby which the medita~

in and by
or apparatus
or
apparatus in

tion

or
or

thoughts
thoughts

of

can
previous
previous lives can

have

is held
it is
Hence it

ripened.
their effect
eFr`ect and be ripened.

man's
power in the man's
mysterious power
that there is
is a mysterious

thoughts
thoughts during
during a

life,
life,

sure
sure

to

bring
bring

its
about its

life
succeeding life
immediately succeeding
an immediately
results in either an

distant; that
many lives distant;
or in one
one many

is,
is,

in what-

26
_26__.

ever
ever life
life the

Ego
Ego

obtains a
body capable
a body
capable of be-

ing
focus, apparatus,
or instrument for the
apparatus, or
ing the focus,

ripening
past Karma.
is also a
a swayThere is
ripening of past
swaying
or
diverging
power
Karma
its effect
in
or
in
its
ing
diverging power
Karma
or
upon
soul, for a
course of life
a certain course
life-or
upon the soul,

influence
thought
thought--will

will influence the soul in that direc-

tion for sometimes three lives,

lives, before the bene-

bad, effect
any other sort of Kareffect of any
Hcial,
bad,
ma must
must be felt. Nor does it
it follow that every
ma
every
felt in the
minute portion
must
portion of Karma must be felt
ficial, or

same detail

same

as

v^hen produced,
produced, for several sorts of
when

Karma may
come
may come
in the
a

life,

life,

to a

point
one point
together at one
head together

produce
effect, produce
and,
and, by
by their combined effect,

whole, accurately
accurately
result which,
which, while,
while, as a whole,

representing
all the elements in
representing all

it, still
still
it,

is a
a difis

component part.
ferent Karma from each single
single component
part.
posThis may
may be known as the nullification of the postulated effect
elfect of the classes of Karma involved.

up to reunion with
process of evolution up
The process
the Divine is
is and includes successive elevations

power and usefulness.

from rank to rank of power
are
flesh are
in the Hesh
still in
beings still
exalted beings

The most
known

as

Sages,
Sages,

Rishis, Brothers,
Brothers, Masters.
Rishis,

Their great
great function being
preservation at
being the preservation
permit,
excyclic
laws
and
when
times,
times,
permit, the excyclic

all
all

influence.
knowledge and inlluence.
spiritual knowledge
tension of spiritual

27
1271

When
When

is effected, all
union with the Divine is
effected,

experiences of each incarnation

events and experiences
the events
are known.

As to the process
As
spiritual development,
development,
process of spiritual
teaches:
Theosophy
teaches:Theosophy
process lies in
essence of the process
1.
That the essence
highest, the
supremacy, to the highest,
securing of supremacy,
the securing
man's nature.
spiritual, element of man's
spiritual,
2.

That this

is
is

along four lines,

attained along
lines,

others,
among
among others,[a) The
(zz)

ness
ness

entire eradication of selfish-

all forms,
in all
forms, and the cultivation of

broad^
broad,
for the

in, and effort

sympathy in,
generous Sympathy
generous

good
good of others.

The
(I?)
(la)

absolute cultivation of the

spiritual
inner,
inner, spiritual

reaching
reaching to and

by
man
by
man
meditation, by
by meditation,
communion

with the

by exercise of the kind deDivine, and by

Divine,
i. e.,
Patanjali, /.
^., incessant strivscribed by
by Patanjali,
to an
an ideal end.
ing
ing

(c) The

(c)

appetites
control of fleshly
Heshly appetites

lower, material interests

all lower,
and desires,
desires, all
to the bedeliberately subordinated tothe
being
being deliberately
spirit.
hests of the spirit.

(d) The
(rl)

careful performance
every
performance of every

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belonging
duty belonging
duty

to

one's station in
one's

life,
life,

without desire for reward,

reward, leaving
leaving results
for Divine law.

on
is incumbent on
That while the above is
3.
3.
men,
disposed
religiously
all
by
all
and practicable
men,
disposed
religiously
practicable by
conis conspiritual attainment is
yet higher
a
a yet
plane of spiritual
higher plane
phystraining, physcourse of training,
specific course
upon aa specific
ditioned upon
interwhich
the
spiritual,
ical,
by
intellectual, and spiritual,bywhich
ical, intellectual,
developed.
are first
first aroused and then developed.
nal faculties are
process is
is
extension of this process
That an
an
4.
4.
Mahatmaship,
or
the
Adeptship,
or
reached in Adeptship, Mahitmaship,
Rishis, Sages,
of Rishis,
Sages, and

states

Dhyan
Chohans,
Dhyan Chohans,

by laboristages, attained by
are all
which are
all exalted stages,
protracted
and hardship,
hardship, protracted
incarnations,
many
possibly many incarnations, and with
through
through possibly
many degrees
preferment, bedegrees of initiation and preferment,
many
approachstages
other
ever approachare yet
are
which
yond
stages ever
yet
yond

ous
ous

self-discipline
self-discipline

ing
ing the Divine.

As
it
it

to

development
spiritual development
the rationale of spiritual

asserts:
asserts:-

place entirely
entirely
process takes place
That the process
1.
himself, the motive,
motive, the
within the individual himself,
effort,
efort,

proceeding from his

and the result proceeding

own
own

along the lines of self-evolution.

nature, along
inner nature,
personal and interior,
this
however
That,
2.
interior, this
That,
personal

29
_29_.
unaided, being
being possible,
not unaided,
possible, in fact,
process
is not
fact,
process is

through close communion with the supreme

only through
supreme
only
source
source

of all
all strength.
strength.

degree of advancement in incarnaAs to the degree

it holds:
tions it

That even
even

1.

mere intellectual acquaintacquaint-

mere

ance
ance with Theosophic truth has great value in
Theosophic
great
fitting the individual for a
a step
step upwards
upwards in his
fitting
next
next

earth-life,
earth-life,

as

it gives an
impulse in that
it
gives an impulse

direction.
still more
more is
by aa career
That still
is gained
career of
gained by

2.

duty, piety
piety and beneficence.
duty,

That

3.
3.

still greater advance is

is attained
still
greater

use of the means

by
means
by the attentive and devoted use

spiritual

to spiritual

culture heretofore stated.

That every
every

4.
4.

race and

it
individual of it

period known as "the

reaches in evolution a
a period
"the
-reaches

moment
moment

of choice,"
choice," when they
they decide for them-

destiny by
by a deliberate and
selves their future destiny
life and death,
death,
conscious choice between eternal life

right of choice is
and that this
is the peculiar apthis right
peculiar appanage
of
the
free
soul.
It
exerIt cannot be exerpanage

cised until the

man

man

has realized the soul within

him,
some measmeashim, and until that soul has attained some
ure
ure

of

body.
self-consciousness in the body.

The

 30
moment
moment of

choice is
not a
rime;
is not
a fixed period of time;
period

moments. It cannot
come
is made up of all
it is
all moments.
cannot come
up
previous lives have led up
unless all the previous
it.
up to it.
For the race
it has not
not yet
come.
a whole
race as a
Whole it
come.
yet

it

Any
Any
riod

individual can
this pecan hasten the advent of this
pefor

himself under the previously

previously stated

ripening of Karma.
law of the ripening

Should he then

choose right
is not
not wholly
condemned,
right he is
wholly condemned,
nature provides
economy of nature
provides that he
for the economy
fail
fail to

opportunity of
again have the opportunity
moment arrives for the whole
moment

shall again and again

again

choice when the

race.

having blosAfter this period

race, having
period the race,

somed,
its dissolution.
somed, tends towards its

few

it will have
outstripped
its proindividuals of it
outstripped its
pro-

Adeptship or
or Mahatmaship.
gress and attained Adeptship
Mahatmaship,
gress
body, who have chosen aright,
The main body,
aright, but
The

who

not attained salvation,

salvation, pass
pass into the
have not
condition,
there
to
await
the influx
subjective
subjective condition,

the human life

wave into the next globe,
of
life wave
ofthe
globe,

which they
they

are the first

first souls to people; the depeople;

evil, whose lives

are passed
liberate choosers of evil,
lives are
passed

in great
great

spiritual wickedness (for

spiritual
(for

evil per
the sheer love of evil
_per

se)^
se),

sever
sever

Spirit, or the
tion with the Divine Spirit,

for ever abandons the human

evil done for

the connecconnec-

monad,
monad, which

Ego.
Ego.

Such Egos
Egos

misery of the eighth

sphere, as far
pass
pass into the misery
eighth sphere,


Bi__3|_..
we understand,
understand,

there to remain until the sepsepthey had thus cultivated

aration between what they
as we

or divine spark
spark is
is
and the personal
personal Ishwara or

But this tenet has never

never been exex-

complete.
complete.

us by
by the Masters,
Masters, who have always
always
plained
plained to us

answer and to explain

explain it
it conclusively.
refused to answer
conclusively.
next Manvantara
At the next

probably
probably

begin
begin

again
again

Spark will
that Divine Spark

the

long evolutionary
evolutionary
long

life at
journey, being
stream of life
being cast into the stream
journey,

the source
source and passing
passing

again through
upward again
upward
through

all the lower forms.

all

long as the connection with the Divine

So long
persevered, this annihilation of peris not severed,
Monad is
of
that
place.
Something
sonality
Something
sonality cannot take place.
personality
always remain attached to the
personality will always
immortal Ego.
Even after such severance the
Ego.
among men
men
man among
may
human being
on, a man
being may live on,
disappointment,
This
so
being.
soulless
a
-a
disappointment, so
being.
depriving
Spark by
it, of the Divine Spark
to call it,
by depriving

it
it

of

its
its

chosen vehicle

against
against the

"sin
constitutes the "sin

its very
Holy
Ghost," which its
very nature
Holy Ghost,"

cannot continue
it cannot
it to pardon, because it
forbade it
pardon,
principles which have bean
an association with principles
sense,
and
vitiated
in the absolute sense,
come
come degraded
degraded
or evoevocyclic or
respond to cyclic
no longer
longer respond
they no
so that they

by their
but, weighted
impulses, but,
lutionary
weighted by
lutionary impulses,

own

own

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__32__

nature,
nature,

sink

to

matter.
the lowest depths
depths of matter.

cannot in
once wholly
The connection,
connection, once
The
broken, cannot
wholly broken,
But innum-

Being be resumed.
the nature
nature of Being

return offer
opportunities for return
erable opportunities
offer themselves
process, which lasts
dissolving process,
throughout
throughout the dissolving
years.
thousands of years.

There is
is also

a
a

fate that

comes
comes

even
to even

adepts
adepts

is
Law which is
of the Good Law
somewhat similar

its
to a loss of "heaven"
"heaven" after its

enjoyment for
enjoyment
the adept
adept
evopoint
high
in
his evohigh point

periods of time.
incalculable periods

When

very
has reached a certain very
mere wish,
lution he may,
wish, become what
may, by
by aa mere

god.
call, a
"Deva" or lesser god.
the Hindus call,
a "Deva"-or

he does
docs
bliss

this,
this,

If

although he will enjoy

then, although
then,
enjoy the

and power
power of that

state

length
for a
a vast length

parPralaya parnot at the next Pralaya

of time,
time, he will not
of the
life "in
"in the bosom ofthe
take of the conscious life

matter at
Father,"
Father," but has to pass
pass down into matter
performing certain
"creation," performing
the next new
new "creation,"

fundions
functions that could not

now
now

clear,
be made clear,

again through
up again
come up
through

and has

to come

world;
world;

but this

fate

is
is

the elemental

not like that of the

Maorician who falls

falls into Avitchi.
Black Magician

again
again between the

dle state and become a

gives up
up
gives

And

can choose the midtwo he can

two

one who
Nirmanakaya
Nirmanakaya-one

the bliss
bliss of Nirvana and remains in

33
_33___

conscious existence outside of his body

body after
its death: in order to help
help Humanity.
Humanity.

This is
is

greatest sacrifice he can

can do for mankind.
the greatest

By
one degree of interest
By advancement from one
degree
comparative
to another as
as
attainment
comparative
above stated,
stated, the student hastens the advent of
moment of choice,
choice, after which his rate of
the moment
and

progress is
greatly intensified.
is greatly
progress

may be added that

It may

Theosophy
Theosophy

is the only
is
only

system of religion
religion and philosophy
philosophy which gives
system
gives satexplanation
isfactory
problems
as these:
of
such
isfatftory explanation
problems as
1.

The

objeiSi:,
object,

planets than
other planets
serve to
serve

use,
use,
this

and

inhabitation

earth, which
earth,

complete and prolong

prolong
complete

of

planets
planets

evolutionary
the evolutionary

fill the required measure

course, and to fill
course,
required measure of the

experience of souls.
universal experience
2.

earth; the
geological cataclysms
cataclysms of earth;
The geological

its
frequent absence of intermediate types
frequent
types in its
occurrence of architectural and other
fauna;
fauna; the occurrence

relics
relics of

races
races

lost, and
now
now lost,

as

orto which or-

conjeCiure;
nothing but vain conjeture;
dinary
dinary science has nothing

causes
extinCl civilizations and the causes
the nature of extint

savagery
persistence of savagery
extinction; the persistence
of their extinction;
existing civildevelopment of existing
unequal development
and the unequal
internal,
physical and internal,
differences, physical
ization; the diflierences.,
ization;

 34

_34_

of
between the various races
races of men;
men; the line of'
future development.
development.
3.
3.

The contrasts and unisons of the world's

world's

faiths,
faiths, and the

common
common

foundation underlying
underlying

them all.
all.
4.
4.

suffering, and
The existence of evil,
evil, of suffering,

of sorrow,-a
sorrow,
puzzle to the mere
hopeless puzzle
a hopeless
mere philphilanthropist
or theologian.
anthropist or
theologian.
5.
5.

The inequalities
inequalities

in social condition and

privilege; the sharp

sharp contrasts between wealth
privilege;

and poverty,
stupidity, culture
poverty, intelligence
intelligence and stupidity,
appearignorance, virtue and vileness;
and ignorance,
vileness; the appearance
of'
men of genius
genius in families destitute of
ance of men

it,

it, as
as

fa6ts in conflict with the law

well as other facts

of heredity;
heredity; the frequent
frequent cases of unfitness of
sore
individuals, so
environment around individuals,
so sore

embitter

aspiration, and
hamper aspiration,
hamper

disposition,
disposition,

paralyze
endeavor;
paralyze endeavor;

as to

the violent antithesis be-

occurrence
condition; the occurrence
tween character and condition;
death;
untimely
and
of accident,
accident, misfortune,
misfortune,
untimely death;all
all

by either the
of them problems
only by
problems solvable only

or the
caprice or
conventional theory
theory of Divine caprice

Theosophic
Theosophic

dodrines
doctrines

of

Karma

and

Rein-

carnation.

6.

psychic
by individuals of psychic
position by
The position

clairaudience, etc.,
clairvoyance, clairaudience,
powers
etc., as
powers-clairvoyance,

 3?

_3;__

as
well as

the

phenomena
phenomena

psychometry
psychometry

of

and

statuvolism.
7.
7.

The true
true nature
nature of genuine
genuine
The

phenomena
phenomena

proper antidote to supersuperin spiritualism,

spiritualism, and the proper
exaggerated expectation.
expe6tation.
stition and to exaggerated
8.

The failure of conventional religions

religions to

greatly extend their areas,reform

areas, reform abuses, reorgangreatly
abuses,reorgansociety, expand
brotherhood, abate
ize society,
expand the idea of brotherhood,abate

discontent, diminish crime,and

crime,and elevate humanity;
humanity;
discontent,diminish

an apparent
inadequacy
and an
apparent inadequacy

to

realize in indi-

vidual lives the ideal they

professedly uphold.
uphold.
they professedly

The above

is
is a

sketch of the main features of

Theosophy,
Theosophy, the Wisdom-Religion.
Wisdom-Religion.
are to
are

Its details

rapidly-growing literature
be found in the rapidly-growing

subject.
upon
upon the subject.

stages of interest,
developed
There are three stages
interest, developed
Theosophy:
study
of
by
the
study
Theosophy:
by
1.
I.

2.

inquiry.
That of intellectual inquiry.

That of desire

for personal
personal culture,culture,

met partly
partly by
by the books prepared
prepared for that
end,
partly
by
the
periodical
specific
Magazines
specific end, partly by
periodical Magazines
Theosophy
(see notice on
expounding
on inside
expounding Theosophy (see

to be

met

pamphlet).
back cover of this pamphlet).
3.
3.

personal identification with the

That of personal

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