Theosophy. Classic Collection. The Complete Works of H. P. Blavatsky. Works of Henry S. Olcott. Illustrated : The Secret Doctrine, Isis Unveiled, The Voice of the Silence, Key To Theosophy, What Is Theosophy?, The Grand Inquisitor and others

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Henry S. Olcott, H. P. Blavatsky

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Theosophy is a religion established in the United States during the late 19th century. It was founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and draws its teachings predominantly from Blavatsky's writings. Categorized by scholars of religion as both a new religious movement and as part of the occultist stream of Western esotericism, it draws upon both older European philosophies such as Neoplatonism and Asian religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
At a meeting of the Miracle Club in New York City on 7 September 1875, Blavatsky, Olcott, and Judge agreed to establish an organisation, with Charles Sotheran suggesting that they call it the Theosophical Society. Prior to adopting the name "Theosophical", they had debated various potential names, among them the Egyptological Society, the Hermetic Society, and the Rosicrucian Society. The term was not new, but had been previously used in various contexts by the Philaletheians and the Christian mystic Jakob Böhme. Etymologically, the term came from the Greek theos ("god(s)") and sophia ("wisdom"), thus meaning "god-wisdom", "divine wisdom", or "wisdom of God". The term theosophia appeared (in both Greek and Latin) in the works of early church fathers, as a synonym for theology.In her book The Key to Theosophy, Blavatsky said that the term Theosophy had been coined by "the Alexandrian philosophers", especially Ammonius Saccas.
Contents:
H. P. Blavatsky
ISIS UNVEILED
FROM THE CAVES AND JUNGLES OF HINDOSTAN
WHAT IS THEOSOPHY?
WHAT ARE THE THEOSOPHISTS?
MAHATMAS AND CHELAS
OCCULT OR EXACT SCIENCE?
THE ESOTERIC CHARACTER OF THE GOSPELS
OCCULTISM VERSUS THE OCCULT ARTS
IS THEOSOPHY A RELIGION?
THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE
THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY
THE SECRET DOCTRINE
ADVENTURE AMONG THE ROSICRUCIANS
THE GRAND INQUISITOR (Translated by H. P. Blavatsky)
Henry Steel Olcott
THE LIFE OF BUDDHA AND ITS LESSONS
THE BUDDHIST CATECHISM
THE GOLDEN RULES OF BUDDHISM
THE SPIRIT OF ZOROASTRIANISM

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• Philosophie et théologie
• Theosophy
• Religion

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• Date de parution: 15 février 2023
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Theosophy. Classic Collection. The Complete Works of H. P. Blavatsky. Works of Henry S. Olcott
The Secret Doctrine, Isis Unveiled, The Voice of the Silence, Key To Theosophy, What Is Theosophy?, The Grand Inquisitor and others
Illustrated
Theosophy is a religion established in the United States during the late 19th century. It was founded primarily by the Russian Helena Blavatsky and draws its teachings predominantly from Blavatsky's writings. Categorized by scholars of religion as both a new religious movement and as part of the occultist stream of Western esotericism, it draws upon both older European philosophies such as Neoplatonism and Asian religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
At a meeting of the Miracle Club in New York City on 7 September 1875, Blavatsky, Olcott, and Judge agreed to establish an organisation, with Charles Sotheran suggesting that they call it the Theosophical Society. Prior to adopting the name "Theosophical", they had debated various potential names, among them the Egyptological Society, the Hermetic Society, and the Rosicrucian Society. The term was not new, but had been previously used in various contexts by the Philaletheians and the Christian mystic Jakob Böhme. Etymologically, the term came from the Greek theos ("god(s)") and sophia ("wisdom"), thus meaning "god-wisdom", "divine wisdom", or "wisdom of God". The term theosophia appeared (in both Greek and Latin) in the works of early church fathers, as a synonym for theology.In her book The Key to Theosophy, Blavatsky said that the term Theosophy had been coined by "the Alexandrian philosophers", especially Ammonius Saccas.

H. P. Blavatsky
ISIS UNVEILED
FROM THE CAVES AND JUNGLES OF HINDOSTAN
WHAT IS THEOSOPHY?
WHAT ARE THE THEOSOPHISTS?
MAHATMAS AND CHELAS
OCCULT OR EXACT SCIENCE?
THE ESOTERIC CHARACTER OF THE GOSPELS
OCCULTISM VERSUS THE OCCULT ARTS
IS THEOSOPHY A RELIGION?
THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE
THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY
THE SECRET DOCTRINE
ADVENTURE AMONG THE ROSICRUCIANS
THE GRAND INQUISITOR (Translated by H. P. Blavatsky)

Henry Steel Olcott
THE LIFE OF BUDDHA AND ITS LESSONS
THE BUDDHIST CATECHISM
THE GOLDEN RULES OF BUDDHISM
THE SPIRIT OF ZOROASTRIANISM
TABLE OF CONTENTS
H. P. Blavatsky
ISIS UNVEILED
PREFACE
BEFORE THE VEIL
VOLUME ONE — SCIENCE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
VOLUME TWO — RELIGION
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CONCLUSION
FROM THE CAVES AND JUNGLES OF HINDOSTAN
Translator's Preface
In Bombay
On The Way To Karli
In The Karli Caves
Vanished Glories
A City Of The Dead
Brahmanic Hospitalities
A Witch's Den
God's Warrior
The Banns Of Marriage
The Caves Of Bagh
An Isle of Mystery
Jubblepore
WHAT IS THEOSOPHY?
WHAT ARE THE THEOSOPHISTS?
MAHATMAS AND CHELAS
OCCULT OR EXACT SCIENCE?
I
II
THE ESOTERIC CHARACTER OF THE GOSPELS
I
II
III
OCCULTISM VERSUS THE OCCULT ARTS
IS THEOSOPHY A RELIGION?
THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE
PREFACE
Fragment I
The Voice Of The Silence
Fragment II
The Two Paths
Fragment III
The Seven Portals
FOOTNOTES
THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY
PREFACE
i. THEOSOPHY AND THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
THE MEANING OF THE NAME.
THE POLICY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
THE WISDOM-RELIGION ESOTERIC IN ALL AGES.
THEOSOPHY IS NOT BUDDHISM.
II. EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC THEOSOPHY.
WHAT THE MODERN THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IS NOT.
THEOSOPHISTS AND MEMBERS OF THE “T.S.”
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEOSOPHY AND SPIRITUALISM.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEOSOPHY AND SPIRITUALISM.
WHY IS THEOSOPHY ACCEPTED?
III. THE WORKING SYSTEM OF THE T.S.
THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY.
THE COMMON ORIGIN OF MAN.
OUR OTHER OBJECTS.
ON THE SACREDNESS OF THE PLEDGE.
IV. THE RELATIONS OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY TO THEOSOPHY.
ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT.
THE ABSTRACT AND THE CONCRETE.
V. THE FUNDAMENTAL TEACHINGS OF THEOSOPHY.
ON GOD AND PRAYER.
IS IT NECESSARY TO PRAY?
PRAYER KILLS SELF RELIANCE.
ON THE SOURCE OF THE HUMAN SOUL.
THE BUDDHIST TEACHINGS ON THE ABOVE.
VI. THEOSOPHICAL TEACHINGS AS TO NATURE AND MAN.
THE UNITY OF ALL IN ALL.
EVOLUTION AND ILLUSION.
ON THE SEPTENARY CONSTITUTION OF OUR PLANET.
THE SEPTENARY NATURE OF MAN.
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOUL AND SPIRIT.
THE GREEK TEACHINGS.
VII. ON THE VARIOUS POST MORTEM STATES.
THE PHYSICAL AND THE SPIRITUAL MAN.
ON ETERNAL REWARD AND PUNISHMENT;
AND ON NIRVANA.
ON THE VARIOUS “PRINCIPLES” IN MAN.
VIII. ON RE-INCARNATION OR REBIRTH.
WHAT IS MEMORY ACCORDING TO THEOSOPHICAL TEACHING?
WHY DO WE NOT REMEMBER OUR PAST LIVES?
ON INDIVIDUALITY AND PERSONALITY.36
ON THE REWARD AND PUNISHMENT OF THE EGO.
IX. ON THE KAMA-LOKA AND DEVACHAN.
ON THE FATE OF THE LOWER “PRINCIPLES.”
WHY THEOSOPHISTS DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE
RETURN OF PURE “SPIRITS.”
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SKANDHAS.
ON POST-MORTEM AND POST-NATAL CONSCIOUSNESS.41
WHAT IS REALLY MEANT BY ANNIHILATION.
DEFINITE WORDS FOR DEFINITE THINGS.
X. ON THE NATURE OF OUR THINKING PRINCIPLE.
THE MYSTERY OF THE EGO.
THE COMPLEX NATURE OF MANAS.
THE DOCTRINE IS TAUGHT IN ST. JOHN’S GOSPEL.
XI. ON THE MYSTERIES OF RE-INCARNATION.
PERIODICAL REBIRTHS.
WHAT IS KARMA?
WHO ARE THOSE WHO KNOW?
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE;
OR, BLIND AND REASONED FAITH.
HAS GOD THE RIGHT TO FORGIVE?
XII. WHAT IS PRACTICAL THEOSOPHY?
DUTY.
THE RELATIONS OF THE T.S. TO POLITICAL REFORMS.
ON SELF-SACRIFICE.
ON CHARITY.
THEOSOPHY FOR THE MASSES.
HOW MEMBERS CAN HELP THE SOCIETY.
WHAT A THEOSOPHIST OUGHT NOT TO DO.
XIII. ON THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
THEOSOPHY AND ASCETICISM.
THEOSOPHY AND MARRIAGE.
THEOSOPHY AND EDUCATION.
WHY, THEN, IS THERE SO MUCH PREJUDICE AGAINST THE T.S.?
IS THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY A
MONEY-MAKING CONCERN?
THE WORKING STAFF OF THE T.S.
XIV. THE “THEOSOPHICAL MAHATMAS.”
ARE THEY “SPIRITS OF LIGHT” OR “GOBLINS DAMN’D”?
THE ABUSE OF SACRED NAMES AND TERMS.
CONCLUSION.
THE FUTURE OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.
FOOTNOTES
THE SECRET DOCTRINE
Volume 1
Preface To The First Edition.
Introductory.
Proem: Pages From A Pre-Historic Record.
Part I. Cosmic Evolution.
Part II. The Evolution Of Symbolism.
Part III. Addenda. On Occult And Modern Science.
Volume 2
Preliminary Notes on The Archaic Stanzas, and the Four Pre-Historic Continents.
Part I. Anthropogenesis.
Part II. The Archaic Symbolism Of The World-Religions.
Part III. Addenda. Science And The Secret Doctrine Contrasted.
ADVENTURE AMONG THE ROSICRUCIANS
PUBLISHER’S NOTE
I. THE EXCURSION
II. THE MONASTERY
III. UNEXPECTED REVELATIONS
IV. THE REFECTORY
V. RECOLLECTIONS OF PAST LIVES
VI. THE ALCHEMICAL LABORATORY
VII. THE HIGHER LIFE
VIII. THE END
THE GRAND INQUISITOR
Henry S. Olcott
THE LIFE OF BUDDHA AND ITS LESSONS
THE BUDDHIST CATECHISM
PART I
THE LIFE OF THE BUDDHA
PART II
THE DHARMA OR DOCTRINE
PART III
THE SANGHA
PART IV
THE RISE AND SPREAD OF BUDDHISM
PART V
BUDDHISM AND SCIENCE
APPENDIX
FUNDAMENTAL BUDDHISTIC BELIEFS
BURMAH
CEYLON
JAPAN
CHITTAGONG
BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE GOLDEN RULES OF BUDDHISM
Preface
Authors Consulted
Merits and Demerits
Passions
Associates and Friends
Parents, Teachers and Children
Research Recommended
The moral law inexorable
Adeptship a Fact
The True Buddhist Priest
THE SPIRIT OF ZOROASTRIANISM
H. P. Blavatsky
ISIS UNVEILED
PREFACE
THE work now submitted to public judgment is the fruit of a somewhat intimate acquaintance with Eastern adepts and study of their science. It is offered to such as are willing to accept truth wherever it may be found, and to defend it, even looking popular prejudice straight in the face. It is an attempt to aid the student to detect the vital principles which underlie the philosophical systems of old.
The book is written in all sincerity. It is meant to do even justice, and to speak the truth alike without malice or prejudice. But it shows neither mercy for enthroned error, nor reverence for usurped authority. It demands for a spoliated past, that credit for its achievements which has been too long withheld. It calls for a restitution of borrowed robes, and the vindication of calumniated but glorious reputations. Toward no form of worship, no religious faith, no scientific hypothesis has its criticism been directed in any other spirit. Men and parties, sects and schools are but the mere ephemera of the world’s day. TRUTH, high-seated upon its rock of adamant, is alone eternal and supreme.
We believe in no Magic which transcends the scope and capacity of the human mind, nor in “miracle,” whether divine or diabolical, if such imply a transgression of the laws of nature instituted from all eternity. Nevertheless, we accept the saying of the gifted author of Festus , that the human heart has not yet fully uttered itself, and that we have never attained or even understood the extent of its powers. Is it too much to believe that man should be developing new sensibilities and a closer relation with nature? The logic of evolution must teach as much, if carried to its legitimate conclusions. If, somewhere, in the line of ascent from vegetable or ascidian to the noblest man a soul was evolved, gifted with intellectual qualities, it cannot be unreasonable to infer and believe that a faculty of perception is also growing in man, enabling him to descry facts and truths even beyond our ordinary ken. Yet we do not hesitate to accept the assertion of Biffé, that “the essential is forever the same. Whether we cut away the marble inward that hides the statue in the block, or pile stone upon stone