| The seven principles of man by Dr.Annie Besant
Man according to the Theosophical teaching is a sevenfold
being, or, in the usual phrase, has a septenary constitution.
Putting it in another way, man’s nature has seven aspects, may
be studied from seven different points of view, is composed of
seven principles. |
| The historical Christ
By Annie Besant. There are two schools of thought at the
present time, bitterly opposed to each other, who dispute over the
story of the great Hebrew Teacher. According to one school there
is nothing at all in the accounts of His life save myths and
legends |
| An introduction to yoga
By Annie Besant. These lectures are intended to give an
outline of Yoga, in order to prepare the student to take up, for
practical purposes, the Yoga sutras of Patanjali.. |
| Thought forms:
The Effects of Thought By Annie Besant. Each definite
thought produces a double effect—a radiating vibration and a
floating form. The thought itself appears first to clairvoyant
sight as a vibration in the mental body, and this may be either
simple or complex. |
| Mystic Christianity - the Holy Ghost
To the average Christian the nature of the Holy Ghost--one of
the beings of the Trinity--is veiled in obscurity, and is
generally pronounced "not to be understood." A careful
examination of the orthodox Christian writings will show the
student that the Church is very much at sea regarding this
subject. |
| The Days and Nights of Brahma
This is the name given to the Periods called manvantara (Manuantara,
or between the Manus) and pralaya (dissolution).. |
| The Seven Creations
"There was neither day nor night, nor sky nor earth, nor
darkness nor light, nor any other thing save only ONE, inapprehensible
by intellect, or THAT which is Brahma and Pumis (Spirit) and
Pradhana (crude matter)" |
| The Formation of Solar System
The beginning of the universe (if ever it had a beginning) is
beyond our ken. At the earliest point of history that we can
reach, the two great opposites of spirit and matter, of life and
form, are already in full activity. |
| Life After Death
Death is the laying aside of the physical body; but it makes no
more difference to the ego than does the laying aside of an
overcoat to the physical man. Having put off his physical body,
the ego continues to live in his astral body until the force has
become |
| The Zodiac and Its Antiquity
There are several such predetermined opinions among our
learned Orientalists, yet few are more unjust or illogical than
the general error with regard to the antiquity of the Zodiac. |
