A FREE INTRO TO THEOSOPHY
An
Outline of Theosophy
By
Charles
Webster Leadbeater
Theosophy
– What It Is
For many a year men have been discussing arguing,
enquiring about certain great basic truths – about the existence and the Nature
of God, about His relation to man, and about the past and future of
humanity. So radically have they
differed
on these points, and so bitterly have they assailed
and ridiculed one another’s beliefs, that there has come to be a firmly-rooted
popular opinion that with regard to all these matters there is no certainty
available – nothing but vague speculation amid a cloud of unsound deductions
drawn from ill-established premises. And this in spite of the very definite,
though frequently incredible, assertions made on these subjects on behalf of
the various religions.
This popular opinion, though not unnatural under the
circumstances, is entirely untrue. There are definite facts available – plenty
of them. Theosophy gives them to us; but it offers them not (as religions do)
as matters of faith, but as subjects for study. It is itself not a religion,
but it bears to religions the same relation as did the ancient philosophies. It
does not contradict them, but explains them.
Whatever in any of them is unreasonable, it rejects as
necessarily unworthy of the Deity and derogatory to Him; whatever is reasonable
in each and all of them it takes up, explains and emphasises, and thus combines
all into one harmonious whole.
It holds that truth on all these most important points
is attainable – that there is a great body of knowledge about them already
existing. It considers all the various religions as statements of that truth
from different points of view; since, though they differ much as to
nomenclature and as to articles of belief, they all agree as to the only matter
which are of real importance – the kind of life which a good man should lead,
the qualities which he must develop, the vices which he must avoid. On these
practical points the teaching is identical in Hinduism and Buddhism, in
Zoroasterianism and Muhammadanism, in Judaism and Christianity.
Theosophy may be described to the outside world as an
intelligent theory of the universe. Yet for those who have studied it, it is
not theory, but fact; for it is a definite science, capable of being studied,
and its teachings are verifiable by investigation and experiment for those who
are willing to take the trouble to qualify themselves for such enquiry.
It is a statement of the great facts of Nature so far
as they are known – an outline of the scheme of our
corner of the universe.
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Concerns about
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Tekels Park is to
be Sold to a Developer
Concerns are
raised about the fate of the
wildlife as The Spiritual Retreat,
Tekels Park in
Camberley, Surrey,
England is to be
sold to a developer.
Tekels Park is a
50 acre woodland park,
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for the Adyar
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In addition to
concern about the park,
many are worried about the
future
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Confusion as the
Theoversity moves out of
Tekels Park to Southampton,
Glastonbury &
Chorley in Lancashire while the
leadership claim
that the Theosophical Society will
carry on using
Tekels Park despite its sale to a developer
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Classic
Introductory Theosophy Text
A Text Book of
Theosophy By C W Leadbeater
What Theosophy Is
From the Absolute to Man
The Formation of a Solar System The Evolution of Life
The Constitution of Man After Death
Reincarnation
The Purpose of Life
The Planetary Chains
The Result of Theosophical Study
An Outstanding
Introduction to Theosophy
By a student of
Katherine Tingley
Elementary Theosophy Who is the Man? Body and Soul
Body, Soul and Spirit Reincarnation Karma
Preface to the American Edition Introduction
Occultism and its Adepts The Theosophical Society
First Occult Experiences Teachings of Occult Philosophy
Later Occult Phenomena Appendix
Preface
Theosophy and the Masters General Principles
The Earth Chain Body and Astral Body Kama – Desire
Manas Of Reincarnation Reincarnation Continued
Karma Kama Loka
Devachan
Cycles
Arguments Supporting Reincarnation
Differentiation Of Species Missing Links
Psychic Laws, Forces, and Phenomena
Psychic Phenomena and Spiritualism
Karma Fundamental Principles Laws: Natural and Man-Made The Law of Laws
The Eternal Now
Succession
Causation The Laws of Nature A Lesson of The Law
Karma Does Not Crush Apply This Law
Man in The Three Worlds Understand The Truth
Man and His Surroundings The Three Fates
The Pair of Triplets Thought, The Builder
Practical Meditation Will and Desire
The Mastery of Desire Two Other Points
The Third Thread Perfect Justice
Our Environment
Our Kith and Kin Our Nation
The Light for a Good Man Knowledge of Law The Opposing Schools
The More Modern View Self-Examination Out of the Past
Old Friendships
We Grow By Giving Collective Karma Family Karma
National Karma
India’s Karma
National Disasters
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