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 the
fate of the wildlife as
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,
purchased
for the Adyar
Theosophical
In addition to
concern about the park,
many are worried about the
future
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Deer as they
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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Tekels Park Guest
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Future of Tekels Park Badgers in Doubt
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Tekels Park & the Loch Ness Monster
A Satirical view of
the sale of Tekels Park
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Classic Introductory Theosophy Text
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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
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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
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