Douglas Keene – USA As we plunge into the darkness and the cold of winter (now in the northern hemisphere) and then begin to climb out again we can’t help but think of the cycles we experience in life. The annual verdant explosion of spring, the gentle breezes of summer and in the involution and withdrawal of autumn touch most…
Sally and James Colbert -- USA James and Sally Colbert with your editor at Olcott, Wheaton during ITC 2012 NOTE: This is the first in a series of articles intended to help Theosophical students or their families deal with some of the major traumas visiting so many of us. Included will be alcoholism, marijuana addiction, Alzheimer’s,…
Gottfried de Purucker – USA [Taken from Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy , First Edition. Relevant pages are mentioned] ... if ... our thoughts are running downwards, and we wear away the ... "golden thread" which binds us to our Higher Nature, ... at last the final rupture ... comes, and the soul becomes the "lost soul"…
Jan Nicolaas Kind – Brazil Giordano Bruno When we look at today’s world we cannot but come to the conclusion that religion, or rather, that what one refers to as ‘religion’, has caused, and is still causing immense tragedies, disgraceful behavior and confusion. Unfortunately, humans, labeled as ‘the thinkers’, most definitely…
On the spiritual path if we try to arrive at some particular place then our mind will start creating a “place.” It is not about giving up one level of hallucination and moving into another level, but to learn to live with reality by giving up hallucination altogether. We need to make an effort to get the Truth and that…
William Quan Judge – USA Some years ago one of those Masters in whom so many of our members believe directed HPB to write a letter for him to a certain body of Theosophists. In this he said that each member could become, in his own town or city, if earnest, sincere and unselfish, an active center from which would radiate…
Michele Sender – USA Michele Sender * Members of the Theosophical Society (TS) are entrusted with the task of sharing the living power of Theosophy. In a letter to the American Convention, H. P. Blavatsky (HPB) instructed us to “teach, practise, [and] promulgate that system of life and thought which alone can save the coming…
Tim Wyatt – England The author and some cats ... somewhere in Greece There’s a shadow war and covert fightback unfolding against soul-corroding modernism and mass technophilia. It may soon erupt into a full-scale conflict. It’s been happening for a while as a growing minority of people intuitively recoil from…
Andrew Rooke – Australia Over 200,000 people died today and 200,000 will die tomorrow. (1) Sooner or later, we will be amongst them. Spirituality teaches us that death is not to be feared. It is a great teacher from whom we can learn much about the secrets of life. Many spiritual traditions recommend that we can learn a lot by…
Text and photos by Richard Dvořák Introduction by Jan Nicolaas Kind Richard’s regular offerings to Theosophy Forward are highly appreciated by the magazine’s readers. As editor I consider myself fortunate that for many years now, I can count on the partnership with two gifted photographers, David M. Grossman in the USA and Richard…
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