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Who Can Change the World?

Barbara Hebert - USA

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The challenges we face in our world today seem almost impossible to overcome. We often look to our leaders—religious, political, and spiritual—to make a difference, but it doesn’t happen. Instead of looking outside of ourselves to make change happen, it is time to start looking within. Each of us has the power—as well as the responsibility—to change the world. We cannot wait for others to step up...each one of us needs to take matters into our own hands.

Was Madame Blavatsky an Opponent of Christianity?

Antti Savinainen – Finland

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H. P. Blavatsky (HPB, 1831–1891), the central founder of the Theosophical movement, has been considered an opponent of Christianity (1) .Christian theologians have viewed HPB as such. Her defense of the 'pagan' traditions of the West and her conversion to Buddhism have accentuated her stigma of anti-Christianity.

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A Few Thoughts Along The Way

David M. Grossman – USA

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The author, David Grossman, is a professional photographer and lives in Brooklyn NY. He is a life-long student of Theosophy, a regular contributor to Theosophy Forward and his articles have also appeared in The Theosophist. The Sunflower is his favorite flower.

Periodicity

Douglas Keene – USA

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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 of us. The annual trip around the sun causes reflection on past seasons, but begets questions about the future. Day and night, birth and death, and other natural revolutions are constant reminders of the impermanence of all life, including our own. Theosophy teaches that cycles are even more extensive, including root races, rounds, and chains. Planets are born and stars die.

Lost Souls and Spiritual Evil

Gottfried de Purucker – USA

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[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" ... (167- 68)

There are two classes of this kind of soul ... first ... those ... who through native weaknesses of soul and from lack of spiritual attraction upwards, go to pieces after a certain interval of time ...