Boris de Zirkoff – USA

William Quan Judge

For many years past it has been customary in some Theosophical circles in various parts of the world to disregard the role played by William Quan Judge in the formation of the Theosophical Society, and often to belittle his personality and influence in the early history of the Movement.

The reasons for this attitude are somewhat confused, but there can be little doubt that they arise from the personal idiosyncrasies of the members and the ignorance which prevails among most of them with regard to the history of their own Movement.

 Kenneth Small – USA

Spirit in Crisis – an Eighty Year Retrospective Overview 

If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change

                                                                                                the Buddha

The Challenge of Spiritual Renewal

A spiritual malignancy is loose (2025) that has evoked nihilistic advocacy and reactions. Some would argue that this is a counter reaction to the unbridled materialism and consumerism of the day. Yet the genuine counter evolutionary force needed is that of the resilient spiritual center of all life. The sacred brought back into its central position in daily living is the healing element for both nihilism and consumerism and their resultant outcome in global conflicts over land, resources, conflictive cultural issues tied to territory and ideologies. From what source is the restoration to bring healing and harmony?

Tim Boyd – India, USA

Tim Boyd, International President ...

... motivated, profound, heading a Movement in motion

The Mahatma Letters were not written with the intention that one day they would be published. In fact, it was the express desire of the Masters that they not be published. From their perspective, the letters were an incomplete attempt to address specific issues in the growth and unfoldment of A. P. Sinnett, and of the Theosophical Society (TS) at that time. The sense was that such a partial expression of the wisdom teachings would only serve to confuse. In the letters, it was suggested that H. P. Blavatsky’s (HPB) The Secret Doctrine (SD), when written, would provide a more complete view of their philosophy and point of view. The SD was published and, years later, so were the Letters of the Masters. Although many people objected to their publication at the time, they have become a treasure for those of us who have come after. A brief quote from one of those letters, written by the Master Koot Hoomi (KH), talks about spiritual unfoldment:

An Adept is the rare efflorescence of a generation of inquirers; and to become one he must obey the inward impulse of his soul irrespective of prudential considerations of worldly science and sagacity. (ML) Letter No.2, chron. ed.)

John Algeo – USA

Toward the end of her life, H. P. Blavatsky became a veritable fountain of wisdom. To be sure, she was a wise woman and a productive one. But she became quite phenomenal in her literary output between May 1, 1887, when she moved to London, and May 8, 1891, when she died. During those four years, she produced more than half of the material contained in the fourteen volumes of her Collected Writings.

In addition, during those four years, she was clearly thinking about her own coming departure from this world and feeling concern about the fate of Theosophy in the hands of the Theosophists she would leave behind. Because of that thinking and feeling, she made five bequests to her Theosophical children. First, she published The Secret Doctrine, a book of teaching for students who want to know about the cosmos and the place of human beings in it; this massive work supplemented and corrected the partial information contained in earlier books, like Esoteric Buddhism, by A. P. Sinnett. Second, she founded the Esoteric School of Theosophy to provide a discipline of life for those who wish to follow it. Third, she wrote The Key to Theosophy, an introductory catechism for inquirers. Fourth, she transcribed The Voice of the Silence, a guidebook to walking the mystical path. Those were four of the five remarkable bequests HPB produced during those four anni mirabiles, four marvelous years.

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