The Key to Theosophy

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Author

Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna), 1831-1891

Title

The Key to Theosophy Being a Clear Exposition, in the Form of Question and Answer, of the Ethics, Science and Philosophy for the Study of Which the Theosophical Society Has Been Founded

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

BP: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Islam, Bahaism, Theosophy, Other and new beliefs

Subject

Theosophy

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 55618

Release Date

September 24, 2017

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Key to Theosophy
2. 2.I. THEOSOPHY AND THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. — THE MEANING OF THE NAME. — THE POLICY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. — THE WISDOM-RELIGION ESOTERIC IN ALL AGES. — THEOSOPHY IS NOT BUDDHISM.
3. 3.II. EXOTERIC AND ESOTERIC THEOSOPHY. — WHAT THE MODERN THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IS NOT. — THEOSOPHISTS AND MEMBERS OF THE “T.S.” — THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEOSOPHY AND SPIRITUALISM. — THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEOSOPHY AND SPIRITUALISM. — WHY IS THEOSOPHY ACCEPTED?
4. 4.III. THE WORKING SYSTEM OF THE T.S. [10] — THE OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY. — THE COMMON ORIGIN OF MAN. — OUR OTHER OBJECTS. — ON THE SACREDNESS OF THE PLEDGE.
5. 5.IV. THE RELATIONS OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY TO THEOSOPHY. — ON SELF-IMPROVEMENT. — THE ABSTRACT AND THE CONCRETE.
6. 6.V. THE FUNDAMENTAL TEACHINGS OF THEOSOPHY. — ON GOD AND PRAYER. — IS IT NECESSARY TO PRAY? — PRAYER KILLS SELF RELIANCE. — ON THE SOURCE OF THE HUMAN SOUL. — THE BUDDHIST TEACHINGS ON THE ABOVE.
7. 7.VI. THEOSOPHICAL TEACHINGS AS TO NATURE AND MAN. — THE UNITY OF ALL IN ALL. — EVOLUTION AND ILLUSION. — ON THE SEPTENARY CONSTITUTION OF OUR PLANET. — THE SEPTENARY NATURE OF MAN. — THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOUL AND SPIRIT. — THE GREEK TEACHINGS.
8. 8.VII. ON THE VARIOUS POST MORTEM STATES. — THE PHYSICAL AND THE SPIRITUAL MAN. — ON ETERNAL REWARD AND PUNISHMENT; AND ON NIRVANA. — ON THE VARIOUS “PRINCIPLES” IN MAN.
9. 9.VIII. ON RE-INCARNATION OR REBIRTH. — WHAT IS MEMORY ACCORDING TO THEOSOPHICAL TEACHING? — WHY DO WE NOT REMEMBER OUR PAST LIVES? — ON INDIVIDUALITY AND PERSONALITY. [36] — ON THE REWARD AND PUNISHMENT OF THE EGO.
10. 10.IX. ON THE KAMA-LOKA AND DEVACHAN. — ON THE FATE OF THE LOWER “PRINCIPLES.” — WHY THEOSOPHISTS DO NOT BELIEVE IN THE RETURN OF PURE “SPIRITS.” — A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE SKANDHAS. — ON POST-MORTEM AND POST-NATAL CONSCIOUSNESS. [41] — WHAT IS REALLY MEANT BY ANNIHILATION. — DEFINITE WORDS FOR DEFINITE THINGS.
11. 11.X. ON THE NATURE OF OUR THINKING PRINCIPLE. — THE MYSTERY OF THE EGO. — THE COMPLEX NATURE OF MANAS. — THE DOCTRINE IS TAUGHT IN ST. JOHN’S GOSPEL.
12. 12.XI. ON THE MYSTERIES OF RE-INCARNATION. — PERIODICAL REBIRTHS. — WHAT IS KARMA? — WHO ARE THOSE WHO KNOW? — THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE; OR, BLIND AND REASONED FAITH. — HAS GOD THE RIGHT TO FORGIVE?
13. 13.XII. WHAT IS PRACTICAL THEOSOPHY? — DUTY. — THE RELATIONS OF THE T.S. TO POLITICAL REFORMS. — ON SELF-SACRIFICE. — ON CHARITY. — THEOSOPHY FOR THE MASSES. — HOW MEMBERS CAN HELP THE SOCIETY. — WHAT A THEOSOPHIST OUGHT NOT TO DO.
14. 14.XIII. ON THE MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. — THEOSOPHY AND ASCETICISM. — THEOSOPHY AND MARRIAGE. — THEOSOPHY AND EDUCATION. — WHY, THEN, IS THERE SO MUCH PREJUDICE AGAINST THE T.S.? — IS THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY A MONEY-MAKING CONCERN? — THE WORKING STAFF OF THE T.S.
15. 15.XIV. THE “THEOSOPHICAL MAHATMAS.” — ARE THEY “SPIRITS OF LIGHT” OR “GOBLINS DAMN’D”? — THE ABUSE OF SACRED NAMES AND TERMS.
16. 16.CONCLUSION. — THE FUTURE OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY.

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