Added July 2010
Jean
Overton Fuller, Master Narayan, and the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias
Issue. Full text of article released on Alpheus.
Academe
and Esotericism: The Problem of Authority. Talk presented
by Richard Smoley at the Association for the Study of Esotericism
at Davis, California in June 2006. The author makes the
case that academicians are unnecessarily reticent in partaking
of experiences enabled by the esoteric tradition. It is
as if, he states, academia is collecting and classifying
all printed works about wine, but never venturing into tasting
it and have a first-hand experience of its many facets.
The State
of the TS (Adyar) in 2008: A Psycho-esoteric Interpretation.
Article by Govert Schuller arguing that Adyar Theosophists
are still suffering from a variation of post-traumatic stress
disorder triggered by the failed world teacher project with
Krishnamurti.
Added January 2010
Jean Overton
Fuller, Master Narayan, and the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias
Issue. Announcement of an article in Theosophical
History by Govert Schuller about a relatively unknown
but quite important Theosophical master and his alleged
identification by Jean Overton Fuller. All in the context
of the Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias issue, which is about two
Englishmen passing on contested Mahatmic evaluations
of the metaphysical status of Krishnamurti and the esoteric
soundness of his teachings.
Phenomenology and
its relevance in certain academic disciplines and professional
practices: An initial bibliography.
The reach of phenomenology into different non-philosophical
domains has been steadily growing. This is a list of disciplines,
which make extensive use of phenomenology in its self-understanding.
Added November 2009
The
Abiding Threat: The Ongoing Validity of the Angleton-Golytsin
Thesis. Introduction to, and collection of, sources
looking into the long-term strategy of hidden China-russia
alliance and US misperceptions.
When the Dollar Rallies,
the Market will Crash. Article by
Mike Withney on the next dangerous bubble. Extensive quotes
from Prof. Nouriel Roubini. Introduction by editor
Added October 2009
Review of
Krishnamurti--Love and Freedom: Approaching a Mystery.
A study by Peter Michel highlighting some esoteric aspects
of K's life and putting them in a Theosophical perspective.
Review focuses on his use of the Scott and Anrias material.
Introduction
to The Initiations of Krishnamurti: An Astrological Biography.
Study by Phillip Lindsay using the Scott
and Anrias material extensively. Introduction by Dr. Michael
D. Robbins.
Review
of Bloodline
A film by Bruce Burgess (director) and René Barnett
(producer) adding some more fabricated twists and turns
to the Priory of Sion / Rennes-le-Chateau / Jesus' bloodline
issue.
Added April 2009
The
New Age and the New World Order: Separating Truth from Fiction.
2009 Summer Course at the Far
Horizons Retreat Camp in Sequoia National Park, Sierra
Nevadas, August 26-30. 5-day course looking at the opposing
forces that move and cajole us towards either a Golden Age
or its opposite and our own position and opportunities within
that forcefield.
Prophet's
Daughter
Review of Prophet's Daughter: My Life with Elizabeth
Clare Prophet inside the Church Universal and Triumphant
by Erin Prophet
Sliding into VGGD
(Very Great Global Depression) (April 2009)
Nothing has been effectively done to stop the slide. Not
by Bush-Paulson, nor by Obama-Geithner. Only more interventionist
policies, massive bail-outs and now the IMF's Special Drawing
Rights as an emerging global fiat currency for the New World
Order.
Added May 11, 2008
Theosophy
and Krishnamurti: Harmonies and Tensions
Lecture by Govert Schuller (audio). How do Theosophy and
Krishnamurti perceive each other? How are their teachings
related? Based on primary sources and notes from discussions
a wide spectrum of possible answers will be presented as
a contribution to an ongoing discussion.
Handout
Accompanying the above lecture
Comparison
between Theosophy and Krishnamurti
Double-column comparison with footnotes
Krishnamurti
and Eastern Philosophy
Lecture by Ravi Ravindra (audio). An exploration of Indian
thought, referring especially to the principal Upanishads,
the Yoga Sutras, and the Bhagavad Gita in the context of
questions raised by the spiritual teacher, Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Guideposts
for Living: At the Feet of the Master
Lecture by John Algeo (video), exploring some of the practical
insights for living found in At the Feet of the Master,
the Theosophical classic written by Jiddu Krishnamurti.
The
Golden Thread and the Threatened Gold: Rhythms
of Spiritual and Intellectual Enlightenments and Counter-Enlightenments
in the History of Western Civilization (Fall Semester 2008).
Class conducted at The Theosophical Society in America based
on the book: The Golden Thread: The Timeless Wisdom of
the Western Mystery Traditions by Joscelyn Godwin with
foreword by Richard Smoley
Added April 24, 2008
On
Popes, Phenomenology and HPB. Short article on Karol
Wojtyla, the late Pope John Paul II, and his interest
in phenomenology and the allegation that he was influenced
by Theosophy.
Pope
John Paul II meditating on the Tarot? Small article
digging into the pope's possible interest for the esoteric
masterwork "Meditations on the Tarot."
Added March 16, 2008
Six Degrees to Meltdown
(March 2008)
Looking into the high possibility of a systemic financial
meltdown caused by the far-reaching fallout of the US sub-prime
mortgage problem and the possibility that the crisis was
designed as part of a long-term One World agenda.
Added February 1, 2008
Message
from The Rishi of the Nilgiri Hills
From David Anrias' Through the Eyes of the Masters. Containing
critical remarks regarding Krishnamurti.
Message
from Master Koot Hoomi
In David Anrias' Through the Eyes of the Masters. Containing
critical remarks regarding Krishnamurti.
Review:
The Initiate in the Dark Cycle
Written by His Pupil (Cyril Scott). Review by C.W. Leadbeater
for The Theosophist. A critique of Scott and Anrias
with implied endorsements.
The
Scott and Anrias Material in my Historical Situatedness
By Govert Schuller. History of personal involvement in the
Krishnamurti-Scott-Anrias issue.
Parapolitics
This page organizes all materials on parapolitics and deep
politics, that is, the whole spectrum of supressed political
arrangements and operations.
Secret
and semi-secret long-term policy planning groups
Groups placed on a geographical-chronological grid / matrix.
Primarely based on the researches done by scholars like
Carol Quigley, Anthony C. Sutton and William G. Domhoff.
(pdf)
Dossier
on the Economy
Collection of articles and videos on the economy and the
dangerous state it is in. With in-depth analyses of its
causes, solutions and its role in the overall scheme of
manipulations.
Top 5 articles visited in 2007:
1) The
Priory of Sion Hoax
2) Krishnamurti and
the World Teacher Project
3) Annie Besant's
Quest for Truth
4) Secret
Tradition of Islam
5) George
Bush, Skull & Bones and the New World Order
Added November 24, 2007
Manipulation,
manipulation, manipulation
Follw-up article of "The State of the US Economy"
Added September 19, 2007
Theosphical Society
Open Discussion Group
Home page for participants
Added September 14, 2007
The State of
the US Economy, September 2007: Quotes, Analyses &
Expectations
Doomsday for the Dollar:
Why the Dollar Will Crash and How You Can Profit. By
Kurt Richabacher
Added August 11, 2007
Open
Discussion Group Fall 2007
Announcement of a class at the Theosophical Society in America.
An open exploration into fundamental questions about the
nature of Theosophy as a doctrine, an attitude and a claim
of being the synthesis of science, religion and philosophy,
or whatever else we think Theosophy is or should be.
Added April 12, 2007
Empirical
method in the study of esotericism
By Wouter Hanegraaff. Making a case along phenomenological
lines against both reductionists and religionists that the
empirical method is metaphysically neutral by employing
methodological agnosticism and acknowledging the historicity
of religious phenomena.
Some
Remarks on the Study of Western Esotericism
By Wouter J. Hanegraaff. A short introduction to the emerging
academic study of western esotericism, and some problems
related to it. (Print
version; Word-format)
Historian
as Heretic: Conflicting Perspectives on Theosophical History.
By K. Paul Johnson. A thoughtful assesment, along Hanegraaff's
lines, of the methodology applied in the author's controversial
historical investigation of the ontological status of Theosophy's
Masters.
History
of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents
De Universiteit van Amsterdam (UvA) is the world's first
academic institution to have created a complete program
for research and teaching in the field of western esotericism.
Aries:
Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism
"Aries is the first professional academic journal specifically
devoted to a long-neglected but now rapidly developing new
domain of research in the humanities, usually referred to
as 'Western Esotericism'." Edited by Roland Edighoffer,
Antoine Faivre and Wouter J. Hanegraaff.
Dictionary
of Gnosis and Western Esotericism
(Leiden: Brill, 2006) Edited by Wouter J. Hanegraaff in
collaboration with Antoine Faivre, Roelof van den Broek
and Jean-Pierre Brach. The Dictionary is in two volumes,
counts over 1200 pages, and contains over 400 articles written
by more than 180 international specialists.
Added March 1, 2007
An
Indian Yogi
Chapter from Ernest Wood's Is this Theosophy …?
on the Indian yogi Nagaratnaswami. Some Theosophists think
he is Master Narayan.
Krishnamurti
And Blavatsky
By Jean Overton Fuller. Article reconciling Theosophy and
the Masters with Krishnamurti's teachings.
Krishnamurti
Obituary by Jean Overton Fuller presenting the author’s
interesting view of K.
The
Purchase of Adyar Headquarters: A Reminiscence of H.P.B.
by Chetty, G. Soobiah. Charming account by an insider. Reporting
Olcott's claims of Masters in the neighbourhood.
Letter
from the Maha-chohan (pdf)
"Several good reasons given to K. H. by the Chohan
why the T. S. should be a Brotherhood of Humanity."
The Consolation of Theosophy (part
1 & part
2)
Review-essay by Frederick Crew of Peter Washington's Madame
Blavatsky’s Baboon: A History of the Mystics, Mediums,
and Misfits Who Brought Spiritualism to America.
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