If Theosophy is taken as a synthesis of science, philosophy and theology, together with its stated objectives of open dialogue, comparative investigation and experimentation, there will be a lot of room to overcome its own articles of faith, which in spite of its professed anti-dogmatic, free-thinking, non-partisan persona, are quite prevalent. For example there are … Continue reading “The Operative Assumptions in Theosophy”
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Theosophy and Krishnamurti: Harmonies and Tensions
The leading questions of this presentation are: How do Theosophy and Krishnamurti perceive each other? How are their teachings related? Based on primary sources and notes from discussions, I will present a wide spectrum of possible answers as a contribution to an ongoing discussion. CONTENT Introduction Theosophical Perceptions on Krishnamurti Perceptions of World Teacher Project … Continue reading “Theosophy and Krishnamurti: Harmonies and Tensions”
Two Theosophical Views on Krishnamurti: One Sympathetic, One Critical
[Article in pdf] CONTENTS Introduction Context of Discovery Analysis I: The Sympathetic Theosophical View Analysis II: The Critical Theosophical View The Sympathetic and Critical Views Interpreting Each Other First strategy Second Strategy Specific Questions and Answers What was K’s experience of Benediction? Was K enlightened or not? What is true and what is false in … Continue reading “Two Theosophical Views on Krishnamurti: One Sympathetic, One Critical”
The West Turns Eastward
The West Turns Eastward: Madame Blavatsky and the Transformation of the Occult Tradition By Mark Bevir Journal of the American Academy of Religion Vol. 62, No. 3 (Autumn, 1994), pp. 747-767 ABSTRACT THROUGHOUT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY increasing numbers of western men and women have turned to India for spiritual fulfillment. The image of meditation centres … Continue reading “The West Turns Eastward”
The Inner Life of Krishnamurti
To the editor of the Quest: Please allow me to add a few thoughts to Mr. Moody’s fine article on the inner life of Krishnamurti (Quest, Fall 2015), especially to Krishnamurti’s experiences of immense vastness, energy and sacredness which he described in the diary he kept in 1961.[1] My additional comments fall in four different … Continue reading “The Inner Life of Krishnamurti”
The Tibet Images of the Theosophists
Dreamworld Tibet: Western Illusions Martin Brauen (Trumbull, CT, USA: Weatherhill, 2004) First published as Traumwelt Tibet: Westliche Trugbilder (Berne: Verlag Paul Haupt, 2000) Part 2 In Search of ‘Shambha-la’ and the Aryan Lamas: The Tibet images of the theosophists, occultists, Nazis and neo-Nazis (excerpt; pp. 24-37; pagination in square brackets; footnotes and relevant bibliography … Continue reading “The Tibet Images of the Theosophists”
The Jaynesian Paradigm and Beyond
Introduction The Princeton psychologist Julian Jaynes in his 1976 book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind proposed a novel and ingenious theory of consciousness, which is making a come-back in the scientific community. His initial reception was marred by a widespread misunderstanding of his concept of consciousness and the absence of neuro-imaging … Continue reading “The Jaynesian Paradigm and Beyond”