Theos-Talk Archives (August 2002 Message tt00160)

August 124 2002

Dear Friend:

You ask about THEOSOPHY and then about OANNES, and
THERA/SANTORINI claimed by some speculative geologists to be
evidence of the mythical Atlantis that Plato says his
grandfather
Solon heard of this from the Egyptian priests at Sais when
he
paid them a visit.


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1. OANNES



OANNES. (Gr.). Musarus Oannes, the Annedotus, known in the
Chaldean "legends ", transmitted through Berosus and other
ancient writers, as Dag or Dagon, the "man-fish ". Oannes
came to
the early Babylonians as a reformer and an instructor.
Appearing
from the Erythræan Sea, he brought to them civilisation,
letters
and sciences, law, astronomy and religion, teaching them
agriculture, geometry and the arts in general.
There were Annedoti who came after him, five in number (our
race
being the fifth )-"all like Oannes inform and teaching the
same
"; but Musarus Oannes was the first to appear, and this he
did
during the reign of Ammenon, the third of the ten
antediluvian
Kings whose dynasty ended with Xisuthrus, the Chaldean Noah
(See
"Xisuthrus"). Oannes was "an animal endowed with reason
whose
body was that of a fish, but who had a human head under the
fish'
s with feet also below, similar to those of a man, subjoined
to
the fish's tail, and whose voice and language too were
articulate
and human" (Polyhistor and Apollodorus).
This gives the key to the allegory. It points out Oannes, as
a
man and a "priest", an Initiate. Layard showed long ago (See
Nineveh) that the "fish's head" was simply a head gear, the
mitre
worn by priests and gods, made in the form of a fish's head,
and
which in a very little modified form is what we see even now
on
the heads of high Lamas and Romish Bishops. Osiris had such
a
mitre. The fish's tail is simply the train of a long stiff
mantle
as depicted on some Assyrian tablets, the form being seen
reproduced in the sacerdotal gold cloth garment worn during
service by the modern Greek priests.
This allegory of Oannes, the Annedotus, reminds us of the
"Dragon" and "Snake-Kings "; the Nâgas who in Buddhist
legends
instruct people in wisdom on lakes and rivers, and end by
becoming converts to the good Law and Arhats. The meaning is
evident. The " fish" is an old and very suggestive symbol in
the
Mystery-language, as is also "water".
Ea or Hea was the god of the sea and Wisdom, and the sea
serpent
was one of his emblems, his priests being "serpents " or
Initiates. Thus one sees why Occultism places Oannes and the
other Annedoti in the group of those ancient "adepts" who
were
called "marine" or "water dragons "-Nâgas.
Water typified their human origin (as it is a symbol of
earth and
matter and also of purification), in distinction to the
"fire
Nâgas" or the immaterial, Spiritual Beings, whether
celestial
Bodhisattvas or Planetary Dhyânis, also regarded as the
instructors of mankind.
The hidden meaning becomes clear to the Occultist, once he
is
told that "this being (Oannes) was accustomed to pass the
day
among men, teaching; and when the Sun had set, he retired
again
into the sea, passing the night in the deep, "for he was
amphibious ", i.e., he belonged to two planes: the spiritual
and
the physical. For the Greek word amphibios means simply
"life on
two planes ", from amphi, "on both sides ", and bios, "life
".
The word was often applied in antiquity to those men who,
though
still wearing a human form, had made themselves almost
divine
through knowledge, and lived as much in the spiritual
supersensuous regions as on earth. Oannes is dimly reflected
in
Jonah, and even in John, the Precursor, both connected with
Fish
and Water.

DAG, DAGON (Heb.). "Fish" and also "Messiah ". Dagon was the
Chaldean man-fish Oannes, the mysterious being who arose
daily
out of the depths of the sea to teach people every useful
science. He was also called Annedotus.

NÂGA (Sk.). Literally "Serpent". The name in the Indian
Pantheon
of the Serpent or Dragon Spirits, and of the inhabitants of
Pâtâla, hell. But as Pátâla means the antipodes, and was the
name
given to America by the ancients, who knew and visited that
continent before Europe had ever heard of it, the term is
probably akin to the Mexican Nagals the (now) sorcerers and
medicine men. The Nagas are the Burmese Nats, serpent-gods,
or
"dragon demons ".
In Esotericism, however, and as already stated, this is a
nickname for the "wise men" or adepts. in China and Tibet,
the
"Dragons." are regarded as the titulary deities of the
world, and
of various spots on the earth, and the word is explained as
meaning adepts, yogis, and narjols. The term has simply
reference
to their great knowledge and wisdom. This is also proven in
the
ancient Sûtras and Buddha's biographies.
The Nâga is ever a wise man, endowed with extraordinary
magic
powers, in South and Central America as in India, in Chaldea
as
also in ancient Egypt. In China the " worship" of the Nâgas
was
widespread, and it has become still more pronounced since
Nàgarjuna (the "great Nâga ", the "great adept" literally),
the
fourteenth Buddhist patriarch, visited China. The "Nâgas"
are
regarded by the Celestials as "the tutelary Spirits or gods
of
the five regions or the four points of the compass and the
centre, as the guardians of the five lakes and four oceans"
(Eitel). This, traced to its origin and translated
esoterically,
means that the five continents and their five root-races had
always been under the guardianship of "terrestrial deities
",
i.e., Wise Adepts. The tradition that Nâgas washed Gautama
Buddha
at his birth, protected him and guarded the relics of his
body
when dead, points again to the Nâgas being only wise men,
Arhats,
and no monsters or Dragons. This is also corroborated by the
innumerable stories of the conversion of Nàgas to Buddhism.
The
Nàga of a lake in a forest near Râjagriha and many other
"Dragons" were thus converted by Buddha to the good Law.

NÂGADWÎPA (Sk.). Lit., "the island of the Dragons"; one of
the
Seven Divisions of Bhâratavarsha, or modern India, according
to
the Puránas. No proofs remain as to who were the Nâgas (a
historical people however), the favourite theory being that
they
were a Scythic race. But there is no proof of this. When the
Brahmans invaded India they "found a race of wise men,
half-gods,
half-demons ", says the legend, men who were the teachers of
other races and became likewise the instructors of the
Hindus and
the Brahmans themselves.
Nagpur is justly believed to he the surviving relic of
Nâgadwîpa.
Now Nagpur is virtually in Râjputana near Oodeypore, Ajmere,
etc.
And is it not well known that there was a time when Brahmans
went
to learn Secret Wisdom from the Râjputs? Moreover a
tradition
states that Apollonius of Tyana was instructed in magic by
the
Nâgas of Kashmere.

NAGAL. The title of the chief Sorcerer or "medicine man" of
some
tribes of Mexican Indians. These keep always a daimon or
god, in
the shape of a serpent-and sometimes some other sacred
animal-who
is said to inspire them.

NÂGARÂJAS (Sk.). The usual name given to all the supposed
"guardian Spirits" of lakes and rivers, meaning literally
"Dragon
Kings ". All of these are shown in the Buddhist chronicles
as
having been converted to the Buddhist monastic life : i.e ,
as
becoming Arhats from the Yogis that they were before.

DRACONTIA (Gr.). Temples dedicated to the Dragon, the emblem
of
the Sun, the symbol of Deity,
of Life and Wisdom. The Egyptian Karnac, the Carnac in
Britanny,
and Stonehenge are Dracontia
well known to all.

DRAKÔN (Gr.) or DRAGON. Now considered a "mythical" monster,
perpetuated in the West only on seals,. &c., as a heraldic
griffin, and the Devil slain by St. George, &c. In fact an
extinct antediluvian monster
In Babylonian antiquities it is referred to as the "scaly
one"
and connected on many gems with Tiamat the sea. "The Dragon
of
the Sea" is repeatedly mentioned. In Egypt, it is the star
of the
Dragon (then the North Pole Star), the origin of the
connection
of almost all the gods with the Dragon.
Bel and the Dragon, Apollo and Python, Osiris and Typhon,
Sigur
and Fafnir, and finally St. George and the Dragon, are the
same.
They were all solar gods, and wherever we find the Sun there
also
is the Dragon, the symbol of Wisdom-Thoth-Hermes. The
Hierophants
of Egypt and of Babylon styled themselves "Sons of the
Serpent-God" and "Sons of the Dragon ". "I am a Serpent, I
am a
Druid ", said the Druid of the Celto-Britannic regions, for
the
Serpent and the Dragon were both types of Wisdom,
Immortality and
Rebirth. As the serpent casts its old skin only to reappear
in a
new one, so does the immortal Ego cast off one personality
but to
assume another.

SARPAS (Sk.). Serpents, whose king was Sesha, the serpent,
or
rather an aspect of Vishnu, who reigned in Pâtâla.

SÂRPA-RAJNÎ (Sk.). The queen of the serpents in the
Brâhmanas.

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2. ATLANTIS THERA / SANTORINI

ATLANTIS (Gr.) The continent that was submerged in the
Atlantic
and the Pacific Oceans according to the secret teachings and
Plato.

See ISIS UNVEILED I 591-3;

Deluge ended Atlantis S D II 34-5, 220-4, 275-6,
313-4,
322-4, 335-50, 407-8, 533-4, 742-60, 786; S D I 208-9,

If you have access to The SECRET DOCTRINE (it can be had "on
line" at http://www.blavatsky.net ) then you can look up in
the
INDEX to The SECRET DOCTRINE many references to ATLANTIS and
thus
secure a complete picture.

As to what Theosophy has to say on the history of ourselves
when,
in the vast past, when we lived in, and used "Atantean"
bodies:
We are the same immortal EGOS who have successively used and
passed through all the various "races" chronicled of
mankind.

Reincarnation of the deathless human Spirit/Soul is one of
the
tenets of Theosophical doctrine. This human SPIRIT-SOUL is
one
with the Universal SPIRIT in essence. All evolution starts
with
spirit. Matter is its lowest and grossest aspect.

Nature never performs unnecessary actions, is another. Law
reigns supreme in all her departments.

The third is that "Evolution" carried to its ultimate nature
will
be found to be an uninterrupted chain that links the atom to
the
Man do mind, and from the man-MIND to the Stars.
Consciousness
is universal and uninterrupted. Intelligence is developed
in
individuals through experience. Many "lives" are needed to
achieve this. But, see below:

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3. THEOSOPHY

Lets start with a question:


THEOSOPHY -- WHAT IS IT ?


Our present day knowledge of Theosophy is derived from the
writings of Mme. H. P. Blavatsky. She lived between 1831
and
1891. Her providing of Theosophy as a philosophy, science
and
religious compendium began around 1875.

She demonstrated that the philosophy of Theosophy is
age-old, and
can be traced in every antique philosophy or religion of
which we
have record, or legend, or myth.

Wisdom and Knowledge are the property of no one race or
group.
They are universal facts in Nature and therefore are the
property
of any human who accesses and understands them. Information
as
to their nature and existence is passed on to those who
desire to
understand and learn about them. But such learning and
attitude
has to be one of generosity, harmlessness, unselfishness and
a
devotion to the interests of others. In short: the
practice of
brotherhood.

In 1875, the Theosophical Society was launched to promote
and
sustain three objects:

1. To form the nucleus of a Universal Brotherhood,
without distinction of race, color, or creed.

2. To promote the study of Aryan [noble] and other
scriptures, of the World's religion and sciences, and to
vindicate the importance of old Asiatic literature, namely
of the
Brahmanical, Buddhist, and Zoroastrian philosophies, and

3. To investigate the hidden mysteries of nature
under
every aspect possible, and the psychic and spiritual powers
latent in man... KEY TO THEOSOPHY, p. 39

Today a number of fraternally affiliated yet, independent
Theosophical societies flourish and a "United Lodge of
Theosophists" exists which offers all students of whatever
affiliation, a free forum for the study of the original
literature of Theosophy and cooperative work. It maintains
in
print these original texts.

One may say that Theosophy in our modern World is aimed at
demonstrating the validity of "Universal Brotherhood," a
recognition of the "Family of Man.," and encouraging
cooperative
work on an impartial, non-sectarian basis.

In 1877 Madame Blavatsky, published the book: ISIS
UNVEILED. It
was a sensation. It went through many editions in rapid
succession. In this she reviewed the history of Science and
Theology in respect to the invisible and hidden side of
Nature.
In response to questions and further demands, she founded
and
edited, along with Col. H. S. Olcott the magazines The
THEOSOPHIST (India) in 1879, and later LUCIFER (London) in
1887.

In 1888 she published The SECRET DOCTRINE . Another
sensation.
In this book, she provided a survey (as a summary taken from
the
secret libraries and records of the age-old College of
Adepts)
[see Isis, Vol. II, pp 98 - 103] of creation --
COSMOGENESIS, and
of Man's evolution, not only as a physical form, but
psychologically and spiritually -- ANTHROPOGENESIS.

In this she takes the reader through the metaphysics that
form
the basic concept of Universal Evolution, and with their
help,
she explains how it is the Spiritual Essence which informs
and
energizes "material forms" with intelligence and
consciousness.
Evolution, is therefore considered to be three-fold.

1. material in our bodies,

2. psychologically in our desires and thoughts, and

3. spiritually in our aspirations and virtuous urges.

In this she demonstrates the view held by the ancient Sage
Patanjali : "The Universe exists for the Soul's
experience."

Theosophy, in brief, deals with the "causes" for our
existence,
and the presence of the invisible Spiritual and
psychological
universe that underlies, as energic Force, as the "causal
motivation," of the visible Universe we are familiar with.

It posits the concept that every atom of matter ( "monad")
is
alive and is aware in its own way. As an individuality it
is
continuous, and never "dies." It has a spiritual, and
immortal
center of energy, a "Force," which is the "cause" of its
existence. No event, no experience, is ever "lost," but all
are
indelibly impressed on the living consciousness of these
innumerable "Monads." These, when condensed out of
invisible
matter, make up the material "forms" we deal with daily. The
concept of "invisible" matter ("dark matter") is an old one
to
Theosophy.

The "monads" are held, metaphysically, to be indissoluble
compounds of two "poles" of variance. These are held united
by
the bond of interactive intelligence (Mind). They are
"Spirit"
(as perfection and wisdom), and "Matter" (as limitation and
ever
shifting form) bonded together for eternity as living units
by
the unitary consciousness that gives them their permanent
individuality and immortality. Each of these three-fold
Units
are said to be, as a "Force," inextinguishable.

Theosophy holds that it is these eternal "Pilgrims" that
form all
the components of evolution. These provide in a regulated
manner, and through a vast process of planned evolution, the
individual development of that increasing Intelligence that
is
innate to each of them. These increments and experience,
lead to
self-conscious individualization. Expressed in various
ways, but
essentially: "I AM I" It is held that evidence for this
lies in
the existence of humanity. "I think, therefore I am," said
Descartes.

But the progress of the vast army of thinking and individual
Monads is held to proceed, from the level of intelligence we
might designate as the "Man-Mind," to a perception of, and
an
understanding of the entire universe. [ "The Universe grows
I."
is one way of expressing this.]

Since this course of learning would be impossible to achieve
in a
single life-time, the process of "reincarnation" is said to
exist, both as a process and as a law of development. It is
averred that there is an ultimate goal of individual
perfection
to be attained. This "ultimate goal" is expressed
mystically, as
" Supreme Perfection," or "Universal Wisdom." It is a
concept
that has long been held by ancient Brahmanism, Buddhism and
Zorastrianism.

It will be seen, on reflection, that these concepts provide,
the
interactive basis, that every choice or change at any level
has ethical / moral consequences. Ancient Hinduism speaks
of
this as "karma" or, the effects that are consequent upon any
"choice." For it is held that the "Mind-Man" is a free
agent
and his decisions cause the progress of evolution for the
whole
Universe to advance or slow down. [ It is for this reason
that
Patanjali offered his observation quoted above. ] Karma
provides
for the exact return of moral and any other impressions to
whoever generated any cause.

Our human physical forms are observed to become
incapacitated and
grow incapable and obsolete over time. This leads to the
dissolution we call "death." But Theosophy posits that the
experiences of a life-time, as "memories," survive the death
of
the physical form. They are the continued basis for every
increment of knowledge and wisdom. These memory-impressions
are
said to be impacted in the imperishable spiritual aspect of
every
Monad. From this, the remote
Goal is posited as : Sublime and Universal Perfection for
each
individual Monad.

With this in view, the reader is invited to look at the
following
expressions abstracted from Theosophical literature.


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"Theosophy is Divine Knowledge, or Science, "Divine Wisdom"
(Theo-Sophia) -- the term is many thousand years old."
KEY TO THEOSOPHY , p. 1.


"Theosophy is synonymous with everlasting Truth."
KEY TO THEOSOPHY, p. 302.


"We have no two beliefs or hypotheses on the same subject."
KEY TO THEOSOPHY , p. 72.


"Theosophy is the substratum and basis of all the
world-religions
and philosophies taught and practised by a few elect ever
since
man became a thinking being." The T. GLOSSARY p. 328.


"The "Wisdom Religion" is the inheritance of all the
nations, the
world over." S D I xviii


"Theosophy [is]...the one bond of unity which is so
universal and
all-embracing that no man, as no speck -- from gods and
mortals down to animals, the blade of grass and atom -- can
be
outside of its light. Therefore any organization or body of
that
name [Theosophical] must necessarily be a Universal
Brotherhood."
H P B: IS THEOSOPHY A RELIGION ? H P B Articles, (U L T),
Vol. I, p 59, [ LUCIFER Nov. 1888.]


THEOSOPHY IS NOT NEW


This suggests that THEOSOPHY is not a new fangled system of
collated ideas drawn from many sources. In fact, if it were
even
that, then the marvel is of HPB's mind and capacity in
drawing
such a vast diversity together and showing how the many
pieces
fit together to form a seamless whole in the world of ideas
and
concepts. In our experience and wide reading, there is no
one
who has written such a comprehensive view of our world,
universe
and the important part that Mankind plays in that.


WHO WAS H. P. BLAVATSKY?


HPB does not claim "authority." She claims to be a
"messenger."
Specifically a messenger from the Great and Ancient Lodge of
ADEPTS. She offers the teachings of the Great Ones, the
Elder
Brothers of humanity as a bouquet of "culled flowers" for us
to
appraise.

In both ISIS UNVEILED and The SECRET DOCTRINE she disclaims
any
personal authority and gives the credit for the records she
transmits to the Real Authors, the Mahatmas. [ see
certificate
of authorship, by H P B and the two Mahatmas, PATH, Vol.
VIII,
p. 1 ]

Since she was well aware that Theosophical theories and
hypotheses would be received with various degrees of
incredulity
from the academies, she was careful to make it clear that
the
information was in reality taken from the HISTORY that the
Adepts
and their disciples (chelas) had recorded down the ages.
All
that she requested
was "equal time" and an open-minded consideration of what
Theosophy had to offer.

She wrote in ISIS UNVEILED :

"When, years ago, we first traveled over the East, exploring
the
penetralia of its deserted sanctuaries, two saddening and
ever-recurring questions oppressed our thoughts: Where, who
what
is GOD ? Who ever saw the IMMORTAL SPIRIT of man, so as to
be
able to assure himself of man's immorality?

It was while most anxious to solve those perplexing problems
that
we came into contact with certain men, endowed with such
mysterious powers and such profound knowledge that we may
truly
designate them as the sages of the Orient. To their
instructions
we lent a ready ear. They showed us that by combining
science
with religion, the existence
of God and immortality of man's spirit may be demonstrated
like a
problem of Euclid. For the first time we receive the
assurance that the Oriental philosophy has room for no other
faith than an absolute and immovable faith in the
omnipotence of
man's own immortal self. We were taught that this
omnipotence
comes from the kinship of man's
spirit with the Universal Soul--God ! The latter, they
said, can
never be demonstrated but by the former. Man-spirit proves
God-spirit, as the one drop of water proves a source from
which
it must have come...all the rest may be inferred...Blind
faith
would no longer be necessary, he would have supplanted it
by
KNOWLEDGE....prove the soul of man by its wondrous
powers--you
have proved God !" I U , Vol. I , p. vi

"The essence of Theosophy is the perfect harmonizing of the
divine with the human in man."
H P B -- FIVE MESSAGES TO AMERICAN
THEOSOPHISTS ,
p. 6.


WHAT DOES THEOSOPHY TEACH?


The immortality of man's Spirit/Soul and the "God-Spirit,"
being
present in every "life-atom" of our living universe are
fundamental concepts. Everything in Nature may be seen to
trend
in its life-experience towards a higher degree of knowledge,
wisdom, perfection.

Each life-cycle (incarnation) is like a separate day at
school
and all are drawn together by the uniting thread of the
immortal,
and eternal spiritual Self which is at their core. In fact
she
shows how Theosophy traces the evolution of the
"consciousness
and intelligence" of the SPIRITUAL SOUL or Monad, through
many
forms -- from the atom to the human condition of independent
free-will.

This sweep and concept is one that can be traced in every
one of
the great religions and philosophies of the world. It is
the
record of their existence and of our participation, again
and
again, in those processes.


"Her main teachings can be reduced to the following
propositions:

That Morals have a basis in Law and in fact.

That Moral law is Natural Law.

That Evolution makes for Righteousness.

That the "fundamental identity of all souls with the
Oversoul"
renders moral contagion possible through the subtle psychic
medium.

That the Spiritual Identity of all Being renders Universal
brotherhood the only possible path for the truth-seeking
man."
[ H P B Articles (U L T ) Vol. I p. 115.
From: SHE BEING DEAD YET SPEAKETH -- PATH, July 1892 ;
Vol 7,
p. 121 ]


"True Theosophy is everything that aids or elevates mankind;
and
our chief object is not so much to gratify individual
aspirations, as to serve our fellow men." PATH,
Vol.
IV, p., 96


THEOSOPHY THE ROOT OF ALL RELIGIONS


Currently there is debate as to whether Theosophy has its
roots
in Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, etc... It is understood
that
scholars who are familiar with those systems and their
development can trace similarities. However HPB claims that
all
those were derived from the "Sanatana Dharma," the
"Perennial
Philosophy." which is an ancient and
universal record of Life's development and history.

As such, it claims to be at the root and at the origin of
all the
great ancient religio-philosophical systems and provides a
reason for their development, as systems of practice,
leading to
that kind of "initiation" which develops Wisdom in thought
and
mind as well as, simultaneously, the application of
compassion
and harmlessness in motive.

"...the Wisdom-Religion was ever one, and being the last
word of
possible human knowledge, was therefore, carefully
preserved. It preceded by long ages the Alexandrian
Theosophists
[ 1st Cent.] , reached the modern, and will survive every
other
religion and philosophy." KEY TO THEOSOPHY ,
p. 7.


Thus, Theosophy is not exclusively religion, or philosophy
but
also includes science -- as the power to investigate and
record
the workings of NATURE (Life as a whole) in every stage,
visible
or invisible, and in every department of the world and our
Universe.

The sweep of the ever-present immortal Life, through cycles
of
evolution lead each Monad at last to a "goal," the
"all-Knowingness" of the PERFECTED MAN. The designation
Mahatma
(Great Soul) is one that includes all such self-developed
men of
superior knowledge and nature.

The SECRET DOCTRINE therefore speaks of those as the
intelligent
guides {Dhyan Chohans, and Dhyani Buddhas], and
Self-conscious
assistants that Nature employs to recreate and supervise a
fresh
evolutionary effort, a "new Day," of evolutionary progress
for
all beings.


ENCOURAGES INDEPENDENT INQUIRY


If this is grasped, as a working and actual concept, the
minute
details and studies of specialists, while respected, as
continuing proof of the inclusive nature of Theosophy, are
also
shown to be but the outer covering, or, to be but some one
way
selected to approach to the interior mystery of man's own
immortal Mind, and of Nature's infinite capacities to assist
that
Mind to grow. The process Nature employs is reincarnation.
It is
reembodiment under the exacting Law of
universal Karma.

If this infinite capacity of the human mind to grow and to
understand the most simple, as well as the most complex
subjects
is granted, the more learned will continually encourage
those who
now are at various stages of learning to investigate and
prove
for themselves all avenues, however diverse, of information,
tradition and lore. And that is the always growing tip of
the
self-enlightening Mind. It always widens out to that which
is
permanent and universal,
when given a chance to emerge from ignorance, doubt,
skepticism
and lethargy of authoritarianism.

"[ THEOSOPHY ] Its creed is Loyalty to Truth, and its ritual
"To
honor every Truth by use." KEY


"The true Theosophist is a philanthropist -- "not for
himself,
but for the world he lives." This and philosophy, the right
comprehension of life and its mysteries will give the
"missing
basis" and show the
right path to purse." -- Mahatma K. H.


UNIVERSAL SCIENCE, RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY


In regard to the prevalence and diffusion of theosophy as a
science and a philosophical religion, it has been expressed
:--


"Proofs of its diffusion, authentic records of its history,
a
complete chain of documents, showing its character and
presence
in every land, together with the teaching of all its great
Adepts
exists to this day in the secret crypts of libraries
belonging
to the Occult Fraternity." S D I xxxiv.


"The members of several esoteric schools...claim to have in
their
possession the sum total of sacred and philosophical works
in MSS
and type; all the works, in fact, that have ever been
written,
in whatever language or character since the art of writing
began;
from the ideographic hieroglyphics down to the alphabet of
Cadmus
and Devanagri."
S D I xxiii


"The work [ISIS UNVEILED ] now submitted to public judgment
is
the fruit of a somewhat intimate acquaintance with Eastern
adepts
and study of their science....It is an attempt to aid the
student
to detect the vital principles which underlie the
philosophical
systems of old....We believe in no Magic which transcends
the
scope and capacity of the human mind, nor in "miracles."
I U
I p. i


"Our work, then, is a plea for the recognition of the
hermetic
philosophy, the anciently universal Wisdom-Religion, as the
only possible key to the Absolute in science and theology."
I U I p vii


"The SECRET DOCTRINE is not a treatise, or a series of
vague
theories, but contains all that an be given out to the world
in
this century." S D I xxxviii


"The aim of this work [ The SECRET DOCTRINE ] may be thus
stated: --

1. To show that Nature is not "a fortuitous concurrence
of
atoms,"

2. and to assign to man his rightful place in the scheme of
the
Universe;

3. to rescue from degradation the archaic truths which are
the
basis of all religions;

4. and to uncover, to some extent, the fundamental unity
from
which all spring

5. finally to show that the Occult side of Nature has never
been
approached by the Science of modern civilization."
S D I viii


THE FUTURE


"The problem of true Theosophy and its great mission are,
first,
the working out of clear unequivocal conceptions of ethic
ideas
and duties, such as shall best and most fully satisfy the
right
and altruistic feeling in men; and second, the modeling of
these conceptions for their adaptation into such forms of
daily
life, as shall offer a field where they may be applied with
most
equitableness. Such is the common work placed before all who
are
willing to act on these principles." THE
GREAT MASTER'S LETTER, LUCIFER,
January, 1888, Vol. I p. 344. U L T Pamphlet No. 22, p. 13


"Theosophy alone can gradually create a mankind as
harmonious and
as simple-souled as Kosmos itself; but to effect this
theosophists have to act as such... [helping] to awaken the
spirit in many a man"
H P B Articles (U L T) , Vol. I, p. 105
-- THE TIDAL WAVE. [LUCIFER, Nov. 1889.]

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