Theos-Talk Archives (May 2003 Message tt00200)

Thank you, that was very helpful. I am hesitating to say this, but I 
feel that this is really right for me, having looked into 
Christianity, Ritual Magic, Gnostism, Paganism, Golden Dawn, and all 
sorts of New age stuff. All of these just didn't address the 
fundamental questions, they fell short of something at their core. 
They just seemed to be parts of a greater whole, a whole I have 
searched for for the past four years. I believe this - Theosophy - to 
be that greater whole. 

Gareth


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, <dalval14@e...> wrote:
> Wednesday, May 21, 2003
> 
> Re Authors that Introduce & Explain Theosophy
> 
> 
> Dear Friend:
> 
> Thank you for your inquiry.
> 
> Two good introductory books can be recommended:
> 
> 1.	The KEY TO THEOSOPHY (HPB) {Principles & Practice of
> Theosophy}
> 
> 2.	The OCEAN OF THEOSOPHY ( Judge ) (A summary of The SECRET
> DOCTRINE)
> 
> They are available "on line" so you can read them at:
> http://www.blavatsky.net
> 
> 
> As an introduction we could say:
> 
> 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. In 1877 she wrote ISIS UNVEILED.
> This is a compendium and an introduction to the range and depth
> of knowledge that "Theos-sophy" represents. [Theos = Deity;
> Sophia = wisdom. "God-like" wisdom.]
> 
> In 1875, the Theosophical Movement 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, Zoroastrian and Kabalistic 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 exist to offer all students a
> free forum for the study of the original literature of Theosophy
> and cooperative work.
> 
> Theosophy in our modern World is aimed at: 1. demonstrating the
> validity of "Universal Brotherhood," a recognition of the "Family
> of Man," and 2. 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: 1. The THEOSOPHIST (India) in 1879, and
> 2. 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.
> This present field of manifestation is said to be the
> reincarnation of earlier ones.
> 
> 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 reason for 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, physical Universe we are familiar
> with.
> 
> It posits the concept that every" atom of matter" is a "little
> life," (or "monad"). Each of these 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.
> 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 in 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.]
> 
> Ideas and memories are traces of the immortality of our
> experience.
> 
> 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 free
> 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, impartial and
> universal, provides for the exact return of moral and any other
> impressions to whoever generated any cause.
> 
> Our human physical forms become incapacitated and grow obsolete
> over time. This leads to the
> dissolution we call "death." But Theosophy posits that the
> experiences of a lifetime, as "memories," survive the death of
> the physical form. These are the traces of immortality.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 
> "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 THEOSOPHICAL 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 but forms 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, and logical
> view of our world, universe and the important part that Mankind
> plays in that.
> 
> Since H P B anticipated that Theosophical theories and hypotheses
> would be received with various degrees of incredulity, and even
> scorn, from the academies, she was careful to make it clear that
> the information was taken from the annals and 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 received 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, and 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. 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
> 
> 
> "...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.
> 
> 
> The SECRET DOCTRINE speaks of the intelligent guides {Dhyan
> Chohans, and Dhyani Buddhas], as 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 TO THEOSOPHY (HPB)
> 
> "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
> 
> 
> "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 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." Secret
> Doctrine 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.]
> 
> 
> Theosophy is to be explained by reference to the three great
> principles which underlie all life, as well as every religion and
> every philosophy that ever has been, or ever can be. They may be
> briefly named:
> 
> (1) The Self, as reality in man;
> 
> (2) Law, as the processes by which man evolves both in form and
> soul;
> 
> (3) Evolution, as the design of life in terms of meaning and
> purpose.
> 
> 
> 
> FIRST FUNDAMENTAL IDEA
> 
> --DEITY
> 
> As to Self, and the Source of Life, the great Theosophists, both
> ancient and modern, have recorded that there is One Infinite
> Principle, which is the Cause of all that was or ever shall be.
> Thus this causal Self, the only true "Deity," can be absent from
> no point of space, and we are inseparable from it. Each one is a
> ray from and one with that Absolute Principle. This is the one
> realization which immediately sets our minds in order: we are, in
> essence, THAT which is unchangeable and unchanging.
> 
> Behind, or within, all perceiving and knowing and experiencing is
> the One undivided Self. The power in us to perceive, to know, to
> experience - apart from anything that is seen, known or
> experienced - is the One Self, the one Consciousness, shared by
> all alike, the Power of every being. Herein lies the true basis
> of Brotherhood - the unifying bond for all above man and for all
> below man.
> 
> 
> SECOND FUNDAMENTAL IDEA
> 
> -- KARMA [LAW]
> 
> The second great principle - law, is referred to in Theosophy as
> Karma. Karma is the law of recurring cycles in Nature and the
> constant tendency to restore disturbed equilibrium. Applied to
> man's moral life it is the law of ethical causation, of justice,
> reward and punishment, the cause for birth and rebirth. Viewed
> from another standpoint it is simply effect flowing from cause,
> action and reaction, exact result for every thought and act. It
> is act and the result of act; for the word's literal meaning is
> action.
> 
> Theosophy views the Universe as an intelligent whole, hence every
> motion in the universe is an action leading to results, which
> themselves become causes for further results. We are all reaping
> what we have sown, individually and collectively; we never act
> alone. We always act on and in connection with others, affecting
> them for good or evil, and we get the necessary reaction from the
> causes set in motion by ourselves. This presents to us the idea
> of absolute Justice, in accordance with which each being receives
> exactly what he gives - the essence of free-will.
> 
> 
> -- REINCARNATION
> 
> Indissolubly connected with Karma is another aspect of the law of
> cycles - Reincarnation. It means that man as a thinker, composed
> of soul, mind and spirit, occupies body after body in life after
> life on the earth which is the scene of his evolution, and where
> he must, under the very laws of his being, complete that
> evolution, once it has been begun. In any one life he is known to
> others as a personality, but in the whole stretch of eternity he
> is one individual, feeling in himself an identity not dependent
> on name, form, or recollection. The physical body is merely the
> shell of man, made of matter of the earth, from the three lower
> kingdoms - mineral, vegetable, and animal - and is being
> constantly renewed and worn out from day to day. Man, himself, is
> that invisible entity which inhabits the body, which is the cause
> of its present construction and development from lower forms of
> consciousness. The body is but one instrument of the man within.
> 
> Other divisions are the psychic, mental and intuitional natures.
> Each of these "instruments" is composed of intelligent "lives,"
> and when the controlling being withdraws at death, the
> "instruments" and "lives" separate, only to be later
> re-assembled. In this separation of the instruments of man lies
> the explanation of "spirit-manifestations" - which are nothing
> more than the automatic reflexes of "lives" impressed by the
> departed soul with psychic impulses.
> 
> The doctrine of Reincarnation is the very base of Theosophy, for
> it explains life and nature. It is one aspect of evolution, since
> evolution could not go on without reembodiment. Reincarnation was
> believed in at the time of Jesus and taught by some of the early
> Christian Fathers. According to the view offered by Karma and
> Reincarnation, each is his own judge, and his own executioner;
> one's own hand forges the weapon which works for his punishment,
> and each earns his own reward.
> 
> Reincarnation banishes the fear and sorrow of death, for as sleep
> is a release from the body, during which we have dreams, so death
> is a rest and release, after which we are again incarnated in a
> new body on earth. We come once more into what we call waking
> existence, and meet again and again the various Egos whom we have
> known in prior births, that the causes generated in company with
> them may be worked out. Schopenhauer once wrote that this
> doctrine "presents itself as the natural conviction of man
> whenever he reflects at all in an unprejudiced manner."
> 
> 
> THIRD FUNDAMENTAL IDEA
> 
> 
> TOTAL EVOLUTION
> 
> 
> Reincarnation brings us to the doctrine of Universal Evolution as
> expounded by the Sages of the Wisdom-Religion. The third
> fundamental principle of Theosophy points to the fact that all
> beings in the universe have evolved from lower points of
> perception into greater and greater individualization; that
> beings above man have gone through our stage; that there never
> can be a stoppage to evolution in an infinite universe of
> infinite possibilities; that whatever stage of perfection may be
> reached in any race, on any planet, or in any solar system, there
> are always greater opportunities beyond. Viewing life and its
> probable object, with all the varied experience possible for man,
> one must be forced to the conclusion that a single life is not
> enough for carrying out all that is intended by Nature, to say
> nothing of what man himself desires to do. The scale of variety
> in experience is enormous; every form of evolving intelligence in
> nature either is now a man, has been a man, or will become a man.
> Further there is a vast range of powers latent in man which may
> be developed under lawful conditions. Knowledge infinite in scope
> and diversity lies before us, although we perceive that we have
> no time to reach up to the measure of our high aspirations. To
> say that we have but one life here with such possibilities put
> before us and impossible of development is to make of the
> universe and life a huge and cruel joke.
> 
> 
> THE TEACHING OF HOPE
> 
> The two teachings that the West is most urgently in need of are
> those of Karma and Reincarnation, the doctrines of hope and
> responsibility. Karma, the doctrine of responsibility, means that
> whatever a man sows he shall also reap. Reincarnation, the
> doctrine of hope, means that whatever be is reaping, he may yet
> sow better seed. The very fact of suffering is a blessing. Karma
> and Reincarnation show us that suffering is brought about by
> wrong thought and action; through our suffering we may be brought
> to a realization that a wrong course has been pursued. We learn
> through our suffering.
> 
> 
> WHAT THEOSOPHY EXPLAINS
> 
> Theosophy is the only system of religion and philosophy which
> invites study and criticism. It gives satisfactory explanation
> of such problems as these:
> 
> First. The contrasts and unions of the world's faiths, and the
> common foundation underlying them all.
> 
> Second. The existence of evil, suffering, sorrow - a hopeless
> puzzle to the mere philanthropist or theologian.
> 
> Third. The inequalities in social condition and privilege; the
> sharp contrasts between wealth and poverty, intelligence and
> stupidity, culture and ignorance, virtue and vileness; the
> appearance of men of genius in families destitute of it, as well
> as other facts in conflict with the theory of heredity; the
> frequent cases of unfitness of environment around individuals, so
> sore as to embitter disposition, hamper aspiration, and paralyze
> endeavor; the violent antithesis between character and condition;
> the occurrence of accident, misfortune and untimely death - all
> of them problems solvable only by the Theosophic doctrines of
> Karma and Reincarnation.
> 
> Fourth. The possession by individuals of psychic powers -
> clairvoyance, clairaudience, etc.
> 
> Fifth. The true nature of genuine phenomena in spiritualism, and
> the proper antidote to superstition and to exaggerated
> expectation.
> 
> Sixth. The failure of conventional religions to extend their
> areas, reform abuses, re-organize society, expand the idea of
> brotherhood, abate discontent, diminish crime, and elevate
> humanity; and an apparent inadequacy to realize in individual
> lives the ideal they professedly uphold.
> 
> From the perspective of Theosophy, life is one grand school of
> Being, and we have come to that stage where it is time for us to
> learn to understand the purpose of existence; to grasp our whole
> nature firmly; to use every means in our power in every
> direction - waking, dreaming, sleeping, or in any other state -
> to bring the whole of our nature into accord, so that our lower
> instrument may be "in line" and thus more fully reflect our
> divine inner nature.
> 
> 
> THE THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT
> 
> The Theosophical Movement, broadly considered, is to be found in
> all times and in all nations. Wherever thought has struggled to
> be free, wherever spiritual ideas, as opposed to forms and
> dogmatism, have been promulgated, there the great movement is to
> be discerned, for noble action is inspired by noble thought, and
> Theosophy represents the principles of such thought.
> 
> 
> I hope this may help,
> 
> Dallas
> 
> ===================================
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmc
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:24 AM
> To:
> Subject: Authors of Theosophical Works
> 
> ---------------------
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> I am new to Theosophy and I am looking for some authors who would
> be
> ideal for a beginner.
> 
> Apart from Madame Blavatsky's work, I have come across two
> authors of
> interest: HT Laurency and William Q Judge. Is anyone familiar
> with
> these authors and which authors would you reccommend.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gareth