Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00196)

As the word "Theosophist" is used in this list very
regularly (and at times with a self-conceived
latitude), it may be relevant to remember how HPB
understood it: 

"It is easy to become a Theosophist. Any person of
average intellectual capacities, and a leaning toward
the metaphysical; of pure, unselfish life, who finds
more joy in helping his neighbour than in receiving
help himself; one who is ever ready to sacrifice his
own pleasures for the sake of other people; and who
loves Truth, Goodness and Wisdom for their own sake,
not for the benefit they may confer—is a Theosophist."

>From "Practical Occultism - Important to Students"
[Lucifer, Vol. II, No. 8, April, 1888, pp. 150-154]

Pedro Oliveira



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