Theos-Talk Archives (July 2008 Message tt00424)

Daniel,
After reading so many references about God written by Blavatsky, what
is the conclusion ? Does God exist according to Blavatsky ? If
according to Blavatsky God exists, what is his nature?

Anand Gholap

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "danielhcaldwell"
<danielhcaldwell@...> wrote:
>
> For readers and students who might be interested in
> reading what Madame Blavatsky actually wrote
> about "God", I give below the index entries on "God"
> from THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY, THE SECRECT DOCTRINE, and 
> HPB'S COLLECTED WRITINGS.
> 
> Just browsing through the entries may give some indication
> of her views.  Of course, actually reading her text on the
> pages indicated would be the best course of study.
> 
> Students might also look up other related terms such
> as Deity, Absolute, Parabrahman, gods, Jehovah, Atman, monad, etc.
> 
> See index terms BELOW.
> 
> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc
> 
> 
> INDEX TO THE KEY TO THEOSOPHY
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> God,
> Theosophia is not "wisdom of," 1; and prayer, 66-74; "man not a god 
> but God," 67; as soul-creator rejected, 75- 77; Christian, discussed 
> by Megattivati, 76-7; unknowable deific essence, 83;
> Anaxagoras called Nous, 95;
> infinitude of, 107; and absolute justice, 110-11; creation of, not 
> universal tenet, 111; Atma is, above, 175;
> mystery of, and the devil, 180-1;
> Avatar the descent of a, 181 ;
> our, is "our Father in Secret," 181;
> Manas a, doomed to cyclic incarnation, 183; remission of sin by, not 
> possible, 199;
> and Presbyterian Confession of Faith, 213-14; rejection of personal, 
> 221, 270;
> divine Ego, 321
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> INDEX TO THE SECRET DOCTRINE
> God. See also Anthropomorphic, Deity, Personal Gods, Unknowable
> 
> Advaitis view of I 636; II 598 
> altar to the Unknown I 327 
> anthropomorphic, denied I 499n 
> anthropomorphic, w four-letter names II 601-2 
> author of nature I 412 
> Buddhists have no personal I 635 
> Buddhist, Vedantin on I 636 
> came to West fr phallic source I 346-7 
> cause of mind, spirit, light (Pymander) I 285 
> Christian & Hindu II 472 
> Christian, & Sun, Jupiter II 540 
> Christian, not the Unknowable I 391 
> collective being II 239 
> commands another god (Genesis) I 336-7 
> consuming fire I 121-2; II 114 
> covenant w Abraham II 508 
> "created in man's image" rejected I xx 
> creative, of Jews II 543-4 
> Devil & I 235-6, 412-18, 421 
> "dwelleth not in temples" I 327 
> elohim or I 139; II 488 
> evolution of the, -idea I 326 
> extracosmic, & intelligent forces I 529 
> extracosmic, fatal I 529, 569; II 41 
> Father in Pymander I 74n 
> finite, imperfect, rejected I 533 
> form of, shall not be limited II 279n 
> geometrizes (Plato) II 39, 41 
> Gnostic view of, & archangels I 198 
> God of Jews is not, (Basilides) I 350 
> good & evil fr I 412 
> gravity is, matter its prophet I 492 
> heavenly bodies temples of I 578 
> fr Hebrew yodh, yod I 347 
> of human dogma rejected I 9 
> a hypothesis (Laplace) I 498, 576n 
> inner II 272 
> is a circle (Pascal, Cusa) II 545 
> is light, Satan shadow of II 510 
> is man in Heaven (Levi) II 584 
> is number w motion (Balzac) I 67 
> Israelite's, a tribal god II 507-8 
> Jesus rebelled against commandments of I 576-7 
> Jewish-Christian, lunar symbol I 391 
> Jewish, genius of Moon & Saturn II 540 
> Jupiter &, hurled thunderbolts I 467 
> "Lead us not . . ." addressed to I 414 
> life & motion of universe I 3n 
> Logos is the, of Genesis II 1-2n 
> Lord, agent provocateur II 387 
> Lord, of Genesis 2 is elohim II 1-2n 
> manifested, in nature I 292 
> man is, on Earth (Levi) II 584 
> Maqom rabbinical symbol of II 612 
> of Moses a temporary substitute I 374 
> -names key to Bible II 536-45 
> names of, & Michael II 480 
> names of, in India II 114 
> in nature acceptable I xx 
> never used for first Principle II 555 
> Newton's I 492, 498 
> no being, no thing I 352 
> not fr word good I 347 
> one w nature I 412 
> orthodox, shaped by man I 9 
> passive, becomes active I 281n 
> predestination of, (Calvinism) II 304n 
> St Michael & II 478-9 
> Satan &, anthropomorphized I 412; II 507 
> Satan, Devil, son of, [Job] I 412, 414; II 376, 378, 477, 489 
> Satan, in manifested world II 235, 515 
> Satan scapegoat for Christian I 412 
> Semite, tempts, curses man I 383 
> seven-lettered, & Jehovah I 410 
> shadow of man's imagination I 635 
> should not be given form (Levi) II 536 
> in space, Christ, Logos II 483 
> spirit of, aspired II 576 
> "such is the will of" II 304 
> Sun the highest II 361 
> two hypotheses re, of Bible II 472-3 
> of the Unknown Darkness I 425 
> weaving garment of, (Goethe) I 83 
> who curses not infinite II 384n 
> Zeus a jealous II 419-20
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> INDEX TO COLLECTED WRITINGS (14 VOLUMES)
> God: 
> Abraxas as, XIV 112 
> as absolute whole, VIII 66 (88) 
> absorption into, & nirvana, III 89 
> allegedly knows future controversies, 
> IV 232-33
> Angelic Host and, XIV 215, 217 
> in anthropomorphic religions, XIV 
> 242 
> atheism and, XI 62-63 
> attributes of, unphilosophical, XI 209 
> backbiting & cursing Jews, X 202 
> belief in, & fear of, result in 
> selfishness, IV 498 
> biblical allegories of, XIV 57-59, 185 
> Brahma or, cp. with Brahman, III 424 
> Chons moves his statue, VII 123 
> Christian, worse than devil, VIII 299 
> Christians ideas about, contradictory, 
> I 333 
> clergy isolated, XIV 250 
> created in Man's image, XIV 146 
> "creation" and, III 380 fn. 
> definition, VI 180 
> denial of, & materialism, XII 124 
> denied by our civilization, VIII 275 
> Devil and, III 299 fn. 
> Devil as, reversed, IV 195, 263, 264 
> Divine Androgyne, XIV 146, 185, 187 
> as Divine Esse, X 232 
> as divine indweller, V 100 
> Earth the footstool of, XIII 58 fn. 
> El&#333;him are not, XIV 212 
> enlargement of human infusoria, VI 
> 140 
> -essence identical with man's, XIII 55 
> everyone an incarnation of, XII 533 
> any evil done to Humanity wounds, 
> VIII 66 (88) 
> extra-cosmic, rejected by theosophists, 
> V 355; XI 373, 416 fn. 
> extra-Kosmic, is absurd, XII 200 
> as Fire, III 460 
> Founders don't believe in personal, III 
> 27; IV 474; XI 335 
> garment of, as Universe, XIII 308-09 
> geometrizes, X 372; XIV 62, 99, 185 
> Hebrew YHVH, XIV 188 
> Hermetic & Kabalistic, XIV 301-02, 
> 314-15 
> Hugo on, I 199 
> Humanity is only, to be served, VIII 
> 66 (88) 
> humorous appeal to, III 330 
> idea of, X 42-45 fn., 46-47 
> idea of personal, rejected, V 356-57; 
> X 46-47, 345 
> idea of, & term Nastika, IV 335-36 
> as ideal outsider, V 100
> an Immortal Entity, XIV 54-55, 56 fn. 
> of Immutable Law, XIV 42 
> impersonal, inspires Yogi, III 27 
> "Incarnate" not recognized, XIV
> 353-54 
> incorporeal principle, XII 200 
> of Israel, XILI 256-58, 278 
> ??vara or Brahma not Absolute, III
> 424 
> Jehovah not Supreme, III 457 
> Jesus not, but a mortal, XIV 45 
> Kabala[h] on first form of, XIII 352 
> Kabalah on Garment of, XIV 185 
> known by personal merit, XIV 51-52
> & fn. 
> lamb of, & lamb cutlet, III 330 
> limitations of term, XI 24, 27, 67 et
> seq. 
> living in man, proved by Buddha &
> Sankara, V 100 
> Lord, directed bloody wars, XI 37 
> Lord, Moses & Satan, XIII 101 fn. 
> man can become a, I 73 
> a "man of war," X 102 
> man's only, is within, II 160; III
> 410 fn.; V 100; X 255, 345;
> XI 239 (276); XIV 213 
> Mankind is, of Comtists, XIII 96-97 
> mental slavery of personal, idea, XII
> 124 
> miracles and, IV 308 fn. 
> mistake of, III 261 
> Monad &, compared, XIV 49, 212 
> monotheistic, of NT., XIV 354 fn. 
> monster, VIII 316 
> of Mysteries, XIV 270 ff., 276 
> nature and, IX 168 
> no personal, in Theosophy, X 73; XII
> 533, 569 
> numbers one & ten and, XIV 97,
> 112 fn. 
> omnipresence of, & devil, IV 388-89 
> One Element and, IV 220 
> only true & living, IV 420 
> Over-soul, XIV 48 
> personal, adoration fosters Black
> Magic, XIII 256, 260 
> personal, an impossibility, III 112,
> 203, 261; IV 495; V 100,
> 317; VI 141; X 230; XI 143-44,
> 414-16 fns. 
> personal, & problem of evil, X 150 
> personal, as a term, XII 534
> personal, as collectivity of spiritual
> hosts, XI 64 
> personal, as one of the gods, IX 169 
> personal, denied by Buddhists in T.S.,
> V 96 fn, 
> personal, idea fosters priesthood, X 66 
> personal, is Atma-Buddhi, XIV 49 
> personal, must use material force, IV
> 307 fn. 
> personal, never taught by Magi, IV
> 515, 520 
> personal, not in Upanishads, IV 337 
> personal, notion limits Western
> thinkers, V 76, 89 
> on personal, of E. Lévi, VI 178-80 
> no personal, outside of man, XI 239
> (276) 
> personal, pleaded for, V 31920 
> personal, rejected by great
> Philosophers, VI 188 
> as petty tailor, XII 200 & fn. 
> of Philosopher, XIV 8 
> Platonic views of, VI 207; XIV 9-10,
> 412 & fn., 413 
> potent acts help to express our inner,
> XII 533-34 
> prayer to, fosters selfishness, XIV 42 
> praying to, for armed victory, X 104 
> Presence is Theophania, XIV 48, 52 
> Psalms on, XIII 48 & fn. 
> reliance on external, a pernicious
> doctrine, X 96 
> rules through intermediaries, XIV 330 
> Satan is Son of, X 108-09; XIII 101 
> seven-headed serpent and, XIII 58 
> seven-rayed, III 453 
> seventh principle, or Divine
> Augoeides, III 321 
> Solus the One, XIV 99 
> sons of, III 187, 189, 215 fn. 
> spirit means both, & alcohol, I 332 
> Spiritual central Sun is, VII 274 
> symbol of harmony, I 199-200 
> on temple of, XIV 55-56 & fn., 58 
> of Theists not logical, XI 416 fn. 
> of Theosophists defined, VI 141-43;
> VIII 58 (80), 368-69 (388)
> Theosophists don't believe in
> personal, IV 298; XI 414 fn. 
> of Theosophy is Cosmos itself, XI
> 409 
> ungodly tricks of Biblical, XIII 102
> as Universal Life or Mind, IV 453; 
> XIV 7, 301, 413 
> Universal Logos idea distorted by, 
> concept, VIII 305 
> the Unknown, X 242 
> a useless term, IV 68 
> Vedas revealed by will of, XIII 108
> vindictive, VIII 274 
> violent commands of, III 116-17 
> Will of, II 193, 194 
> within every heart, XIV 48, 54-56 
> & fn. 
> of Zohar, XIV 184-86
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