Thoughts Along the Road – 53 Wise People Place Their Confidence on the Law Carlos Cardoso Aveline * From time to time, readers write to the Independent Lodge of Theosophists narrating psychic experiences, and asking for explanations. This is the usual answer: “Psychic actions, understood as lower self, […]
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Thoughts Along the Road – 52 If You Are a Loyal Friend of the Void, You Can See the Plenitude Carlos Cardoso Aveline Everyone can search any time for the highest level of consciousness available in his own inner world * Discipline consists in being strong enough and balanced […]
Thoughts Along the Road – 51 The Sun and the Moon Are Our Brethren Carlos Cardoso Aveline The ficus, a fellow spiritual pilgrim * Peace is not to be found on the surface of life. The way to inner balance consists of harmony with one’s own conscience. However, this […]
A Prophecy on Judaism and Christianity And What the Masters of the Wisdom Think About the Writings of Eliphas Levi Carlos Cardoso Aveline In the 19th century, a Master of the Eastern Wisdom wrote about Eliphas Levi, the famous Western Kabalist who was born in France in 1810: […]
Thoughts Along the Road – 50 Obtaining An Accurate View of Life Depends On Having the Right Purpose Carlos Cardoso Aveline * The truth-seeker must examine once and again the premises and foundations of his opinions. He will constantly discover new layers of maya or illusion, and new levels […]
The Sun and the Moon in One’s Soul Theosophical Lessons from the Solar System Carlos Cardoso Aveline Regarding the mysterious trajectory of Initiates, Helena P. Blavatsky wrote: “Every true Adept had, and still has, to pass through the seven and the twelve trials of Initiation, symbolized by the […]
Star Angel Worship in the Roman Catholic Church The Christian Adoration Of Star and Planetary Spirits Helena P. Blavatsky Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Amadeus of Portugal (1420-1482) 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 The following article […]
Four Ideas for a Brotherly Power Building the Foundations of Mutual Help Carlos Cardoso Aveline “To teach is not to transfer knowledge, but to create the conditions for the […]
Discipleship in the 21st Century How to Approach the Door of Inner Learning Carlos Cardoso Aveline The Himalayas: a painting by Nicholas Roerich It may be worthwhile to study the process of discipleship. There are also reasons to investigate the subtle magnetic relationships and non-verbal communications between the […]
The Right Angle A Selection on Masonry from the Writings of HPB, Compiled by Geoffrey A. Farthing Helena P. Blavatsky Preface These extracts from H. P. Blavatsky’s (H.P.B.’s) voluminous works are intended to give some information about Masonry and the flavour of her thinking on the subject as she […]
Conservation of Soul Energy Students of Esoteric Philosophy Should Preserve Their Inner Strength Theosophy Magazine In simpler days, before the age of specialization and travel, the issues of life seem to have been fewer and less complex. The battles men waged were nearer home. Except for occasional outbursts of […]
Abandoning the Sociological Delusion The Quality of the Social World is a Reflection of the Reality of the Soul Carlos Cardoso Aveline The amount of lessons potentially taught us by life is probably infinite. An Eastern master of the wisdom wrote that sermons can be […]
Living Theosophically The Doctrine of the Higher Self And the Rhythm of Universal Life Geoffrey A. Farthing Mr. Geoffrey A. Farthing (1909-2004) The first, and probably the most important, aspect of Theosophical living is long-term character development through many lives. This involves the application of the ideas of reincarnation […]
Moshe Cordovero and Social Activism Why Common Sense Inspires a Balanced Attitude Carlos Cardoso Aveline Dostoevsky, Martin Luther King and one of the editions of a book by Moses Cordovero In his 1872 novel “Demons”, Fyodor Dostoevsky anticipates the occurrence of socialist revolutions and condemns the search for social […]
China and the Implosion of the West Lessons from a Mudded Planetary Transition Carlos Cardoso Aveline The politics of Comrade Mao is ready to play a role in the world of George Orwell’s nightmare In more than one aspect of life, a multidimensional collapse is taking place in […]
The Lesson of the Sun in Aquarius A Sensible Pilgrim Seeks the Approval of His Own Conscience Carlos Cardoso Aveline Aquarius, the eleventh sign of the zodiac, begins around January 22nd and experiences the high point of innovative individualism. Personal independence is a priority. There may even be […]
The Aquarian Theosophist, February 2021 These are the main topics of the present edition: * Life in the Year of 2024 – a revealing 2015 text by James Rickards (p.01). * A Few Truths About the People – by Lin Yutang (p.03). * Universal Language in Ancient Times – […]
A Few Lessons from George Orwell Messianism, ‘Doublethink’ and Fraud in the Theosophical Movement Carlos Cardoso Aveline George Orwell, the author of “1984” The individual impulse to agree with the ideas of others and go along with one’s colleagues is no new phenomenon. It helps one to be […]