Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
AFTER DEATH: WHAT? by Andrew Rooke
AFTER DEATH: WHAT? by Andrew Rooke
There are many fascinating stories in the world’s mystery traditions regarding the nature of heavens and hells. We all know the extent to which these concepts have dominated Christian thinking, though the archetypal preacher raining down “fire and brimstone” from the pulpit on Sundays is thankfully less common these days. […]
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
IS IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE ACCORDING TO ESOTERIC PRINCIPLES IN A TOUGH WORLD? By Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen
IS IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE ACCORDING TO ESOTERIC PRINCIPLES IN A TOUGH WORLD? By Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen
To be able to give a motivated answer to the main question of the lecture, we have to primarily define – what is “life”, and then – what we understand as “good life”. As this is, […]
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
EVOLUTION: SOME BASIC IDEAS FROM THEOSOPHY by Frank Walter
EVOLUTION: some basic ideas from Theosophy by Frank Walter
Evolution is such a wide-ranging doctrine that it covers all others in Theosophy. It’s governed by karma and in a way it is karma. Let’s see what Encyclopaedia Britannica says about evolution. I quote: “A natural history of the cosmos, including organic beings, expressed in physical terms […]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
THE POWER OF MAGNETISM by Clive Bellgrove
THE POWER OF MAGNETISM by Clive Bellgrove
Ask any school age child what they know about magnetism and they will respond immediately with remarks about the curved pattern made by a magnet on powdered iron filings on a sheet of paper or a plate of glass and that is about all most of us know, or wants […]
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Friday, February 1st, 2008
THE BEATITUDES AND THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT by Sam Duband
THE BEATITUDES AND THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT by Sam Duband
I would like to examine with you, two old and much-revered systems, to see if I am right in the assumption that the peace-keeping methods are identical with the conflict resolving processes. The two systems are the Beatitudes from the Gospel of Matthew, and the Eightfold […]