Author Archive
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
SPIRITUAL TEACHERS: HOW DO THEY GET TO KNOW WHAT THEY SAY THEY KNOW? by Stefan Carey
The short answer is: we can be pretty sure we know about the ways they get to know what they say they know, but we can be less sure they actually know it.
Its important to be sceptical about what they say they know, because there are lots of them saying they know more than […]
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
BEAUTY IN ANCIENT EGYPT by Jennifer Pignataro
Introduction: I would like to dedicate this lecture to my recently departed Father, Raffaele. I was born and bred in a little town in the Goulburn Valley, which has the well deserved reputation as the “food bowl of a nation”. This area is dairy and orchard country with its prolific, attendant cottage industries of cheese, wine, […]
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
REINCARNATION AND KARMA by Marjorie Jackson
I would like to start this afternoon with one of Dr. de Purucker’s quotes from “Wind of the Spirit”, on page 245-254: “We are here on this earth because we have sown seeds of destiny, of life here, and we come back to reap them, to undo the wrongs we did in the past, to […]
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
MAN’S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE ANIMALS by Bernard Parsons
MAN’S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE ANIMALS by Bernard Parsons
When the Theosophical Society was founded the key teaching was and still is, Universal Brotherhood. This teaching is basic to the Society’s philosophy and is no sentimental emotion but a fact in Nature itself. Madam Blavatsky, co-founder of the Theosophical Society, developed the universality of this cornerstone […]
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
THE DIVINE TWINS – GEMINI, DIOSCURI, KABIRI by Amanda F. Rooke
This article is about the Gemini twins, Castor and Pollux, who are also called the Polydukes, the Dioscuri or the Kabiri. I will mostly be referring to them as the Kabiri.I was inspired to explore the myth of the Gemini twins from the angle of their divine and human parentage and also because of the […]
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
THE CASE FOR REINCARNATION by Bernard Parsons
When building up the case for reincarnation it is well to consider first the case for reimbodiment. The former applies to human and animal life. Reimbodiment is the general feature applying to all beings.
There are three approaches scholars use to ultimate questions that are dealt with in philosophy. The first is the concept of duality, […]
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
FLOOD LEGENDS – the Epic of Gilgamesh from ancient Persia, from the Australian Aborigines, the Hopi Indians from America, the Kuomboka ceremony of the Malozi people of Zambia, and from Theosophy by Sam Duband
Because deluge legends and mythology are so intimately interwoven, I will start the lecture with brief descriptions of the meanings of these three words. A DELUGE is a great overwhelming of water, an inundation. It is also a theme found in ancient religions, describing primordial destruction of Man, and the world, by universal deluge.
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
SOME THOUGHTS ON PRESENTING THEOSOPHY by Frank Walter
We contact Theosophy. We feel benefits from it. We join the Theosophical Society. We want to spread our benefits. That is the first object in our Constitution – “To diffuse among men a knowledge of the laws inherent in the Universe”. The second object is - “To promulgate the knowledge of the essential unity of […]
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
SACRED BIRDS by Amanda F. Rooke
SACRED BIRDS by Amanda Rooke [numbers spread throughout the text refer to references from books cited at the end of the article] By way of introduction I’d like to stress that all birds are sacred, all life-forms are. However some birds seem to be “more sacred than others”, in human estimation, some birds having oracular and […]
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
COPING WITH LIFE: SOME PERSPECTIVES FROM THEOSOPHY by Stefan Carey
Without the aid of a ‘life flight simulator’ to see how things will turn out, life is at times very tough! What we propose to discuss here today, are some theosophical perspectives on how to cope with life. Implicit in the topic title is the idea that life is, or was not meant to be, […]
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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
CANBERRA: CAPITAL CITY OF AUSTRALIA: ESOTERIC ASPECTS OF ITS DESIGN compiled by Evelynne Brown
Today I am here to bring to you what I consider to be an amazing story. I believe the information I will present to you to be most illuminating. Since it concerns our Australian national capital city of Canberra, I feel it is information that we should all be acquainted with. I know that from […]
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
PLACES OF POWER by Stefan Carey
PLACES OF POWER by Stefan Carey
What I want to talk about today is that we owe it to ourselves as city dwellers, to know and have our own special places of power, because city life robs us of that special connection with place, our at-oneness with nature.
In this talk I’ll look at:
· what others have […]
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
BREAKING THE MOULDS OF MIND by Stefan Carey
BREAKING THE MOULDS OF MIND by Stefan Carey
Breaking the moulds of mind is no easy task. But, each one of us has a personal responsibility to make sure that we do this. We need to stay young mentally if possible, by constantly ploughing and resowing our mental pastures. Let new crops grow there each season, […]
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Monday, August 11th, 2008
SPIRITUALITY AND ITS PLACE IN COUNSELLING by Heathclyff St.James-Deville
SUMMARY:
As more and more clients present with issues, it is becoming increasingly important that counsellors take into account the Spiritual and/or Religious needs of the client. This can be achieved by undertaking to do a ‘Spiritual Needs Assessment’ Profile, listening to what a client may be saying though maybe in a veiled fashion, or by […]
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Friday, August 8th, 2008
WHAT IS TRUTH? by Stefan Carey
WHAT IS TRUTH? by Stefan Carey
What is truth? It has been defined as something to be relied on, firm, established, honest, faithful (Etymological Dictionary, 669.) The question is very tricky perhaps because of its utter simplicity. Jesus was asked, “What is truth?”, by Herod, but he did not answer – perhaps because Herod was […]
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
THE NATURE OF THOUGHT by Stefan Carey
THE NATURE OF THOUGHT
This paper is titled ‘The Nature of Thought’. I have tackled the topic from a purely theosophical standpoint, and have ignored an enormous amount of valuable information on the subject available from other perspectives. I have done this because I believe theosophy delivers an essential alternative insight into the nature of thought, […]
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
TWO PATHS OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: Pratyeka Buddha and Buddha of Compassion by Stefan Carey
THE TWO PATHS OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: the Paths leading to the Pratyeka Buddha and the Buddha of Compassion by Stefan Carey
At work there is a desk calendar with a profound quote from the Indian spiritual classic, The Bhagavad Gita: “Perfection is not attained by inaction”. For a lazy bones like me, what was required was […]
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
WHAT ARE HIERARCHIES? by Andrew Rooke
WHAT ARE HIERARCHIES? by Andrew Rooke
The concept of Hierarchies is one of the corner-stones of the Ancient Wisdom. This article discusses what this means and how we can apply it to our understanding of how Nature works and how we fit in with the divine plan of Universal Nature.
Many of us have fond […]
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
THE DIVINE LANGUAGE OF VIBRATIONS by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen
THE DIVINE LANGUAGE OF VIBRATIONS by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen
When reading and trying to understand what HPB meant under the term of “human principles”, we may face some difficulties in imagining Atma and Buddhi to the extent where we would be able to practically work with them. What are these principles indeed? Are they just […]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
REINCARNATION, CIVILIZATION, AND HISTORY: by John van Mater
REINCARNATION, CIVILIZATION, AND HISTORY: by John van Mater
The material for these remarks may be found in H.P. Blavatsky’sSecret Doctrine, supplemented by the writings of Dr. de Purucker, who was a most profound student of her works. This is not to imply that we would make a dogma of The Secret Doctrine, or claim that it […]
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
AMMONIUS SACCUS by Stefan Carey
AMMONIUS SACCUS by Stefan Carey
Why bother with someone like Ammonius Saccus from so long ago? Because it was his inspiration that began something of a fire in the minds of those in Alexandria at the time, where a smorgasbord of philosophy was to be had. Neo or the ‘New’ Platonism, was expounded by Porphyry in the […]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
BROTHERHOOD by Lo Guest
BROTHERHOOD by Lo Guest
Brotherhood is one of those words that convey a wealth of meaning when pronounced, but become most elusive when it comes to the point of defining them concisely. How wide, and how narrow is the meaning of Brotherhood. Perhaps, it is one of those words which each and every one of us […]
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
THEOSOPHY IN THE MODERN WORLD by Lo Guest
THEOSOPHY IN THE MODERN WORLD by Lo Guest Perhaps
It would be a good idea and the best way to start this article for me to define a few expressions which we use constantly. For instance, what do we mean by the vague expression ‘the modern world’? Do we intend to convey that it is an […]
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
THE INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF THE ATOM: theosophical perspectives by Clive Bellgrove
THE INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF THE ATOM: theosophical perspectives by Clive Bellgrove
In 1888 HP Blavatsky’s theosophical masterwork The Secret Doctrine was published in both London and Washington. In my opinion it is probably the greatest work on genuine Occultism ever printed. On pages 519-520 of the first volume of that work there is a discussion regarding “the […]
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
THE LAW OF KARMA: can we escape the circle of necessity? by Clive Bellgrove
THE LAW OF KARMA: can we escape the circle of necessity? by Clive Bellgrove
Karma is the all-pervading law of Infinite Nature, and it manifests its purposes through Cause and Effect, Action and Reaction. There can be no effect without a preceding cause, and no cause without a succeeding effect, however delayed the result may be. […]
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Monday, March 31st, 2008
PSYCHIC POWERS: THEIR USE AND MISUSE by Clive Bellgrove
PSYCHIC POWERS, THEIR USE AND MISUSE by Clive Bellgrove
This subject is a very complex one, giving rise to endless thought, study, discussion and writing. Many hours could be spent on a fascinating subject such as this; and since we have only a limited time to devote to it, the subject matter must be brief and […]
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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 […]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
HISTORY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (PASADENA) IN AUSTRALIA by Andrew Rooke
HISTORY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (PASADENA) IN
AUSTRALIA by Andrew Rooke.
Our Australasian Section of the Theosophical Society is part of the worldwide theosophical movement founded in 1875 in New York City by H. P. Blavatsky, Henry S. Olcott, William Q. Judge, and others. Since Blavatsky’s death the Theosophical Society has divided into many separate organisations, […]
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Thursday, January 31st, 2008
HISTORY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (PASADENA): PROFILES OF ITS LEADERS Compiled by Andrew Rooke
HISTORY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (PASADENA): PROFILES OF ITS LEADERS Compiled by Andrew Rooke.
H.P. Blavatsky: Principle founder of the modern theosophical movement Helena Petrovna Blavatsky was never formally the Leader of the Theosophical Society, although it is generally recognized that she was the motivating force of the Theosophical Society. Blavatsky was born on August 12, 1831, […]
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
THE HEART DOCTRINE: INTELLECT versus INTUITION by Stefan Carey
THE HEART DOCTRINE: INTELLECT versus INTUITION by Stefan Carey
As I see it, the subject of the Heart Doctrine focuses our attention on the conflict between the intellect and the intuition. In some ways the topic is about how we can come to terms with our own inner searchings in a world of apparent chaos and […]
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
WHAT IS THE INNER GOD? by Clive Bellgrove
WHAT IS THE INNER GOD? by Clive Bellgrove
There are a great many references to this matter spread throughout the theosophical literature; but there are necessarily very few real details. There cannot be. It is a subject which cannot be approached through empiricism, the searching for and testing of facts; for what is there about […]
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
WHAT IS THEOSOPHY?: Articles by H.P. Blavatsky, Lo Guest, Jennifer Pignataro, Tony Downey, and Andrew Rooke.
WHAT IS THEOSOPHY?: Articles by H.P. Blavatsky, Lo Guest, Jennifer Pignataro, Tony Downey, and Andrew Rooke.
THE ESSENCE OF THEOSOPHY by H.P.Blavatsky Many who have never heard of the [Theosophical] Society are Theosophists without knowing it themselves; for the essence of Theosophy is the prefect harmonising of the divine with the human in man, the […]
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Monday, December 17th, 2007
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION by Jennifer Pignataro
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION by Jennifer Pignataro
There is a wealth of information about Ancient Egyptian Religion and it would be very easy and interesting to dwell on an inventory of the various gods, their personalities, qualities and appearances.
My intention in today’s lecture is to consider particular aspects of this civilization’s religion. Principally I would like to […]
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Thursday, December 6th, 2007
THE SECRET DOCTRINE by HP BLAVATSKY: what does it all mean? by John P. Van Mater
THE SECRET DOCTRINE by HP BLAVATSKY: what does it all mean?by John P. Van Mater.
H.P. Blavatsky’s [henceforward referred to as HPB] great work The Secret Doctrine in two volumes was issued in the Fall of 1888. The first volume is titled Cosmogenesis and treats of the birth of worlds – universes, suns, planets – but […]
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
AKASHA and the AKASHIC RECORD by A. Norman Rooke
AKASHA and the AKASHIC RECORD by A. Norman Rooke
To begin with, it starts with Mula Prakriti, the root of nature, or Amula Mula, the rootless root. The Sanskrit root of the word is ‘Akas’; to be bright, light, suggestive of luminosity/radiation – the latter because this spirit material is too refined for our present stage […]
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
TULKUS, AVATÂRS and other high spiritual teachers by Clive Bellgrove
TULKUS, AVATÂRS and other high spiritual teachers by Clive Bellgrove
Tulku is a Tibetan word which, in one rendering, means Bodhisattva; and in another rendering means “Transference”. In Tibetan teachings the word has very wide and comprehensive meanings, closely paralleling the Hindu-Brahamanic word AVATÂRA. AVATÂRA means a passing down of celestial energy, in other words the […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
THE MYSTERY OF SIN by Arthur Swan
THE MYSTERY OF SIN by Arthur Swan
On a superficial level, one could be surprised at the suggestion of any mystery at all - we all know what is right or wrong, at least, most of the time, and we usually try to keep our transgressions from being noticed by others. In my early years, […]
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY GRAIL by Arthur Swan
THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY GRAIL by Arthur Swan
When mention is made of the Holy Grail, one automatically thinks also of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, who searched for the Holy Grail, so our study today seems to fall quite naturally into three parts:-
1. What part of King Arthur’s story, […]
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
GNOSTICISM: perspectives from Theosophy by Arthur Swan
OUR DEBT TO THE GNOSTICS by Arthur Swan
The word “Gnostic” comes from the classical Greek word meaning “know”, and what these people “knew” was the basis of man’s relationship to his world and to its Creator. Such knowledge was rightly deemed to be divine wisdom, and one who sought it was a Philosopher, which latter […]
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
THEOSOPHY CAN HELP DOUBTING CHRISTIANS by Arthur Swan
THEOSOPHY CAN HELP DOUBTING CHRISTIANS by Arthur Swan
Australia is nominally a Christian country, and Christian festivals are marked by public holidays, special postage stamps, etc., but, in common with similar countries overseas, there has been a marked decline in church attendances, and even of interest in the teachings of Christianity. The train of thought seems […]
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Sunday, November 4th, 2007
CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM: perspectives from Theosophy by Arthur Swan
CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM by Arthur Swan
The choice of title for this lecture was certainly not intended to imply that Christianity has had any monopoly of Mysticism. Indeed, Mysticism has occurred world-wide since before Christianity even officially began, sometimes without the apparent help of a religious organisation, or even or a place of public worship. Before […]
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
ANGER MANAGEMENT: The tinder box of strong emotions: personal suffering and anger by Stefan Carey
The tinderbox of strong emotions: personal suffering
and anger by Stefan Carey
Once I saw a real tinderbox used to start a fire. An old man with a beard held a metal case with a pile of fluffy material inside, and struck a flint against metal. It made a surprisingly big spark, the fluffy material quickly began […]
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
THE COSMIC MAGNET by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen
THE COSMIC MAGNET by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen
In the Cosmos, everything is connected and held together thanks to the ever acting force of attraction. When closely observing this force, we find behind it the mechanism of magnetism. Helena Roerich’s spiritual Teacher gave her an understanding of this mechanism communicated to us through her book, Agni Yoga, […]
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Thursday, October 11th, 2007
THE REACTOR OF EVOLUTION by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen
THE REACTOR OF EVOLUTION by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen
What do we understand as human Evolution? For the answer, let’s undertake the adventure of travelling to the very core of the Existence.We understand that everything originates from one source, which we can call Spirit, Substance-Principle, Prima Materia, Brahman or simply “the Source”. Let us call this Source […]
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGION: perspectives from Theosophy by Bernard Parsons
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGION: perspectives from Theosophy by Bernard Parsons
I propose to read a poem and a story by way of introduction to this talk.I am told the Aborigines used words having different levels of meaning. There was the ordinary everyday level then at a certain initiation the same word was given a further meaning, and […]
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
MAN KNOW THYSELF by Amanda Rooke
MAN, KNOW THYSELF
Amanda Rooke
I have brought in the cover of the CD of British rock band,The Moody Blues, album Every Good Boy Deserves Favour. I think this illustration sums up the doctrine of ‘Man Know Thyself’ - an old man presenting the precious stone of the knowledge of the divine to a little boy, both their […]
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
THEOSOPHY IN PRACTICE: practical methods for putting spiritual theory into practice in everyday life by Andrew Rooke
THEOSOPHY IN PRACTICE: practical methods for putting spiritual theory into practice in everyday life.
Andrew Rooke
The following is an ongoing series of articles published in ‘Theosophy Downunder’ Newsletter. For 130 years the Theosophical Society has been discussing the wonderful ideas of the Ancient Wisdom. Now, many people are asking for practical means to apply these principles in daily […]
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
PRAYER: perspectives from Theosophy by Andrew Rooke
PRAYER: perspectives from Theosophy Andrew Rooke
Throughout history prayers have been offered by individuals or congregations to beings considered to be more elevated than the human condition. Prayers of ancient nations are recorded on monuments throughout the world expressing aspirations similar to those which motivate millions to seek this form of inner communion today. We […]
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
STRESS MANAGEMENT: perspectives from Theosophy by Andrew Rooke
STRESS MANAGEMENT: perspectives from Theosophy
Andrew Rooke
The following is a series of articles from ‘Theosophy Downunder’ Newsletter:
1. COPING IN A STRESSFUL WORLD: Stress permeates life in the 21st century. Job restructuring and employment insecurity, heavy workloads, rapid change, noise, pollution, balancing home and work commitments, new technology, high divorce rates, are the ingredients for ill […]
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Friday, September 14th, 2007
THEOSOPHY: what it means to me by Jennifer Pignataro
THEOSOPHY: What it means to me Jennifer Pignataro
When I was asked to do a lecture for this meeting on “What Theosophy means to me”, I must say, at the time I approached the task with some concern. After all, I had not really considered what this topic means to me personally. I have considered […]
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
CATS: in foklore and religion by Jennifer Pignataro
CATS: in folklore and religion
Jennifer Pignataro
Today’s lecture considers one of my most favorite topics, that of cats. I will be considering the following:
physical information
cat proverbs from around the world
feline folklore and mythology from around the world
cats in Ancient
Egypt
The human-cat relationship has been a long and at times during the evolution of man and cat, difficult […]
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Wednesday, September 12th, 2007
THE MOON: Queen of the Night by Andrew Rooke
THE MOON: Queen of the Night
Andrew Rooke
What if the moon did not exist? Astrophysicist Neil F, Comins of the University of Maine attempted to answer this question recently by examining the close relationship between the earth and the moon and found that the very conditions for life on our beautiful planet are only possible […]
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Tuesday, September 11th, 2007
FOLLOWING KARMIC SIGNALS by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen
FOLLOWING KARMIC SIGNALS
By Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen
No-one living being on our planet could exist without the signals which direct its attention to the moment of choice. For example, thirst and hunger signal us that we are in need for water and food to replenish the chemical energy of our physical body. Pain alerts […]
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
GOLDEN STAIRS TO THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM by Andrew Rooke
GOLDEN STAIRS TO THE TEMPLE OF
WISDOM
Andrew Rooke
We often say in the theosophical discussions that our aim as theosophical students is to eventually join those highly developed examples of the human race known in the Buddhist tradition as the Bodhisattvas. These wonderful people vow to help suffering humanity though, through their own efforts they […]
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
THE DAILY KARMIC SCRIPT by Andrew Rooke
THE DAILY KARMIC SCRIPT
Andrew Rooke
The founders of the Theosophical movement and leaders of our Society in particular, have emphasized that the lessons of enlightened living are not far away from our everyday circumstances, but with us every moment if we have the eyes to see. Let’s explore together the concept that our lives are an […]