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		<title>DID ANCIENT INDONESIAN BUDDHISTS REACH AFRICA? by Robert Dick-Read</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/did-ancient-indonesian-buddhists-reach-africa-by-robert-dick-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:56:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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[The wisdom traditions of many lands speak of ancient civilizations stretching back into the past beyond the scope of currently accepted archaeological time-scales. In addition, it seems that ancient peoples travelled more widely than has been suspected until recently as is described as a possibility by Robert Dick-Read’s original research on the ancient seafaring people’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PILGRIMAGES: the mystic journey by Jennifer Pignataro</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/pilgrimages-the-mystic-journey-by-jennifer-pignataro/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 03:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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Introduction 
Today’s presentation on “Pilgrimages: the mystic journey”, will start with a definition of the key term, ‘pilgrim’. The presentation will consider why a pilgrimage may be undertaken, and an overview of some of the great pilgrimages conducted by adherents of Islam, Hinduism and Christianity.
Furthermore, the five stages of a Pilgrimage will be explored.
At the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CO-CREATION WITH NATURE by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/co-creation-with-nature-by-roza-and-margarita-riaikkenen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What is Nature? It seems that all of us know exactly what it is, but we wouldn’t find the exact definition of “nature” in most encyclopedias. Usually we perceive it as everything that is around us and isn&#8217;t produced by us. Wikipedia provides us with another clue: “The word nature is derived from the Latin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PAGANISM, HEATHENRY, ASATRU, and WICCA: echoes of the ancient wisdom of Europe by Heathclyff St James Deville</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 06:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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Firstly, Merry Meet and Blessed Be in the Name of the Lord and His Lady and may they bless us as we explore this fascinating topic.
To begin.  Let us take a quick look at some terms that have been gleaned from several dictionaries as to what constitutes a Pagan
PAGANISM – A STATUS QUO DEFINITION
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		<title>WE ARE CONSCIOUSNESS: Paganism, Heathenry, and Asatru contain the purest ancient wisdom and theosophy  by  Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/we-are-consciousness-by-gu%c3%b0run-kristin-magnusdottir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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The greatness and spiritual profundity of our reverent Norse forefathers expressed in their Norse and Germanic myths and great epic poems, The Eddas, has always been realized by some perceptive people.  I recall in the 1947 issue of our Icelandic Theosophical Society´s magazine, Gangleri, an article on Heathenry (Paganry) as being pure Theosophy. 
 
Please note [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ONE GOD OR MANY? Where did the idea of one God come from? The enduring legacy of ancient Egyptian pharoah Akhenaten by Jennifer Pignataro</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 03:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The concept of a single God is called monotheism. Monotheism originates from the Greek – monos = single, and theos=God.
Monotheism is a predominant feature of the Abrahamic religions- these being: 
·        Judaism
·        Christianity 
·         Islam
Monotheism is also a key feature of the Baha’i belief, Zoroastrianism and Sikhism.
While many may consider monotheism as a modern Western [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FREYJA: the great goddess of creation by Guðrún Kristín Magnúsdóttir</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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In Norse tradition, we have many Goddesses, each one of whom has a profound meaning and a sphere of functioning: 
 
Goddesses contain layers of meaning according to each man‘s understanding. Man‘s understanding depends upon his state of consciousness. Men, who are refined and almost enlightened, have the ability to perceive the layers, from the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPIRITUAL INITIATION: perspectives from Theosophy  by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/spiritual-initiation-perspectives-from-theosophy-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 03:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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There is a lot of talk these days about spiritual initiation, enlightenment, Ascended Masters, Masters of Wisdom, Mahatmas, etc… but what does it all really mean? Is immediate enlightenment possible as advertised by several religious groups, or, is there a long slow road stretching ahead to spiritual achievement as many ancient traditions tell us? 
A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SWABHAVA - &#8216;SELF-BECOMING&#8217;: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS  by Don Shepherd</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/swabhava-self-becoming-questions-and-answers-by-don-shepherd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[What is Swabhava?
Swabhava is the Sanskrit word for “self-becoming.” Swa means “self” and bhava means “becoming.” Swabhava can also be defined as “the nature of a thing” or “self-nature.” Everything possesses a dominant characteristic, quality or attribute. The beauty of this definition is that it brings the idea of “self-becoming” full circle. In order for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THEOSOPHY: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS  by  Andrew Rooke</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/theosophy-questions-and-answers-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 03:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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WHAT IS THEOSOPHY?
 
The word theosophy comes from a Greek compound meaning ‘god wisdom’ or ‘wisdom of divine things’. It was first used in ancient times, notably in the 3rd century AD by the disciples of Ammonius Saccus in connection with his ‘eclectic theosophical school’ in Alexandria, Egypt. There he attempted to show the common truth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REINCARNATION: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS  by  Andrew Rooke</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/reincarnation-questions-and-answers-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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WHAT IS REINCARNATION?
 
•         REINCARNATION is derived from the Latin, meaning ‘re-infleshment’, the coming again into a human body of an excarnate human soul. The repetitive re-imbodiment of the reincarnating Human Ego in vehicles of human flesh – this being a special case of the general doctrine of Re-imbodiment. This general doctrine of Re-imbodiment applies not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KARMA: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS  by  Andrew Rooke</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/karma-questions-and-answers-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2012 02:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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What is Karma?
 
•         From the ancient Indian language, Sanskrit, the word, ‘kri’ meaning ‘to do’  or ‘to make’. Philosophically meaning ‘consequences’. When and entity acts, he acts from within; he acts through an expenditure in greater or less degree of his own native energy. This expenditure or out flowing of energy, as it acts upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOUBTING THOMAS: THE GOSPEL OF ST THOMAS: GNOSTIC CHRISTIANITY by   Andrew Rooke</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/doubting-thomas-the-gospel-of-st-thomas-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 05:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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Who was St Thomas better known as ‘Doubting Thomas’?
 
•         Thomas the Apostle also known as Didymus (meaning the ‘Twin’ brother of Jesus) died 72AD in Mylapore, India.
•         Best known for questioning Jesus’s resurrection then proclaiming “My Lord, My God” on seeing Jesus – John 20:28.
•         An architect and builder by trade he was directed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REINCARNATION IN TRADITIONAL AFRICAN RELIGION: THE IGBO OF NIGERIA by Igwe Amakulo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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Ever before the white men came with the Christian religion and Western civilization, our great grandfathers in Igboland (in Nigeria, West Africa) knew about reincarnation, which they called in local language, “Ịlọ ụwa” (a return to the world). They knew and also believed in life beyond, which they call “Ala-mụọ”. By “Ala-mụọ”, they mean the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DREAMS ARE BETTER THAN REALITY: Stories by George Svenger</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/dreams-are-better-than-reality-some-stories-by-george-svenger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 03:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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Dreams Are Better Than Reality  by George Svenger.
&#160;


There was a strange Indian philosopher in town. He was famous.  He had thousands of followers. He was supposed to be the world teacher.  And he was a teacher, but not the kind they expected.  After being built up by a well known society as a master of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANCIENT EGYPT: PERSPECTIVES FROM THEOSOPHY  by Andrew Rooke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:20:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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THE RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX
For untold centuries, the Great Sphinx at Giza outside of Cairo in Egypt, has stared Eastwards with stony gaze greeting the rising sun. Known in ancient days as ‘Horemakhet – Horus of the Horizon’, the Sphinx stands guard before a complex of pyramids and temples including the mysterious Great Pyramid, itself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TRINITY AND TRIUNITY: THE MAIN MECHANISM OF CREATION  by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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From the ancient times until now, we can see the images and signs of trinities in the artefacts of almost every religion and spiritual teaching. To mention just some of them: the three columns of the “Tree of Life” in the Qabalah, the three angels on the icons of the Russian icon -painter Rublev reflecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HAPPINESS: WHY DOES THE SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS CAUSE US MORE SUFFERING? by Stefan Carey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Why does the search for happiness cause us more suffering?
 
My goal with paper is to show how trying to be happy by looking for happiness externally is a dead end. It can create expectations ordinary life cannot satisfy, and therefore often leaves us disappointed in a state of anxiety and unease, and therefore creates suffering. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PLATO&#8217;S ETHICS: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM by Don Shepherd</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The key to understanding Plato’s philosophy is that ethics is a form of knowledge. For Plato, ethics is the knowledge of measurement of short-term and long-term consequences. While everyone and everything strives for the “Good” as it appears to them, it is this lack of knowledge of measurement that determines the extent of the failure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HOW NATURAL ARE NATURAL DISASTERS?  by Paul Rooke with Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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From Paul Rooke:
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IS THE INCIDENCE OF NATURAL DISASTERS INCREASING?
 
•         What has happened in the last decade?
•         The Boxing Day Tsunami 2004.
•         The Pakistani Earthquake 2005.
•         Hurricane Katrina 2005.
•         Chilean Volcano Eruption 2008.
•         Chilean Earthquake 2011.
•         Australian Floods 2011.
•         Japanese Tsunami 2011.
•         Official Statistics:
•         Sources of Statistics:
•         Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (Brussels).
•         Office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT IS THEOSOPHY?  by Clive Bellgrove</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 04:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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 You’ll want to know what Theosophy is about, and what it means. The word Theosophy is derived from two Greek words, ancient Greek words, ‘Theos’, God, and ‘Sophia’, Wisdom, meaning literally ‘God Wisdom’, not the wisdom of the Gods, but God Wisdom. What I want to point out to you is this, that there isn’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHERE DO WE GET OUR CHARACTERS FROM? by Nivard Vas</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
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This year the population of the world will reach an enormous 7 billion people. Each one of us has his or her own character! Every tree, plant, animal, atom or molecule has its own character. We see flowers developing from buds, and a bud from a seed. The key question is where does the seed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APPLYING ETERNAL WISDOM TO THE PROBLEMS OF DAILY LIFE: lessons learned from the 1951 European Tour Report of James A. Long by Jennifer Pignataro</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lecture will consider the writings of James A. Long who conducted a worldwide tour of Theosophical Societies. The transcripts of those meetings were recorded in a document known as The 1951 Tour Reports. The full text of James A. Long’s 1951 Tour Report is certainly worth reading, and is freely available online at: http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/jal-1951/jaltour-hp.htm
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		<title>HINDUISM: some perspectives from Theosophy  by  Andrew Rooke</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ARE THE HINDU GODS REAL? 
India  has literally thousands of Gods, and all Hindus, from professors in  universities to beggars outside on the streets, avidly believe in them.  But are they real? Let’s take the case of the most famous Hindu God,  Ganesha, the elephant God, beloved of all Hindus. Most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT IS THEOSOPHY REALLY ALL ABOUT?  by  Andrew Rooke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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What is the major priority in the work of our Theosophical Society today? Our Leader, Randell C. Grubb, has indicated that it is putting theosophical teachings into action in our daily lives or practicing ‘Inner rather than Outer Theosophy’. What does this mean? Why do this?
No matter how long you study Theosophy, the hardest question [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE DOCTRINE OF SWABHAVA   by  Don Shepherd</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Swabhava is the Sanskrit word for “self-becoming.” Swa means “self” and bhava means “becoming.” Swabhava can also be defined as “the nature of a thing.” Everything possesses a dominant characteristic, quality, or attribute. The beauty of this definition is that it brings the idea of “self-becoming” full-circle. In order for something to possess a particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ISLAM: THE BASICS  by  Nasirah Cavaney</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Islam, the basics 
By Nasirah Cavaney
www.islam-australia.net
I am always grateful for the opportunity to share my faith.  Islam is one of the most misunderstood religions in the world today and I am thankful for the chance to correct some of those misunderstandings.
I will start with the definitions of the words Islam, Muslim and Allah.
Islam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPIRITUALITY AND ITS PLACE IN COUNSELLING: PART 2  by Heathclyff St. James-Deville</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 01:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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INTRODUCTION
 
Part of my reasons for giving this issue a lot of attention is because there seems to be an illusion amongst those who follow a Spiritual Path that one who likewise purports to be in touch with God, the Spirit, the Universal (choose your own description) should have no need of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BUDDHA: WHEN WILL HE RETURN AGAIN?  by  Andrew Rooke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
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WHEN WILL THE BUDDHA RETURN?    By: Andrew Rooke:
 
 
THE HISTORICAL BUDDHA:
 

Siddhārtha Gautama, (Pali: Siddhattha Gotama), was a      spiritual teacher in the north eastern region of the Indian subcontinent,      who founded Buddhism. He is regarded by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha (Sammāsambuddha) of our age. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MONEY: CAN WE LIVE WITHOUT IT? by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A WORLD WITHOUT MONEY: IS IT POSSIBLE?
Possibly, some years ago such topic for a lecture would not even come up. Everyone knew that money is an absolutely essential part of life, that it can be relied on as a medium through which people try to reach a sense of security and satisfaction, and that it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAN KNOW THYSELF by Amanda F. Rooke</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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            Andrew has brought a picture from a record cover (from The Moody Blues CD album cover of their recording &#8216;Every Good Boy Deserves Favour&#8217; - check it our on the internet with a Google image search), which he and I think sums up this doctrine, an old man presenting the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE DIVINE TWINS: GEMINI, DIOSCURI, KABIRI  by  Amanda F. Rooke</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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This talk is about the Gemini twins, As you can see, they were horsemen.  I was inspired to explore this myth when a fellow student studied these colossal statues of humans and horses, which are called the &#8220;horse tamers&#8221;, situated on the Qurinale Hill in Rome, Italy. (see the illustrations on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE THREE TRUTHS: BASED ON &#8216;THE IDYLL OF THE WHITE LOTUS&#8217; BY MABEL COLLINS  by  Jennifer Pignataro</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>EVERYTHING YOU DID NOT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT METAPHYSICS  by William De Vere</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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Man needs inwardly, in order to live his daily life, to be, as if he had settled or eliminated the great question that concerns his state. 
            Everyone, whether they are aware of it or not, lives by a personal system of metaphysics they believe to be true. 
            Hubert Benoit (The Supreme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NURSLINGS OF THE FUTURE  by George Svenger</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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From history, we know that it is always just one individual that can present with various degrees of ability a new ideal that can sometimes change the course of history. Whether it is in science, or biology or sociology.
            Ideals are like crystallised universal energy patterns, a language of the mind that everybody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BEAUTY AND UGLINESS IN NATURE: DO THEY EXIST? by Heathclyff St James Deville</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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This Paper shall look at how the way that we view Nature – has effects that are far-reaching in terms of how we relate to the living creatures found within nature. As a follower of the Pagan Path, I likewise include here all the Elemental Beings – the Dryads, the Fai, the Water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A WAY TO THE GOLDEN ERA  by  Roza Riaikkenen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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What do we call “the Golden Era”? How can we imagine this term? We can hope that this should be an entire era of peace, abundance and happiness for all the inhabitants of the Earth. An era of harmony, as for the entire planetary life, as for each and every living [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPIRITUAL TEACHERS: HOW DO THEY GET TO KNOW WHAT THEY SAY THEY KNOW?  by  Stefan Carey</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BEAUTY IN ANCIENT EGYPT  by  Jennifer Pignataro</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REINCARNATION AND KARMA by Marjorie Jackson</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAN&#8217;S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE ANIMALS by Bernard Parsons</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 02:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE CASE FOR REINCARNATION by Bernard Parsons</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>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</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[           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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		<title>SOME THOUGHTS ON PRESENTING THEOSOPHY by Frank Walter</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SACRED BIRDS by Amanda F. Rooke</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;d like to stress that all birds are sacred, all life-forms are. However some birds seem to be &#8220;more sacred than others&#8221;, in human estimation, some birds having oracular and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COPING WITH LIFE: SOME PERSPECTIVES FROM THEOSOPHY by Stefan Carey</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without the aid of a &#8216;life flight simulator&#8217; 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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CANBERRA: CAPITAL CITY OF AUSTRALIA: ESOTERIC ASPECTS OF ITS DESIGN compiled by Evelynne Brown</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PLACES OF POWER  by  Stefan Carey</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BREAKING THE MOULDS OF MIND by Stefan Carey</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SPIRITUALITY AND ITS PLACE IN COUNSELLING by Heathclyff St.James-Deville</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:47:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT IS TRUTH?  by Stefan Carey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE NATURE OF THOUGHT  by  Stefan Carey</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TWO PATHS OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: Pratyeka Buddha and Buddha of Compassion by Stefan Carey</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-two-paths-of-spiritual-development-the-paths-leading-to-the-pratyeka-buddha-and-the-buddha-of-compassion-by-stefan-c/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WHAT ARE HIERARCHIES?  by  Andrew Rooke</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/what-are-spiritual-hierarchies-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE DIVINE LANGUAGE OF VIBRATIONS  by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-divine-language-of-vibrations-by-roza-and-margarita-riaikkenen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REINCARNATION, CIVILIZATION, AND HISTORY:  by John van Mater</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/reincarnation-civilization-and-history-by-john-van-mater/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMMONIUS SACCUS  by Stefan Carey</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/ammonius-saccus-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BROTHERHOOD by Lo Guest</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/brotherhood-by-lo-guest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THEOSOPHY IN THE MODERN WORLD by Lo Guest</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/theosophy-in-the-modern-world-by-lo-guest/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/theosophy-in-the-modern-world-by-lo-guest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:30:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF THE ATOM: theosophical perspectives by Clive Bellgrove</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-infinite-divisibility-of-the-atom-theosophical-perspectives-by-clive-bellgrove/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE LAW OF KARMA: can we escape the circle of necessity?  by Clive Bellgrove</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-law-of-karma-can-we-escape-the-circle-of-necessity-by-clive-bellgrove/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PSYCHIC POWERS: THEIR USE AND MISUSE  by  Clive Bellgrove</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/psychic-powers-their-use-and-misuse-by-clive-bellgrove/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/psychic-powers-their-use-and-misuse-by-clive-bellgrove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PSYCHIC POWERS, THEIR USE AND MISUSE  by  Clive Bellgrove
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFTER DEATH: WHAT?  by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/after-death-what-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IS IT POSSIBLE TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE ACCORDING TO ESOTERIC PRINCIPLES IN A TOUGH WORLD?  By Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/is-it-possible-to-live-a-good-life-according-to-esoteric-principles-in-a-tough-world-by-roza-and-margarita-riaikkenen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EVOLUTION: SOME BASIC IDEAS FROM THEOSOPHY  by Frank Walter</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/evolution-some-basic-ideas-from-theosophy-by-frank-walter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 23:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE POWER OF MAGNETISM by Clive Bellgrove</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-power-of-magnetism-by-clive-bellgrove/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-power-of-magnetism-by-clive-bellgrove/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE BEATITUDES AND THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT by Sam Duband</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-beatitudes-and-the-resolution-of-conflict-by-sam-duband/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-beatitudes-and-the-resolution-of-conflict-by-sam-duband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 03:22:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HISTORY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (PASADENA) IN AUSTRALIA  by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/history-of-the-theosophical-society-pasadena-in-australia-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HISTORY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (PASADENA): PROFILES OF ITS LEADERS  Compiled by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/history-of-the-theosophical-society-pasadena-profiles-of-its-leaders-compiled-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THE HEART DOCTRINE: INTELLECT versus INTUITION by Stefan Carey</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Rooke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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