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		<title>MAN KNOW THYSELF by Amanda F. Rooke</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/man-know-thyself-by-amanda-f-rooke/</link>
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		<title>THE DIVINE TWINS: GEMINI, DIOSCURI, KABIRI  by  Amanda F. Rooke</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-divine-twins-gemini-dioscuri-kabiri-by-amanda-f-rooke/</link>
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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>
		<description><![CDATA[This lecture is entitled “The Three Truths”, based on a book entitled: The Idyll of the White Lotus by Mabel Collins. For the purpose of this paper, I have paraphrased and quoted extensively, some of the exquisite prose of this book and hope to review the cited text in light of the Mabel Collins books Light [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-three-truths-based-on-the-idyll-of-the-white-lotus-by-mabel-collins-by-jennifer-pignataro/</link>
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		<title>EVERYTHING YOU DID NOT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT METAPHYSICS  by William De Vere</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/uncategorized/everything-you-do-not-want-to-know-about-metaphysics-by-william-de-vere/</link>
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		<title>NURSLINGS OF THE FUTURE  by George Svenger</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/nurslings-of-the-future-by-goerge-svenger/</link>
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		<title>BEAUTY AND UGLINESS IN NATURE: DO THEY EXIST? by Heathclyff St James Deville</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/beauty-and-ugliness-in-nature-do-they-exist-by-heathclyff-st-james-deville/</link>
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		<title>A WAY TO THE GOLDEN ERA  by  Roza Riaikkenen</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/a-way-to-the-golden-era-by-roza-riaikkenen/</link>
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		<title>SPIRITUAL TEACHERS: HOW DO THEY GET TO KNOW WHAT THEY SAY THEY KNOW?  by  Stefan Carey</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/spiritual-teachers-how-do-they-get-to-know-what-they-say-they-know-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<title>BEAUTY IN ANCIENT EGYPT  by  Jennifer Pignataro</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/beauty-in-ancient-egypt-by-jennifer-pignataro/</link>
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		<title>REINCARNATION AND KARMA by Marjorie Jackson</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/reincarnation-and-karma-by-marjorie-jackson/</link>
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		<title>MAN&#8217;S RESPONSIBILITY TO THE ANIMALS by Bernard Parsons</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/mans-responsibility-to-the-animals-by-bernard-parsons/</link>
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		<title>THE CASE FOR REINCARNATION by Bernard Parsons</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-case-for-reincarnation-by-bernard-parsons/</link>
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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>
		<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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		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/flood-legends-%e2%80%93-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-theosop/</link>
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		<title>SOME THOUGHTS ON PRESENTING THEOSOPHY by Frank Walter</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/some-thoughts-on-presenting-theosophy-by-frank-walter/</link>
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		<title>SACRED BIRDS by Amanda F. Rooke</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/sacred-birds-by-amanda-f-rooke/</link>
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		<title>COPING WITH LIFE: SOME PERSPECTIVES FROM THEOSOPHY by Stefan Carey</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/coping-with-life-some-perspectives-from-theosophy-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<title>CANBERRA: CAPITAL CITY OF AUSTRALIA: ESOTERIC ASPECTS OF ITS DESIGN compiled by Evelynne Brown</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/canberra-capitol-city-of-australia-esoteric-aspects-of-its-design-compiled-by-evelynne-brown/</link>
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		<title>PLACES OF POWER  by  Stefan Carey</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/places-of-power-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<title>BREAKING THE MOULDS OF MIND by Stefan Carey</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/breaking-the-moulds-of-mind-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<title>SPIRITUALITY AND ITS PLACE IN COUNSELLING by Heathclyff St.James-Deville</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/spirituality-and-its-place-in-counselling-by-heathclyff-stjames-deville/</link>
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		<title>WHAT IS TRUTH?  by Stefan Carey</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/what-is-truth-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<title>THE NATURE OF THOUGHT  by  Stefan Carey</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-nature-of-thought-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<title>TWO PATHS OF SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: Pratyeka Buddha and Buddha of Compassion by Stefan Carey</title>
		<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>
		<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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		<title>WHAT ARE HIERARCHIES?  by  Andrew Rooke</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/what-are-spiritual-hierarchies-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<title>THE DIVINE LANGUAGE OF VIBRATIONS  by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-divine-language-of-vibrations-by-roza-and-margarita-riaikkenen/</link>
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		<title>REINCARNATION, CIVILIZATION, AND HISTORY:  by John van Mater</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/reincarnation-civilization-and-history-by-john-van-mater/</link>
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		<title>AMMONIUS SACCUS  by Stefan Carey</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/ammonius-saccus-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<title>BROTHERHOOD by Lo Guest</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/brotherhood-by-lo-guest/</link>
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		<title>THEOSOPHY IN THE MODERN WORLD by Lo Guest</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/theosophy-in-the-modern-world-by-lo-guest/</link>
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		<title>THE INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF THE ATOM: theosophical perspectives by Clive Bellgrove</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-infinite-divisibility-of-the-atom-theosophical-perspectives-by-clive-bellgrove/</link>
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		<title>THE LAW OF KARMA: can we escape the circle of necessity?  by Clive Bellgrove</title>
		<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>
		<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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		<title>PSYCHIC POWERS: THEIR USE AND MISUSE  by  Clive Bellgrove</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/psychic-powers-their-use-and-misuse-by-clive-bellgrove/</link>
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		<title>AFTER DEATH: WHAT?  by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/after-death-what-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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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>
		<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>
		<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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		<title>EVOLUTION: SOME BASIC IDEAS FROM THEOSOPHY  by Frank Walter</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/evolution-some-basic-ideas-from-theosophy-by-frank-walter/</link>
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		<title>THE POWER OF MAGNETISM by Clive Bellgrove</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-power-of-magnetism-by-clive-bellgrove/</link>
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		<title>THE BEATITUDES AND THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT by Sam Duband</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-beatitudes-and-the-resolution-of-conflict-by-sam-duband/</link>
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		<title>HISTORY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (PASADENA) IN AUSTRALIA  by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/history-of-the-theosophical-society-pasadena-in-australia-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<title>HISTORY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY (PASADENA): PROFILES OF ITS LEADERS  Compiled by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<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>
		<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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		<title>THE HEART DOCTRINE: INTELLECT versus INTUITION by Stefan Carey</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-heart-doctrine-intellect-versus-intuition-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<title>WHAT IS THE INNER GOD?   by Clive Bellgrove</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/what-is-the-inner-god-by-clive-bellgrove/</link>
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		<title>WHAT IS THEOSOPHY?: Articles by H.P. Blavatsky, Lo Guest, Jennifer Pignataro, Tony Downey, and Andrew Rooke.</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/what-is-theosophy-articles-by-hp-blavatsky-lo-guest-jennifer-pignataro-tony-downey-and-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<title>ANCIENT EGYPTIAN RELIGION by Jennifer Pignataro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/ancient-egyptian-religion-by-jennifer-pignataro/</link>
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		<title>THE SECRET DOCTRINE by HP BLAVATSKY: what does it all mean? by John P. Van Mater</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-secret-doctrine-by-hp-blavatsky-what-does-it-all-mean-by-john-p-van-mater/</link>
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		<title>AKASHA and the AKASHIC RECORD  by A. Norman Rooke</title>
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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 &#8216;Akas&#8217;; to be bright, light, suggestive of luminosity/radiation – the latter because this spirit material is too refined for our present stage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/akasha-and-the-akashic-record-by-a-norman-rooke/</link>
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		<title>TULKUS, AVATÂRS and other high spiritual teachers  by  Clive Bellgrove</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/tulkus-avataras-and-other-high-spiritual-teachers-by-clive-bellgrove/</link>
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		<title>THE MYSTERY OF SIN by Arthur Swan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-mystery-of-sin-by-arthur-swan/</link>
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		<title>THE LEGEND OF THE HOLY GRAIL by Arthur Swan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-legend-of-the-holy-grail-by-arthur-swan/</link>
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		<title>GNOSTICISM: perspectives from Theosophy by Arthur Swan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/gnosticism-perspectives-from-theosophy-by-arthur-swan/</link>
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		<title>THEOSOPHY CAN HELP DOUBTING CHRISTIANS by Arthur Swan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/theosophy-can-help-doubting-christians-by-arthur-swan/</link>
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		<title>CHRISTIAN MYSTICISM: perspectives from Theosophy by Arthur Swan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/christian-mysticism-perspectives-from-theosophy-by-arthur-swan/</link>
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		<title>ANGER MANAGEMENT: The tinder box of strong emotions: personal suffering and anger by Stefan Carey</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/anger-management-the-tinder-box-of-strong-emotions-personal-suffering-and-anger-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<title>THE COSMIC MAGNET by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-cosmic-magnet-by-roza-and-margarita-riaikkenen/</link>
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		<title>THE REACTOR OF EVOLUTION by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-reactor-of-evolution-by-roza-and-margarita-riaikkenen/</link>
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		<title>AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL RELIGION: perspectives from Theosophy by Bernard Parsons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/australian-aboriginal-religion-perspectives-from-theosophy-by-bernard-parsons/</link>
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		<title>MAN KNOW THYSELF  by  Amanda Rooke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/man-know-thyself-by-amanda-rooke/</link>
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		<title>THEOSOPHY: What it means to me  Jennifer Pignataro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/theosophy-what-it-means-to-me-jennifer-pignataro/</link>
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		<title>THEOSOPHY IN PRACTICE: practical methods for putting spiritual theory into practice in everyday life by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/theosophy-in-practice-practical-methods-for-putting-spiritual-theory-into-practice-in-everyday-life-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<title>PRAYER: perspectives from Theosophy by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/prayer-perspectives-from-theosophy-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<title>STRESS MANAGEMENT: perspectives from Theosophy by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[STRESS MANAGEMENT: perspectives from Theosophy 
 Andrew Rooke

The following is a series of articles from &#8216;Theosophy Downunder&#8217; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-articles/stress-management-perspectives-from-theosophy-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<title>ANIMALS AND PEOPLE by Amanda F. Rooke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m going to take this from my experience, that of other traditions, and of Theosophy. The title “Animals and People” suggests a link between these two kingdoms of nature; they’re on adjacent rungs of the evolutionary ladder as in the Kabalistic axiom: “A stone becomes a plant; a plant, a beast; a beast, a man; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/animals-and-people-by-amanda-f-rooke/</link>
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		<title>THEOSOPHY: what it means to me by Jennifer Pignataro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/theosophy-what-it-means-to-me-by-jennifer-pignataro/</link>
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		<title>CATS: in foklore and religion by Jennifer Pignataro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/cats-in-foklore-and-religion-by-jennifer-pignataro/</link>
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		<title>THE MOON: Queen of the Night by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-moon-queen-of-the-night-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<title>FOLLOWING KARMIC SIGNALS by Roza and Margarita Riaikkenen</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/following-karmic-signals-by-roza-and-margarita-riaikkenen/</link>
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		<title>GOLDEN STAIRS TO THE TEMPLE OF WISDOM by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/golden-stairs-to-the-temple-of-wisdom-by-andrew-rooke/</link>
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		<title>THE DAILY KARMIC SCRIPT by Andrew Rooke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE DAILY KARMIC SCRIPT 
Andrew Rooke
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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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-daily-karmic-script/</link>
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		<title>THE SEVEN JEWELS OF WISDOM by Stefan Carey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE SEVEN JEWELS OF WISDOM
By Stefan Carey
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Introduction: Many ages ago, the knowledge of advanced men and women acquired through their explorations of consciousness were summarised for us lesser mortals in various ways. One of these summaries was called the Seven Jewels of Wisdom. Once the Seven Jewels have been fully understood, you can act as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/the-seven-jewels-of-wisdom-by-stefan-carey/</link>
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		<title>Angels by Amanda Rooke</title>
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ANGELS: Who or What are they?
 Amanda Rooke
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This talk is trying to define and describe invisible beings which therefore are beyond our comprehension, mainly from the Bible, and searching out the pre-Christian, especially Jewish, sources of angelology, merged with the theosophical angle. 
Anna, in Mister God, this is Anna, said: &#8220;Most of an angel is in the inside [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.theosophydownunder.org/library/theosophical-lectures/angels/</link>
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