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The search to uncover the hidden origins of Christianity and discover its true message has become a current topic of fascination for many readers. People are eager to know the truths behind the biblical legends and the mysteries that created Christian rites, ceremonies, and codes of behavior. Kuhn argues that the sacred scriptures of Judaism and Christianity do not portray historical truths, but symbolic and mystical metaphors. The spiritual truth...
2) Theosophy: An Introduction to the Supersensible Knowledge of the World and the Destination of Man
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Austrian philosopher and author Rudolph Steiner presents an in-depth analysis on the relationship between humans and the spiritual world in Theosophy, published in 1910. In the book, Steiner introduces and articulates to the reader this central idea: there are three sides to man's nature, and they are body, soul, and spirit. Touching upon themes of reincarnation and the division of the physical from the spiritual world, Steiner provides an overview...
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Isis Unveiled is, a master key to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology. With the help of this book, you will be able, to make sense of how so many of the world's peaceful and beautiful religions have been, changed by those in charge of said religions. H. P. Blavatsky's knowledge of religious minutia is immense and her assertions will challenge the way you look at the world. She slices through one religious agenda after another...
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While several books have been written on modern Theosophy - the ancient wisdom tradition that can be found in every great culture from earliest times to the present - none currently exist today in the form of Edward Abdill's new title. Presenting his own interpretation of the basic Theosophical concepts established in the late nineteenth century by the brilliant mystic, H. P. Blavatsky, Abdill gives us perhaps the first simplified, straightforward...
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Modern Theosophy expresses the ancient wisdom tradition found in all religions. When H. P. Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875, told English journalist A. P. Sinnett she had gained her paranormal knowledge from more evolved beings called the Mahatmas, Sinnett asked to communicate with them himself. The result was a remarkable correspondence carried on from 1880 to 1885 with Mahatmas Khoot Hoomi and Morya. Recorded in The Mahatma...
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Theosophy expresses modern versions of the ancient wisdom found in world religions. Ultimately, it concerns living fully by learning the meaning of life and thereby achieving self-transformation. These essays by a premier American teacher are grouped according to the four stages of the quest for meaning: The Human Condition, Our Hidden Potential, Esoteric Teachings, and Self-Transformation. Written over a lifetime, these essays comprise a reliable,...
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This scarce antiquarian book is a reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Theosophy and Life's Deeper Problems contains...
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Creating a sensation when it was first published in 1877, the first major work by the young Russian noblewoman who would found the Theosophical Society devoted 1200 pages to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology. This new edition abridged by Theosophical scholar Michael Gomes breathes fresh life into this classic of Western esoteric thinking. Stripped of its lengthy quotations from other writers and its repetitious commentary, Isis...
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Get the Summary of H. P. Blavatsky's The Land of the Gods in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Land of the Gods" by H. P. Blavatsky recounts a mystical journey in the Bavarian Alps, where the author seeks enlightenment beyond the confines of conventional knowledge. Blavatsky's narrative begins with a vivid description of her travel from urban chaos to the serene alpine environment, where she encounters a dwarf...
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Helena P. Blavatsky (1831-1891) is widely celebrated as the leading esoteric thinker of the nineteenth century who influenced an entire generation of artists and intellectuals and introduced Eastern spirituality to the West. Until now, however, readers have been able to know this fascinating woman only through her public writings. Few may have realized that H.P.B. was also a tireless correspondent with family and colleagues, friends and foes, the...
12) Mere Theosophy
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Theosophy: Any of various religious or philosophical systems claiming to be based on or to express an intuitive insight into the divine nature. This volume is really two distinct books in one.
Part One: Theosophy and Spirituality for the 21st Century is an attempt to update and enhance spiritual ideas that have been standard in traditional religions for thousands of years.
Part Two: Organized Religions discusses the various aspects of organized...
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Take Me To Truth is the first book to present a practical guide to the six stages involved in shedding our distorted ego perception. It explains why our search for real happiness has eluded us and how to perceive the Love for which we all yearn so deeply. As Gary Renard says in the Foreword...despite the thousands of things we may appear to have to choose from in this world, there are really only two things, and only one of them is real. The ego is...
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Collected here in this omnibus edition are five of Rudolf Steiner's most important works: 'Theosophy: An Introduction to the Supersensible Knowledge of the World and the Destination of Man,' 'An Esoteric Cosmology,' 'Intuitive Thinking as a Spiritual Path,' 'An Introduction to Waldorf Education,' and 'How to Know Higher Worlds.' Rudolf Steiner was an Austrian philosopher, literary scholar, educator, artist, playwright, social thinker, and esotericist....
16) Christian Gnosis
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Then shall the candidate be bound upon the wooden cross... After the third day he shall be brought back from the dead and carried up to heaven to be on the right hand of Him from whom he came. Surprisingly, these lines are from an Egyptian initiation ritual thousands of years before the Christian drama. Linking the two is just one fascinating element in this profound introduction to esoteric Christianity, as timely today as when it was first published...
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The Ancient Wisdom is a book by Anni Besant published in 1897 as per the dedication in the Leader of the undated first pressing. In this book Besant introduces and explains the physical plain, astral plane, mental plain and other planes of existence. This book is intended to place in the hands of the general reader an epitome of Theosophical Teachings, Sufficently plain to serve the elementry student, and sufficiently full to lay a sound foundation...
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A survey of Western esoteric currents since late antiquity, with an emphasis on the last six centuries.
Widely received in France, this brief, comprehensive introduction to Western esotericism by the founder of the field is at last available in English. A historical and pedagogical guide, the book is written primarily for students and novices. In clear, precise language, author Antoine Faivre provides an overview of Western esoteric currents since...
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This handbook is a vivid reminder that the extent of our strength and power is governed not by our zeal but by our revelation of God. Meaning, the limit of your knowledge is measured by the amount of the word or engrafted word that is alive in you.Until and unless you yean self to the word to have it in you by absorbing it by reading or listening to the spoken word as it is shared. It becomes futile, to the amount of leading and guidance you can get...
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