Theosophy: A Modern Revival of Ancient Wisdom

Alvin Boyd Kuhn

INDEX

Abel, 228.

Bacon, Roger, 15, 16, 39, 119

Absolute, The, 198, 199, 201, 240, 273.

Balzac, Honoré, 19.

Adam, 189, 212, 228, 256.

Beck, L. Adams, 238, 239

Adam Kadmon, 215

Besant, Dr. Annie, 76, 145, 194, 307 ff.,

Adepts, The, 2, 5, 31, 112, 120, 129, 136,

310 ff., 349.

138, 152 ff., 171, 174, 182, 221, 296,

Bhagavad Gita, The, 25, 28, 29, 273, 280.

304.

Bible, The, 23, 25.

Akasha, 134, 153, 206, 216, 243, 260,

Blake, C. Carter, 192.

329.

Blake, William, 19.

Albigenses, The, 15.

Blavatsky, Helena P., biography:

Alchemists, The, 15.

birth, 43; childhood, 45; disposition,

Alchemy, 130, 132.

46; invisible playmates, 47; marriages,

Aldus Academy, The, 15.

49, 50, 58; wanderings, 50 ff.; founds

Altruism, 291.

Société Spirite in Cairo, 57, 91; funds

Analogy, Law of, 239.

supplied, 57; illnesses, 54, 58, 68, 70,

Androgynes, 226 ff.

84, 87; personal appearance, 59, 60,

Angels, 225, 228.

61; tribute to, by J. Ransom Bridges,

Anglo-Saxons, 225.

61; description of, by Countess

Anthropogenesis, 194.

Racowitza, 60; irascibility, 62; psy-

Apollonius of Tyana, 41, 119.

chic phenomena, 62-88; in Spiritu-

Archangels, 205.

alism, 90-94; divergence from Spiritu-

Arhat, 272.

alism, 95, 96; writing of Isis Un-

Aristotle, 9, 10, 12, 119, 199, 205.

veiled, 114-127; relation to Mahatma

Arjuna, 280, 282.

Morya, 149 ff.; production of The

Aryans, The, 225, 231, 275.

Mahatma Letters, 154 ff.; accused by

Arya-Somaj, The, 24, 110, 111.

Madame Coulomb, 178 ff.; repre-

Asana, 284.

sented First Section T.S., 183; exposi-

Astral body, The, 208, 222, 229, 275,

tion of The Secret Doctrine, 194 ff.;

286.

attitude of teachings to modern

Astral light, The, 120, 133, 243, 329.

science, 265 ff.; exposition of spiritual

Astrology, 132, 135.

ethics, 265 ff.; Sun Libel Suit, 301 ff.;

Asuras, The, 225, 228.

relations with V. S. Solovyoff, 304 ff.;

Atlantis, 224, 231, 257, 275.

death, 308; relation to the Judge Case,

Atma, 213.

310 ff.; et passim.

Atom, The, 259, 262, 277.

Boehme, Jacob, 15, 263.

Atonement, The, 142.

Bogomiles, The, 15.

Augoëides, The, 279.

Bradwardine, Robert, 15.

Augustine, 14, 119.

Brahm, 156, 163, 240, 241, 242.

Avatars, 6.

Brahmanism, 312, 318.

Averroës, 119.

Brahmo-Somaj, 24.

Avichi, 167.

Britten, Mrs. Emma H., 35.

Avidya, 159.

Brotherhood, The Great White, 2, 101,

110, 144, 148, 150, 271, 321.

Babylon, 6.

Brotherhood of Humanity, 113, 184,

Bacon, Francis, 15, 159.

185, 294, 295, 306, 310 ff., 327 ff.

375

Brown, W. T., 181

Crosbie, Robert, 326.

Bruno, Giordano, 5, 119, 139.

Cycle of necessity, 9, 164, 200.

Bucke, Richard M., 29.

Cycles, Law of, 3, 239 ff.

Buddha, The, 25, 112, 138, 144, 145,

268, 289

Darwinism, 232 ff., 253 ff.

Buddhi, 213, 214.

Davis, Andrew Jackson, 37, 38.

Buddhism, 312.

Demiurge, 201.

Bulgars, The, 15.

Democritus, 119.

Bulwer-Lytton, Sir Edward, 35, 192.

Devachan, 165 ff., 245 ff.

Devas, 205, 253, 254.

Cables, Josephine W., 181 ff.

Development, Theosophic theory of, 2,

Cagliostro, 15, 136.

3, 305.

Cain, 228.

Dharana, 284.

Cardano, Jerome, 16.

Dharma, 282, 285, 288, 291, 294.

Carlyle, Thomas, 24.

Dhyan Chohans, The, 174.

Cathari, The, 15.

Dhyana, 284.

Catholicism, Roman, 144.

Dhyanand, Swami, 110, 111.

Causal body, 242.

Dietrich of Berne, 15.

Chakras, 275.

Dike, 8.

Chakravarti, G. N., 311 ff.

Dimension, The Fourth, 216.

Chaldeans, The, 13, 16, 104, 144.

Discipleship, Path of, 280, 283.

Channing, William E., 23.

Domovoy (house spirit), 45.

Chatterji, Mohini M., 84, 177.

Donnelley, Ignatius, 41, 231.

Chelaship, 170, 175.

Double, The etheric, 246, 284, 286.

Children of the Light, 20.

Doubleday, Gen. Abner W., 107-109.

China, 6.

Dresser, Horatio W., 30.

Christ, The, 23, 144, 147, 182, 276.

Druids, The, 224.

Christianity, 13, 140 ff., 181, 188, 207,

Dzyan, stanzas of, 194.

211, 218, 239.

Christian Science, 31, 32.

Easter, 221.

Christos, The, 148, 287.

Easter Islands, 223.

Cleather, Alice L., 194, 325, 339.

Eckhardt, Meister, 15.

Clement of Alexandria, 14, 189.

Eddy, Mary Baker, 31, 32.

Coleman, W. Emmette, 125 ff., 302.

Eden, 212.

Coleridge, Samuel T., 19, 24.

Edison, Thomas A., 107.

Collins, Mabel, 301 ff.

Edmonds, Judge, 35.

Colville, W. J., 30, 36.

Egg, The mundane, 202, 203, 218.

Comacines, The, 15.

Ego, The, 242 ff., 274, 276, 278, 282,

Comparative Mythology, 3, 145.

285.

Comparative Religion, 41, 113, 145.

Egypt and Egyptians, 6, 7, 16, 104, 144.

Conception, The Immaculate, 203.

Elder brothers, 5, 147, 183, 258.

Confucius, 25, 29, 112.

Electricity, 204, 205, 207.

Constantine, Emperor, 140.

Elementals, 99, 131, 191, 216, 217.

Copernicus, 5, 16.

Elements, The, 262, 277.

Corson, Prof. Hiram, 115, 122.

Elisha (The Prophet), 130.

Cosmic Cerebrum, Doctrine of, 162.

Elixer of Life, The, 137.

Cosmogenesis, 194, 201 ff.

Elohim, 201.

Coues, Prof. Elliott W., 181, 301 ff.

Emanations, 141.

Coulomb, Madame E., 177, 187.

Emerson, R. W., 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,

Creation, 221, 225, 228.

28.

Crookes, Sir William, 36, 262.

Empedocles, 9, 10, 25, 119, 260.

376

Enoch, 213.

Griscom, C. A., Jr., 319, 321.

Enos, 228.

Grosseteste, Robert, 16.

Esoteric section T.S., 184 ff., 194, 295,

Gunas, The, 277.

297, 305, 307, 308, 317, 328.

Guyon, Madame, 20.

Esotericism, 5, 7, 13, 39, 112, 138-140,

148, 152, 184, 196, 267, 281.

Hare, Prof. Robert, 35.

Essenes, 142 ff.

Hargrove, E. T., 314, 321 ff.

Ether, 259 ff.

Harris, Thomas L., 38.

Ethics, of Theosophy, 265 ff., 307.

Harte, Richard, 306.

Eucharist, 142.

Hartmann, Franz, 178, 190.

Eusebius, 119.

Healing, Faith, 18, 21, 22, 23, 39, 132.

Eve, 256.

Heaven, 165 ff., 247 ff.

Everett, Edward, 23.

Hebrews, The, 26.

Evil, problem of, 165.

Hegel, G. W. F., 3.

Evil eye, The, 136.

Heindel, Max, 326.

Evolution, 173, 201, 209, 210, 216, 218,

Helix, The, 3.

219, 220, 232, 253 ff.

Helmholtz, 262.

Exotericism, 6, 188.

Heraclitus, 8, 119, 174.

Heresies, 14.

Fall of man, 8, 10, 212.

Hermaphrodites, 225 ff.

Fawcett, E. Douglass, 192.

Hermes Trismegistus, 140, 213, 217.

Felt, George H., 104-106.

Hermeticism, 41, 139.

Fetichism, 158.

Hesiod, 6, 8.

Figulus, Benedictus, 15.

Hilarion, Master, 101.

Fire Philosophers, The, 15.

Hindu philosophy, 27, 31, 32, 39.

Florentine Academy, The, 15, 39.

Hobbes, Thomas, 159.

Fludd, Robert, 39, 119.

Holy Grail, The, 15.

Fohat, 200, 203, 205, 207, 222.

Home, D. D., 36, 37, 93.

Fountain of Youth, 137.

Homer, 6, 126.

Fox, George, 20, 37.

Hotchener, Mrs. Marie R., 331, 334 ff.

Fox, Margaret and Kate, 33.

Houdin, Robert, 36.

Freemasons, The, 41, 255, 335.

Huc, L'Abbé, 195.

Friends, The, 20.

Hume, A. O., 150, 160, 162, 180, 306,

Friends of God, The, 15.

318.

Fullerton, Alexander, 328.

Huxley, Thomas, 126.

Hyperboreans, The, 223.

Gage, Lyman J., 325.

Hypnotism, 18.

Galileo, 16.

Garrett, Edmund, 317.

Iamblichus, 25, 119.

Garrigues, John, 326.

Ignorance, Hall of, 280.

Gebhards, The, 187, 193.

Immortality, 164.

Generation, Fall into, 225, 229.

India, 6, 10, 143, 148, 150, 158, 176 ff.

Genesis, 142, 215, 221.

Initiates, 14.

Genii, 217.

Initiations, 280.

Globes, Chains of, 205, 207, 213.

Involution, 201, 209.

Glossolalia, 21, 22, 33, 39.

Irenaeus, 119, 142.

Gnosis, The, 2, 15, 42, 141.

Ishvara, 284.

Gnostics, The, 14, 41, 119, 140, 142.

Isis Unveiled, purpose of, 116, 117,

Gower's Confessio Amantis, 15.

127 ff.; mystery of authorship, 114-

Greece, 6, 10, 216.

127; works quoted in, 118, 119; mod-

Greek philosophy, 7, 12, 13, 32.

ern knowledge barren, 130 ff.; ex-

377

position of magic, 132 ff.; magical

Leadbeater, C. W., 297, 311, 320, 349.

phenomena in, 135 ff.; gravitation

Learning, Hall of, 280.

defined, 260; references to, 23, 98,

Leibnitz, G. W., 207.

99, 107, 115-146.

Lemuria, 223 ff., 231, 256, 275, 279.

Islam, 158.

L'Homme de Cuir, 15.

Liberal Catholic Church, The, 327, 335.

James, William, 19.

Light, nature of, 259.

Jehovah, 141, 163, 201, 228.

Lipika, The, 206.

Jelihowsky, Madame, 189, 304 ff.

Lodge, The Aryan, 181.

Jennings, Hargrave, 41.

Logoi, The, 255.

Jesus, 142, 145.

Lully, Raymond, 15.

Jinarajadasa, C., 330, 349.

Joachim of Flores, 15.

Mabinogian Legends, The, 15.

Joan of Arc, 139.

Magi, 6, 16, 144.

John, the Evangelist, 142.

Magic, 39, 98, 114, 130, 131, 132, 133,

Johnston, Charles, 325.

142, 153, 225, 285, 292.

Johnston, Madame Vera, 189, 190, 191.

Magnetism, cosmic, 134 ff., 260, 261.

Josephus, 142.

Mahatma, K.H., 96, 100, 101, 103, 110,

Judaism, 13, 140, 141, 142, 158.

149, 150, 154, 156, 162 ff., 180, 309

Judge, William Q., 85, 104-114, 181,

310, 318.

183, 186, 190, 301 ff., 310 ff.

Mahatma Letters, The, 101, 102, 103,

154, 156, 174, 179, 180, 188, 330.

Kabbala, The, 119, 126, 144.

Mahatma Morya, 110, 149, 150, 156,

Kabbalism, 141.

169, 180, 304.

Kabbalists, The, 41, 144, 172.

Mahatmas, 2, 31, 102, 147, 182, 187,

Kant, Emanuel, 168.

189, 268, 306, 313 ff., 321 ff.

Kapila, 213.

Mahayana, 313.

Karma, 8, 27, 182, 197, 200, 232 ff.,

Maitreya, Lord, 218.

249 ff., 256, 274, 275, 280, 289, 290.

Manas (Mind), 168, 213, 222, 230,

Karma, Lords of, 244.

246, 256.

Keightley, Dr. Archibald, 122, 181, 187,

Manichaeism, 14.

191, 192, 194, 339.

Manu, Laws of, 144.

Keightley, Bertram, 122, 187, 191, 194,

Manvantara, 198, 216, 221, 261.

339.

Marden, Orison S., 31.

Kepler, 16, 260.

Mars, 230, 310.

Kiddle Incident, The, 157.

Masonry, 108, 109.

Kingsford, Anna B., 174.

Massey, C. C., 105, 176.

Kingsland, William, 43, 179.

Masters, The, 147, 150 ff., 169, 176,

Koumboum, magical tree, 136.

179, 182, 187, 188, 191, 266, 272, 305,

Krishna, 145, 213, 280, 282, 290.

310 ff.

Krishnamurti, Jiddu, 333 ff., 338, 349.

Materialism, 159, 160 ff., 258 ff., 261,

Kriyasakti, 228, 256.

264.

Krotona, (California), 337.

Mathers, S. L. MacGregor, 192.

Kumaras, 222, 225, 228, 230.

Maya, 27, 159, 164, 218.

Kundalini, The, 285.

Mazoomdar, P. C., 31.

Mead, G. R. S., 325, 339.

"Lamasery, The," 59.

Meaning, significance of, 235 ff.

Land, The Imperishable Sacred, 223.

Mercury, 230, 310.

Lao-Tze, 145.

Mesmerism, 18, 19, 29, 30, 31, 39, 132.

Larson, C. D., 31.

Metachemistry, 263.

Latter Day Saints, 22.

Methodism, 20.

378

Millikan, Prof. Robert A., 207.

Ormazd, 163.

Milton, John, 266.

Orpheus, 213.

Mind-Born, The, 226.

Orphism, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

Mindless, Sin of the, 256.

Osiris, 163.

Miracle Club, The, 104.

Oversoul, The, 27, 200.

Mirandola, Pico della, 119.

Owen, Robert Dale, 21, 34, 36.

Missionaries, Christian, 178, 179, 187.

Mitchell, Roy F., 330.

Pagan gods, 139.

Moira, 8, 10.

Paganism vindicated, 138 ff., 141.

Monad, The, 207, 210, 211, 218, 221,

Paladino, Eusapia, 36.

222, 227, 332, 242, 273, 280.

Pancoast, Dr. Seth, 104.

Monism, 160, 161.

Paracelsus, 15, 39, 119, 122, 126, 263.

Moon, The, 210, 213, 218, 226 ff.

Paradise, 212.

Morality, Theosophic, 113, 114.

Parker, Theodore, 23, 35.

More, Henry, 119.

Parkman, Francis, 23.

Mormons, The, 22, 51.

Parmenides, 9, 119.

Moses, 141.

Patanjali, 273, 286.

Moses, W. Stainton, 176.

Paterenes, The, 15.

Müller, Max, 127, 169, 195.

Patristics, 15, 119, 126, 141, 142.

Myers, F. W. H., 36, 176, 180.

Patterson, Charles Brodie, 30.

Mystery Religions, The, 2, 7, 8, 11, 13,

Paulicians, The, 15.

14, 41, 140, 141, 155, 189.

Peebles, J. M., 36.

Mysticism, 39.

Pennsylvania Theosophy, 41.

Mythology, 140, 143.

Percival, Harold W., 325.

Peredur stories, 15.

Nazarenes, The, 142.

Perpetual motion, 137.

Necromancy, 39.

Persia, 6, 7, 8.

Neo-Platonism, 12, 25, 41, 119, 126,

Philalethians, 140.

140, 141.

Philo Judaeus, 13, 42, 119, 144.

Neo-Theosophy, 175, 327, 328 ff.

Philosopher's Stone, The, 137, 172.

Nettesheim, Agrippa von, 16, 39, 119.

Phaedrus, The, II.

New Thought, 29, 30, 31.

Phoenix, The (Journal), 173.

Newton, Sir Isaac, 16, 134, 170, 260.

Physis, 7.

Nicholas of Basle, 15.

Pietism, German, 15.

Nirmanakayas, 271, 312.

Pindar, 6, 9.

Nirvana, 186, 215, 251 ff., 312.

Piper, Mrs. Leonora, 36.

Noah, 189.

Pitris, 144, 201, 209, 222, 229.

Noumenon, 260.

Planetary spirits, 174, 205, 206, 213.

Numenius, 14.

Plato, 5, 9, 10, 11, 119, 138, 144, 157,

Numerology, 213.

224, 242.

Nyana, 283.

Pletho, Gemistus, 15, 119.

Pliny, 126, 142.

Occultism, 39, 199, 218.

Plotinus, 12, 14, 25, 119.

Olcott, Col. Henry S., 35, 56, 57, 58, 59,

Plutarch, 119.

77, 78, 79, 84, 85, 90, 94, 98, 103, 105-

Popul Vuh, The, 119.

114, 119, 120, 122, 176, 183, 305 ff.,

Porphyry, 14, 119.

310 ff., 328 ff.

Poseidonis, 224.

Old, W. R., 317.

Prakriti, 161.

Oriental philosophy, 113.

Pralaya, 164, 198, 201, 225, 231.

Origen, 12, 14, 189.

Prana, 284.

Original Sin, 9.

Pranayama, 284.

379

Pratt, Orson, 22.

Saviors, 255.

Pratyahara, 284.

Science, 199, 253 ff.

Prayag Letter, The, 318.

Secret Doctrine, The, 116, 162, 188 ff.

Precipitation of writing, 156 ff.

194 ff., 253 ff., 308.

Probation, Path of, 280, 283.

Serapis, 14.

Probationers, Pledge of, 185.

Sermon on the Mount, The, 142.

Proclus, 12, 14, 119.

Serpent, Symbol, The, 203, 212, 226.

Prodigies, mathematical, 18.

Seth, 228.

Prometheus, 228.

Sevens, 206, 214, 218, 219.

Protyle, 202, 262.

Seybert Commission on Spiritualism, 35.

Psychic experiences, 14, 62-88.

Shakers, The, 21.

Puranas, The, 263.

Shells, astral, 222, 229, 255.

Purusha, 161.

Siddhis, The, 286.

Pythagoreanism, 7, 9, 10, 11, 25, 119,

Sinnett, Albert P., 43, 80-84, 94, 96,

140, 144.

100, 150, 151, 154 ff., 176 ff., 183,

306, 310 ff., 329, 349.

Quakers, The, 20.

Slate writing, 33.

Quimby, P. P., 19, 30, 31.

Smith, Joseph, 22.

Quincy, Josiah, 23.

Smith, Wayland, 15.

Smythe, Albert, 330.

Races, Root- and Sub-, 209, 210, 222 ff.

Society for Psychical Research, 176 ff.,

Racowitza, Princess Helene von, 60.

186, 187.

Rakowczi, Count, 15.

Socrates, 8, 10, 169.

Reincarnation, 7, 8, 11, 15, 26, 38, 157,

Solomon's Seal, significance of, 172.

197, 232 ff., 290.

Solovyoff, V. S., 43, 85, 86, 180, 304 ff.

Religion, deterioration of, 3, 4, 158.

Sorcery, 225, 266, 282.

Reproduction, 226 ff.

Spalding, A. G., 324.

Revivals, American religious, 18.

Spencer, Herbert, 127.

Richmond, Cora V., 36.

Spiritualism, 21, 33-38, 62, 64, 72, 84,

Rishis, 6, 150, 189.

89-102, 166, 169, 181, 246, 265, 315.

Robins, Dr. William L., 336.

St. Germain, Count, 15.

Rochester Theosophical Society, 181.

St. Paul, 14, 140.

Rogers, L. W., 337, 349.

Stead, W. T., 192, 307.

Romance of the Rose, The, 15.

Suicides, 167.

Romanes, J. G., 192.

Sun, The New York, 261.

Romanticism, German, 24.

Supermen, 4, 150 ff., 241.

Rosicrucians, The, 15, 41, 139, 326.

Supernaturalism, 19, 20.

Rounds, Cosmical, 206, 209, 210, 214,

Superstitions, 40, 158 ff.

216, 220, 222.

Suso (The Mystic), 15.

Row, T. Subba, 310.

Swamis, 31.

Roy, Rammohun, 24.

Sweat-Born, The, 226.

Rusalky, (Water Sprites), 45.

Swedenborgianism, 19, 20, 37, 119, 263.

Ruskin, John, 292.

Symbolism, 217 ff.

Syncretism of Theosophy, 13.

Sabbath, The, 215.

Saccas, Ammonius, 12, 14, 119.

Tarot of the Bohemians, 15, 119.

Saltus, Edgar, 192.

Tauler, John, 15.

Samadhi, 284.

Teleology, 217, 236.

Samuel (The Prophet), 130.

Tertullian, 119.

Satan, 39, 212, 213, 218.

Thales, 6, 7, 119.

Satyrs, 256.

Thaumaturgy, 39.

380

Theurgy, 39, 142, 143.

Wachtmeister, Countess Constance, 43,

Thoreau, Henry, 28.

86, 87, 122, 187, 188, 190, 193.

Tibet, 148, 150.

Wadia, P. B., 326.

Tingley, Katherine, 320 ff.

Waldenses, The, 15.

Titans, The, 228 ff.

Warrington, Albert P., 337.

Tolerance, 295, 299.

Wedgewood, Bishop James I., 327, 335,

Transcendentalism, 24, 31.

349.

Traubel, Horace L., 29.

Wheel of Life, The, 8, 9, 26, 164.

Triangles, The Interlaced, 172.

Whitman, Walt, 28, 29.

Trinity, Doctrine of, 22, 23, 142.

Wilder, Dr. Alexander, 115, 119, 122.

Troubadours, The, 15.

Wisdom, The Ancient, 2-6.

Tyndall, 127.

Wisdom, Hall of, 280.

Witchcraft, 39.

Unitarianism, 23, 24, 31, 32.

Wordsworth, William, 24.

Wright, Claude F., 321 ff.

Vampirism, 136, 167.

Writing, automatic, 33.

Van Helmont, 119.

Van Hook, Dr. Weller, 337.

Xenophanes, 25.

Vaughn, Thomas, 39.

Vedanta Society, The, 31.

Yama, 283.

Vedantism, 110.

Yoga, Bhakti, 275; Hatha, 275; Karma,

Vedas, The, 25, 29, 119, 197, 263.

274 ff., 294, 348; Laya, 275; Raja, 275;

Vegetarianism, 170.

philosophy of, 39, 249, 256, 272 ff.

Venus (planet), 230, 254.

Yogis, 31, 285 ff.

Virgil, 126.

Virgin Birth, 212.

Zeno, 9.

Vivekananda, Swami, 31.

Zeus, 228 ff.

Voodooism, 51.

Zoroaster, 25, 29, 113, 144.

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