A FREE INTRO TO THEOSOPHY
An Outline of Theosophy
By
Charles Webster Leadbeater
Theosophy – What It Is
For many a
year men have been discussing arguing, enquiring about certain great basic truths
– about the existence and the Nature of God, about His relation to man, and
about the past and future of humanity.
So radically have they differed
on these
points, and so bitterly have they assailed and ridiculed one another’s beliefs,
that there has come to be a firmly-rooted popular opinion that with regard to
all these matters there is no certainty available – nothing but vague
speculation amid a cloud of unsound deductions drawn from ill-established
premises. And this in spite of the very definite, though frequently incredible,
assertions made on these subjects on behalf of the various religions.
This popular
opinion, though not unnatural under the circumstances, is entirely untrue.
There are definite facts available – plenty of them. Theosophy gives them to
us; but it offers them not (as religions do) as matters of faith, but as
subjects for study. It is itself not a religion, but it bears to religions the
same relation as did the ancient philosophies. It does not contradict them, but
explains them.
Whatever in
any of them is unreasonable, it rejects as necessarily unworthy of the Deity
and derogatory to Him; whatever is reasonable in each and all of them it takes
up, explains and emphasises, and thus combines all into one harmonious whole.
It holds that
truth on all these most important points is attainable – that there is a great
body of knowledge about them already existing. It considers all the various
religions as statements of that truth from different points of view; since,
though they differ much as to nomenclature and as to articles of belief, they
all agree as to the only matter which are of real importance – the kind of life
which a good man should lead, the qualities which he must develop, the vices
which he must avoid. On these practical points the teaching is identical in
Hinduism and Buddhism, in Zoroasterianism and Muhammadanism, in Judaism and
Christianity.
Theosophy may
be described to the outside world as an intelligent theory of the universe. Yet
for those who have studied it, it is not theory, but fact; for it is a definite
science, capable of being studied, and its teachings are verifiable by
investigation and experiment for those who are willing to take the trouble to
qualify themselves for such enquiry.
It is a
statement of the great facts of Nature so far as they are known – an outline of
the scheme of our
corner of the
universe.
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The Spiritual Home of Urban Theosophy
The Earth Base for Evolutionary Theosophy
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Tekels Park to be Sold to a Developer
Concerns are raised about the fate of the wildlife as
The Spiritual Retreat, Tekels Park in Camberley,
Surrey, England is to be sold to a developer
Many feel that the sale of a sanctuary for
wildlife to a developer
can only mean disaster
Confusion as the Theoversity moves out of
Tekels Park to Southampton, Glastonbury &
Chorley in Lancashire while the leadership claim
that the Theosophical Society will carry on
using
Tekels Park despite its sale to a developer
Theosophy talks of a compassionate attitude
to
animals and the sale of the Tekels Park
sanctuary
for wildlife to a developer has
Future
of Tekels Park Badgers in Doubt
Tekels Park & the Loch
Ness Monster
A Satirical view of the
sale of Tekels Park
in Camberley, Surrey to
a developer
The
Toff’s Guide to the Sale of Tekels Park
What
the men in top hats have to say
about the
sale
of Tekels Park to
a developer. It doesn’t
require
a Diploma in Finance or indeed a
Diploma
in Anything to realize that this is a
bad time economically to sell Tekels Park
Party On! Tekels
Park Theosophy NOT
St Francis Church at Tekels Park
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Classic Introductory
Theosophy Text
A Text Book of Theosophy By C
What Theosophy Is From the Absolute to Man
The Formation of a Solar System The Evolution of Life
The Constitution of Man After Death Reincarnation
The Purpose of Life The Planetary Chains
The Result of Theosophical Study
An Outstanding
Introduction to Theosophy
By a student of
Katherine Tingley
Elementary Theosophy Who is the Man? Body and Soul
Body, Soul and Spirit Reincarnation Karma
Preface to the American Edition Introduction
Occultism and its Adepts The Theosophical Society
First Occult Experiences Teachings of Occult Philosophy
Later Occult Phenomena Appendix
Preface
Theosophy and the Masters General Principles
The Earth Chain Body and Astral Body Kama – Desire
Manas Of Reincarnation Reincarnation Continued
Karma Kama Loka
Devachan
Cycles
Arguments Supporting Reincarnation
Differentiation Of Species Missing Links
Psychic Laws, Forces, and Phenomena
Psychic Phenomena and Spiritualism
Karma Fundamental Principles Laws: Natural and Man-Made The Law of Laws
The Eternal Now
Succession
Causation The Laws of Nature A Lesson of The Law
Karma Does Not Crush Apply This Law
Man in The Three Worlds Understand The Truth
Man and His Surroundings The Three Fates
The Pair of Triplets Thought, The Builder
Practical Meditation Will and Desire
The Mastery of Desire Two Other Points
The Third Thread Perfect Justice
Our Environment
Our Kith and Kin Our Nation
The Light for a Good Man Knowledge of Law The Opposing Schools
The More Modern View Self-Examination Out of the Past
Old Friendships
We Grow By Giving Collective Karma Family Karma
National Karma
India’s Karma
National Disasters
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The hut circles of the ancient
settlement in Porthdafarch,
which is believed to date back 4000 years
Porth Dafarch is on the coast road between Treaddur Bay and Holyhead.
Holyhead is on Holy Island off the
north west of the Island of Anglesey
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Off Holy Island about 3 miles from
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Principality within the United Kingdom
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8,000 square miles. Snowdon in
North Wales is the highest
mountain at 3,650 feet.
The coastline is
almost 750 miles long. The population
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2001 census is 2,946,200.
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