Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-religion

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Sophia Perennis, 2004 - Всего страниц: 335
Since the late nineteenth century, the Theosophical Society has been a central force in the movement now known as the New Age. Just as the Communist Party was considered 'old hat' by peace activists in the '60s, so the Theosophical Society was looked upon by many in the 'spiritual revolution' of those years as cranky, uninteresting, and passé. But the Society, like the Party, was always there, and-despite its relatively few members-always better organized than anybody else. Since then, the Society's influence has certainly not waned. It plays an important role in today's global interfaith movement, and, since the flowering of the New Age in the '70s, has established increasingly intimate ties with the global elites. And its various spinoffs, such as Elizabeth Clare Prophet's Summit Lighthouse, and Benjamin Crème's continuing attempt to lead a 'World Teacher Maitreya' onto the global stage-just as the Society tried to do in the last century with Krishnamurti-continue to send waves through the sea of 'alternative' spiritualities. Guénon shows how our popular ideas of karma and reincarnation actually owe more to Theosophy than to Hinduism or Buddhism, provides a clear picture of the charlatanry that was sometimes a part of the Society's modus operandi, and gives the early history of the Society's bid for political power, particularly its role as an agent of British imperialism in India. It is fitting that this work should finally appear in English just at this moment, when the influence of pseudo-esoteric spiritualities on global politics is probably greater than ever before in Western history.
 

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Theosophy and Theosophism
1
Madame Blavatskys Antecedents
5
The Origins of the Theosophical Society
11
The Theosophical Society and Rosicrucianism
25
The Question of the Mahātmās
35
The Society for Psychical Research Affair
51
Madame Blavatsky and Solovioff
61
Madame Blavatskys Power of Suggestion
68
Theosophy and Spiritism
111
Theosophy and the Religions
124
The Oath in Theosophy
132
Mrs Besants Antecedents
138
The Beginning of Mrs Besants Presidency
142
At the Parliament of Religions
151
Esoteric Christianity
158
The Duchess of Pomar
164

Madame Blavatskys Last Years
73
The Sources of Madame Blavatskys Works
82
227
86
Esoteric Buddhism
90
Principal Points of Theosophical Teaching
97
21
105
The Future Messiah
172
The Old Catholic Church
216
Theosophy and Freemasonry
235
Theosophical Moralism
259
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