A FREE INTRO TO THEOSOPHY
Let’s Start With What Theosophy Is
The actual word
Theosophy is a Greek derivative meaning Divine Wisdom but that doesn’t mean much
to the enquirer.
In the Theosophical
Society the word has a more specific meaning in relation to the work of Society
co-founder Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and later writers. H P Blavatsky’s mission
was to interpret Eastern Esoteric ideas for Western Society.
H P Blavatsky’s
remit was to describe a scheme for the existence of the Universe and to define
man’s place within that scheme. Her remit also encompassed study of the hidden
dimensions of man and his potential and also the Laws of Nature.
But It’s Not a Religion
H P Blavatsky
presented her work as ideas for consideration and not as dogma. This format has
been upheld by the Theosophical Society and everything is negotiable.
Members of the Theosophical
Society are simply required to agree with its 3 objects (outlined below)
Objects
of the Society
1. To form a
nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity without distinction of race,
creed, sex, caste or colour.
2. To encourage the
study of Comparative Religion, Philosophy and Science.
3. To investigate
unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in man.
How The Theosophical Society Began
It all began in
The Theosophical Society was founded by
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott who
was an American Civil War Colonel, journalist and lawyer and William Quan Judge who
was a New York lawyer.
The headquarters were subsequently moved to their present location in
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The Secret Doctrine
H P Blavatsky wrote
a voluminous amount of Theosophical Literature but The Secret Doctrine,
published 1888, is the big one she is remembered for, and the major reference
work for Theosophists. The book is
divided into two sections, Cosmogenesis (the coming into being of the Universe)
and Anthropogenesis (the coming into being of Mankind).
The Secret Doctrine
is usually a rather difficult work for beginners to tackle and we have provided
some material on this site which should make the way in to Theosophy much
easier. But please don’t give on the idea of reading The Secret Doctrine, you
will probably move on to it when you feel you are finding your feet with
Theosophy.
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And Now,
A Quick Tour of Theosophical Ideas
The overview of
Theosophical ideas offered her was written by mainstream Theosophist Charles
Webster Leadbeater. The work is divided into short soundbites and Leadbeater
has an accessible journalistic style.
An
Outline of Theosophy
By
Charles
Webster Leadbeater
Advantage
Gained from this Knowledge
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The
Rationale for Theosophy
A Rough Outline of Theosophy by Annie Besant is a
concise round up of Theosophical principles which also examines the claims made
by Theosophy. In addition, Annie Besant summarizes the Theosophical position
and approach;
“We, who are Theosophists, allege that there exists a
great body of doctrine philosophical, scientific and ethical, which forms the
basis of, and includes
all that is accurate in, the philosophies, sciences,
and religions of the ancient and modern worlds.”
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Karma and Reincarnation
Theosophy
postulates that Reincarnation or the cycle of Death and Rebirth is an integral
part of our evolution and that we will all ultimately evolve beyond the need for
further lives. For most of us this is rather a long way off but in the meantime
we can help ourselves along and make the process a whole lot easier by studying
the subject and striving to exercise some personal control over our destiny. We
have more control than we might at first think.
In each life we
have something to learn and our teacher is the law of cause and effect or
Karma. Karma is a correcting process that pervades every level of existence
without which the Universe would simply be unworkable.
In Life and Life
After Death, Annie Besant covers the mechanics of the cycle of death and
rebirth and what it means to the end user. She outlines how the period between
physical lives is a full programme of events which can be difficult or easy
depending on the life previously lived and gives encouragement and warnings
regarding the Karmic consequences of our actions.
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Man’s Seven Principles
If you are reading
this then you will probably at least accept the possibility that there is more
to us than our physical bodies.
Theosophy
postulates that we have seven
principles,
sometime referred to as bodies.
Here is an outline
of them with their Sanskrit names and a brief description of their function.
Atma – The piece of
the divine in everybody sometime referred to as the Divine Spark.
Buddhi – Our individual
spiritual identity. This acts as a vehicle for the Atma
Manas – The Mind
principle divided into
Higher Manas –
spiritual ideals
Lower Manas –
concrete and rational thought.
There is a bridge
between the two called the Antahkarana. This is represented as Jacob’s Ladder
in the Christian Bible.
The Mortal & Immortal Principles
Atma, Buddhi and
higher Manas form the immortal part of man. The four principles below are
dumped at the end of your physical life and you get new ones for your next life.
Kama – The desire
principle
Prana – The life
energy principle
Linga Sharira – The
model body or template for your physical body.
Sthula Sharira –
Physical body – we are all familiar with this one.
The sevenfold constitution of man is covered in depth
by the following articles;
(From a Textbook of Theosophy)
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Evolution
The Theosophical concept
of evolution is very different from that of Charles Darwin who focused
principally on the physical and mental
development of
ourselves and the animal kingdom and the physical development plant kingdom.
The Theosophical
model of evolution is very complex and far reaching and a basic description is
given here to give new enquirers a handle on the subject.
Theosophy
postulates that everything in the universe is evolving but to simplify the
explanation, the description here is limited to the evolution of humanity and
our planet.
The Earth is
evolving just as we are and as we are part of our planet, our evolution and the
Earth’s evolution are inseparable and interdependent. Theosophists refer to
this interdependence of Earth and human evolution as “Rounds and Races”
The Earth evolves
through cosmic eras known as Rounds made up of smaller cosmic eras known as
Globes.
The term globe
refers both to the Earth that we recognize and six currently dormant companion
Globes which function on other planes of nature. These Globes are known as the
Planetary Chain or Chain of Globes.
A driving force
composed of spiritual entities known as the Lifewave passes through each Globe
of the Chain one at a time. This tour of the Globes is known as a Planetary
Round. Our spiritual entities are part of the Lifewave and we are on the fourth
Globe of the Fourth Round.
Seven Rounds or
Tours of the Globes complete the cycle known as a Planetary Manvantara. The
Earth Chain and the Lifewave then go into a period of rest known as the
Planetary Pralaya.
(There are smaller
Pralayas between each Globe and each Round)
Humanity evolves
through mass reincarnations known as Root Races. There are seven Root Races per
Globe and we are the fifth on the current Globe.
In each phase of evolution
there is something to learn or develop.
This is a very
basic outline and to move forward with this topic here are W Q Judge’s article
“Rounds and Races” and “The Planetary Chains” by C W Leadbeater in which the
subject is covered in much more depth.
For more information
on the Theosophical model of Evolution here is a link to a website dedicated to
the subject.
The Earth Base for Evolutionary Theosophy
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Involution and Evolution
(The Descent into Matter)
This explanation is applied to Human Evolution but please note that
everything in the Universe is evolving on the same principle.
Theosophy postulates that evolution is spiritual as well as physical
whereas Darwin just dealt with the physical.
We start out as Spiritual Entities but you don’t get any experience for
your evolution if you remain spirit. Spirit can’t get its hands dirty so you
need a vehicle and in our case this is a physical body.
Spirit effectively descends into matter in the form of the human body it
enters and then having gained experience (hopefully) will then rise out of it.
The general idea is for us to evolve by continually dropping down into matter
(taking physical form) and then coming back up again. This process is known as
Involution and in Theosophy this is an integral part of evolution.
Of course progress will be made and this is on an upward spiral in which
although we descend into matter, both our Spiritual Entities and even the
physical bodies we inhabit will slowly evolve.
Involution and Planetary Rounds
The progress of the Lifewave through the Chain of Globes begins with
passage through three increasingly more physical Globes to our own, which is
the most physical of all the Globes, operating on the most physical cosmic
plane. The Lifewave will then move up through three less physical Globes to
complete the Round.
In “The Earth
Chain”, W Q Judge explains the descent into matter of both the Earth and
Humanity as an integral component of the evolutionary process.
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The Moon is our Parent
Theosophy maintains
that prior to engaging in its journey through the Earth Chain of Globes, the
Lifewave completed the process with the Moon. The Moon like our Earth has a
Chain of Globes and the passage of the Lifewave has now completed its cycle.
The Moon we can now see is the moribund shell of the equivalent Globe to our
own which operated on the same plane of nature.
W Q Judge covers
the subject of the Lifewave’s passage from the Moon in “The Earth Chain” (link
above) and also gives an excellent explanation in
“On Evolution” in
response to a question from an enquirer.
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A Word About Sanskrit
A brief look at Theosophical writings will reveal that
Theosophy uses Sanskrit terms to describe many of its concepts
Theosophists have good business and esoteric reasons
for using Sanskrit terms. Sanskrit is not just a language in the sense of
verbal communication, it has other dimensions and attributes that go far beyond
practical everyday language.
Sanskrit is the ancient religious, philosophical and
scientific language of India through which learning has been handed down in
written form since at least 1000 BCE. Before the written form arrived, Sanskrit
must have been the basis of a phenomenal oral tradition. Despite being the most
successful world language, English as we can understand it only goes back about
as far as the works of John Skelton 1525ish.
By its esoteric nature and rarified use, Sanskrit has
also been protected from distortion and pollution by other languages. English
has the problem that some words vary in meaning around the world.
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The Jewel in the
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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
Tekels Park is a
50 acre woodland park, purchased
for the Adyar Theosophical Society in England
in 1929.
In addition to
concern about the park, many are
worried about the future of the Tekels Park
Deer
as they are not a
protected species.
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
Anyone planning a
“Spiritual” stay at the
Tekels Park Guest House should be aware of the sale.
Theosophy talks
of a compassionate attitude
to animals and
the sale of the Tekels Park
sanctuary for
wildlife to a developer has
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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
Annotated Edition Published
1885
Preface to the Annotated Edition Preface to the Original Edition
Esoteric Teachers The Constitution of Man The Planetary Chain
The World Periods Devachan Kama Loca
The Human Tide-Wave The Progress of Humanity
Buddha Nirvana The Universe The Doctrine Reviewed
Nature is infinite in space and time -- boundless and eternal,
unfathomable and ineffable. The all-pervading essence of infinite nature can be
called space, consciousness, life, substance, force, energy, divinity -- all of
which are fundamentally one.
2) The finite and the infinite
Nature is a unity in diversity, one in essence, manifold in form. The
infinite whole is composed of an infinite number of finite wholes -- the
relatively stable and autonomous things (natural systems or artefacts) that we
observe around us. Every natural system is not only a conscious, living,
substantial entity, but is consciousness-life-substance, of a particular range
of density and form. Infinite nature is an abstraction, not an entity; it
therefore does not act or change and has no attributes. The finite, concrete
systems of which it is composed, on the other hand, move and change, act and
interact, and possess attributes. They are composite, inhomogeneous, and
ultimately transient.
3) Vibration/worlds within worlds
The one essence manifests not only in infinitely varied forms, and on
infinitely varied scales, but also in infinitely varying degrees of
spirituality and substantiality, comprising an infinite spectrum of vibration
or density. There is therefore an endless series of interpenetrating,
interacting worlds within worlds, systems within systems.
The energy-substances of higher planes or subplanes (a plane being a
particular range of vibration) are relatively more homogeneous and less
differentiated than those of lower planes or subplanes.
Just as boundless space is comprised of endless finite units of space,
so eternal duration is comprised of endless finite units of time. Space is the
infinite totality of worlds within worlds, but appears predominantly empty
because only a tiny fraction of the energy-substances composing it are
perceptible and tangible to an entity at any particular moment. Time is a
concept we use to quantify the rate at which events occur; it is a function of
change and motion, and presupposes a succession of cause and effect.
Every entity is extended in space and changes 'in time'.
All change (of position, substance, or form) is the result of causes;
there is no such thing as absolute chance. Nothing can happen for no reason at
all for nothing exists in isolation; everything is part of an intricate web of
causal interconnections and interactions. The keynote of nature is harmony:
every action is automatically followed by an equal and opposite reaction, which
sooner or later rebounds upon the originator of the initial act. Thus, all our
thoughts and deeds will eventually bring us 'fortune' or 'misfortune' according
to the degree to which they were harmonious or disharmonious. In the long term,
perfect justice prevails in nature.
Because nature is fundamentally one, and the same basic habits and
structural, geometric, and evolutionary principles apply throughout, there are correspondences
between microcosm and macrocosm. The principle of analogy -- as above, so below
-- is a vital tool in our efforts to understand reality.
All finite systems and their attributes are relative. For any entity,
energy-substances vibrating within the same range of frequencies as its outer
body are 'physical' matter, and finer grades of substance are what we call
energy, force, thought, desire, mind, spirit, consciousness, but these are just
as material to entities on the corresponding planes as our physical world is to
us. Distance and time units are also relative: an atom is a solar system on its
own scale, reembodying perhaps millions of times in what for us is one second,
and our whole galaxy may be a molecule in some supercosmic entity, for which a
million of our years is just a second. The range of scale is infinite:
matter-consciousness is both infinitely divisible and infinitely aggregative.
All natural systems consist of smaller systems and form part of larger
systems. Hierarchies extend both 'horizontally' (on the same plane) and
'vertically' or inwardly (to higher and lower planes). On the horizontal level,
subatomic particles form atoms, which combine into molecules, which arrange
themselves into cells, which form tissues and organs, which form part of
organisms, which form part of ecosystems, which form part of planets, solar
systems, galaxies, etc. The constitution of worlds and of the organisms that
inhabit them form 'vertical' hierarchies, and can be divided into several
interpenetrating layers or elements, from physical-astral to psychomental to
spiritual-divine, each of which can be further divided.
The human constitution can be divided up in several different ways: e.g.
into a trinity of body, soul, and spirit; or into 7 'principles' -- a lower
quaternary consisting of physical body, astral model-body, life-energy, and
lower thoughts and desires, and an upper triad consisting of higher mind
(reincarnating ego), spiritual intuition, and inner god. A planet or star can
be regarded as a 'chain' of 12 globes, existing on 7 planes, each globe
comprising several subplanes.
The highest part of every multilevelled organism or hierarchy is its
spiritual summit or 'absolute', meaning a collective entity or 'deity' which is
relatively perfected in relation to the hierarchy in question. But the most
'spiritual' pole of one hierarchy is the most 'material' pole of the next,
superior hierarchy, just as the lowest pole of one hierarchy is the highest
pole of the one below.
Each level of a hierarchical system exercises a formative and organizing
influence on the lower levels (through the patterns and prototypes stored up
from past cycles of activity), while the lower levels in turn react upon the higher.
A system is therefore formed and organized mainly from within outwards, from
the inner levels of its constitution, which are relatively more enduring and
developed than the outer levels. This inner guidance is sometimes active and
selfconscious, as in our acts of free will (constrained, however, by karmic
tendencies from the past), and sometimes it is automatic and passive, giving
rise to our own automatic bodily functions and habitual and instinctual
behavior, and to the orderly, lawlike operations of nature in general. The
'laws' of nature are therefore the habits of the various grades of conscious
entities that compose reality, ranging from higher intelligences (collectively forming the universal mind) to
elemental nature-forces.
10) Consciousness and its vehicles
The core of every entity -- whether atom, human, planet, or star -- is a
monad, a unit of consciousness-life-substance, which acts through a series of
more material vehicles or bodies. The monad or self in which the consciousness
of a particular organism is focused is animated by higher monads and expresses
itself through a series of lesser monads, each of which is the nucleus of one
of the lower vehicles of the entity in question. The following monads can be
distinguished: the divine or galactic monad, the spiritual or solar monad, the
higher human or planetary-chain monad, the lower human or globe monad, and the
animal, vital-astral, and physical monads. At our present stage of evolution,
we are essentially the lower human monad, and our task is to raise our
consciousness from the animal-human to the spiritual-human level of it.
Evolution means the unfolding, the bringing into active manifestation,
of latent powers and faculties 'involved' in a previous cycle of evolution. It
is the building of ever fitter vehicles for the expression of the mental and
spiritual powers of the monad. The more sophisticated the lower vehicles of an
entity, the greater their ability to express the powers locked up in the higher
levels of its constitution. Thus all things are alive and conscious, but the
degree of manifest life and consciousness is extremely varied.
Evolution results from the interplay of inner impulses and environmental
stimuli. Ever building on and modifying the patterns of the past, nature is
infinitely creative.
12) Cyclic evolution/re-embodiment
Cyclic evolution is a fundamental habit of nature. A period of
evolutionary activity is followed by a period of rest. All natural systems
evolve through re-embodiment. Entities are born from a seed or nucleus
remaining from the previous evolutionary cycle of the monad, develop to
maturity, grow old, and pass away, only to re-embody in a new form after a
period of rest. Each new embodiment is the product of past karma and present
choices.
Nothing comes from nothing: matter and energy can be neither created nor
destroyed, but only transformed. Everything evolves from preexisting material.
The growth of the body of an organism is initiated on inner planes, and
involves the transformation of higher energy-substances into lower, more
material ones, together with the attraction of matter from the environment.
When an organism has exhausted the store of vital energy with which it
is born, the coordinating force of the indwelling monad is withdrawn, and the organism
'dies', i.e. falls apart as a unit, and its constituent components go their
separate ways. The lower vehicles decompose on their respective subplanes,
while, in the case of humans, the reincarnating ego enters a dreamlike state of
rest and assimilates the experiences of the previous incarnation. When the time
comes for the next embodiment, the reincarnating ego clothes itself in many of
the same atoms of different grades that it had used previously, bearing the
appropriate karmic impress. The same basic processes of birth, death,
and rebirth apply to all entities, from atoms to humans to stars.
14) Evolution and involution of worlds
Worlds or spheres, such as planets and stars, are composed of, and
provide the field for the evolution of, 10 kingdoms -- 3 elemental kingdoms,
mineral, plant, animal, and human kingdoms, and 3 spiritual kingdoms. The
impulse for a new manifestation of a world issues from its spiritual summit or
hierarch, from which emanate a series of steadily denser globes or planes; the
One expands into the many. During the first half of the evolutionary cycle (the
arc of descent) the energy-substances of each plane materialize or condense,
while during the second half (the arc of ascent) the trend is towards
dematerialization or etherealization, as globes and entities are reabsorbed
into the spiritual hierarch for a period of nirvanic rest. The descending arc
is characterized by the evolution of matter and involution of spirit, while the
ascending arc is characterized by the evolution of spirit and involution of
matter.
In each grand cycle of evolution, comprising many planetary embodiments,
a monad begins as an unselfconsciousness god-spark, embodies in every kingdom
of nature for the purpose of gaining experience and unfolding its inherent
faculties, and ends the cycle as a self conscious god. Elementals ('baby
monads') have no free choice, but automatically act in harmony with one another
and the rest of nature. In each successive kingdom differentiation and
individuality increase, and reach their peak in the human kingdom with the
attainment of selfconsciousness and a large measure of free will.
In the human kingdom in particular, self-directed evolution comes into
its own. There is no superior power granting privileges or handing out favours;
we evolve according to our karmic merits and demerits. As we progress through
the spiritual kingdoms we become increasingly at one again with nature, and
willingly 'sacrifice' our circumscribed selfconscious freedoms (especially the
freedom to 'do our own thing') in order to work in peace and harmony with the
greater whole of which we form an integral part. The highest gods of one
hierarchy or world-system begin as elementals in the next. The matter of any
plane is composed of aggregated, crystallized monads in their nirvanic sleep,
and the spiritual and divine entities embodied as planets and stars are the
electrons and atomic nuclei -- the material building blocks -- of worlds on
even larger scales. Evolution is without beginning and without end, an endless
adventure through the fields of infinitude, in which there are always new
worlds of experience in which to become selfconscious masters of life.
There is no absolute separateness in nature. All things are made of the
same essence, have the same spiritual-divine potential, and are interlinked by
magnetic ties of sympathy. It is impossible to realize our full potential,
unless we recognize the spiritual unity of all living beings and make universal
brotherhood the keynote of our lives.
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