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February 2024

February 07, 2024

Russia’s African Colony

Nikolai Ivanovich Achinov (1856-1902,) whom the press described as a “personage something after the...

January 2024

January 13, 2024

Ghost Mosuke

GHOST MOSUKE ACT III. X. ⸻ “I belong to the Society because of...

January 13, 2024

The Midnight Visit To Holyrood

Marie Sinclair. (wiki) Marie Sinclair (1830-1895) was the only surviving daughter of...

January 07, 2024

Olga Novikova And The Pogroms In Russia

Throughout the nineteenth century, policy-makers in Britain maintained that the preservation of the Ottoman...

January 07, 2024

The Fenian

THE FENIAN ACT III. IX. ⸻ “Maud Gonne wants to meet John O’Leary,” said Oldham,...

January 07, 2024

The Nationalist Club

Sylvester Baxter, 1889.[1] Sylvester Baxter (1850-1927,) a New Englander with a pedigree on...

December 2023

December 31, 2023

Professor Hiram Butler’s Solar Sex Cult

Hiram Erastus Butler (1841-1916.)[1] Butler was born in Pennsylvania in 1841, was never attracted...

December 31, 2023

The Evangelical Left

Progressivism is a theology. It is a truth-claim. It is not a synonym...

December 31, 2023

The Origins Of “Anti-Semitism”

To understand the origins of “Anti-Semitism” we must first find the origins of...

December 30, 2023

Swedish Theosophist In America

A look at three Swedish-American immigrants who belonged to the Theosophical Society, and their...

December 25, 2023

The Decay Of Lying

THE DECAY OF LYING ACT III. VIII. ⸻ Willie Yeats joined the Esoteric Section of...

December 25, 2023

The General Idea Underlying The Opera

THE GENERAL IDEA UNDERLYING THE OPERA ACT III. VII. ⸻ The City of Berlin was...

November 2023

November 12, 2023

The Civic Church

THE CIVIC CHURCH ~ Choral Service, Sunday Evening, April 14, 1907. Carnegie Hall.[1] ...

November 11, 2023

Where Vishnu Slumbers In His Sea-Girt Shrine

WHERE VISHNU SLUMBERS IN HIS SEA-GIRT SHRINE ACT III. VI. ⸻ “That so great a...

November 10, 2023

A Yankee In King David’s Court

THE NEW PILGRIM’S PROGRESS Mark Twain c. 1867 (Source: Wiki) In 1867...

November 05, 2023

Fadism

Words are meaningless. We give words meaning. We give words meaning to convey an idea....

November 04, 2023

Mount Hope

Herman Melville watched the Petra party leave on a French steamer for Alexandria on the...

November 01, 2023

The Porkington Manuscript

An excessive heatwave blanketed New York in July 1911.[1] Acton Griscom, a month shy...

October 2023

October 22, 2023

Before The Atma Awakes

BEFORE THE ATMA AWAKES ACT III. V. ⸻ Immediately after the Notice of the formation...

October 21, 2023

The One Who Thinks He Knows

THE ONE WHO THINKS HE KNOWS ACT III. IV. ⸻ The tall pale man...

October 16, 2023

Old Shep

Lamasery. David A Curtis, “one of the cleverest reporters on the New...

October 16, 2023

Felo De Se, Or The Airdsmen And The Skeleton

The Airdsmen huddled over the skeleton in the trench. “Who do ya ‘spose it was?”...

October 13, 2023

Bowery

BOWERY ~ Percy Grant, the rector of the Ascension Church, was among the men...

October 10, 2023

Forgotten Halloween

HALLOWEEN In “olden times” it was believed that the night marked the annual...

September 2023

September 06, 2023

Occultism Of Southern India

OCCULTISM OF SOUTHERN INDIA. ACT III. III. ⸻ “Just imagine,” said Verochka, “a certain...

September 05, 2023

Tower Hamlets

TOWER HAMLETS ACT III. I. ⸻ “I am speaking nearly every night,” said Besant....

September 04, 2023

Deccan Plateau

DECCAN PLATEAU ACT II. XIII. ⸻ A public reception for the Bombay Theosophical Society...

September 03, 2023

The Caves Of Elephanta

THE CAVES OF ELEPHANTA ACT II. XI. ⸻ “India is needed!” said Tukaram. He drew...

September 03, 2023

Apollo Bunder

APOLLO BUNDER ACT II. X. ⸻ “The result of the interview with my wife was...

September 03, 2023

Theory Of Utility

THEORY OF UTILITY ACT II. IX. ⸻ Dalpatram Shukla treated Moniya like a brother,...