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October 2025

October 14, 2025

The Unknown Story Of “The Unknown Life Of Jesus Christ”

Was Jesus a student of Eastern wisdom? Did the teachings of Buddha and the Vedas...

February 2025

February 21, 2025

Charles Johnston, Tolstoyans, And “Rambles In Russia.”

Charles Johnston, Tolstoyans, And "Rambles In Russia" In the late summer of 1888, just...

January 2025

January 31, 2025

Childe Helen’s Pilgrimage: “Inside This Sepulchral Chamber”

While still in America (receiving money at intervals from her father) Blavatsky tried her hand...

January 27, 2025

Childe Helen’s Pilgrimage: La Belle De Nuit

LONDON 1851 [Previously] London was filled with expectant energy owing to the Great Exhibition...

November 2024

November 29, 2024

Silver Cities Of Yucatan

The Theosophists have long had a fascination with lost, ancient civilizations in Central and...

November 24, 2024

Oz: A Story Of Ancient Initiation

Oz: A Story Of Ancient Initiation On February 16, 1906, my great-great Grandfather, Domenico...

December 2023

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 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...

October 2023

October 22, 2023

Before The Atma Awakes

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

September 2023

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...

August 2023

August 04, 2023

Glorified in the Land of Babylon

GLORIFIED IN THE LAND OF BABYLON ACT II. VI. ⸻ The marriage of Verochka and...

July 2023

July 30, 2023

A Curious Reunion on Walnut Street

A CURIOUS REUNION ON WALNUT STREET ACT II. V. ⸻ Govindarao Sattay was among...

July 28, 2023

In Darkest London

IN DARKEST LONDON ACT II. III. ⸻ “The ticketing agent for the Great Western...

July 07, 2023

The Reincarnation of E.D. Walker

THE REINCARNATION OF E.D. WALKER On April 28, 1890, a telegram was sent to...

July 05, 2023

The Lotus Circle

ANNA MILLER STABLER & THE HARLEM BRANCH (H.P.B. BRANCH.) Though it did not...

June 2023

June 20, 2023

Indo-Gothic Yoga

INDO-GOTHIC YOGA X. ⸻ Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (pronounced all-caught by the natives...

May 2023

May 21, 2023

The Dweller on the Threshold

THE DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD IX. ⸻ A heavy downpour of rain two nights...

May 19, 2023

The Servant of the Queen

THE SERVANT OF THE QUEEN VIII. ⸻ There had been much talk in early...

May 09, 2023

With Low and Never Lifted Head

WITH LOW AND NEVER LIFTED HEAD VI. ⸻ At 8 in the evening Blavatsky's party,...

May 07, 2023

Domovoy

DOMOVOY V. ⸻ Blavatsky sat at her desk facing a large window looking which looked...

April 2023

April 09, 2023

Witch Tales

WITCH TALES I. ⸻ It was late June 1888. Charley sat alone with Blavatsky...

March 2023

March 18, 2023

Charley

CHARLEY. The protagonist of our story, Charles Johnston, or “Charley'' as...

February 2023

February 25, 2023

The Shade Of Sattay

THE SHADE OF SATTAY. ⸻ This is the story of Govindarao Sattay, the first...

January 2023

January 17, 2023

“Now, and Forever.”

"NOW, AND FOREVER." ACT III. II. ⸻ “Did Bert tell you the colors...

December 2022

December 30, 2022

The Silent Passenger

THE SILENT PASSENGER ACT II. XII. ⸻ A dense mass of low-hanging fog enveloped the R.M.S....

November 2022

November 24, 2022

THE ESOTERIC SCHOOL

[Previously.] The S.S. Großer Kurfürst left Bremen, Germany, on April 29, 1905. There were several...