Property:CTD term description
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The test of Theosophic interest, like that of any other interest, is what one will do to promote it — measured not in absolute amount but as a proportion of one's own time, money, and effort sacrificed for the Society and its work. +
An editorial account of the Theosophical Society's Congress held as part of the World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, and reflections on the Society's rapid growth. +
On the distinction between the Theosophical Movement, as a current of ideas, and any particular Theosophical Society as its organizational vehicle. +
On the death of H.P. Blavatsky and its effect on the Society: her official positions as Corresponding Secretary and President of the European Section leave no vacancy in the American work, which must now draw its inspiration from her books and from solidarity and Theosophical education among its members. +
A documented historical and legal case, prepared for the Boston Convention of April 1895, tracing the Society's founding minutes of 1875 and arguing that the original New York organization, not the "General Council" headed by Col. Olcott, holds sole legal continuity and authority. +
The full text of Judge's open letter "To the Brahmins of India" of April 5, 1893, assuring them that the Theosophical Society favors no religion over another and is not, as some had come to suspect, a vehicle for Buddhist propaganda. +
A letter to the editor of the New York Sun on the success of the Buddhist schools established by the Theosophical Society in Ceylon, quoting the Ceylon press's reaction. +
Judge's editorial opening ''The Path''`s third year, stating the magazine's independence from any official standing in the Theosophical Society and its aim to spread knowledge of the Wisdom-Religion. +
On the three planes on which ordinary people, unlike Adepts, live only partially conscious lives, and what this means for spiritual development. +
An update on the tract-mailing scheme introduced in "To Theosophists Willing to Work," thanking the 47 participants and proposing that donors who can give both time and money remit about a third of their intended sum for tracts and postage. +
Judge's defense against charges by Annie Besant that he was fomenting discord between East and West in the Theosophical Society, and his argument for the West's leading role in the Society's work. +
A story of a Rajput ruler's son, illustrating the turning of karma's wheel across a life's fortunes. +
An allegorical tale of a skeptic who, seeking absolute truth, developed an unusual occult power in his eye, but whose lingering karma of doubt left him without an answer; after his death the wandering eye continues to roam the legendary Island, forever searching and never finding. +
A review of seven months of Theosophical work in the American Section since the preceding May. +
On whether vegetarianism is required of Theosophists, arguing that diet is secondary to mental and moral discipline. +
A short list of practical duties for Theosophists, on avoiding politics, refraining from judging other members, and understanding doctrine well enough to explain it. +
An announcement and prospectus for a new Theosophical Correspondence Class offering structured home study of Theosophy. +
A follow-up report on the Theosophical Correspondence Class's first months of work, with sample members' answers to its opening question. +
A list of practical cautions for Theosophical workers, drawn from experience with common mistakes in the Society's work. +
A booklet outlining the history, objects, and organization of the Theosophical Society since its founding in 1875. +