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BOOK "FIVE YEARS OF THEOSOPHY"


 
The full title is "Five Years of Theosophy. Mystical, Philosophical, Theosophical, Historical and Scientific Essays selected from The Theosophist"
 
This book was edited by Mohini Mohun Chatterji and Laura Carter Holloway, who selected and compiled the articles that they found most interesting from the first five years of existence of The Theosophist magazine, which is the main journal of the Theosophical Society of Adyar, and this period corresponds to the years in which Blavatsky was editing it.
 
This book was published for the first time in 1885, in London by the Reeves and Turner publishing house, consisting of 611 pages.
 
 
 
 
 
THE SECOND EDITION
 
The second edition was published in 1894 and revised by the English theosophist George Robert Snow Mead who added the following preface:
 
« The original edition of this book was edited by MMC, and published in 1885, but without a preface. The work consists of articles selected from the first five volumes of The Theosophist which was then edited by H.P. Blavatsky.
 
In revising the present edition, it was contemplated to omit several articles which fall below the level of the rest of the work. This would, however, have spoilt the new edition for reference purposes, hence no omissions has been made.
 
The revision consisted for the most part of a consistent transcription of Sanskrit terms and of a generally uniform style; a fuller index has been added, and in a few cases imperfect English has been corrected.
 
G.R.S.M.
London, 1894. »
 
 
 
 
 
THE TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
The articles were grouped into five themes:
 
 
MYSTICAL
 
The "Elixir of Life"
Is the Desire to "Live" Selfish?
Contemplation
Chelas and Lay Chelas
Ancient Opinions upon Psychic Bodies
The Nilgiri Sannyasis
Witchcraft on the Nilgiris
Shamanism and Witchcraft amongst the Kolarian Tribes
Mahatmas and Chelas
The Brahmanical Thread
Reading in a Sealed Envelope
The Twelve Signs of the Zodiac
The Sishal and Bhukailas Yogis
 
 
 
PHILOSOPHICAL
 
True and False Personality
Chastity
Zorastrianism on the Septenary Constitution of Man
Brahmanism on the Sevenfold Principle in Man
The Septenary Principle in Esotericism
Personal and Impersonal God
Prakriti and Parusha
Morality and Pantheism
Occult Study
Some Inquiries Suggested by Mr. Sinnett's "Esoteric Buddhism"
Sakya Muni's Place in History
Inscriptions Discovered by General A. Cunningham
Discrimination of Spirit and Not-Spirit
Was Writing Known Before Panini?
 
 
 
THEOSOPHICAL
 
What is Theosophy?
How a "Chela" Found His "Guru"
The Sages of the Himavat
The Himalayan Brothers—Do They Exist?
Interview with a Mahatma
The Secret Doctrine
 
 
 
HISTORICAL
 
The Puranas on the Dynasty of the Moryas and on Koothoomi
The Theory of Cycles
 
 
 
SCIENTIFIC
 
Odorigen and Jiva
Introversion of Mental Vision
"Precipitation"
"How Shall We Sleep?"
Transmigration of the Life Atoms
"OM" and its Practical Significance
 
 
Glossary
Index
 
 
 
 
 
INTERNET
 
On internet you find the following digital versions:
 
Epub 27 MB
 
 
Other languages
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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