A FREE INTRO TO THEOSOPHY
An
Outline of Theosophy
By
Charles
Webster Leadbeater
Theosophy
– What It Is
For many a year men have been discussing arguing,
enquiring about certain great basic truths – about the existence and the Nature
of God, about His relation to man, and about the past and future of
humanity. So radically have they
differed
on these points, and so bitterly have they assailed
and ridiculed one another’s beliefs, that there has come to be a firmly-rooted
popular opinion that with regard to all these matters there is no certainty
available – nothing but vague speculation amid a cloud of unsound deductions
drawn from ill-established premises. And this in spite of the very definite, though
frequently incredible, assertions made on these subjects on behalf of the
various religions.
This popular opinion, though not unnatural under the
circumstances, is entirely untrue. There are definite facts available – plenty
of them. Theosophy gives them to us; but it offers them not (as religions do)
as matters of faith, but as subjects for study. It is itself not a religion,
but it bears to religions the same relation as did the ancient philosophies. It
does not contradict them, but explains them.
Whatever in any of them is unreasonable, it rejects as
necessarily unworthy of the Deity and derogatory to Him; whatever is reasonable
in each and all of them it takes up, explains and emphasises, and thus combines
all into one harmonious whole.
It holds that truth on all these most important points
is attainable – that there is a great body of knowledge about them already
existing. It considers all the various religions as statements of that truth
from different points of view; since, though they differ much as to
nomenclature and as to articles of belief, they all agree as to the only matter
which are of real importance – the kind of life which a good man should lead,
the qualities which he must develop, the vices which he must avoid. On these
practical points the teaching is identical in Hinduism and Buddhism, in
Zoroasterianism and Muhammadanism, in Judaism and Christianity.
Theosophy may be described to the outside world as an
intelligent theory of the universe. Yet for those who have studied it, it is
not theory, but fact; for it is a definite science, capable of being studied,
and its teachings are verifiable by investigation and experiment for those who
are willing to take the trouble to qualify themselves for such enquiry.
It is a statement of the great facts of Nature so far
as they are known – an outline of the scheme of our
corner of the universe.
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Article
describing Tekels Park and its much
cherished
wildlife by Theosophist and long
term Tekels Park Resident Madeleine Leslie Smith
The Spiritual Home of Urban Theosophy
The Earth Base for Evolutionary Theosophy
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Camberley,
Surrey, England GU15 – 2LF
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
Many
feel that the sale of a sanctuary for
wildlife
to a developer
can only mean disaster
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
Theosophy talks of a compassionate attitude
to
animals and the sale of the Tekels Park
sanctuary
for wildlife to a developer has
Future
of Tekels Park Badgers in Doubt
Tekels Park & the Loch
Ness Monster
A Satirical view of the
sale of Tekels Park
in Camberley, Surrey to
a developer
The Toff’s Guide to the Sale of Tekels Park
What the men in top hats have to say about the
sale of Tekels Park to a developer. It doesn’t
require a Diploma in Finance or indeed a
Diploma in Anything to realize that this is a
bad time economically to sell Tekels Park
Party On! Tekels Park Theosophy NOT
St Francis Church at Tekels Park
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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
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Theosophical
Society in England
withdraws from the European Federation
In response to a
number of enquiries, we wish to clarify
Cardiff
Theosophical Society's position regarding a recent
change in the structure of the Adyar based Theosophical Society.
Cardiff
Theosophical Society in Wales is not affiliated to
either the Adyar
(India) Based Theosophical Society or the
Theosophical
Society in England and is therefore unaffected
by the decision
last year of the Theosophical Society in England
to withdraw from the European Federation of
the
Adyar Based
Theosophical Society.
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General pages
about Wales, Welsh History
and The History
of Theosophy in Wales
The hut circles of
the ancient settlement in Porthdafarch,
which is believed to date back 4000 years
Porth Dafarch is on the coast road between Treaddur Bay and Holyhead.
Holyhead is on Holy
Island off the north west of the Island of Anglesey
which is off the
North Wales Coast
Off Holy Island
about 3 miles from Holyhead
Black Point (Trwyn Du) Lighthouse is to the left in the foreground.
Wales is a
Principality within the United Kingdom
and has an eastern
border with England. The land
area is just over
8,000 square miles. Snowdon in
North Wales is the
highest mountain at 3,650 feet.
The coastline is
almost 750 miles long. The population
of Wales as at the
2001 census is 2,946,200.
Hey Look! Theosophy in Cardiff
We can learn something from these guys
(The universe exists for a while and then sort of
doesn’t)
Outline of the Creation Process
There is no Dead Matter in the Universe
The Divine Spark in Everything
The 10 rungs on the Ladder of Life
The Sevenfold Constitution of Man
Yes, we all operate at 7 levels
(or shouldn’t be)
(You do take some things with you but sadly not your
money)
(The Energy Driving the Universe)
We haven’t always looked like this
H P Blavatsky is usually the only Theosophist most
people have ever heard of. Let’s put that right.
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Theosophy House
Cardiff Picture Gallery
Queen Street
The
Victoria Park
The Ruins of the Bishops’ Palace Llandaff
The Rubicon Arts Centre
St Denys Church, Lisvane
The Scott Memorial
Preserved Crane at the
Street Theatre outside the Customs House
at
Street Entertainers at
St Peter’s
A remnant of the Clamorgan Canal on the
Taff Trail north of Whitchurch
Entrance to the Royal
Radyr Weir seen from the Taff Trail
Theosophy House
Castle
Cathays Library
The
Castell Coch
Llandaff Cathedral
Llandaff Cathedral Green
Entrance to
The Morgan Arcade
Roath Library
Newly Painted Splott Btidge
The Cyncoed Water Tower
The Wild Wood at the top end of Roath Park
The Wyndham Arcade
Theosophy House