Sheldon, Henry Clay:Theosophy and New Thought
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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 74 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=4mm, Gew.=122gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of th… More...
Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 74 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=4mm, Gew.=122gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV THE BASIS OF AUTHORITY On this theme two leading assumptions run through Theosophical writings: (1) There exists, and has existed from time immemorial, a body of advanced men, named Adepts, Mahat- mas, Initiates, etc., who have served as depositaries of the primitive Wisdom-Religion, and who are the only competent interpreters of man and the universe to whom any access is provided. (2) This body of advanced men makes use of selected members of the Theosophical Society as instruments for disseminating such portions of their superior knowledge as may fitly be imparted to the present age. Leading Theosophical writers treat both of these assumptions as alike fundamental and indisputable. Thehigh strain in which they depict the Mahatma or Adept is as marked a specimen of enthusiastic idealization as can be found in modern literature. "A Mahatma," says Mrs. Besant, "is a living man who has evolved more rapidly than the vast majority of the human race, and has reached a stage of mental, moral, and spiritual development which will be attained by the race in the future only at the end of millenniums of years. He is the perfected flower of humanity, the ideal man, the promise of the future realized to-day. In him the spiritual nature is developed and works unrestrainedly through the mental and physical, so that he has become the master of all forces in nature and can utilize them at will."1 The Adepts, Sinnett assures us, can converse with one another at any distance, "and their clairvoyant faculties are so perfect and complete that they amount to a species ofomniscience as regards mundane affairs."2 He even expresses the belief that they are as far above ordinary mankind as man is above the insects of the field.3 Their word, Judge tells us, has finality against any compet...<
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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV THE BASIS OF AUTHORITY On this theme two leading assumptions run through Theosophical writings: (1) There exists, and has existed from time immemorial, a body of advanced men, named Adepts, Mahat- mas, Initiates, etc., who have served as depositaries of the primitive Wisdom-Religion, and who are the only competent interpreters of man and the universe to whom any access is provided. (2) This body of advanced men makes use of selected members of the Theosophical Society as instruments for disseminating such portions of their superior knowledge as may fitly be imparted to the present age. Leading Theosophical writers treat both of these assumptions as alike fundamental and indisputable. Thehigh strain in which they depict the Mahatma or Adept is as marked a specimen of enthusiastic idealization as can be found in modern literature. "A Mahatma," says Mrs. Besant, "is a living man who has evolved more rapidly than the vast majority of the human race, and has reached a stage of mental, moral, and spiritual development which will be attained by the race in the future only at the end of millenniums of years. He is the perfected flower of humanity, the ideal man, the promise of the future realized to-day. In him the spiritual nature is developed and works unrestrainedly through the mental and physical, so that he has become the master of all forces in nature and can utilize them at will."1 The Adepts, Sinnett assures us, can converse with one another at any distance, "and their clairvoyant faculties are so perfect and complete that they amount to a species ofomniscience as regards mundane affairs."2 He even expresses the belief that they are as far above ordinary mankind as man is above the insects of the field.3 Their word, Judge tells us, has finality against any compet...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]<
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