Philosophers and philosophicules: As he knew not what to say, he swore.

Heraclitus on the two antithetical forces in life: Interdependent and mutually convertible aspects of One Cause

Devachan, dream realm where pure souls are rewarded: Not the western paradise of the uneducated rabble.

The Spirit within is the personal God of each mortal, and his only divine element: Man’s dual soul is only semidivine.

Low buffoonery and mocking laughs reverted him to a baboon.: Even the flowers fainted at his cruel sneer.

Samson and Hercules are personifications of neophytes near the end of their trials: Samson is the Hindu Ganesha; Samuel, the Hebrew Hercules.

Bhagavan Das on the Triune Nature of Emotions: Analysis and definitions from his Science of the Emotions.

Buddhism in action is unconditional compassion, wise and merciful

Plutarch comparing passions and diseases

Madame Blavatsky on Plato’s Timaeus: And on the Master of Balliol College who found Timaeus obscure and repulsive.

Like the Phoenix of lore, Arts and Sciences die only to revive: That which our far-distant forefathers had heard in the secrecy of the temples was not lost. It has reached posterity, and is now improving upon the details.

Septenary is the Constitution of Man

Who can read the Riddle of the Serpent?: Why a cold and selfish creature, voiceless and limbless, was chosen as the symbol of kingly power and occult wisdom?

True prayer is mental utterance in secret.: Supplications are fruitless, unless to potential words we add potent acts.

Madame Blavatsky against Spiritualism

LIGHT ON THE PATH: Talks on the Path of Occultism Vol. 3

A chant for the neophytes after their last initiation: Being a dirge for the dead in Life.

On the Universal Doctrines of Karma and Reincarnation: Stellar Beacons of Hope and Responsibility.

Blavatsky on the knighted Oxford Sanskritist who could speak no Sanskrit

Psychometry is the natural but latent faculty in us: By which the inner self cognizes the dynamic world of causes.