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Swans
at Llyn Padarn,
Snowdonia,
Theosophy Wales has no controlling
body
and is made up of
independent groups
Sunset
over Gospel Pass in the black Mountains
in
South East Wales near the border with Herefordshire, England.
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The
Seven Principles of Man
By
Annie
Besant
Principle I.
The Dense Physical Body
The dense physical
body of man is called the first of his seven principles, as it is certainly the
most obvious. Built of material molecules, in the generally accepted sense of
the term –with its five organs of sensation - the five senses -its organs of
locomotion, its brain and nervous system, its apparatus for carrying on the
various functions necessary for its continued existence, there is little to be
said about this physical body in so slight a sketch as this of the constitution
of man.
Western
science is almost ready to accept the Theosophical view that the human organism
consists of innumerable "lives," which build up the cells.
H.P.Blavatsky says on this: "Science has never yet gone so far as to
assert with the Occult doctrine that our bodies, as well as those of animals,
plants, and stones, are themselves altogether built up of such beings
[bacteria, etc.]: which, with the exception of the larger species, no
microscope can detect ….
The physical
and chemical constituents of all being found to be identical, chemical science
may well say that there is no difference between the matter which composes the
ox and that which forms the man. But the Occult doctrine is far more explicit.
It says: Not only the chemical compounds are the same, but the same infinitesimal
invisible lives compose the atoms of the bodies of the mountain and the daisy,
of man and the ant, of the elephant and of the tree which shelters him from the
sun. Each particle – whether you call it organic or inorganic – is a life.
Every atom
and molecule in the universe is both life-giving and death-giving to such forms
(Secret Doctrine, vol. I, p. 281, new edition). The microbes thus "build
up the material body and its cells," under the constructive energy of
vitality – a phrase that will be explained when we come to deal with
"life," as the Third Principle, and with these microbes as part of
it. When the "life" is no longer supplied the microbes "are left
to run riot as destructive agents," and they break up and disintegrate the
cells which they built, and so the body goes to pieces.
The purely
physical consciousness is the consciousness of the cells and the molecules. The
selective action of the cells, taking from the blood what they need, rejecting
what they do not need, is an instance of this selfconsciousness. The process
goes on without the help of our consciousness or volition. Again that which is
called by physiologists unconscious memory is the memory of the physical
consciousness, unconscious to us indeed, until we have learned to transfer our
brain consciousness there.
What we feel
is not what the cells feel. The pain of a wound is felt by the
brain-consciousness, acting, as before said, on the physical plane; but the
consciousness of the molecule, as of the aggregation of molecules we call
cells, leads it to hurry to the repair of the damaged tissues – actions of
which the brain is unconscious – and its memory makes it repeat the same act
again and again, even when it has become unnecessary.
Hence
cicatrices on wounds, scars, callosities, etc. The student may find many
details on this subject in physiological treatises. The death of the dense
physical body occurs when the withdrawal of the controlling life-energy leaves
the microbes to go their own way, and the many lives, no longer co-ordinated,
separate from each other and scatter the particles of the cells of "the
man of dust," and what we call decay sets in.
The body
becomes a whirlpool of unrestrained, unregulated lives, and its form, which
resulted from their correlation, is destroyed by their exuberant individual
energy. Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material
form is but a prelude to building up of another.
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Annie
Besant with Mahatma Gandhi
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The Most Basic Theosophy
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A quick overview of Theosophy
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Llandudno Pier
One liners and quick explanations
H P Blavatsky is
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Theosophist that
most people have ever
heard of. Let’s
put that right
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Links to Free Online Theosophy
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site is that they have some
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Topics include
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A selection of
articles on Reincarnation
Provided in
response to the large
number of
enquiries we receive at
Cardiff
Theosophical Society on this subject
Punch & Judy Show, Llandudno.
The same family has run this show since 1860
The Voice of the Silence Website
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Mid
Cader
Idris, Mid Wales.
A
Winter View
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everyone, you don’t have to live
in Wales to
make good use of this Website
The Old Severn Bridge at night
If you are travelling to Wales along the M4, you
can cross on the
Old Severn Bridge (opened 1966) by taking the M48,
which will take
you over the bridge and back on to the M4. You can
also cross this
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roads on
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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.
on Dave’s Streetwise Theosophy Boards
Port Meirion,
Setting of the cult 1960s TV series,
The Prisoner
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Caerleon in Gwent,
South Wales.
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What is Theosophy ? Theosophy Defined (More Detail)
Three Fundamental Propositions Key Concepts of Theosophy
Cosmogenesis Anthropogenesis Root Races
Ascended Masters After Death States
The Seven Principles of Man Karma
Reincarnation Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Colonel Henry Steel Olcott William Quan Judge
The Start of the Theosophical
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The Theosophical Order of
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Glossaries of Theosophical Terms
The
Tabernacle, Efail Isaf,
Mid-Glamorganshire,
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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
Coleg Menai Performing Art students
as ‘human statues’ in Bangor High Street.
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idea began in Covent Garden and spread
round
Britain.
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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
Outline of Theosophy
Charles
Webster Leadbeater
Theosophy - What it is How is it Known? The Method of Observation
General Principles The Three Great Truths The Deity
Advantage Gained from this
Knowledge The Divine Scheme
The Constitution of Man The True Man Reincarnation
The Wider Outlook Death Man’s Past and Future
Cause and Effect What Theosophy does for us
The Unity Underlying all Religions
The Physical
Plane The Astral Plane
Kamaloka The Mental Plane Devachan
The Buddhic and
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The Three Kinds of Karma Collective Karma
The Law of
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Annotated Edition Published 1885
Preface to the Annotated Edition Preface to the Original Edition
Esoteric Teachers The Constitution of Man The Planetary Chain
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Kama Loca
The Human Tide-Wave The Progress of Humanity
Buddha Nirvana The Universe
The Doctrine Reviewed
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held
on the pier.
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Quotes from
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Helena
Petrovna Blavatsky
The Secret Doctrine
, Volume 2, Page 100
It is only by the
attractive force of the contrasts that the two opposites — Spirit and Matter — can be cemented together on
Earth, and, smelted in the fire of self-conscious experience and suffering, find
themselves wedded in Eternity.
The Secret
Doctrine , Volume 2, Page 108
It is the motive, and
the motive alone, which makes any exercise of power become black, malignant, or white, beneficent Magic. It is
impossible to employ spiritual forces if there is the slightest tinge of
selfishness remaining in the operator .... The powers and forces of animal
nature can equally be used by the selfish and revengeful, as by the unselfish
and the all-forgiving; the powers and forces of spirit lend themselves only to the
perfectly pure in heart — and this is Divine Magic.
Isis Unveiled,
Volume 1, Page 36
The Secret
Doctrine , Volume 3, Page 14
Even ignorance
is better than Head-learning with no Soul-wisdom to illuminate and guide it.
The
Voice of the Silence, Page 43
Annotation - The
Path, May, 1888
The Secret
Doctrine , Proem [Volume 1], Page 35
Isis Unveiled,
Volume 1, Page 210
The Secret
Doctrine , Volume 1, Page 134
Oaths will never be binding till each man will fully understand that
humanity is the highest manifestation on earth of the Unseen Supreme Deity, and
each man anincarnation of
his God; and when the sense of personal responsibility will be so developed in him
that he will consider forswearing the greatest possible insult to himself, as
well as to humanity. No oath is now binding, unless taken by one who, without
any oath at all, would solemnly keep his simple promise of honour.
Isis Unveiled,
Volume 2, Page 374
It is the motive, and the motive alone, which makes any exercise of power
become black,
malignant, or white, beneficent Magic. It is impossible to employ spiritual
forces if there is the slightest tinge of selfishness remaining in the operator
.... The powers and forces of animal nature can equally be used by the selfish
and revengeful, as by the unselfish and the all-forgiving; the powers and
forces of spirit lend themselves only to the perfectly pure in heart — and this
is Divine Magic.
The Secret
Doctrine , Volume 2, Page 498
Isis Unveiled,
Volume 1, Page 36
From strength to strength, from the beauty and perfection of one plane to
the greater beauty
and perfection of another, with accessions of new glory, of fresh knowledge and
power in each cycle, such is the destiny of every Ego, which thus becomes its own
saviour in each world and incarnation.
The Key to
Theosophy, Page 105
The Secret
Doctrine , Volume 1, Page 69
The mind receives indelible impressions even from chance acquaintance or
persons encountered but
once. As a few seconds' exposure of the sensitized photographic plate is all
that is requisite to preserve indefinitely the image of the sitter, so is it
with the mind.
Isis Unveiled,
Volume 1, Page 311
The Key to Theosophy, Page 228
Your Own Theosophy
Group Starts Here
A Guide to
starting your own
Theosophy Group
These are
suggestions and pointers for forming
your own
independent Theosophy Group and
not instructions on
how to form a branch of a
larger Theosophical Organisation.
The subject of
affiliation to a larger body is
covered but as
affiliation may mean compromise
and nobody owns
Theosophy anyway, we leave
that decision entirely up to you
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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.
Tekels Park is a
50 acre woodland park, purchased
for the Adyar Theosophical Society in England
in 1929.
In addition to
concern about the park, many are
worried about the future of the Tekels Park
Deer
as they are not a
protected species.
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
Party On!
Tekels Park Theosophy NOT
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
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Principality within the United Kingdom and has an eastern
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& Swansea Lodges are members
of the Welsh
Regional Association (Formed 1993).
Theosophy Cardiff
separated from the Welsh Regional
Association in
March 2008 and became an independent
body within the Theosophical Movement in March 2010
High
Drama & Worldwide Confusion
as Theosophy Cardiff Separates from the
Welsh Regional Association (formed 1993)
Theosophy Cardiff cancels its Affiliation
to the Adyar Based Theosophical Society