A Collection of Lectures on Theosophy and Archaic Religions, Delivered (Classic Reprint)

In complying with the demand for a London Edition of my collected Asiatic Lectures and Addresses, upon Theosophical subjects, a few words of explanation will suffice. At the beginning of last year the original edition was issued at Madras, in a semi-private form for the instruction of members of the Theosophical Society, by an officer of the Madras Branch ; but every page of the present edition has passed through my hands, has been carefully edited, and a larore amount of original matter has been added. A number of the lectures have been translated into the vernacular lan^ua^es by native scholars, and circulated at their own expense; among them, the discourse upon the Zoroastrian religion, of which the Parsi community of Bombay circulated-if my memory serves me-twenty thousand copies in English and Guzerati. I recall two incidents in connection with that lecture which

Table of Contents

Forewords ; Theosophy or Materialism-which?; England's Welcome ; The Theosophical Society and its Aims The Common Foundation of all Religions Theosophy : the Scientific Basis of Religion Theosophy: its Friends and Enemies; The Occult Sciences ; Spiritualism and Theosophy ; India : Past, Present, and Future ; The Civilization that India needs; The Spirit of the Zoroastrian Religion The Life of Buddha and its Lessons

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