Initiates of Theosophical MastersSUNY Press, 20/07/1995 - 255 من الصفحات The author examines the careers of the most distinguished disciples of the Theosophical Masters. He begins by examining the concept of initiation promoted by the Theosophical movement's founders. Each section investigates a separate category of initiates, focusing consecutively on Hindus, Muslims, Bahais, Buddhists, and the Western female occultists. More than just a study of Theosophy, this book explores many related developments in political and religious history. Among the figures it illumines in new ways are Anagarika Dharmapala, Alexandra David-Neel, George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, and Isabelle Eberhardt. Its approach brings needed objectivity and balance to a topic too long mythologized by cultists and ignored by scholars. |
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PART ONE Patriotic Chelas | 17 |
Pilgrimage to Darjeeling | 22 |
Proving the Masters Existence | 32 |
The Coulombs and the SPR | 44 |
Endings and Beginnings | 48 |
The Tragedy of Babaji | 53 |
Chelas and the Raj | 60 |
PART TWO The Secret World of Jamal adDin | 71 |
Anagarika Dharmapala | 114 |
Ukhtomskii and Dorzhiev | 124 |
George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff | 138 |
The Lubovedsky Mystery | 153 |
PART FOUR The Great White Sisterhood | 161 |
Isabelle Eberhardt | 167 |
Alexandra DavidNeel | 174 |
Alice Leighton Cleather | 178 |
Muhammad Abduh | 73 |
Heretics and Infidels | 76 |
Enemies of the Shah | 89 |
Edward Granville Browne | 93 |
Abdul Baha and Theosophy | 97 |
The Shaykhi Legacy | 103 |
PART THREE Dharma Heirs | 113 |
Annie Besant | 183 |
Initiated Women | 202 |
Occult Succession | 205 |
NOTES | 209 |
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