Without any longer explanations here some thoughts I have picked up while reading H. P. Blavatsky's Collected Writings vol. I. That because the main purpose of these pages is to present the theosophy of Pekka Ervast, but he also considered himself to be a successor and defender of mad. Blavatsky.
For myself the reading the early writings of mad. Blavatsky has proofed that she was a gifted writer already in the beginning of her litterary carrier, and the close connection between spiritiualism and early theosophy, and also the relationship of kabbalism and early theosophy.
From: A few Questions to "Hiraf***" (Spiritual Scientist, Boston, July 15 and 22, 1875, pp. 217-18,224,236-7):
Religion and sciences, laws and customs - all of these, are closely related to Ockultism, H. P. Blavatsky, Collected Writings 1874-1878. Volume one. The Theosophical Publishing House Wheaton, Ill., U. S. A.; Madras, India; London, England. Third Edition 1988, p. 116. Verily, we have White and Black Christianity, as well as White and Black magic. CW,I,118. |
From: From Madame H. P. Blavatsky to her Corrrespondents. An open Letter such as few can write. (Spiritual Scientist, Boston, Vol. III, September 23, 1875, pp.25-7):
| If a man would
follow the steps of Hermetic Philosophers he must prepare
himself beforehand for martyrdom. He must give up
personal pride and all selfish purposes, and be ready for
everlasting encounters with friends and foes. He must
part, once for all, with every rememberance of his
earlier ideas, on all and on everything. Existinf
religions, knowledge, science must rebecome a blank book
for him. as in the days on his babyhood, for if he wants
to succed he must learn a new alphabet on the lap of
Mother Nature, every letter of which will afford a new
insight to him. every syllable and word an unexpected
revelation. The two hitherto irreconcilable foes, science
and theology - the Montecchi and Capuletti on the
nineteenth centyry - will ally themselves with the
ignorant masses, against the modern occultism. CW,I,128. Ten ciphers, 22 alphabetical letters, one triangle, a square and a circle. Such are the elements of the Cabbala, from whose mysterious bosom sprang all the religions of the past and present; which endowed all the Free Masonic associations with their symbols and secrets which alone can reconcile human reason whit God and Faith, Power and Freedom, Science with Mystery, and which has alone the keys of the present, past and future.CW,I,131. |
From: The Science of Magic. Proofs of its existence - mediums in Ancient times, etc. etc. (Spiritual Scientist, Boston, Vol. III, October 14, 1875, pp. 64-5):
| Magic is but a science,
a profound knowledge of the Occult forces in Nature, and
of the laws concerning the visible or the invisible
world. Spiritualism in the hands of an adept becomes
Magic, for he is learned in the art of blending together
the laws on the Universe, without breaking any of them
and thereby violating Nature. In the hands of an
experienced medium spiritualism becomes UNCONSCIOUS
SORCERY; for, by allowing himself to become the helples
tool of a variety of spirits, of whom he knows nothing
save what the latter permit him to know, he opens,
unknown to himself. a door of communication between the
two worlds, through which emerge the blind forces of
Nature lurking in the astral light, as well as good and
bad spirits. CW,I,137. Theurgy was magic: as in modern times, the Sibyls and Pythones WERE MEDIUMS; but their High Priests were magicians. All the secrets of their theology, which included magic, or the art of invoking ministering spirits, were in their hands. They possessed the science of DISCERNING SPIRITS; a science which Mr Colby does not posses at all - to his great regret no doupt. By this power they controlled the spirits at will, allowing but the good ones to absorb their mediums. Such is the explanation of magic - the real existing. White or sacred magic, which ought to be in the hands on science now, and would be, if science had profited by the lessons which Spiritualism has inductively taught for these last twenty-seven years.CW,I,139. I am furthermore aware of the malice oral wilderness of the elementary, and how far they can inspire not only a sensitive medium, but any other person as well. Though I may be an "irresponsible woman" in the eyes of those who are "too responsible" for the harm they do to EARNEST Spiritualists by, their unfairness, onesideness, and spiritual sentimentalism, I feel safe to say, that generally I am quick enough to detect whenever a medium is cheating under control, or cheating consciously.CW,I,141. The Brotherhood of Luxor is one the sections of the Grand Lodge of which I am a member. CW,I,142. |