Theosophy, the path of the mystic : links for your own forging

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THEOSOPHY THE PATH OF THE MYSTIC

Preface

HHHE citations which follow have been gathered ■*- from various sources and cover a period of years. A few have been taken from private letters, many from instructions given in Theosophical classes or intimate group-talks, and still others from published but now inaccessible reports of lectures delivered by the Theosophical Leader in America and abroad. By permission some passages from private instructions are included.

These are what the title-page indicates, 'links for your own forging,' their office not to do your thinking for you but to stimulate unawakened powers and impel you to think for yourself. They are for the seeker, the inquirer, the mystic, who for more definite study is referred to the already abundant Theosophical literature, particularly The Key to Theosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, the Founder of the Theosophical Society and its first Leader, to the Theosophical Manuals — little books written by students of Katherine Tingley and under her supervision — and for advanced study to Madame Blavatsky's masterworks, The Secret Doctrine and I sis Unveiled.

Optimism, service, common sense, action rather than talk, the magic of self-directed evolution, love as the great unfolding power in life, and the abiding consciousness of Divinity pouring through all and over all and in all, "like water over the pebbles of Willow Brook" — these are the keynotes of Theosophy and are accentuated here. They are needed notes, admittedly, in any attempt to harmonize or resolve the jangled progressions of modern life; and at the educational institution founded by her at Point Loma, California, Madame Tingley has made this attempt and has crowned it with a success that is attracting the attention of the world. Her writings therefore may justly claim consideration.

Those who see in life only a riddle, who see injustice on every hand, who cannot find peace of mind without some satisfying answer to the ancient questions, Who am I, Whence came I, and Whither do I go, who have touched the great problem of sorrow and would gladly make their lives count in service to their fellows if only they could find the way — such as these it is believed will find much to inspire and help them in the appeal made in this little volume. For it is entirely to the nobler qualities and the indwelling soul in man.

The Compiler

Internationa/ Theosophical Headquarters Point Loma, California February, 1922.

Raja- Yoga Ideals and the Child

The Cycle of the Children 159

Education and the Heart-Life of the Child 167

Music is the Song of the Soul 175

True Drama, the Soul's Interpreter 180

'The Little Philosophers' 184