Book Description

The central tenets of Theosophia are not derived from any ancientor modern sect but represent the accumulated wisdom of the ages,the unrecorded inheritance of humanity. Its vast scheme of cosmicand human evolution furnishes all true seekers with the symbolicalphabet necessary to interpret their recurrent visions as well as theuniversal framework and metaphysical vocabulary, drawn from manymystics and seers, which enable them to communicate their ownintuitive perceptions. All authentic mystical writings are enrichedby the alchemical flavour of Theosophical thought. Theosophy isan integrated system of fundamental verities taught by Initiates andAdepts across millennia. It is the Philosophia Perennis, the philosophyof human perfectibility, the science of spirituality and the religion ofresponsibility. It is the primeval fount of myriad religious systemsas well as the hidden essence and esoteric wisdom of each. Man, animmortal monad, has been able to preserve this sacred heritage throughthe sacrificial efforts of enlightened and compassionate individuals,or Bodhisattvas, who constitute an ancient Brotherhood. They quietlyassist in the ethical evolution and spiritual development of the wholeof humanity. Theosophia is Divine Wisdom, transmitted and verifiedover aeons by the sages who belong to this secret Brotherhood. Sages,past and present, have accomplished the arduous transformation oftheir own natures, overcoming every vice and limitation and perfectingthemselves in noetic ideation and sacrificial action. Mahatmas orHierophants renounce everything for the sake of suffering humanity.