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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831 – 1891)
The Founder of Modern Theosophy
Reincarnation
By
H
P Blavatsky
(part of the
article "Theosophy and Spiritism", a translation of "Theosophie
et Spiritsme", Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Scientifique d'Études
Psychologiques, Paris, 15 juillet, 1883, pp. 129-151)
It is ... an error to say: "According to the Theosophists no
one reincarnates on earth except children who die young and congenial
idiots," for the sentence being incomplete, does not tell everything. The
difference between the souls mentioned above and those of people in general is
that the former incarnate immediately, because neither the infants nor the
idiots, being irresponsible for their actions, are able to receive either
reward or punishment. Failures of nature - they begin a new life immediately;
while reincarnations in general take place after rather long periods passed in
the intermediate and invisible spheres. So that if a Spiritualist-Theosophist
tells an Occultist-Theosophist that he is a reincarnation of Louis XV, or that
Mrs. X is a reincarnation of
Joan of Arc, the Occultist would answer that according to his
doctrine it is impossible. It is quite possible that he might be a
reincarnation of Sesostris or of Semiramis, but the time period that has passed
since the death of Louis XV and even Joan of Arc is too short according to our
calculations, which are mathematically correct. Should we be thoroughly
ostracized if we were to say that the souls of idiots and extremely young
children (dying before the age of personal consciousness) are the exact
parallels to those who are annihilated?
Can the personalities of the infants and the idiots leave a greater
trace on the monadic memory with which they have not been able to become
united, than those of the souls of marked animal tendencies who have also,
though not more than the former, failed to become assimilated therein? In both
cases the final result is the same.
The sixth element or the spiritual Ego which has not had either the
time or the possibility to unite with the lower principles in the
cases of the idiot and the infant, has had the time but not the possibility to
accomplish that union in the case of the totally depraved person. Now it is not
that the "spiritual Ego is dissipated and ceases to exist," as it
seems to say, but really does not, in Fragments No. I. This was immediately
elucidated in The Theosophist. It would be absurd to say that something which
is immortal in its essence can be dissipated or cease to be. The spiritual Ego
is dissociated from the lower elements and, following its divine monad - the
seventh element, disappears in the case of the utterly vicious man and ceases
to exist for him, for the personal and physical man as well as for the astral
man. As for the
latter, once being depraved, whether it belong to an idiot or to a
Newton, if it has failed to grasp, or has lost the Ariadne's thread which must
lead it through the labyrinth of matter into the regions of eternal light - it
must disappear.
Thus this personal astral man (or the fourth and fifth principles)
whether it disappears into an immediate reincarnation, or is annihilated, drops
from the number of the individual existences which are to the monad equivalent
to days passed by an individual - a series of recollections, some fresh and
eternal in our memory, others forgotten and dead, never to revive.
To say of the Occultists, as Mr. Rosen does, that they are
selfishly occupied in their own salvation, that they condemn "the majority
of mankind to destruction" like the Christians "who doom them to the
flames of hell" - is unjust and untrue, since with the Occultists,
forgetfulness of one's self is the very greatest virtue. It is rather the
Spiritists who would doom the divine monad to a terrible torment, to the
perpetual recollection of one or more shameful or criminal existences, filled
with earthly and gross experiences, without the smallest ray of spirituality to
enlighten them. Moreover would it not be a horrible punishment
to bedeck it with all the personalities that it had to endure,
during its long terrestrial journey, instead of merely preserving the
acquisitions which enriched it during those previous existences and which have
made of it a complete being, a glorious and spiritual unity!
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Preface
Theosophy and the Masters General Principles
The Earth Chain Body and Astral Body Kama – Desire
Manas Of Reincarnation Reincarnation Continued
Karma Kama Loka
Devachan
Cycles
Arguments Supporting Reincarnation
Differentiation Of Species Missing Links
Psychic Laws, Forces, and Phenomena
Psychic Phenomena and Spiritualism
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What is Theosophy ? Theosophy Defined (More Detail)
Three Fundamental Propositions Key Concepts of Theosophy
Cosmogenesis Anthropogenesis Root Races
Ascended Masters After Death States
The Seven Principles of Man Karma
Reincarnation Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Colonel Henry Steel Olcott William Quan Judge
The Start of the Theosophical
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History of the Theosophical
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Theosophical Society Presidents
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The Three Objectives of the Theosophical
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Explanation of the Theosophical
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The Theosophical Order of
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A Modern Revival of Ancient Wisdom
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The Secret Doctrine – Volume 3
A compilation of H P Blavatsky’s
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Esoteric Christianity or the Lesser Mysteries
The Early Teachings of The Masters
A Collection of Fugitive Fragments
Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy
Mystical,
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An Outstanding
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Arthur draws
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The Knights of The Round Table
The Roman Amphitheatre at Caerleon,
Eamont Bridge, Nr Penrith, Cumbria, England.
Geoffrey of Monmouth
(History of the Kings of Britain)
The reliabilty of this work has long been a subject of
debate but it is the first definitive account of Arthur’s
Reign
and one which puts Arthur in a historcal context.
and his version’s political agenda
According to Geoffrey of Monmouth
The first written mention of Arthur as a heroic figure
The British leader who fought twelve battles
King Arthur’s ninth victory at
The Battle of the City of the Legion
King Arthur ambushes an advancing Saxon
army then defeats them at Liddington Castle,
Badbury, Near Swindon, Wiltshire, England.
King Arthur’s twelfth and last victory against the Saxons
Traditionally Arthur’s last battle in which he was
mortally wounded although his side went on to win
No contemporary writings or accounts of his life
but he is placed 50 to 100 years after the accepted
King Arthur period. He refers to Arthur in his inspiring
poems but the earliest written record of these dates
from over three hundred years after Taliesin’s death.
Pendragon Castle
Mallerstang Valley, Nr Kirkby Stephen,
A 12th Century Norman ruin on the site of what is
reputed to have been a stronghold of Uther Pendragon
From wise child with no
earthly father to
Megastar of Arthurian
Legend
History of the Kings of Britain
Drawn from the Stone or received from the Lady of the Lake.
Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur has both versions
with both swords called Excalibur. Other versions
5th & 6th Century Timeline of Britain
From the departure of the Romans from
Britain to the establishment of sizeable
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms
Glossary of
Arthur’s uncle:- The puppet ruler of the Britons
controlled and eventually killed by Vortigern
Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. Circa 450CE
An alleged massacre of Celtic Nobility by the Saxons
History of the Kings of Britain
Athrwys / Arthrwys
King of Ergyng
Circa 618 - 655 CE
Latin: Artorius; English: Arthur
A warrior King born in Gwent and associated with
Caerleon, a possible Camelot. Although over 100 years
later that the accepted Arthur period, the exploits of
Athrwys may have contributed to the King Arthur Legend.
He became King of Ergyng, a kingdom between
Gwent and Brycheiniog (Brecon)
Angles under Ida seized the Celtic Kingdom of
Bernaccia in North East England in 547 CE forcing
Although much later than the accepted King Arthur
period, the events of Morgan Bulc’s 50 year campaign
to regain his kingdom may have contributed to
Old Welsh: Guorthigirn;
Anglo-Saxon: Wyrtgeorn;
Breton: Gurthiern; Modern Welsh; Gwrtheyrn;
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An earlier ruler than King Arthur and not a heroic figure.
He is credited with policies that weakened Celtic Britain
to a point from which it never recovered.
Although there are no contemporary accounts of
his rule, there is more written evidence for his
existence than of King Arthur.
How Sir Lancelot slew two giants,
From Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur
How Sir Lancelot rode disguised
in Sir Kay's harness, and how he
From Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur
How Sir Lancelot jousted against
four knights of the Round Table,
From Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur
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