Lucifer7, August 2010

Unfortunately my newsletter got sent out without working links last month. So here’s a new attempt: And if those links don’t work, here’s the URL: http://lucifer7.katinkahesselink.net/i/2010/7.html A change in blog policy Written by Anonymous on Jul 07, 2010 09:44 am To make things a bit easier for me to manage, I’ve set my newsletter Lucifer7 ...

In July I made the following new squidoo lenses relating to spirituality: Susan Seddon Boulet Goddess Paintings An artist whose art is still popular in the pagan scene, Susan Seddon Boulet will mostly be remembered for her goddess art. The mystical style of her paintings (mostly, but not exclusively, water color) strikes a core in ...

Reviewed in the West as the only decent biography of Sri Aurobindo Goshe, from politician, to poet and guru. This guy lived a fascinating life and Peter Heehs describes as many aspects of it as the Sri Aurobindo archives can help enlighten us on. In India this is a controversial book. It’s even been banned ...

In response to a post by MKR to Theos-talk who has been saying he would have liked the topic of membership decline discussed openly at the world congress. (July 22nd 2010) I think everybody knows that the TS has faced a downward membership trend since the 1930s. What can the study of statistics do to ...

I took some nice pictures, but Tom Dede from Hungary is a professional photographer and took over 1000 photographs. He gave me permission to use them, but needed some time to select the best ones. Then of course I made my selection and did some photoediting and here is the result. Since this is officially ...

It’s no secret the Theosophical Society has been losing members since the 1930′s. What’s less well known is that this has meant a large inheritance for the lodges and sections: in the form of money and property. Recently though several such estates have made headlines on theosophical forums: Teckels park in England is being sold ...

I’m reviewing a Dutch book here today: Het Web der Schepping, Theosofie en Kunst in Nederland, van Lauweriks tot Mondriaan, by Marty Bax. I won’t be repeating that exercise often, however in this case it’s really worth it. There are few good books about the history of theosophy in the Netherlands. It’s obviously a niche ...

Hi MKR [In response to something he wrote on Theos-talk, July 19th 2010], You wrote: > In the recent world Congress, I thought the leaders from the Sections will > have an informal or formal session addressing the membership growth issue. I > am disappointed that there was none and are we to take it ...

There were two tribes dwelling near each other. God decided to walk between them. But God wore a two colored hat. One side was red; the other side was blue. So when the two tribes discussed this visit by God, they ended up in argument. “God wore a blue hat. No! God wore a red ...

Just to make it clear that the TS Adyar does not discriminate against that third founder of the Theosophical Society, I want to draw attention to the review of ‘Echoes of the Orient’, the writings of William Quan Judge, in The Theosophist of July 2010. The review by A. Kannan consists mostly of quotes. For ...

These are some of the pictures I took and people took for me at the world conference organized by the Italian Section of the Theosophical Society Adyar, in Rome 2010. There were 524 registered visitors. © admin for Modern Theosophy, 2010. | Permalink | One comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: pictures, Theosophical World ...

There was some complaining before hand, and during the congress, on the workshops. I thought for instance that it was impossible to do a workshop with a hundred people. It turns out though: it IS possible. And the person who showed me that (though she didn’t have to take on that challenge, because only 20 ...

I came to the World Congress mainly for the people – as I do for any theosophical meeting. And the people were great. I met inspiring and hard working people from all over the world, and have learned about theosophical issues and activities all over the world. I do think in general the atmosphere of ...

When the word ‘selfish’ is used, it usually means there is a moral judgement of someone else involved. As the Americans say ‘walk the talk’… I think the amount of talk is inversely proportional to the mileage of the walk. -Edi Bilimoria The easiest question to ask is the hardest to answer. Because the real ...

I have never been to a theosophical meeting with so much technology: everybody is taking pictures with their own digital cameras. Live streaming and tv’s at the back of the hall so everybody can see the speakers properly. But the one feature of this congress that I think people most enjoy is the pool. It ...

Creating Bridges: Spirituality & Philosophy: Spirituality in Daily Life, Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron A kind heart is one of the principal things we are trying to develop. If we run around childishly telling others, “I’m this religion, and you’re that religion. But, mine is better,” it is like turning chocolate frosting into garbage: what was delicious ...