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Title: London Lectures of 1907

Author: Annie Besant

Release Date: March 12, 2007 [EBook #20800]

Language: English

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London Lectures

of 1907

By

Annie Besant

President of the Theosophical Society

London and Benares

The Theosophical Publishing Society

City Agents: Lund, Humphries & Co., Ltd.

Adyar, Madras: The _Theosophist_ Office

New York: John Lane

Chicago: The Theosophical Book Concern

1907

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Contents

PART I

PSYCHISM AND SPIRITUALITY

THE PLACE OF MASTERS IN RELIGIONS

THEOSOPHY AND THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

PART II

THE PLACE OF PHENOMENA IN THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

SPIRITUAL AND TEMPORAL AUTHORITY

THE RELATION OF THE MASTERS TO THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

THE FUTURE OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

PART III

THE VALUE OF THEOSOPHY IN THE WORLD OF THOUGHT

PART IV

THE FIELD OF WORK OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

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Part I

Psychism and Spirituality

The Place of Masters in Religions

Theosophy and the Theosophical Society

_Three public Lectures delivered in the smaller Queen's Hall,
London, on 16th, 23rd, and 30th June 1907._

Psychism and Spirituality

Our subject to-night consists of two words: psychism--spirituality. I
am going to speak to you on the subjects denoted by these two words,
because there is so much confusion about them in ordinary
conversation, in ordinary literature, and out of that confusion much
of harm arises. People think of one thing and use the name of the
other, and