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191276700Auckland: The Lotus Press 1912. Edited by J. Prickett. Octavo. Vol. II Nos. 9 & 12 likely the last issue ever published. Each volume paginated so erratic numbering but 28 pp. each. Publisher’s string tied wrappers with elaborate borders surround the lettering on front. Each issue with the remains of a removed price stamp on the inner upper wrappers light edge wear. Very good. OCLC locate 4 runs but all are in New Zealand. Published as a theosophist magazine for children. The Lotus Press unknown
0938998021.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
193676703Hamilton Canada: Cecil Willliams 1936-1940. Edited by Cecil Williams. Monthly. Octavo. Vol. I. Nos. 6 7 8 9 10; Vol. 2. Nos. 1 2 3 5; Vol. 3 No. 1; Vol. 5 No. 1. 4 pp. each. Eleven issues. Very good but for Vol. ! no. 6 which has edge chipping. very good. By this date there were numerous theosophical organizations and the primacy was sought by many lead to much infighting. This little periodical was an attempt to display and praise the coming together of various factions. For example in Vol. 1 No. 9 we read “Evidence of the spread of fraternization: Adyar and Point Loma held joint White Lotus day meetings at Point Loma San Francisco and Oakland California in London England as well as in other cities.†That same issue has a photographic portrait of Aldous Huxley and a review of “Eyeless in Gaza.†Cecil Willliams unknown
1923061655Theosophical Press 1923. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Light blue cloth slightly faded. Publisher stamps and sticker residue to endpapers. 149pp. Theosophical Press Hardcover
1913057186India: Theosophical Publishing House 1913. Book. Good. Hardcover. Owner name/address on fly mild age toning to pages with darker toning to endpapers. Publisher explanatory sheet tucked in.101pp. Scarce! No jacket. Theosophical Publishing House Hardcover
1977061729Theosophical University Press 1977. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 2 volume set. Price-clipped dust jackets in protective mylar tight copies. Oversized will require additional charge for international and airmail options. Theosophical University Press Hardcover
1966057426London: Theosophical Publishing House 1966. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Tight copy in mylar-protected dust jacket. 152pp. Theosophical Publishing House Hardcover
1911042067William Rider & Son 1911. Book. Good. Hardcover. Privately bound in now worn and soiled snakeskin textured cream cloth are 5 early periodicals: Modern Astrology edited by Alan Leo August 1909; 2 issues of Occult Review edited by Ralph Shirley Vol. XIII No. 1 January 1911 and Vol. XIV No. 5 November 1911; 2 issues of Theosophical Review edited by G. R. S. Mead Vol. XLII No. 250 June 1908 and Vol. XLIII No. 258 February 1909. Contents are Good with some age-toning an egyptian goddess illustration affixed inside cover soiling to cloth. William Rider & Son Hardcover
1914047527Adyar Madras India: Theosophical Publishing House 1914. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall. Slender volume in teal cloth corners mildly bumped mild soiling and edgewear. SCARCE. Theosophical Publishing House Hardcover
194876689Columbus OH: The Phoenix 1948-49. Edited by Frank Noyes. Quarterly. Quarto. Summer & Fall of 1948 and Summer of 1949. Mimeographed and consecutively numbered from pp. 205-288. Publisher’s printed wrapper of various colors stapled. No copies located by OCLC.A very obscure theosophical and astrological periodical out of Columbus Ohio. Frank E. Noyes b.1896 served with distinction in both world wars. He moved moving to Columbus Ohio in 1927. In 1938 he founded Frank Noyes Pies Inc. which he kept open until 1952. In the 1920s he developed an interest in Theosophy. He also believed in astrology and was a member of the American Federation of Scientific Astrologers from 1945 to 1950. Noyes and his friend Alan Hooker the manager of Noyes Pies were both active in Theosophy and traveled as lecturers for the Theosophical Society. Noyes sold his bakery in 1952 and settled permanently in Ojai He then spent more than two years developing glazes with Beatrice Wood a nationally renowned potter. Noyes remained a prolific and respected potter until his death in 1999 one year short of having lived in three centuries. The Phoenix unknown
1972057879Theosophical Pub House 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Revised And Expanded. 2 oversized books: Volume 1 - Science Volume 2 - Theology. Mild rubbing to dust jackets which are now in protective mylar. 657pp 848pp. Very heavy set domestic orders only please. Theosophical Pub House Hardcover
1914054254Point Loma CA: Aryan Theosophical Press 1914. Book. Illus. by R. Machell. Fair. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 365pp. Green cloth is inexplicably mottled/discolored at spine and around borders. This is not mildew staining or sunning but presumably due to the jacket being affixed to the cloth and removed which lifted the dark green coloring. Contents are Very Good with moderate age toning. Decorative endpapers. Aryan Theosophical Press Hardcover
188975793Cincinnati: Robert Clark & Co. 1889. Second edition. Octavo. Allegorical frontispiece 54 pp. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt spine lettering and floral endpapers. Very attractive. Robert Clark & Co. hardcover
19286448Madras: Ganesh & Co 1928. First editions. 3 Vols 8vos 144 6; 10 1; and 60pp. Publisher's bindings of red cloth with printed paper labels; limp blue cloth covers with french flaps lettered in black; and blue cloth with printed label. Generally very good with chipping and toning to labels soiling to boards some scattered foxing. Owner's name in Surya-Gita else all clean internally. The Shrine partially split along spine of limp covers. <br /> <br /> Three scarce works from James Henry Cousins 1873-1956 Irish-Indian playwright and actor who left Ireland for India in 1915 at the behest of and funded by Annie Besant president of the Theosophical Society. The collection of poems Surya-Gita is actually three sequences of poetry which includes the first edition of the title sequence and second editions of The Garland of Life and Moulted Feathers which were published in 1917 and 1919. The Path to Peace is "An essay on cultural interchange and India's Contribution Thereto with a Prefatory Note on 'Mother India.'"<br /> <br /> Besides writing and publishing poetry and plays Cousins also became involved in theosophy vegetarianism and women's suffrage. His writings were heavily influenced by Blavatsky and he became close with then president of the Theosophical Society in Adyar Annie Besant. He wrote widely on theosophy Hinduism to which he converted in 1937 and the idea of "shared sensibilities" between Celtic and Indian peoples. Cousins' poetry is reflective of these ideas and beliefs and quite mystical in flavor. Ganesh & Co unknown
1939184453London: Theosophical Research Centre 1939. Guiding materialist physicians to "a deeper understanding of their patients" First edition of this textbook on spiritual medicine in the bright original cloth. In common with many spiritual developments originating in late 19th-century America theosophy contends that there is a deeper spiritual reality than that accessible through science and that direct contact with this reality can be established through transcendental practices. Some unrecognized factors in medicine applies these concerns to medical practice contending that it can lead the materialist physician "to a deeper understanding of their patients and explain much that is ignored or discounted when man is looked upon as a physical body only" p. 10. A small slip pasted onto the title page notes that this particular copy was "sold by The Theosophical Press Wheaton Illinois" the headquarters of the Theosophical Society in America. Octavo. Anatomical plate printed in red and black tables in the text. Original green cloth spine lettered in gilt. Light bumping and rubbing minor foxing to upper edge contents crisp: a very good copy indeed. hardcover
196276694Penang: Dr. H. C. Yeang 1962-64. Edited by C H Yeang. Quarterly. Three issues. Vol. II Nos. 11 12 & 13. Printed in purple ink and with numerous ads for local Malaysian businesses. Publisher’s printed wrappers of various hues. Some aging but very good. None located by OCLC. Quite a vibrant publication. In the overall arc of Theosophy The Malaysian Theosophist is quite a late-comer but their enthusiasm makes up for it. Includes articles by Geoffrey Hodson Kut Humi Speaks Blavatsky’s Ascended Master Joel S. Goldsmith Sri Siddha Evangeline “LSD. 25 Mescaline Etc.â€. Adrienne Ashley Brown Landone & Martha Baker. In Vol. II. No. 12 April-September 1963 there is an article by Muhammad Subuh entitled “The Meaning and Purpose of Subudâ€. The first Subud periodical wasn’t published until 1964 but it did not contain any expository writings by Muhammad Subuh. He did publish some spiritual and autobiographical pieces is 1959 but this is almost surely his first published piece expounding upon Subud. Included in this lot is a separate publication ostensibly written by the same publisher/editor C. H. Yeang and it is uniform with the periodical in size and appearance. It is entitled “Hidden Secrets Revealed by ‘I AM’ that ‘I AM’.†It contains a listing of 53 metaphysical laws and is almost surely cribbed from various books published by Guy Ballard. The preface bears an inscription by Yeang and is dated 1963. As there are articles about such various movements as Baha’i and the Mazdaznan it would seem that this branch of the Theosophical Society was very un-doctrinaire. The covers all bear a variation of the Ballards’ I AM theosophical offshoot e.g. “WE ARE that I AMâ€. Dr. H. C. Yeang unknown
1939026619Cleveland: Mildred A. Doron 1939. Book. Very Good. Leatherette. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. SCARCE! Original First Edition in black faux-leather boards with gilt lettering. Two large fold-out posters tucked inside inner flap intact and in excellent condition. Illustrated. Oversized. Mildred A. Doron Hardcover
1895046854London United Kingdom: Theosophical Publishing Society 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. Bookplate inside cover from the Torbay Lodge Lending Library with lodge name penned in cursive on title page moderate soiling to cloth age toning to endpapers. Mustard cloth with gilt spine lettering. Theosophical Publishing Society Hardcover
2019063032FULGUR PRESS 2019. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Clean tight unblemished copy in blue cloth with white lettering and glossy pictorial cover label. Fully illustrated 13" tall oversized. 156pp. FULGUR PRESS Hardcover
188675774Cincinnati: Robert Clark & Co. 1886. First edition. Small square octavo. 42 pp. including a full page allegorical illustration. Printed green wrappers Excellent.Jirah Dewy Buck received his medical training at Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College completing the program in 1864. He began practice that year in Cincinnati as a homeopathic physician in general practice. He also taught medicine at Cleveland Medical College and became Dean of the Pulte Medical College in Cincinnati until it was merged into Ohio State University. In 1890 Dr. Buck became President of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He practiced medicine for over 40 years. Dr. Buck became active in the Theosophical Society in 1879. In 1880 he was a member of the General Council of the Theosophical Society. On May 13 1884 he was appointed by Col. Olcott to be a member of the Board of Control of the Theosophical Society's activities in the United States. In Mahatma Letter 140 written in March 1886 Madame Blavatsky gave A. P. Sinnett an indication that Dr. Buck was being "helped" by the Mahatmas to make the Society "a grand movement" in America. The Cincinnati Theosophical Society was formed on May 9 1886 at the Buck home on Oak Street. Cincinnati was one of the earliest centers of theosophical adherents in the US and Buck was their patriarch. The first edition is signed lightly in pencil by a woman in his inner circle.Madame Blavatsky quoted an essay of his in The Key to Theosophy and commented "No living theosophist has better expressed and understood the real essence of Theosophy than our honoured friend Dr. Buck". She also referred to him as "a true Philaletheian" in her book quoting from an article he published in The Theosophist September 1883 p. 327 titled "The Ethics of Theosophy." Robert Clark & Co. unknown
192562014Los Angeles: The Theosophy Company 1925 - 1930. Large 8vo.Magazine / Journal. In 5 volumes. Average of 500-600 pages per volume. Uniformly bound in dark blue cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Original yellow wrappers bound in. Ex-institutional library copies with bookplate to front pastedowns and small label to spines. No other library markings. Cloth clean. Internally clean. . Very Good. Cloth. 1925. The Theosophy Company 1925 - 1930 hardcover
188375773Madras: C. Foster and Co. 1883. First edition. Small octavo. 47. 1 pp. Publisher's printed buff wrappers. Some dust-soiling to wrappers else and excellent copy. Only four copies located by OCLC.We in the West tend to think of the Theosophical Society as a new religion practiced almost entirely in Europe and America but in fact there was a very large contingent of Indian Theosophists. Row a Vice-president of the Madras Branch of the the Theosophical Society explains the importance of the movement to him an Indian practitioner and why he joined. C. Foster and Co. unknown
19147950Adyar Madras: Printed by Annie Besant at the Vesanta Press 1914. First edition. 24x17cm 280pp. Modern Indian binding of full soft red leather ruled in gilt with brown spine label and gilt lettering speckled page edges metallic textured silk endpapers. Samuel Weiser ticket loose in front. Spine a touch sunned boards with a few bumps. Internally clean and near fine. Housed in an orange cloth slipcase. <br /> <br /> First edition of this translation of the ancient mystical Hindu texts which became foundational to Theosophy. This collection was printed by Annie Besant who was then president of the Theosophical Society in Adyar. Though this edition is fairly widely held by institutions it is seemingly quite scarce in the trade.<br /> <br /> From the library of Blanche DeVries and Pierre Bernard. Printed by Annie Besant at the Vesanta Press unknown
192976692Sydney: Theosophical Society in Australia 1929-30. Edited by C. W. Leadbeater. Monthly. Octavo. Vol. V Nos. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1929-29. Vol. VI Nos. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1929. Vol. VII Nos. 2 3 5 6 1929-1930. Vol. VIII Nos. 1 3 1930. 20 issues. Printed in blue ink. Each volume is separately paginated. Numerous photographic illustrations. Publisher’s peach wrappers with lettering and decorations in blue. Some abrasion to spines but sturdy and clean throughout.We cannot best Pat Delavaney’s description so we present it here in it’s entirety; “From mid-1928 C.W. Leadbeater was editor of the journal. This was a fairly typical sectional journal of the Adyar Theosophists but its bland contents tolerance child welfare Indian independence practical domestic economy the World Mother messages from Leadbeater Annie Besant C.J. Jinarajadasa etc. conceal and gloss over the bitter internecine strife that preceded it. Dissatisfaction with the direction the Theosophical Society had taken under the guidance of Besant and Leadbeater had begun with Leadbeater's temporary expulsion from the T.S. in 1906 growing out of the accusations of Helen Dennis of Chicago about his "immoral sexual practices" with her son and another boy. Similar charges against Leadbeater and his protege James Wedgwood were made in Australia after World War I principally by Thomas Hammond Martyn - d. 1924 the head of the Sydney Lodge of the Society. Martyn besides his outrage over Leadbeater's and Wedgwood's sexual conduct also played a role in the bitter discussions over whether Besant had or had not said Wedgwood was an initiate -- and over whether she herself was an initiate or merely the dupe of Leadbeater. The furor in Australia centered around the Sydney Lodge and its attacks on the roles of Co-Masonry Krishnamurti the E.S. pederasty ceremonialism the "Back to Blavatsky" movement and the "T.S. Loyalty League." The convention of the Australian Section of the Society in 1922 was split leading to the expulsion of the Sydney Lodge the next year -- though it continued for decades as the Independent Theosophical Society. George Sydney Arundale 1878-1945 who edited this journal was General Secretary of the Australian Section 1926-1928 and went on to become third president of the T.S. in 1934. He was an English Theosophist prominent Co-Mason and bishop in the Liberal Catholic Church and firmly brought Theosophy in Australia back into the Besant-Leadbeater fold.†Krishnamurti broke with Theosophy in early August of 1929 and in the August 15 1929 of this periodical we find the below article - “Krishnaji Dissolved the Order of the Star.†The Order of the Star was the movement within the Theosophical Society that proclaimed Krishnamurti to be the World-Teacher/Messiah. And even before that in the issue of October of 1928 the lead article written by Leadbeater again was “Our Chief and Krishnaji I.e. Krishnamurti and it discusses the growing disparity between the teachings of Krishnamurti and those given by Annie Besant. The Australian Branch of the Theosophical Society was a continuous torn in its side as Leadbeater was determined to co-mingle Theosophy with his new Liberal Catholic Church. A Church found to be sorely lacking by the vast majority of sincere Theosophists. Theosophical Society in Australia unknown
1919066056London: Theosophical Publishing House 1919. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 497pp. Olive cloth with gilt spine lettering. Corners bumped mild rubbing to cloth owner notation on fly. Text clean contents remain tight. Theosophical Publishing House Hardcover
