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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
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
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
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
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
192976701Point Loma: The Theosophical Society 1929-35. Edited by G. de Purucker. Monthly. Small octavo. Vol. I Nos. 1-12; Vol. II Nos. 1 2 5 8 9 10 11 12: Vol. III. Nos. 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12; Vol. IV. Nos. 1 2 3 4 6 7 10 11; Vol. V Nos. 3 4 5 8 10 11 12: Vol. VI. Nos. 1 2 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12; Vol. VII Only 1 2 & 4 are present. Fifty-seven issues. Each volume is separately paginated. The wood pulp paper used in the first two years is truly execrable-About half of these issues have problems e.g. on Vol. I No. 1 the last two pages have broken in half a few with wrappers loose edges chipped. They upgraded the paper stock for the later years. A very good and early assemblage.Katherine Tingley founded the Theosophical Society's main U.S. branch at Point Loma California in 1900. After her death in 1929 Gottfried de Purucker took over as leader of that community. He was a much more dedicated researcher and writer and he is still highly thought of in theosophical circles. He authored many works including The Esoteric Tradition and Studies in Occult Philosophy. He sold the Lomaland estate in 1942 and moved the branch’s headquarters to Covina but died within months of the move. The Theosophical Society unknown
a86149Leipzig 1934-1936. Monatsschrift zur Entwicklung der höheren Seelen- und Geisteskräfte herausgegeben von der Deutschen Theosophischen Gesellschaft. Thirteen issues of this monthy journal from February 1934 January 1936. 8 for 1934 4 for 1935 1 for 1936. In German. Octavo about 65p. per issue original printed wraps. The dimenions of this journal are smaller after 1934 small octavos. Good plus some chipping along edges of a few issues. Thirteen issues. . paperback
193176697Los Angeles: The Theosophy Company 1931-1942. Edited by John Garrigues. Monthly. Octavo. Vol. XX; Nos. 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 1931-1932; Vol. XXI. Nos. 1-12 1932-1933; Vol. XXII Nos. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1934-1935; VOL. XXVI Nos. 8 10 1928; Vol. XXVII Nos. 1-12 1938-1939; 52 issues plus 9 odd issues from 1940-1946. 6 issues with their covers off but present and 3 with stains to the front cover. Very good overall. This was the mouthpiece of the United Lodge of Theosophists formed by Robert Crosbie in 1909. Crosbie was a student of William Judge who headed the American Division of the Theosophical Society. With the death of Blavatsky the leadership was thrown into disarray with Annie Besant heading the International Society and Katherine Tingley the American Society. In 1900 Crosbie threw his lot in with Tingley and moved to Lomaland but by 1904 he had grown disillusioned with her increasing theatricality and moved to South Pasadena and 5 years later founded the ULT. The United Lodge adhered tightly to the teachings of Blavatsky and paid no attention to either Tingley’s Kingdom in San Diego nor to the Maitreya of Annie Besant. In every issue they state “This Magazine is an independent journal unconnected with any theosophical society or other organization.†The ULT is likely the most active remaining theosophical group in the world. The Theosophy Company unknown
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