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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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August 30th, 2008
My grandmother is living in a retirement home. She has trouble remembering the name of her eldest brother, and whether he still lives (he doesn’t). There are suggestions she might have Alzheimer’s disease. But when I asked her what spiritual teacher of the last century had inspired her most - the following conversation occurred (I’m [...]
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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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August 29th, 2008
It has been said that Blavatsky’s work started out with a Western approach. Her book ‘Isis Unveiled’ has been described as ‘Egyptian’. From a theosophical standpoint this is preposterous - and anyone who has looked at index will have to agree.
One early reference to Indian spirituality is this one: Blavatsky refers to the washing of [...]
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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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August 28th, 2008
Let’s start with the comfortable fact that as a Theosophist - what I believe is totally free. There are no dogmas theosophists have to subscribe to. Nothing is mandatory. No trinitarian God, no ‘Mohammad is the Messenger’, no mandatory belief of any kind. We even have atheists among us.
Still - I do believe in some [...]
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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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August 27th, 2008
This is for my theosophical readers.
Blogs are a personal medium. Having quit college I’m going to spend the coming months (at least) trying to find my own voice - instead of struggling with the demands of scientific writing. I’m going to try finding my own voice - and that’s not the voice of the Theosophist [...]
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Katinka Hesselink - All Considering
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August 26th, 2008
A reader asks:
Can a person really live on only a vegan diet? Are there Theosophists who are true vegans? If so, what supplements, if any, do they take? Are eggs acceptable from a Theosophic standpoint if they are unfertilized and not from chickens that have been tortured? Are there any dairy products that can be [...]
