Tag Archives: Blavatsky

Black magic versus white magic – it’s all about motive…

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | June 8th, 2009

Blavatsky was rather fond of the concept of ‘black magic’ and I’ve had this on my list of topics to write about ever since I started this blog. But it’s a difficult topic, a messy one. For one thing – I’m not too happy about labeling people, especially into such (literally) black and white categories. [...]

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Remembering Blavatsky – White Lotusday

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | May 8th, 2009

On May 8th theosophists all over the world, whatever theosophical organization they belong to, commemorate Blavatsky’s passing on May 8th 1891. This day is called White Lotusday. Traditionally quotes from three texts are read: The Bhagavad Gita, The Voice of the Silence and Light of Asia. So here goes from chapter ten of the Bhagavad [...]

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About being observant of life… poverty and riches

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | April 15th, 2009

I’d like to start this off with a story one of our Dutch theosophical teacher sometimes tells. Ronald Engelse was frequently at Saanen to hear Jiddu Krishnamurti talk. Krishnamurti would say, in his talks, that one should observe everything, the sky, the mountains, the grass… After a lecture like that, what did Ronald see people [...]

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Big Bang or Cyclical Universe? Why not both!

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | April 3rd, 2009

My blog has mostly been about spiritual growth & stuff. But as a theosophist part of my interest is in science and cosmology as well. So when one of my theosophical friends shared this article from Edge about a cyclical universe – I  thought I had to break my recent pattern. This is an interview [...]

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Blavatsky on Atlantis

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | March 6th, 2009

Atlantis is a Western myth that many have written about. The source of all the stories about Atlantis are the Ancient Greeks. In Blavatsky’s words:
The story about Atlantis and all the traditions thereon were told, as all know, by Plato in his “Timæus and Critias.” Plato, when a child, had it from his grand-sire Critias, [...]

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