Tag Archives: vegetarian

Drugs & spirituality: thee, coffee, alcohol, smoking etc.

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | December 1st, 2008

Blavatsky is sometimes accused of being a hypocrite for advocating vegetarianism, but not being one. Yet she never hid her habit of eating (lots of) meat. She didn’t broadcast it either, but then she lived in the Victorian age.
In our time, especially on blogs, it is quite proper to start such a piece as the [...]

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Are humans meant to be vegetarian?

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | November 20th, 2008

I get this question all the time. People compare our biology to wolves, bears, horses, cows… Biologically we are most like pigs actually. Pigs are omnivores, but can live off a purely vegetable diet. So can we.
Cows have several stomachs so they can eat grass. Humans can only digest the grass we eat (wheat [...]

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Can a person live on a vegan diet?

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | 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 [...]

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