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Theosophic Messenger V12 Index 1910-11 The 'l'heosophic Messenger INDEX TO VOL. 12 Accepting the Law ...............................•........ Weller Van Hook .... 607 Adyar Letter ............................................. Wm. H. Kirby ...... 353 Adyar Letter ...........................................•. Thomas Prime . 280 Adyar, Some Lessons to be Learnt at ...•.................. Margherita Ruspoli .. 393 Aether, The Mighty ..•.................................... C. Jinarajadasa ..... 418 After Long Ages ..... ; .................................... Edward Carpenter... 170 Anniversary (84th) Program of T. S ............................................. 297 Anima! Magnetism . 291 Applying the Law ...............•......................... G. W. Yeoman ...... 476 Apollonius of Tyana, Travels of . •. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. C. L. B. Shuddemagen 139 "At the Feet of the Master" . ........ .. •......... ... Marjorie Tuttle . •... 700 "At the Feet of the Master." An Epitome .. ..• ... .... F. Milton Willis .. .. 478 Attitude (The) of the Enquirer . .. .. ... .. .. ..... .... C. W. Leadbeater .... 468 .~ura, Colors of the . ........... .. ... .. .. .. .... .. ....... C. W. Leadbeater.. .. 721 Baby White Elephant. (The) a Story . .. ... ... .. .. .... .. C. J. 62 Bacon, Lord . .. • ..• .. ... .. ..... ..... .. .. .. ... .. Alida E. de Leeuw ... 622 Bacon's Llterary Friends. (From " Francis Bacon") . ... Walter Steeves . ... 609 Beauty, The Force of •. ... .. .. ..... ... .............. W. V-H. 886 "Before the Pupil Can Be Given the Secrets" . 385 Benares Letter . ....... .... .......... .. .. ..... ..• . S. E. Palmer . .. .. .. ... 121, 282, 359, 623 Benefits of Concentration and Meditation . .... ... ..• . .. ... Emilie B. Welton . ... 416 Bibliography, A General • . ... .. .... .. ... .. .... .. ........•.• . .. 560 Birth (The) of the Christ . • ... .. .. •• ........ : • . A. F. Knudson . 160 Bitterness, Pouring out the Waters of .. .•.. •.. .. ... .. W. V-H. .. • 20 Blessing (A) to a Master .. .. ...... .. .. ... ......... .... W. V-H .• . .. .. ... 705 Boebme, Jacob . •. .•. •• • •.•. .. .. .... ... .. .. ...... .. ..... D. S. M. Unger .. ... 418 Book Reviews: "Abnormal Psychology" . .. ... .. .. ... .. ....... lsador H. Coriat ..... 636 Alcyone's Photographs of Adyar . •.. ... ..... .... ..... : . 700 "Along the Labrador Coast" .... ........ ... .. .. ... .. Chas W. Townsend... 701 A Manual of Occultism •. .. .. ...... .. .. .. .. .. "Sepharial" . 432 "Ancient Mysteries and Modem Revelations" . .. ..... W. J. Colville . ... 430 "At the Feet of the Master" . ..... ....................... .. • ... 310, 700 "Buddhist Rules for the Laity" .....................••. D. J. Subhasingha ..• 249 "Christ and Buddha" ........................... ~ ...... C. Jinarajadasa .. 381, 699 "Dictionary of Theosophical Terms" . 247 "Everyday Ethics" .................................... Ella Lyman Cabot ... 760 "Exposition of the Doctrine of Karma" ............. : ..•• Brother Atisha ..... 249 "Inner Life" ....•.....•.............•..•........•.....C. W. Leadbeater. 245 Publications of the Italian SectiQn T. S ...........•.................••••...•.. 248 "Stranger than Fiction" ...............•..•.........•.• Mary L~ Lewes ...... 762 "Studies in Seif Healing" .............................. Ernest E. Mundy .... 248 Digitized by Google 2 INDEX "The Beautiful Necessity" ............................. Claude Bragdon...... 246 "The Builders" ...... ·~ ................................ Mabel Collins ........ 431 "The Divine Life". • . 702 "The Gleam" .......................................... Helen R. Albee.. 701 "The Human Atmosphere" ............................. Walter J. Kilner .... 760 "The Land of Living Men" ............................. Ralph Waldo Trine .. 758 "The Miracle of Right Thought" ........................Orison S. Marden. „. 431 "The O!d House and Other Stories " ..................... Blanche S. Ortmann. 430 "The Other Side" ...................................... Horace Annesley .... 699 "The Pictorial Key to the Tarot" ....................... Arthur E. Waite..... 430 "The Riddle of Life" ..................................Annie Besant . 702 "The Sanctuary" .......................................................... 247 "The Second Coming of Christ" ......................... Robert Speer . 248 "The Singularity of Buddhism" .......................••J. 'Wettha Sinhha ... 249 "The Soul of an Indian" .............................. Chas. A. Eastman. 567 "The Soul of the Moor" ................. ." .............. Stratford D. Jolly. 700 "Through Fields of Love" .............................. Mary Browerton de Witt . „ „ ... 249, 381 "To the Members of the T. S." .... ......... .. ... ... •... .. .. .......... 763 "Where is Heaven" ... .. .. ..... .. .. .. ... ... .. Emil P. Berg . 759 Braille Council ... .. ... ..... .. ..... .. ..... Fanny 0 . Spalding 126, 504 Buddha and Maitreya-An Anecdote . 83 Buddha-Gaya ........ .. ... .. .. .... ... ...... ... .. Alcyone .... .. ... 594 Building Character . 49 Calvinism, Question Answered . ..... .... ... .. .... •. C. W. Leadbeater. 681 Can only the Hermit Attain? . .. ....... .. .. ..... Alida E. de Leeuw .. 338 Carnivorous Animals. Answer to Question . ... ... .... .. C. W. Leadbeater.: .. 680 Castle (The) of Santa Claus. A Story ..... .. .. .. ... Marjorie Tuttle .. .. 189 Caterpillar's (The) Lesson. A Story from the German ..... Trans. by A. G.... 191 Central (The) Hindu College, Benares . .. ... .. ........ ... .. C. W. L ... .... 226 Ceylon (The) Schools ... .... ... .......... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. ...... .. .. 120 Character (Building) . 49 Cheerfulness .... .... ... ... .... .. .... ......... .. .. Janet B. McGovern .. 519 Chela (How a) Found His Guru ....... ... .. .. .. .. S. Ramaswamier .. 736 Chelas ... .. ........... .... ...... .. .... .... .... .. H. P. B . .. .... .. 740 Chelas and Lay-Chelas ..... .. .. .... .. .. ... .. .... ... H. P. B. 590 Children Propaganda Literature .. .. ...... ........ .... .. Marjorie Tuttle .... 683 Children, The Fundamental Education of .. .. .... ..... ... F. Milton Willis . 273 Children's Page . .. • . ... .. .. 62, 189, 252, 314 , 382, 446, 512, 638, 703, 767 Choice (The) of Surroundings .... ... ... .... .. .. .... ... C. W. Leadbeater . 206 Christian Church, The Magie of the .. .... .. ... .. .... C. W. Leadbeater.346, 649 Christian Ministers, Help . ... .. .... ... ..... .... ... C. J. 73 Christian Ministers, Propaganda for .............................. 302, 438, 633, 743 Christ, Socialism and the Coming ......................... C. Jinarajadasa .. 10 Christ, The Coming of ..................................... Marie Russak ...... 514 Churches of the U. S., Statistics of the . ........... 374 Clairvoyance and Tradition ................................ C. W. Leadbeater ... 488 Clothes ................................................... C. W. Leadbeater .... 545 Colors of the Aura ..............................•......... C. W. Leadbeater .. „. 721 Concentration and Meditation, Benefits of ................... Emilie B. W elton .. :. 416 Conducting a Lodge Meeting ................................ J. C. Myers ....... \ 624 - i Digitized by Google ' INDEX 3 Contributors, Hints to ..................................... Wm. Brinsmaid . 492 Convention T. S.-35th Anniversary ........................ W. H. Kirby ........ 353 Convention, 24th American Section T. S. 109 Convention, 21st England and Wales ........................ Elizabeth Severs . 671 Convention Notes ......................................... C. J. 50 Coming (The) of Christ ................................... Marie Russak ...... 514 Communication ............................................ E. Holbrook . 201 Computation, A Matter-of-fact ............................. F. T. S ............. 503 Comradeship .............................................. A. F. Knudsen ...... 108 Correspondence, A Letter ... : . 494 Correspondence, Mrs. Besant and Mr. Sinnett .................................... 744 Correspondence, Letter .................................... Julia M. Hyde....... 123 Correspondence School ..... 44, 61, 125, 184, 235, 301, 352, 363, 443, 305, 566, 634, 695, 745 Correspondence, Theosophy by . • . 677 Counteslf Constance Wachtmeister .......................... C. H. Van der Linden 74 Countess Constance Wachtmeister ........................... Jacob Bonggren...... 167 Countess Wachtmeister, Death of ......................... R. A. and Mary W. Burnett . .. 43 Cremation Congress Soon ........ .. ......... ....... ..... Chicago Tribune .. •. 510 Current Literature: .. .. .. ........ ... .. ... ... ... .. ... !42, 306, 374, 427, 506, 696 Abbas Effendi . ...... .. ... .. .. .. .. .. Fortnightly Review .. 697 Chemical Society . 242 Cremation Congress Soon ....... ........... ... .... Chicago Tribune .... 510 Dutch East lndies ... .. ... .. ... .. .. .. .... .. .. .... .. A. P. W ... .... .. 243 Egyptian Magie . .. .... ..... ... .. .. .. ... .. .... Encyc. Brit. llth Ed. 696 F irst Universal Races Congress . .. „ „ . .. .... •. C. J ... „ „ .. „ .• . • 507 Gnana Lahari . 429 He is Resurrected .. ... .. ... .. .. ..... .. ....... London Times . 50e "Lead the Imaginary Life" .... .... .. ... .. .. ...... Life . 242 London Lectures 1911 .. .. ... .. .. ......... ..... Christian ,Commonwealth 697 Lost Atlantis . ...... .. ... .. .... ........ .. ..... ... Chicago Tribune . .. 508 "Married by Degrees." A Play by A. P. Sinnett .. ... ... London Daily Chronicle 689 Palaeolithic Man .... .... .. ... .. ..... ...... ..... Na,ture .... .•. ..
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