Theosophical History A Quarterly Journal of Research Volume IX, No. 2 April 2003 ISSN 0951-497X THEOSOPHICAL HISTORY THEOSOPHICAL HISTORY: OCCASIONAL PAPERS A Quarterly Journal of Research (ISBN 1-883279-00-3) Founded by Leslie Price, 1985 Editor: James A. Santucci Volume IX, No. 2 April 2003 EDITOR an affinity to modern Theosophy. The subscription rate for residents in the U.S., James A. Santucci Mexico, and Canada is $22.00 (one year) or $39.00 (two years). California resi- California State University, Fullerton dents, please add $1.71 (7.75%) sales tax onto the $22 rate or $2.95 onto the $39 VOLUME I Witness for the Prosecution: Annie Besant’s Testimony on Behalf of H.P. Blavatsky in the rate. For residents outside North America, the subscription rate is $26.00 (£18 N.Y. Sun/Coues Law Case ASSOCIATE EDITORS British Sterling) (one year) or $47.00 (£31) (two years). 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Starr..................................................................................3 Document Postinventional: Open Instruction On Aspiration And Attainment D.K.M. (from the Archives of Cecil Frederick Russell) Presented by Martin P. Starr.............................................................5 Article The Egyptian Theosophy of Count Michael Maier Hereward Tilton..............................................................................9 Book Review Uppkomsten av Teosofiska Samfundet i Finland Mikal Rothstein..............................................................................30 On the cover: Count Michael Maier (1569-1622). Photo supplied by Dr. Hereward Tilton. Editor’s Comments for the Phoenix: Spiritual Alchemy and occultist Aleister Crowley. We await Mr. Rosicrucianism in the Work of Count Michael Starr’s book length publication of his work, In this Issue Maier (1569-1622), will soon appear as a publi- The Unknown God: W.T. Smith And The cation from Walter de Gruyter. A slightly differ- Thelemites, for a full account of this ent rendering of his article appearing herein was unknown organization, which nonetheless ny attempt to formulate a coherent ments, so the inclusion of Maier as a theoso- delivered at the American Academy of Religion’s had among its members well-known definition of theosophy is less than pher-alchemist is not out of the question. annual conference in 2000 as part of the pro- occultists Paul Foster Case, Israel Regardie, Acompletely successful if only for the Indeed, Dr. Tilton observes that the theoso- gram on Western Esotericism from the Early and C.F. Russell. Also appearing in this issue fact that disparities exist between Christian phy of Maier—interpreted as a “knowledge Modern Period Consultation. At present, is the only U.B. document that has been theosophers and Blavatskyan-inspired of things divine” culled “through an experi- Dr. Tilton resides in Munich researching his brought to public attention, the Theosophists. Such differences exist not mental reading of the liber mundi, the book next book on the alchemist Heinrich Khunrath “Postinventional: Open Instruction On only between these two varieties but also of the world in which we may discern the under the auspices of the Alexander von Aspiration And Attainment.” among the many Christian theosophers and insignia of a most wise and benevolent Humboldt Foundation. the Blavatskyite Theosophists. One need Author”—could be realized “through the * * * only mention the Theosophies discussed in hieroglyphs and myths of ancient Egypt and * * * George Wyld’s (1821–1906) Theosophy and Greece,” which in turn represented “universal Finally, a book review of Tore Ahlbäck’s the Higher Life (1880), Mohini Chatterji’s alchemical processes” that provided a “pris- The Universal Brotherhood has been an Uppkomsten av Teosofiska Samfundet i Finland (1858–1936) and Laura Holloway’s Man: tine language” derived from the Creator. enigmatic and generally forgotten organiza- or The Emergence of the Theosophical Society Fragments of Forgotten History (1885), and Maier's theosophy or knowledge of the tion since the time when it first came on the in Finland, appears after a long delay. The the Countess of Caithness’ Mystery of the Ages divine, therefore, had a