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INSIDE THIS ISSUE An excerpt from Light of the Sanctuary – The Diary of Geoffrey Hodson (The Theosophical Publishers, Contact information 2 President’s Report 3 Inc, 1988). Library/Bookshop Report 3 The Amazing Story of the 5 The Theosophical Society – Clairvoyants Who The good ship Observed Atoms News and Updates 12 “I am convinced that the acceptance of Activities and Events 13 The Seventh Ray Influence 14 the Theosophical Society as an agency in – A Gateway to the True the world of the Great Brotherhood of the Adepts will not only Mysteries of the Great continue, but that its work will increase in effectiveness as also will the White Lodge Program of Lectures 15 responses from the Masters to the evocations from sincere truth- seekers and idealists amongst mankind. The Masters of the Wisdom will never withhold Their inspiration from Their ‘good ship’, the Theosophical Society.

One part of the precious Theosophical ‘cargo’ consists of survivals of the active Mystery Tradition. The Mystery Tradition, another presentation of Theosophia, is in these days becoming increasingly active as in the Orders of Chivalry, Freemasonry and Co-Freemasonry (an Order that admits women), for example, and in the growing interest in the esoteric teachings of the Eastern religions. (Participation in these Mystery Traditions) ensures the added ability to serve to all who, with the essential quality of wisely applied selflessness, aspire to knowledge of Truth.

The goal of Adeptship (can be) attained by ardent, selfless and determined aspirants.” Geoffrey Hodson

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Mt Helena’s infrastructure is fully restored. Stocktake and Audit of Library Books There are new steel power poles with insulated The major library news is that this extensive power cables connecting the numerous project which was commenced late last year has buildings on the property. Also the water supply now been completed. Not only were all current is fully restored. books verified but books that had gone missing The full cost of restoration was approximately over the years were identified and records $36,000. Our insurers paid $29,500 for repairs adjusted. and we paid $6,500 for some essential Our computer database records were also supplementary work. This is a good result for us. ‘tidied up’ as many typos in titles and author There is however a huge backlog of names were corrected and synchronised. Also, maintenance work to be done before we can many anomalies had to be individually identified start using Mt Helena once again. And you will and solved, such as book index numbers which see a flyer in this Link seeking assistance with did not correlate between the database and the ongoing maintenance work. Please take the that shown on the book. time to read the flyer, and if you think you are Again, many thanks to all who assisted in these capable of doing some work, please consider tasks with special mention of Skip for not volunteering. allowing the momentum to slow and Jean for This leads me straight into the motions that will assisting with the data entry. be taken to the next AGM, to be held in Reorganisation of Library Shelves September. One of which involves consideration of the sale of Mt Helena. By the time this Link is issued, many members will have discovered the extensive These motions have been formulated and reorganisation of the library shelving which was debated by the Executive Committee (EC) and efficiently completed in a short timeframe late we hope you also consider them carefully and in June. come to the AGM so that you can be part of the decision making process. These motions and the The two rear island bays were increased in reasons for raising them will be mailed out to height providing an additional 16 shelves and every member well in advance of the AGM. were also slightly relocated for better access. Within the current room, it is difficult to see any This will be my last president’s report as I way to increase shelving in the future – so we complete my third year as president. I would are to the max. like to thank all of those members and volunteers who have assisted over the last three However the main impact for most members years, and I hope you give the new president will be the relocation of some book categories. and EC your support. Maybe one third of these were affected in an attempt to spread the books more evenly and Kind regards, Harry Bayens The Theosophical Link 4 provide space at the end of categories for Copy of ‘November - December 2012’ Link additional future stock. If you can spare your copy of the above Link for A bin layout plan has been provided to assist in our records and future binding would you finding any relocated categories. please contact Skip or myself.

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By Brendan D. Murphy

In few, if any, science textbooks or records of Nobel laureates will you find the name of a bona fide and publicly acknowledged occultist or clairvoyant. This, however, is not because such individuals never contributed anything to the history of science. On the contrary, it is due to a profound hubris and acute myopia within the institute of Science that talented metaphysical pioneers have not been Charles W. Leadbeater credited with scientific discoveries and insights that were ahead of their time. In this material, excerpted from Chapter 6 of my upcoming book The Grand Illusion (Vol. 1) , we hone in on the startling work of two such metaphysicists in particular.

Occult chemistry: Leadbeater The initial investigations were hydrogen, nitrogen and and Besant collected and published in oxygen were clairvoyantly the first edition of Occult examined and their analyses From 1895 to 1933, Annie Chemistry in 1908 (the book presented tentatively to the Besant (1847 – 1933) and was subtitled Investigations public by Besant and Charles Leadbeater (1854 – by Clairvoyant Magnification Leadbeater. 1934), two of the best known into the Structure of the theosophists and Hydrogen, the first chemical Atoms of the Periodic Table metaphysicians of the 20 th atom selected for analysis, and Some Compounds ). A century, conducted and possessing the lowest second edition of the 1908 clairvoyant investigations into atomic weight, was found to material was issued in 1919. all of the then known be composed of eighteen The sum total of Besant and elements and certain smaller entities. Clairvoyantly Leadbeater’s clairvoyant compounds in order to it was seen to consist of six observations of the chemical observe the so-called small bodies, contained in an elements were collected and “fundamental building egg-like form. According to published posthumously in a blocks” that composed them, Leadbeater/Besant, it rotated third edition of Occult as well as their general with great rapidity on its own Chemistry in 1951. structure. This involved the axis, vibrating at the same apprehension of visual An article entitled “Occult time, and the internal bodies information at the sub- Chemistry” appeared in the performed similar gyrations. microscopic levels far beyond Theosophical publication “The whole atom spins and the ability of the eyes to Lucifer in 1895 (the year quivers, and has to be perceive. The term for this Leadbeater and Besant began steadied before exact kind of clairvoyant perception their collaboration) and was observation is possible”, they today is micro-psi (Besant and reprinted as a separate wrote. Leadbeater referred to it as pamphlet in 1905. In it, three The six little bodies are “magnifying ”). chemical elements, arranged in two sets of three, The Theosophical Link 6 forming two triangles that are The Ultimate Physical Atom smaller units. These smaller not interchangeable. Further, (UPA) units they dubbed an the six bodies are not all ‘ultimate physical atom’ As noted, in 1895—when alike; they each contain three (UPA), and later took to physical atoms were still smaller bodies – each of referring to them as ‘Anu’ thought to be the most basic these being an ultimate (singular and plural)—the unit of matter—in the early physical atom – but in two of Sanskrit term for this new stages of their investigation, them the three atoms are entity. They had no way to Leadbeater and Besant arranged in a line, while in determine the exact size of observed that hydrogen was the remaining four they are the UPA but they found that 1 not a unity but was arranged in a triangle. it existed in two varieties: composed of eighteen positive and negative (or Yin and Yang). The positive and negative aspects wound around each other in opposite directions (somewhat like the snakes on the caduceus, or the helical structure of DNA), forming the UPA. 2 According to Besant and Leadbeater, “the ultimate atom…is an exceedingly complex body, and only its main characteristics are given in the diagram. It is composed entirely of spirals, the spiral being in its turn composed of spirillae, and these again of minuter spirillae.” In addition to this reference to the subatomic fractality of ‘matter,’ they correctly declared that the Anu was

definitely not the electron. Figure 1 . The hydrogen “micro-psi atom”. The spirals composing the

The UPAs are the heart-shaped objects designated a plus or UPA, if unwound, would minus sign denoting either an inflow (minus) or outflow (plus) of actually be found to be circles energy. Stephen M. Phillips argues that each triangle is a single or strings—twisted around on hydrogen nuclei and that the micro-psi observation has somehow themselves many times to bonded two together. The mid-sized circles are therefore quarks, create the helical form and the heart-shaped entities sub-quarks. depicted.

Source: by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater The Theosophical Link 7 Oxygen was found to consist of 290 minor atoms and nitrogen of 261. Now, this is where it gets even more interesting. When Besant and Leadbeater divided the number of UPAs in oxygen by the number of UPAs comprising hydrogen (18), they arrived at 16.11, almost exactly the atomic weight of the oxygen atom (16). This procedure yielded the same precision with nitrogen, an even more complex structure than oxygen, and therefore Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, London, 1901, during that much more challenging investigations into Occult Chemistry to apprehend clairvoyantly not expect this kind of science are referred to in my for the occultists. In fact, this amazing result. The Grand Illusion 1. ) The uncanny precision continued models of physics on the right through the entire table As a matter of fact, this ability cutting edge have been left of known elements of the to deduce the accepted with no choice but to time (minor human errors atomic weights of the incorporate other dimensions notwithstanding). elements from the number of or ‘levels’ of reality to UPAs they observed was the Although science had not account for today’s only thing Occult Chemistry identified such a thing as the scientifically observable had in common with the ultimate physical atom, phenomena. Furthermore, chemistry of 1895. 4 Besant and Leadbeater had Leadbeater and Besant’s identified this tiny entity as Noteworthy is the way the clairvoyant analysis provides comprising physical atoms UPA was depicted by intimate and detailed (i.e. it is a subatomic entity). Leadbeater/Besant as being verification of the Moreover, by using hydrogen created by an upwelling of hyperdimensional torsion as the standard (being the force from a higher- and/or spin forces embedded first element in the periodic dimensional source—just as in the ‘aether,’ which I write table—itself being composed in the hyperdimensional about extensively in The of eighteen UPAs), they were physics advocated by Paul Grand Illusion 1. able to ascertain the atomic LaViolette, David Wilcock, How They Arrived at the UPA weight of the elements by Richard Hoagland, and dividing the number of UPAs others researching aether Leadbeater and Besant they observed by eighteen. physics. (Those readers explained: “Any gaseous Should Besant and interested in the notion of an chemical atom may be Leadbeater have been merely aetheric medium and its false dissociated into less ‘delusional cranks,’ we should elimination from mainstream complicated bodies; these, The Theosophical Link 8 again, into still less Believe it or not, there dimensional space, and complicated; these, again, appears to have been passing through the atom, into yet still less another clairvoyant ahead of pours into the physical world complicated… [T]he fourth the game. At a time when [‘male’]. In the second, it dissociation gives the Isaac Newton (a Hermeticist, pours in from the physical ultimate physical atom. This though not clairvoyant) was world, and out through the may vanish from the physical arguing that matter was atom into the ‘outside’ again, , but it can undergo no composed of impenetrable i.e., vanishes from the further dissociation on it.” 5 atoms given motion by physical world.” 7 (This was (emphasis added) outside forces, Emmanuel the ‘female’ UPA.) Swedenborg taught that Note that in their description In agreement with present- matter was made up of a of the UPA is a hint of day aether researcher Paul series of particles in multidimensional behaviour LaViolette, David Yurth states ascending order of size, each (this becomes very relevant in Seeing Past the Edge that of which was composed of a shortly). Interestingly, in these two opposite or mirror closed vortex of energy which 1888, the co-founder of image particles constitute spiralled at infinite speeds to (it was founded in what we now refer to as give the appearance of 1875), Helena P. Blavatsky , 6 matter and anti-matter solidity. pre-empting Leadbeater and states. 8 This makes sense in Besant by at least seven Two types of UPAs were light of Leadbeater and years, explained in The Secret observed by Besant and Besant’s comments that the Doctrine that on the next Leadbeater (see Figure 2), positive/male UPA flows its higher plane (etheric), what and they were identical in creative energy outwards into then-current science every way except “the our reality while the considered an direction of their whorls and negative/female (anti-matter) undecomposable unity would of the force which pours counterpart transmutes – to higher perception – through them. In the one energy from our reality back prove very complex. Water, case force pours in from the into the aether. for example, would feature ‘outside,’ from fourth- Leadbeater and Besant said “many other constituents” besides just hydrogen and oxygen.

As theosophists, Leadbeater and Besant would have anticipated the composition of the elements they clairvoyantly inspected (having obtained some hard to get samples via Sir William

Crookes) to have been much more complex than the Figure 2. The two types of Ultimate Physical Atoms (UPAs), Male scientists of their time and Female. believed. They were right. Source: Occult Chemistry by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater The Theosophical Link 9 that if the higher-dimensional Swedenborg) know with such Phipps and Taylor in 1927. energy flow was stopped certainty so far in advance of The circular precessional even momentarily, the whole science that our ‘physical’ motion described by the axis manifest universe would world’s source of origin is the of the spinning UPA would disappear, “as a cloud melts aetheric medium’s spin later become known in away in the empyrean. It is dynamics? physics as Larmor precession. only the persistence of that Though the expansion and Besant and Leadbeater flow which maintains the contraction (radial pulsation) described the ultimate physical basis of the described by Leadbeater and 9 physical atom described as a universe.” LaViolette (among Besant is still unknown to sphere, slightly flattened, many others) has vindicated physicists today, LaViolette with a depression at the point our two eminent occultists on points out that this where the force flows in, this point, agreeing that description is quite plausible causing a ‘heart-like’ form. without this constant flow, in the context of the ancient “Each atom is surrounded by 14 “the subatomic particles and aether physics. a field,” they wrote, “formed energy waves composing our of the atoms of the four The UPA’s spinning motion is physical universe would higher planes, which common to globules in gradually dissipate, disolving surround and interpenetrate complex plasmas 15 , and as [sic] into a state of it.” 12 If this is accurate, then we see in Chapter 9 of The uniformity. What would etheric, astral and mental Grand Illusion , many of remain would be the ever- particles are of increasingly Leadbeater’s and other present, vast, and large size (physicists are metaphysicists’ clairvoyant unfathomable multi- searching for these ‘super observations can be dimensional consciousness, particles’ without realising accounted for in light of of which we are a part, and they have already been plasma dynamics. For whose now featureless calm quietly discovered). instance, when exposed to an ‘surface’ had once generated electric current the UPAs, as our beautiful physical Leadbeater and Besant’s 10 depicted by Besant and universe. “ depiction of the UPA was Leadbeater in 1919, arranged fundamentally toroidal and Physicist Nassim Haramein themselves in physical rows way ahead of their time: “It also supports this view, of ‘particle chains’—just like turns incessantly upon its stating that “without spin, globules in complex plasma, own axis, spinning like a top; 16 none of reality can come to as illustrated by A. Piel et al. it describes a small circle with exist. All things spin!” In this UPA formation the its axis, as though the axis of Haramein agrees that “spin is depression of one UPA the spinning top moved in a fundamental to creation and receives the aetheric flow of small circle; it has a regular objects that appear to be its neighbouring particle and pulsation, a contraction and inanimate exist solely then passed it out through its expansion, like the pulsation because spinning atoms own apex, and so on. of the heart.” 13 Spin was first within allow the objects to proposed in physics thirty In Occult Chemistry radiate, and hence, appear in 11 years later by Goudsmit and Leadbeater refers to the UPA our reality.” How did Uhlenbeck in 1925 and was as having a certain level of Leadbeater and Besant (and confirmed in electrons by apparent consciousness, and The Theosophical Link 10 our best occultists and the most ‘harmonic’ shape, physicists, he took a serious mystics (and scientists) all he acknowledges that interest in the material, and seem to agree that the changing energy densities in the end result was a major universe is indeed conscious the aether can cause these technical validation of the at all levels. It is interesting, spheres to warp to some data obtained by Leadbeater as Jay Alfred points out, that extent. For instance, they and Besant. David Bohm’s research into may stretch and flatten to Dr. Phillips discovered that plasmas yielded the create a donut-like shape, “Besant and Leadbeater’s observation that electrons in otherwise known as the clairvoyant descriptions of a plasma configuration began torus, a model employed by 18 the chemical elements are to act as if they were part of a Wilcock, Haramein and completely consistent with larger, interconnected whole, string theory. the Quark, Quantum so much so that he frequently Occultists’ Vindication Chromodynamic and Super- had the impression that the Arrives Via Dr. Phillips String theories of modern electron sea was “alive”. subatomic physics.” 19 This he Mircea Sanduloviciu and In the late 1970s Stephen detailed in depth in his 1980 colleagues have even created Phillips, then a physics book The Extra-Sensory plasma spheres that can graduate student at the Perception of Quarks , in grow, replicate and University of California, which Phillips reconciled communicate, fulfilling most happened across some of the Occult Chemistry with traditional requirements for diagrams from Occult 17 modern physics. Because of biological/living cells. Chemistry. Contrary to what his work, “ Occult Chemistry we might expect of most The links between consciousness and the spiraling energy inherent in the multidimensional fabric of the cosmos are being increasingly elaborated on by modern science. It is interesting to note some of the parallels between modern toroidal models and the fundamentally toroidal model Besant and Leadbeater described during their clairvoyant investigations. The Third Eye Chakra or Ajna

While Wilcock states that the According to clairvoyant Charles Leadbeater, there is a tube-like aether’s substance naturally structure that protrudes from the Ajna, or third-eye chakra of the forms itself into a spherical etheric body, and it is by means of utilising this tube as an organ formation because of the of vision that one can exercise micro-psi – the apprehension of near-uniformity of the visual information at the sub-microscopic levels far beyond the aetheric pressure on all sides, ability of the eyes to perceive. He referred to it as “magnifying as well as the fact that it is clairvoyance”. The Theosophical Link 11 now stands as a glittering of the siddhis Patanjali wrote ‘particles’ (standing wave testimony to the validity of about in his Yoga Sutras circa structures) venture Besant and Leadbeater’s 400 B.C. rhythmically in and out of. claims.” 20 Yurth comments that this One more interesting thing brings us “literally to the Edge To gain some comprehension about sub-quarks highly 23 of creation.” Do pause and of how controversial a terrain pertinent to our occult let all of that sink in for a we tread here, the existence leitmotif: The sub-quark’s moment. of sub-quarks was only track looks the way it does recently scientifically because in our space-time Conclusions accepted, and even then not continuum the particle exists Our occultists have been unanimously. Yurth reports and then does not exist, quantitatively and that in the 1990s an armada exists and then does not qualitatively vindicated from of 450 scientists confirmed exist. The discovery of the almost every conceivable the existence of sub-quarks sub-quark constituted the angle (I cover more angles with an ‘unprecedented’ level very first scientifically verified than we have space for here of scrutiny, and still physicists instance of multi-dimensional in The Grand Illusion 1 ). If we at the American Physical behaviour in a measurable accept Phillips’ conclusion Society, MIT, Princeton and physical entity: “…in the that ultimate physical atoms Columbia University rarified environment of the (UPAs) are sub-quarks rather succeeded in suppressing the particle accelerator, the sub- than atoms, as publication of the research quark exists-disappears- Leadbeater/Besant once data in such mainstream exists-disappears with a thought, then it is from publications as Scientific consistent, repeated, dedicated occultists that we American , Physics Letters , predictable frequency 21 22 have obtained the first and Physics Review and Nature . pattern…” possibly most accurate and Thank goodness for free Leadbeater and Besant stated detailed depictions of them scientific enquiry, eh? that the UPA—like the sub- and the aetheric medium Regardless, Besant and quark today—could vanish which spawns them. On top Leadbeater were obviously from its plane but could of that, we must credit the capable of perceiving the undergo no further initial discoveries of several fundamental nature of subdivision. It is truly the isotopes to Leadbeater and matter using occult means, most fundamental aspect of Besant. Overall, the the siddhis. According to physical matter at our density interrelated combination of Leadbeater, there is a tube- level. The scientific clairvoyant observations, like structure that protrudes verification of Leadbeater string theory, and from the Ajna, or third-eye and Besant’s observations ‘anomalous’ research findings chakra of the etheric body clearly indicates the human that the Standard Model and it is by means of utilizing ability to peer into domains cannot explain—but which this tube as an organ of vision non-existent to our ordinary aether models can easily that one can exercise micro- senses and science’s incorporate—is too powerful psi. As we can see, there is conventional equipment— to ignore. good reason to believe him. domains our most This psi faculty/ability is one fundamental known The Theosophical Link 12 Editor’s note: Due to space limitations, a small part of the article was not included in this reprint. If you would like a copy of the full article, please contact the office or leave a note in the Editor’s drawer.

About the Author

Brendan D. Murphy is a rising Australian author and contributing writer for New Dawn , Mindscape and Veritas magazines, as well as several websites. Currently based in Perth, Brendan – also a talented musician – is the author of the forthcoming science-meets-metaphysics non-fiction epic The Grand Illusion: A Synthesis of Science and Spirituality (Vols 1 & 2). Years in the making, this groundbreaking research project is designed to permanently blow minds wide open and transform consciousness. Readers are warmly invited to visit The Grand Illusion Fan Page on Facebook for more articles, information, and free book excerpts. Go to www.facebook.com/The.Grand.Illusion.Books

Footnotes

1. Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater, Occult Chemistry: 12. Besant & Leadbeater, 1919 Clairvoyant Observations on the Chemical Elements, 1919 13. Ibid 2. Annie Besant and Charles W. Leadbeater, Occult Chemistry , 1950 14. Paul A. LaViolette, Genesis of the Cosmos , 238-9 3. Ibid 15. Jay Alfred, Our Invisible Bodies , 49 4. Donald DeGracia, Beyond the Physical , 109 16. Ibid, 50 5. Besant & Leadbeater, 1919 17. Ibid, 65-8, 133-4 6. See Victor Zammit, A Lawyer Presents the Case for the Afterlife, 18. See www.theresonanceproject.org/research.html for Ch. 2, www.victorzammit.com Haramein’s model 7. Besant & Leadbeater, 1919 19. Ibid 8. David Yurth, Seeing Past the Edge , 252 20. Ibid. See also Phillips 9. Besant & Leadbeater, 1919 21. Yurth, 255 10. Paul LaViolette, SubquantumKinetics: A Systems Approach to 22. Ibid, 54-5 Physics and Cosmology 23. Ibid, 55 11. Nassim Haramein, What is the Origin of Spin? www.theresonanceproject.org/pdf/origin_of_spin.pdf

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Activity or Event Date and Time Hatha Yoga classes

10 am to 12 pm Hatha Yoga classes for the not so young and not so flexible. each Friday In this class we work on increasing body awareness, discovering

and lengthening tight muscles, learning breathing techniques, Facilitated by relaxation and some of the simpler yoga postures. The last half- Gailene Wester hour is for practicing for those who wish to

participate. No experience necessary and all are welcome. Theosophy Science Discussion Group (Perth)

The Theosophy-Science Discussion Group meets to discuss topics of current scientific interest, in the light of Theosophy. Members of the Group are not required to have a scientific Meets at 2pm on background, merely an interest in how science is shaping our the first Saturday lives. Upcoming topics include: of each month • August – Nanotechnology (sometimes shortened to "nanotech") is the manipulation of matter on an atomic August 3rd and molecular scale. Nanotechnology may be able to September 7th create many new materials and devices in medicine, October 5th electronics, biomaterials and energy production.

• September – Energy. In the words of Richard Feynman, Facilitated by "It is important to realise that in physics today, we have Hana O’Rourke no knowledge what energy is. We do not have a picture that energy comes in little blobs of a definite amount." • October – The Akashic Experience. A look at Science and the Cosmic Memory Field. The Collected Writings of H.P Blavatsky Meets 2 – 4pm “This work I dedicate to all true Theosophists, in every country, (Reading room) and of every race, for they called it forth, and for them it was recorded. “ – HPB. Fridays: August 2nd , 16 th , This group meets in the TS reading room. 30 th Sept 13 th , 27 th John Gay (1685-1732) – A Thought on Eternity Oct 11 th , 25 th Gazing into eternity ‘Ere the Foundations of the World were laid, Facilitated by ‘Ere kindling Light the Almighty Word obey’d Thou were; and when the subterraneous Flame Brian Wood Shall burst its prison, and devour this Frame ….. 0421 945 155 Though shalt still Be; still, as thou were before, And know no Change, when time shall be no more. O Endless Thought! Divine Eternity! The Theosophical Link 14 The Seventh Ray Influence - A Gateway to the True Mysteries of the Great White Lodge

The following article is an excerpt from Charles W. Leadbeater’s book Climpses of Masonic History (Theosophical Publishing House, Adyar, 1926). According to Leadbeater, “Masonry is found to be a direct descendant of the Mysteries of Egypt (once the heart of that splendid faith whose wisdom and power were the glory of the ancient world), and its purpose is still to serve as a gateway to the true Mysteries of the Great White Lodge. It offers to its initiates far more than Count of St. Germain a mere moralisation upon building tools, and yet it is founded upon the purest principles of piety and virtue, for without the practice of morality and the living of the ethical life no true spiritual progress is possible”.

Masonry must surely have a wonderful part to Masonry itself with its many coloured pageant of rites is a splendid manifestation. Thus in the play in the civilization of the future. Not for coming days when the [World Teacher] will visit naught have the old hallowed rites been yet again His holy sanctuaries - guarded preserved in secret and the immemorial powers throughout the ages by His great Disciple, the of the Mysteries transmitted throughout the Prince-Adept of the seventh ray and the Master ages to our modern world of the twentieth of our Craft - we may look for a restoration to century; for we stand to-day on the threshold of the worthy, and to the worthy alone, not only of a new era, which will be heralded by the coming the full splendour of ceremonial , once forth once more of the World Teacher, the Lord more to be a true vehicle of the Hidden Light, of Love Himself, who taught in Palestine two but also of that secret wisdom of the Mysteries thousand years ago. which has long been forgotten in the outer The time has come for the blossoming of a new Lodges and Chapters of the Brotherhood. sub-race, and it is already beginning to appear in Such surely is the destiny that awaits our North America, Australia and other lands. In beloved Order in the future; such the splendour that sub-race, there will be egos of different that will transfigure the Craft in the years that temperaments; some no doubt will seek their are to come, until within its temple walls once inspiration in the liberal forms of Catholic more is raised - not only in symbol but in actual Christianity, but others will find themselves fact - the ladder which stretches between earth attracted to the philosophic and ceremonial and heaven, between men and the Grand Lodge teaching formerly given in the Mysteries of above, to lead them from the darkness of the Egypt which are the heritage of the Masonic world to the fullness of light in God, to the Rose brotherhood. which ever blossoms at the heart of the Cross, [T]he influence of the sixth ray, the ray of to the Blazing Star whose shining brings peace devotion which inspired the Christian mystics and strength and blessing to all the worlds. and the glorious Gothic architecture of the For more information on Masonry, and in particular Middle Ages is passing away, and the seventh Co-Freemasonry (an order which admits women), come ray is beginning to dominate the world - the ray along to the TS on Tuesday 24 September for a talk of ceremonial magic which brings the especial by James M. White - See the Program of Lectures for co-operation of the Angelic hosts, of which more information. The Theosophical Link 15 Program of Lectures

Definition of meeting types and relevant guidelines

 Public meetings – All members and the public are welcome to attend.  General meetings – For members, with interested persons of the public welcome to attend up to 4 meetings, with the objective to explore and confirm an interest in becoming a member of the TS. If after attending 4 meetings the person is not interested in becoming a member they are requested to restrict their visits to other options open to the public.  Members only meetings – Generally for TS members only. However, members attending may invite a guest to whom the presentation would be of interest and benefit, is known to have a basic understanding of theosophy, and is in harmony with the membership requirements and the general principles of the TS.  Strictly members only – Are strictly for current members only. Non-members will not be admitted to the meeting. All sessions, unless otherwise stated, run from 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm The opinions expressed in the lectures are those of the speakers and not necessarily those of the TS in Perth.

AUGUST New Continents and Old Containers - DVD facilitated by Robyn Kean In this 45 min. DVD Prof. former International VP of the TS suggests that Tues 6 August the world is changing with a new continent of thought rising for us to dwell on, but Members Only we who are to dwell there are still the same old containers of prejudice and Meeting conditioning into which new spiritual wine cannot be poured. If we are to have a new world, we must become new ourselves. Evening of Meditation - presented by the Theosophical Order of Service A TOS fund raising night - Please join the TOS for our delicious snacks and light supper for $7 at 6:30 pm and to check out the raffle basket and other items for sale. Tues 13 August The money raised is donated to many worthy causes. Tonight, the TOS will lead the General meeting group in three different . The meditations will follow the Taoist, Buddhist and Theosophical traditions. Meditation is the journey to contentment and happiness. It is the beginning of self love and healing. A gift we give to ourselves. Come join us on our journey. The Spiritual Path and the Phoenix Mystery - Linda Oliveira - National President of the TS in Australia Tues 20 August The phoenix bird is found in the mythologies of a number of cultures, its Greek Members Only name meaning bright coloured. A fabulous creature, the phoenix has gone through Meeting various representations in art and literature, including Greek and Roman writers. It also has a fascinating significance when applied to the Spiritual Path, which we will explore in this presentation. The Way of the Warrior - Linda Oliveira - National President of the TS in Australia From antiquity, war has been a feature of human communities as well as the Wed 21 August human psyche. To participate fully in any kind of war requires daring, courage and Public meeting will. This powerpoint presentation will consider the way of the warrior from three points of view: the warrior in the world, the hero as warrior, and the Warrior of the Spirit. Scientology: A Religion, an Applied Psychology, a Spiritual Technology? - Tues 27 August Linda Napier Strictly Members Call it what you will, Scientology has emerged to become the answer to all Only Meeting problems of modern life for some people - a manipulative power trip for others. We The Theosophical Link 16 will take an exploratory walk to uncover the facts of this controversial religious philosophy. SEPTEMBER Nomination Night for Executive Committee positions (approx. 10 min.) followed by: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: Her Early Life - Tina Hentisz Tues 3 Sept General Meeting Who was she, what was her childhood like? What were the influences that shaped her ideas for the future? We take a pictorial look at the early life of HPB in this powerpoint presentation. Annual General Meeting (AGM) Tues 10 Sept Note that a quorum of 25 members is required to proceed with this meeting. Please Strictly Members make a special effort to attend so we do not need to reschedule this required Only meeting meeting. The Truth and Myths About Hypnosis - James Power Tues 17 Sept In tonight’s lecture James, a qualified hypnotherapist, will explore the history of General meeting hypnosis and mesmerism, some key people of the time, the benefits people receive and the difference between the past and present techniques and results. A Challenging Spiritual Journey - in Co -Freemasonry - James M. White This talk will deal with the personal development of the individual through his own exploration of the concepts encapsulated in Freemasonry. This perennial search for Tues 24 Sept wisdom and spirituality is given a pathway that he, as a Freemason and a Bishop in General meeting the , recommends for consideration by us all. This search is capable of having a wide application especially through the tenets and practices of ritual Freemasonry, when its meaning and purpose is opened to the light. OCTOBER Philosophical Teachings in The Mahatma Letters - DVD facilitated by Anne Tues 1 Oct Bower Members Only In this 6 part series Joy Mills, one of the foremost TS scholars on the “Mahatma Meeting Letters” discusses some of the essential philosophical ideals of the spiritual teachers of H.P. Blavatsky. Tonight’s 45 min. presentation looks at part 1 of this series. Is There any Commonality with Rapa Nui, Prehistoric Giants, 'Lost' - and What, if Anything, Does Theosophy Have to Say About This? - Hans Tues 8 Oct Smit General meeting Tonight's varied powerpoint presentation will explore puzzling mysteries, speculate ancient lands and inhabitants, and attempt to follow the pilgrim's journey (you). Some Roads Less Travelled - Becky Newell In this powerpoint presentation we will consider the lives of some hermits and Tues 15 Oct renunciates throughout early history to modern times. Whatever their religious General meeting traditions may be, themes common to the lives of these solitary practitioners include ascetic austerities, deprivations, and dramatic and ecstatic visions. Intuition: A Transpersonal and Neuroscience Perspective - DVD facilitated by Harry Bayens Tues 22 Oct In this 70 min. DVD Prof. Richard Silberstein explores some of the latest discoveries General Meeting and insights in this fascinating area of study. This is a recording of Prof. Silberstein's presentation at the 2013 Melbourne Convention. Buddhism For Sheep - Skip Pry This second series powerpoint presentation of different Zen Buddhist aphorisms, as Tues 29 Oct was done earlier in May, will again be presented on four more different topics with General meeting additional accompanying humorous illustrations for an interactive audience discussion and participation to explore what they may mean to you in your own spiritual path journey.