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December 2023

December 30, 2023
  A look at three Swedish-American immigrants who belonged to the Theosophical Society, and their...
December 25, 2023
THE DECAY OF LYING ACT III. VIII. ⸻ Willie Yeats joined the Esoteric Section of...
December 25, 2023
THE GENERAL IDEA UNDERLYING THE OPERA ACT III. VII. ⸻ The City of Berlin was...

November 2023

November 12, 2023
THE CIVIC CHURCH ~   Choral Service, Sunday Evening, April 14, 1907. Carnegie Hall.[1]  ...
November 11, 2023
WHERE VISHNU SLUMBERS IN HIS SEA-GIRT SHRINE ACT III. VI. ⸻ “That so great a...
November 10, 2023
    THE NEW PILGRIM’S PROGRESS Mark Twain c. 1867 (Source: Wiki)   In 1867...
November 05, 2023
Words are meaningless. We give words meaning. We give words meaning to convey an idea....
November 04, 2023
Herman Melville watched the Petra party leave on a French steamer for Alexandria on the...
November 01, 2023
  An excessive heatwave blanketed New York in July 1911.[1] Acton Griscom, a month shy...

October 2023

October 22, 2023
BEFORE THE ATMA AWAKES ACT III. V. ⸻ Immediately after the Notice of the formation...
October 21, 2023
THE ONE WHO THINKS HE KNOWS ACT III. IV. ⸻   The tall pale man...
October 16, 2023
    Lamasery.   David A Curtis, “one of the cleverest reporters on the New...
October 16, 2023
The Airdsmen huddled over the skeleton in the trench. “Who do ya ‘spose it was?”...
October 13, 2023
BOWERY ~   Percy Grant, the rector of the Ascension Church, was among the men...
October 10, 2023
  HALLOWEEN   In “olden times” it was believed that the night marked the annual...

September 2023

September 06, 2023
OCCULTISM OF SOUTHERN INDIA. ACT III. III. ⸻   “Just imagine,” said Verochka, “a certain...
September 05, 2023
  TOWER HAMLETS ACT III. I. ⸻ “I am speaking nearly every night,” said Besant....
September 04, 2023
  DECCAN PLATEAU ACT II. XIII. ⸻ A public reception for the Bombay Theosophical Society...
September 03, 2023
THE CAVES OF ELEPHANTA ACT II. XI. ⸻ “India is needed!” said Tukaram. He drew...
September 03, 2023
APOLLO BUNDER ACT II. X. ⸻ “The result of the interview with my wife was...
September 03, 2023
THEORY OF UTILITY ACT II. IX. ⸻   Dalpatram Shukla treated Moniya like a brother,...
September 03, 2023
ET IN ARCADIA EGO ACT II. VIII. ⸻   On October 19, 1888, the eve...
September 02, 2023
  ALWAYS THIN AND GRAVE ACT II. VII. ⸻ “The New York Morning Journal, under...

August 2023

August 04, 2023
GLORIFIED IN THE LAND OF BABYLON ACT II. VI. ⸻ The marriage of Verochka and...

July 2023

July 30, 2023
A CURIOUS REUNION ON WALNUT STREET ACT II. V. ⸻   Govindarao Sattay was among...
July 29, 2023
NONSENSE OF BROKEN TEACUPS ACT II. IV. ⸻ ~ After Olcott’s arrival at London a...
July 28, 2023
IN DARKEST LONDON ACT II. III. ⸻   “The ticketing agent for the Great Western...
July 26, 2023
UNION OF HEARTS ACT II. II. (Maud's story continued from "The Servant of the Queen.")...
July 23, 2023
  THE LITTLE TOY TEMPLE ON NASSAU STREET ACT II. I. ⸻ On September 25,...
July 21, 2023
SOUDAN ~   In February 1907, Irvine returned to New York from South. He was...
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