Theos-Talk Archives (March 1998 Message tt00157)

MARCH 18TH 1998

Concerning Swedenborg in Theosophical literature:

I came across the following references:

OCEAN OF THEOSOPHY	p. 44,
ISIS UNVEILED		Vol I 	306 580
			Fol. 2	73 308fn 470-1
T. Glossary		318 214 188 198  [ Brothers of "Light" and  of "Luxor" ]
GATES OF GOLD		25
S D			Vol. I 118fn
H P B Articles		Vol. 3, p. 281;  Vol. 1, p. 426	ULT Edition
MODERN PANARION	143 61
THEOSOPHICAL ARTICLES & NOTES  (ULT)   p. 67
W Q Judge Articles	Vol. II p. 252
HPB to AP SINNETT LETTERS  p. 398
THEOSOPHY MAGAZINE  Vol. 30, p. 60
THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT MAGAZINE  Vol. 14, p. 10

I hope these may be of help,				Dallas

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| From: "Jeff Needle" <jeff.needle@general.com>
| Subject: Re:Swedenbor
| Date: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 3:42 PM
|
| > Jeff Writes
| > >I am Swedenborgian, and have wondered what feeling there is
about
| > >any connection Emanuel Swedenborg might have had with Theosophy.
| > >At least one secular biography of Swedenborg called him a
| > >theosophist; I've never seen any support for this before.
| >
| > One must distinguish between 'theosophy' and any of the
theosophical
| > societies. Swedenborg died in 1772 and so of course had nothing
to do with
| > the Theosophical Society. Theosophy is a general term
encompassing all those
| > who follow and teach the Divine Wisdom. Hence Jacob Boehme,
Paracelsus,
| > Pythagoras et al. were all 'theosophists'.
| > When naming the society a dictionary was thumbed through and
'theosophy' was
| > picked.
| >
| > Cordially,
| > Bruce
| Yes, I see this now.  I should have seen it before.  I remember
| reading a delightful volume titled "Madame Blavatsky's Babboon" a
| few years ago.  I should have recalled the time periods.
|
| Thanks for the reminder!
|
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