| CALIFORNIA UTOPIA
Point Loma: 1897-1942 |
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| Emmett A. Greenwalt |
History
of
Point Loma. It is all here: the beginnings with ceremony and high hopes
and a philosophy of "ancient wisdom," on the chaparral-covered slopes of
Point Loma, facing the blue Pacific; the pouring in of distinguished supporters,
not only from various parts of the USA, but from England, Wales, Scotland,
Sweden, Holland, Germany, Cuba, Japan; the transformation to a place of
beauty, the initial shock to the local clergy of the Theosophists' doctrines
of reincarnation and karma; congresses for peace, calls for prison reform
and against capital punishment and vivisection and for universal brotherhood
and humanity; courtroom battles; success and recognition of contributions
in education, in literature, music, drama, art and agriculture; financial
strains and difficulties; and finally, the great hegira.
Bonus: A free copy of: The Point Loma Theosophical Society, List
of Publications 1898-1942, by Loren Brown. UCSD Library, 1977.
650 entries, cross referenced, 18 plates, 136 pages. Hardcover,
260 pages, $18.50
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| Paperback, 260 pages,
$12.95
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| Hardcover ISBN: 0-913004-30-8
- Paperback ISBN: 0-913004-31-6 |
| THE ELDER BROTHER
A Biography Of Charles Webster Leadbeater |
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| Gregory Tillett |
| Is he world's
greatest occultist and psychic? Or the worst sort of charlatan and con-man?
These widely ranging views of Charles Leadbeater were current in his lifetime
and even now, years after his death in 1934, he remains a controversial
figure. His disciples hailed him as the greatest seer of their age; his
enemies attacked him as a fraud or worse. But as Gregory Tillett shows
in this biography of Leadbeater, he has exerted great influence on modern
ideas about the occult. Supported by archival reference and extensive bibliography,
this book makes a lucid statement of historical facts, neither pro nor
con, on a controversial figure in the Theosophical Society.
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| Illustrated, hard cover, 337 pages,
$25.00 |
| ISBN: 0-913004-83-9 |
| THE ESOTERIC
SHE:
Articles on H.P. Blavtsky's Life, Work,
and Teachings |
|
William Quan Judge
Compiled and Edited by Daniel H. Caldwell |
We
read of Judge's first contact
with HPB, his personal experiences with her as she wrote Isis Unveiled;
of his knowledge of her occult phenomena in the early New York days; his
sketch of her vibrant career under the title of "The Esoteric She," published
in the New York Sun after her death; his clear analysis of the Hodgson
Report; his stirring "Yours Till Death and After, H.P.B."; and also included
is his article "The Habitations of H.P.B." (with pictures).
These, and other articles, make this a unique offering at this
time of Centenary celebration of H.P.B., valuable for libraries and for
one's personal use.
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| Illustrated, Paperback, $8.00 |
| ISBN: 0-913004-72-3 |
| GOLDEN THREADS IN
THE TAPESTRY OF HISTORY |
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| Kenneth Morris |
Welsh
historian,
poet and story-teller, Kenneth Morris, writes of the rise and fall of nations, "They journey through birth, childhood, youth, manhood, old age, death,
and rebirth; have their days and nights, summers and winters. At every
stage there is a tide which, taken at its flood, leads on to fortune."
In this volume, which a reader describes as "the forerunner
of the history book of the future," we learn more than of violence and
wars, of edicts sworn to and broken, of judicial statutes compromised and
forgotten. We see revealed gleams of the "Light" side so often submerged
in the awful shout and tumult of traditional historical narration. These
are the Golden Threads that brighten history's dark record; and, in this
series of historical essays we catch their elusive radiance, not only in
Renaissance Europe, but in ancient Cathay, Persia, and in Islam.
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| Paperback, 246 pages, $8.95 |
| ISBN: 0-913004-27-8 |
| H.P.
BLAVATSKY: THE MYSTERY |
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| G. de Purucker in collaboration
with Katherine Tingley |
Here
at last are explanations of the spiritual-psychological mystery
of H.P. Blavatsky, an enigma that has baffled scientists, philosophers,
and orthodox religionists; attackers and supporters for the last
hundred years.
More than the outline of the life of a human personality, this volume
is the biography of a soul, the soul of one who may rightly be called "the
most remarkable and interest figure of her age - indeed, of
any age known to history."
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| Paperback, 258 pages, $10.95 |
| ISBN: 0-913004-14-6- |
| H.P.
BLAVATSKY AND THE THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT |
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| Charles J. Ryan |
With
careful documentation and persuasive exposition the author presents
an authentic account of the chief incidents in H.P. Blavatsky's
life, her ideals, and her unswerving dedication to the service
of Humanity.
Controversial matters - and H.P.B. and controversy go hand in hand - about
which today there may still be differences in opinion, are examined becasue
they touch closely on fundamentals. They are discussed with the author's penetrating
insight, yet with an impersonal touch not lacking persuasive charm.
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| Lexitone Hardcover, 464 pages,
illustrated, $12.00 |
| ISBN: 0-913004-25-1 |
| MADAME
BLAVATSKY DEFENDED |
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| Iverson L. Harris |
| This stirring defense
of a great woman, unjustly and cruelly attacked, includes refutation
of falsehoods, slanders, and misrepresentations put out by the
National Broadcasting Company, Truman Capote, Walter Winchell,
the John Birch Society, Time Magazine, and others.
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| Paperback, 174 pages, $6.00 |
| ISBN: 0-913004-01-4 |
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