Australia and New Zealand As the Home of a New Sub-RaceAdherents of theosophy, the esoteric philosophy popular at the turn of the 20th century, believed that science and religion could be reconciled, and that the plan of the universe could and should be understood, and that it was humanity's duty to adapt to that plan. Here, in a series of lectures delivered in Sydney, Australia, in 1915, the renowned spiritualist Charles W. Leadbeater, a leader of theosophical thought, celebrates the new "sub-race" of humanity come to joyful life in the immigrant nations of America, Australia, and New Zealand, where, freed from the social shackles of Old World Europe, races and classes were intermingling to create a new kind of culture, which would in turn reshape the world. Far-reaching and perceptive, this is an extraordinary little volume of social insight and criticism.British author CHARLES WEBSTER LEADBEATER (1854-1934) was ordained as an Anglican priest, but later joined the prominent Theosophical Society and traveled to India to study alternative spiritual and occult practices, eventually settling into his life as a clairvoyant and author. His other works include Man Visible and Invisible and The Science of the Sacrament. |
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Page 62 - Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 49 - Love that 31 it must be always overflowing in love for those around them. Only such are fit to be teachers — those to whom teaching is not only a holy and imperative duty, but also the greatest of pleasures." A sympathetic teacher draws out all the good qualities in his pupils, and his gentleness prevents them from being afraid of him. Each boy then shows himself just as he is, and the teacher is able to see the line best suited to him and to help him to follow it.
Page 17 - ... what it is and try to carry out the plan, because I know that the plan is for man's ultimate good, for the advantage of humanity as a whole," And so you begin to see why nations have a history like that of an individual man. A particular nation exists to develop in its people certain qualities...
Page 49 - Those who are Mine love to teach and to serve. They long for an opportunity of service as a hungry man longs for food, and they are always watching for it. Their hearts are so full of Divine Love that it must be always overflowing in love for those around them. Only such are fit to be teachers — those to whom teaching is not only a holy and imperative duty, but also the greatest of pleasures.7 f AN EDUCATIONAL PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 1.
Page 6 - We say that there is an evolution of the bodies as well as of the souls — that the bodies must grow better because the souls are advancing, and they need a better class of vehicle. Millions of years ago there were, no doubt, a great many savages in the world; there are plenty yet, as we are now finding over in Europe; but, for all that, the world is evolving. We are in many ways in advance of the older though mighty civilisations. Not in every...
Page 49 - This idea of education is very different from that commonly held in the outside world. You will understand how every word is literally, absolutely true. You can see that when an ego entrusts himself to the care of certain parents, there is a tremendous responsibility thrown upon them. It is a most sacred work they have to do for him. It is the same for the teacher who has to take charge of these children.
Page 18 - Roman regularity and order; because we are the very same people, after all, who made these mighty civilisations; we who are now born in these races to develop other qualities, have already passed through those and learnt our lessons, and therefore we do not need them any more, and so the races fade out. You need not regret the passing away of a civilisation, however magnificent, because the souls that made it magnificent will return again and make another1 one still more magnificent.
Page 38 - Mm with only those thoughts and circumstances which will help him along that line, which will make that growth easy for him. He has here a new set of vehicles; for a soul takes not only a new physical body, but a new astral body, as the expression of his emotions, and a new mental body as the expression of his mind. He comes from God Himself, and trusts himself in your hands.
Page 5 - We have better bodies now in many ways than men had thousands or miHions of years ago. If you want to understand this past history of man at all, you must brace yourself up to face the existence of humanity for many millions of years. Orthodox talk on such subjects allows man to have lived on earth only a few thousand years, but they are gradually pushing back the date until now they are prepared to believe that high...