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A Blavatsky Quotation Book: being an Extract for each Day of the Year

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November

November 1

One of the fundamental rules of Theosophy is justice to oneself — viewed as a unit of collective humanity, not as a personal self-justice, not more but not less than to others; unless indeed, by the sacrifice of the one Self we can benefit the many

The Key to Theosophy, Page 160

November 2

We must remember that thoughts and motives are material, and at times marvellously material forces.

Modern Panarion, Page 471

November 3

Self-gratulation, O Disciple, is like unto a lofty tower, up which a haughty fool has climbed. Thereon he sits in prideful solitude and unperceived by any but himself.

The Voice of the Silence, Page 44

November 4

Reason being a faculty of our physical brain, one which is justly defined as that of deducing inferences from premises, and being wholly dependent on the evidence of other senses, cannot be a quality pertaining directly to our divine spirit. The latter knows — hence, all reasoning which implies discussion and argument would be useless.

Isis Unveiled, Volume 1, Page 305

November 5

Esoteric Philosophy reconciles all religions, strips every one of its outward human garments, and shows the root of each to be identical with that of every other great religion. It proves the necessity of a Divine Absolute Principle in Nature. It denies Deity no more than it does the sun.

The Secret Doctrine, Volume 1, Page 4

November 6

Nothing of that which is conducive to help man, collectively or individually, to live, not “happily”, but less unhappily in the world, ought to be indifferent to the Theosophist-Occultist. It is no concern of his whether his help benefits a man in his worldly or spiritual progress; his first duty is to be ever ready to help if he can, without stopping to philosophise.

Lucifer, October, 1899

November 7

Virtue and wisdom are sublime things, but if they create pride and a consciousness of separateness from the rest of humanity, they are only the snakes of self reappearing in a finer form.

Practical Occultism, Page 74

November 8

The periods of the strengthening and weakening of the warlike excitement of the European nations represent a wave strikingly regular in its periodicity, flowing incessantly, as if propelled onward by some fixed inscrutable law.

Five Years of Theosophy, Page 311

November 9

Modern Science insists upon the doctrine of evolution; so do human reason and the “secret doctrine”, and the idea is corroborated by the ancient legends and myths, and even by the Bible itself, when it is read between the lines. We see a flower slowly developing from a bud, and the bud from its seed. But whence the latter, with all its predetermined programme of physical transformation, and its invisible, therefore spiritual, forces which gradually develop its form, colour, and odour? The word evolution speaks for itself.

Isis Unveiled, Volume 1, Page 152

November 10

The fact is that, no less than the Book of Job, the whole Revelation is simply an allegorical narrative of the Mysteries and initiation therein of a candidate, who is John himself. No high Mason, well versed in the different degrees, can fail to see it.

Isis Unveiled, Volume 2, Page 351

November 11

We believe in no Magic which transcends the scope and capacity of the human mind, nor in “miracle”, whether divine or diabolical, if such imply a transgression of the laws of nature instituted from all eternity.

Isis Unveiled, Volume 1, Page X!

November 12

The first and most important step in Occultism is to learn how to adapt your thoughts and ideas to your plastic potency.

Lucifer, December, 1888

November 13

If a man would follow in the steps of the Hermetic philosophers he must prepare himself beforehand for martyrdom. He must give up personal pride and all selfish purposes, and be ready for everlasting encounters with friends and foes. He must part, once for all, with every remembrance of his earlier ideas, on all and everything.

Modern Panarion, Page 50

November 14

It is a law of Occult dynamics that “a given amount of energy expended on the spiritual or astral plane is productive of far greater results than the same amount expended on the physical objective plane of existence”.

The Secret Doctrine, Volume 1, Page 705

November 15

“Time” is only an illusion produced by the succession of our states of consciousness as we travel through Eternal Duration, and it does not exist where no consciousness exists in which the illusion can be produced, but “lies asleep”.

The Secret Doctrine, Volume 1, Page 68

November 16

The Fall was the result of man's knowledge, for his “eyes were opened”. Indeed, he was taught Wisdom and the Hidden Knowledge by the “Fallen Angel”, for the later had become from that day his Manas, Mind and Self-consciousness.

The Secret Doctrine, Volume 2, Page 539

November 17

Theosophy is the shoreless ocean of universal truth, love and wisdom, reflecting its radiance on the earth, while the Theosophical Society [founded Nov. 17, 1875] is only a visible bubble on that reflection. Theosophy is divine nature, visible and invisible, and its Society human nature trying to ascend to its divine parent.

The Key to Theosophy, Page 39
November 18

While, therefore, the Individual Ego, owing to its essence and nature, is immortal throughout eternity, with a form (rûpa) which prevails during the whole life cycles of the Fourth Round, its Sosie or resemblance, the personal Ego, has to win its immortality.

The Secret Doctrine, Volume 3, Page 519

November 19

One thing is certain, when a man shall have discovered the perpetual motion, he will be able to understand by analogy all the secrets of nature; progress in direct ratio with resistance.

Isis Unveiled, Volume 1, Page 502

November 20

The “Higher Ego”, as part of the essence of the Universal Mind, is unconditionally omniscient on its own plane, and only potentially so in our terrestrial sphere, as it has to act solely through its alter ego, the Personal Self.

Lucifer, November, 1890

November 21

If thou art told that to become Arhan thou has to cease to love all beings - tell them thy lie.
If thou art told that to gain liberation thou hast to hate thy mother disregard thy so; to disavow thy father and call him “householder”; for man and beast all pity to renounce, tell them their tongue is false.

The Voice of the Silence, Page 46

November 22

We are in the Mânasa period of our Cycle of Races, or in the Fifth; we have, therefore, crossed the meridian point of the perfect adjustment of Spirit and Matter — or the equilibrium between brain intellect and spiritual perception .... it is in the Fifth (Round) that the full development of Manas, as a direct ray from the Universal Mahat — a ray unimpeded by Matter — will be finally reached.

The Secret Doctrine, Volume 2, Page 314

November 23

Point out the “Way”, however dimly, and lost among the host — as does the evening start to those who tread their path in darkness.

The Voice of the Silence, Page 56

November 24

...... In the unmanifested Universe, Fohat .... is simply that potential creative Power, in virtue of whose actions the Noumenon of all future phenomena divines, so to speak, but to reunite in a mystic supersensuous act, and emit the creative Ray.

The Secret Doctrine, Volume 1, Page 134

November 25

The astral light is androgyne, for equilibrium is the resultant of two opposing forces eternally reacting upon each other. The result of this is Life. When the two forces are expanded and remain so long inactive as to equal one another and so come to a complete rest, the condition is Death.

Isis Unveiled, Volume 1, Page XXXII

November 26

Man's cycle is not complete until he has passed through the earth life.

Modern Panarion, Page 138

November 27

A personal fiend, who opposes the Deity, and impedes progress on its way to perfection, is to be sought only on earth amid humanity, not in heaven.

Isis Unveiled, Volume 1, Page 561

November 28

Enquirer. What do you consider, then, to be the chief of these negative Theosophical Duties?
Theos. To be ever prepared to recognise and confess one's faults. To rather sin through exaggerated praise than through too little appreciation of one's neighbour's efforts. Never to backbite or slander another person. Always to say openly and direct to his face anything you have against him. Never to make yourself the echo of anything you may hear against another, nor harbour revenge against those who happen to injure you.

The Key to Theosophy, Page 170

November 29

As the Logos reflects the Universe in the Divine Mind, and the Manifested Universe reflects itself in each of its Monads, as Leibnitz puts it, repeating an Eastern teaching, so the Monad has, during the cycle of its incarnations, to reflect in itself every root-form of each kingdom. Therefore, the Kabalists say correctly that “Man becomes a stone, a plant, an animal, a man, a spirit, and finally God”, thus accomplishing his cycle or circuit and returning to the point from which he had started as the Heavenly Man.

The Secret Doctrine, Volume 2, Page 196

November 30

As in the case of the reincarnation of the lamas of Thibet, an adept of the highest order may live indefinitely His mortal casket wears out notwithstanding certain alchemical secrets for prolonging the youthful vigour far beyond the usual limits, yet the body can rarely be kept alive beyond ten or twelve score of years. The old garment is then worn out, and the spiritual Ego, forced to leave it, selects for its habitation a new body, fresh and full of healthy, vital principle.

Isis Unveiled, Volume 2, Page 563