The Theosophist Monthly Journal devoted to Oriental Philosophy Art Literature and Occultism July 1883

The Western scholars may say; " the key to the Avesta is not the Pahlavi but the Vedas ;" but the Occutist's answer is—" aye ; but the key to the Vedas is the Secret Doctrine." The former assert correctly enough that "the Vedas come from the same source as the Avesta ;" the stuilents of Occultism ask—" Do you know even the A B C of that source ?" To show that the Occultists are justified i [...] In Fargard II Ahura Mazda calls together " a meeting of the celestial gods " and Yima the first man " of the excellent mortals " in the Airyanim Vaejo—"in the far-off lands of the rising sun " says the Book of Numbers of the Chaldees written on thuEuphrates. [...] t We are sorry to reply in the negative That whioh maintains the consciousness of its individuality is the 6th principle in conjunction with the 7th and the a portion of the 6th and its vehicle the 4th —the triad thns constituting the conscious monad. [...] &c." Now according to our knowledge the inner man means the double i. e. the Taijasha pragna being the original or first and the Annmaya or the Viswa the third::: To this third we applied the term treble and we are justified in doing so in the same as you apply double to the Taijasha —aud we do not see any harm in taking the gross one as third; but; those who are fond of absurdities w [...] TILE editorial at the head of the article that precedes will explain to the learned Hermit of Almora and the readei a of the Theosophist the reason for my having undertaken to write the following lines in connection with the controversy raised by the Swami as regards Prakriti layam (dissolution of Prakriti).