Western European stream·Ancient Wisdom·PREFACE
Source context
- Theme
- authorial framing of ancient wisdom as recoverable esoteric heritage for modern readers
Steiner
not engaged in the GA corpus
Cross-tradition
- Theosophical Society — Blavatsky lineageThe Theosophical preface convention positions the author as transmitter of a perennial secret teaching withheld from profane inquiry, a framing structurally parallel to Blavatsky's own prefatory claims in The Secret Doctrine regarding custodians of hidden Himalayan archives.
THE ANCIENT WISDOM
ANNIE BESANT
BP 563.A62 1918. Besant, Annie Wood, 1847-1933. The ancient wisdom LIBRARY OF PRINCETON MAY 10 1918 THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY The ancient wisdom
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THE
ANCIENT WISDOM
Ap Outline of Theosophical Teachings
BY
ANNIE BESANT
THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE Adyar, Madras, India Lao ye Krotona, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California Reprinted 1918
MODERN TRAINING TEACHING
by TAVANE DIMZA YOKI
DEDICATED
WITH GRATITUDE, REVERENCE, AND LOVE TO
H. P. BLAVATSKY,
WHO SHOWED ME THE LIGHT.
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PREFACE
This book is intended to place in the hands of the general reader an epitome of theosophical teachings, sufficiently plain to serve the elementary student, and sufficiently full to lay a sound foundation for further knowledge. It is hoped that it may serve as an introduction to the profounder works of H. P. Blavatsky, and be a convenient stepping-stone to their study.
Those who have learned a little of the Ancient Wisdom know the illumination, the peace, the joy, the strength, its lessons have brought into their lives. That this book may win some to con its teachings, and to prove for themselves their value, is the prayer with which it is sent forth into the world.
Annie Besant.
August, 1897. The text
