The Theosophical
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Extracts from the Vahan

TitleAuthor(s)YearVolumeIssueMonthPage
An animal is capable of making another animal sufferIPH (? Ivy Hooper)y1896---p64
Removing children from cruel parentsABy1896---p97
Interfering with Karma is not possible - the idea is wildly absurdCWLy1896---p98
(18) Karma & Heredity - What is & what isn't transmitted from life to life?BK, CWLy1896---p116
The reconciling heredity & karma (heredity as the mechanism of karma)BKy1896---p117
(19) Karma & "Undeserved" Experiences - Why should an accident be impossible?Gy1896---p121
How can a person best strengthen a weak will?AAWy1896---p173
(28) Practical Ethics - How is selfishness a greater problem than drunkenness?BKy1896---p188
An evil quality is a far more serious matter than an evil actionABy1896---p189
Standards of right & wrong - the necessity for truthfulness in occultismABy1896---p191
Is a feeling of indifference to the results of our actions possible to us, where others may suffer?ABy1896---p193
(36) What is meant by the phrase "Thought Coalescing with an Elemental"?BKy1896---p247
To speak of a "Thought coalescing with an elemental" is more a poetic conception than a descriptionCWLy1896---p248
(38) What is the actual process of Thought Transference?APSy1896---p253
The actual process in thought transference seems analogous to ordinary physical visionCWLy1896---p254
Was there a school for occult training in the early Christian Church?Gy1896---p289
The division by Porphyry & other Platonists of the virtues into four classesGRSMy1896---p337
Did Buddha deny the existence of "soul"? No; that view is due to poor translationsJCCy1896---p361
When will the Lord Buddha reincarnate? He won'tCWLy1896---p367
The Buddha Gautama has said he would not be born again on earthCJy1896---p368
Did the Buddha eat meat & die from eating it?CWLy1896---p368
The phrase "Sûkara-maddava" does not mean "dried boar's flesh", the latter being a mistranslationJCCy1896---p370
Is there such a thing as sleep, or periodical rest on the astral plane?CWLy1896---p440
Sub-planes of the astral plane - Is Kâmaloka a name for a portion or all of the astral plane?BKy1896---p455
Kâmaloka has been used in theosophical literature as synonymous for the astral planeCWLy1896---p456
Do deceased individuals pass consciously through all of the divisions of the astral plane?CWLy1896---p459
How does fire affect the etheric double?BKy1896---p464
After death, the physical & etheric bodies disintegrate independentlyCWLy1896---p465
(59) Sleep, Trance, Anaesthetics, & Mesmerism - Does the soul always leave the body in sleep?AB, CWLy1896---p496
Does the astral body of an animal leave the physical body during sleep? Is there an analogy for plants?BKy1896---p497
animals yes; no observations of such in plantsCWLy1896---p498
Have the figures seen in dreams any subjective or real existence of their own?CWLy1896---p499
How does an anaesthetic block the consciousness of pain?ABy1896---p500
(the occult action of nitrous oxide is described)BKy1896---p501
What is it which is seen when one sees ones own double?CJy1896---p510
In seeing astrally at a great distance without leaving the body, how are the impressions obtained?CWLy1896---p510
Are there different & separable astral bodies?CWL, ABy1896---p523
What is the length of the emanation of the aura of an average man?CJy1896---p537
(63) The Auric Shell, what is it composed of & how can it best be formed?CWLy1896---p542
On which plane of the universe are the âkâshic mental images recorded?CWLy1896---p552
(68) Diet - what are the sattvic, râjasic & tâmasic qualities of food?EGy1896---p569
What are the arguments in favour of vegetarianism?LLl, EABy1896---p571
What are the arguments in favour of vegetarianism?GRSMy1896---p572
Can the astral body be solidified?CWLy1896---p612
Does the "cord" exist only in the case of the etheric double?CWLy1896---p614
Is aerial transportation by occult means possible? (Levitation is by no means an uncommon phenomenon)CWLy1896---p624
What is the nature of the force that restores a de-materialised object to its original shape?CWLy1896---p625
Are the ideas of Mâyâ & Brahman ... to be found among the Greeks? (long Plutarch quote: "On the E at Delphi")GRSMy1896---p660
(88) The Elemental Essence - How can a clairvoyant distinguish elemental essence from the other particles?BKy1896---p705
The elemental essence is readily distinguishable from the rest ...CWLy1896---p706
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