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Extracts from the Vahan

TitleAuthor(s)YearVolumeIssueMonthPage
Can one bear another's burden?OC (? Oliver Firth; Otway Cuffey1899---p130
Vicarious suffering & the doctrine of the Atonement?SMSy1899---p132
Fresh strength as an aid to persist & to endureAAWy1899---p133
Is there any forgiveness of sins? What does "forgive" mean?SMSy1899---p137
Are there any sins to forgive?AAWy1899---p139
Why evolve? Why are we not made perfect? Why suffering & distress?CWLy1899---p181
Why are we not made perfect? Why is evolution so slow & painful?AAWy1899---p183
Methods of evolution to suit the evolving beings (a reply to CWL & AAW)MLy1899---p185
The birth of new artificial elementals & the strengthening of old onesCWLy1899---p249
(39) Is hypnotic Suggestion an appropriate cure of drunkenness, kleptomania, & similar proclivities?GRSMy1899---p255
(40) Symbolism - What was the meaning of Medusa's Head?IH (? Ivy Hooper)y1899---p260
(42) The Date of Jesus - BC 105 - 1 Corinthians 15:6, 8GRSMy1899---p268
The Papias fragments in Eusebius (from 140 AD), & the chronology of JesusAJRy1899---p271
The Fragments of Papias, from the now lost five books of PapiasGRSMy1899---p272
The writings of Irenaeus & the birth year of Jesus ... further difficultiesELZRy1899---p274
The views of those (such as Gerald Massey) who have contended that Jesus never existedGRSMy1899---p277
I return to the questions raised by ELZR (GRSM relates an occult tale of Polycarpus, likely from CWL or AB)GRSMy1899---p280
(43) The Essenes, whence their traditions?GRSMy1899---p283
(44) Esoteric Christianity - What, according to esoteric teaching, was the death of Jesus of Nazareth?GRSMy1899---p285
What is the explanation of "the sign of the prophet Jonas" in Matthew 12:38, 39, 40?GRSMy1899---p307
The origin of evil, as found in Isaiah 45:6, 7 - the dualism of good & evilGRSMy1899---p316
Did the Gnostic teaching include or preclude the presence in man's nature of both the Divine & human?GRSMy1899---p324
The vesture of light with which Jesus was clothed as described in the Pistis SophiaGRSMy1899---p327
(50) Conversion - What is its value in relation to treading the Path, or becoming an Adept?SMSy1899---p381
Which kind of "conversion" is meant?AAWy1899---p383
(a technical question on the "blankness" felt between "sensations")SMSy1899---p386
How can we help those who have left us? Is prayer to God for them of any use?OCy1899---p412
Can recipients of helpful thoughts identify the sender?CWLy1899---p412
(55) The nature of & qualifications for work on the Astral Plane during sleep - anyone who can think can helpCWLy1899---p417
Are orthodox Christians permitted to become invisible helpers & be conscious of so doing?CWLy1899---p424
Death & parting from friends, & the illusion of Devachan, is there any hope of meeting again?APSy1899---p465
What re-awakens the desire for rebirth in the soul in Devachan?BKy1899---p474
The manner & nature of the exit from Devachan (a comic misconception of the life of the heavenworld)CWLy1899---p475
(the restorative properties of English & French dinners compared - & Devachan)AAWy1899---p476
Are there any alternate states in Devachan corresponding to our sleeping & waking?CWLy1899---p483
Can a trained clairvoyant see the mental picture formed by another person?CWLy1899---p508
Does a trained clairvoyant see the thoughts of another in colour?CWLy1899---p508
Is there any good use to which ordinary untrained clairvoyants can put their powers?CWLy1899---p513
Why is the interpenetration of astral bodies possible?CWLy1899---p528
The standard arrangement of the particles in the astral bodyCWLy1899---p528
The senses are merely avenues of perfection, machinery for producing perceptionsAPSy1899---p529
What is the form of the mental body on its own plane?CWLy1899---p530
All the separated or differentiated senses belong to the astral, not the mental, bodyBKy1899---p530
Why did a partial aura appear to four observers?CWLy1899---p536
The Passion of Christ - never real, physical or historicalCWLy1899---p556
(67) Pirit, a Ceylon Buddhist religious ceremonyCWLy1899---p565
What diet will favour a healthy astral body?APSy1899---p574
What diet will favour a healthy astral body?KBy1899---p575
What diet will favour a healthy astral body?WHT, CWLy1899---p576
(69) Asceticism; Celibacy - Is the practice of either of assistance in the progress of a student of occultismCWLy1899---p583
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