The Mysteries: Ancient and Modern

John Algeo, past President of the Theosophical Society in America gives this lecture in a 55 mins. video, looking at initiatory aspects of the mystery tradition from ancient to modern times.

Hidden Wisdom in the Holy Bible, Vol. I

Our Vice President, Bro. Kam Chai Heng, continues his review of this book by Geoffrey Hodson. This book is especially useful for followers of the Christian faith.

Theosophy and Contemporary Literature

“The principles of TS have been used or misused by many. Often for their own profit, plagiarized without any acknowledgement. Worse, they are often modified to glamorize and excite new age adventurers with amorality.”, says our Hon. Treasurer, Bro. Tang Kwok Choon. He will take two works to illustrate this and hopefully members will view such new age works with some viveka. The two books referred to are Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield, and Dossier on The Ascension purportedly  by Master Serapis Bey but written by Mark Prophet who together with his wife Elizabeth have a proliferation of books on Masters. They also coined the term “Ascended Master” which is popularly bandied about these days.

Letting Go: Perspectives on Death and Dying

Interview with Dora Kunz on the Theosophical perspective of death; how one can prepare for death. This 29 min. video featuring Dora Kunz and Erik Peper was recorded in 1987.

Meditation

We will have half an hour of meditation led by Sister Lily Chong.

Reincarnation—Fact or Fallacy?

An illustrated talk by Lily Chong giving a comprehensive look at Reincarnation from both the occult tradition as well as the scientific viewpoint. The scientific research by Dr. Ian Stevenson of the University of Virginia will be discussed together with theosophical explanations. See Reincarnation’s White Crow: Ian Stevenson and Evidence of Reincarnation by John Algeo, reproduced in April 2006 newsletter.