Books etc.

May 08, 2022
Last change: Sept. 12, 2023

Books, pamphlets, articles, essays, letters, studies, dissertations, manuscripts and all written items that are not periodicals. In English and German language.

Titles without file or link are not yet available or are in our digitizing process or not in our possession and therefore included in our want list.

Conformity: We save our pdf files future proof in the archival standard format PDF/A-2A, ISO 19005-2 as far as possible. In some cases errors occur or produce file sizes of some GB, which is not useful.

Publisher advertising of the Theosophical Publishing Society, London 1889, in: Hartmann, Franz – In the Pronaos of the Temple of Wisdom (1st. ed. 1890)

↓ Further interesting photos from the books
↓ Traditional Theosophy before 1875

 

Table of books etc. in English and German

A – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Ailinger, Albert SJ – Gibt es eine Seelenwanderung? Gemeinverständliches über Theosophie und Anthroposophie. 47 pp., 1921; 2nd rev. ed. 1952. First as article in Deutsches Volksblatt, Stuttgart Jan., 15 1920.	article, broschure	Jesuit view on soul wandering; reincarnation, rebirth	none
Anon. – Horoskop der TG Adyar [Fragment; 1908]	paper	fragmentary horoscope; Steiner-Besant split; TS history	theoarchives.com xerox at Goetheanum
Amneus, Nils – Long-Hartley succession – Letter April 2, 1951	letter	leadership; successorship; Point Loma; split 1951	theoarchives.com
Anon. – Das theosophische Fotoalbum Wilhelm von Hübbe-Schleidens (2020)	article	photo album of Hübbe-Schleiden in Dornach; TS history; TS Germania	Die Drei
Anon. – Flugblatt Theosophie Elberfeld (07.12.1884)	flyer	TS Germania; TS history; probably first German flyer	theoarchives.com
Anon. – ‘The Coming Christ’. ‘Alcyone’s’ Father v. Annie Besant (1913), in: New Zealand Truth, Aug. 13, 1913	newspaper article	Krishnamurti; Alcyone; messiah craze; TS history	Papers past

 

B – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Bain, Alan – The Leadbeater Affair (1996)	pdf from art., circulars, letters; in html	pedo affair; TS history	Alan Bain
Bain, Wilhelmina Sherriff – Katherine Tingley and Point Loma (1908)	pdf from art.	TS history	Papers past
Becher, Theobald & Holz, Gisela – Die Entwicklung der T.G. in Deutschland [1922] Suppl. to Hartmann, Franz – Was ist Theosophie? 3. A., pp. 273-304	book	TS history in Germany	Internet Archive
Benjamin, Elsie – The Significance of the Monad Divine. Devine? Or Human? (1971)	article	human constitution	Theosophy Canada
Benjamin, Elsie – The Significance of the Seven Principles of Man (1970)	article	human constitution	Theosophy Canada
Besant, Annie – To the Members of the Theosophical Society [Leadbeater Case, 07 Sept. 1908]	circular	pedo affair; TS history	Alan Bain
Besant, Annie – Centenary Book 1847-1947 (1947)	book	biography	Theosophy (Formerly theos-talk)
Bevir, Mark – The West Turns Eastward: Madame Blavatsky and the Transformation of the Occult Tradition (1994), in: JSTOR, Vol. 62, No. 3 (Autumn, 1994), pp. 747-767 (21 pages)	study	India, East-West, TS History	pdf to buy
Blavatsky, H. P. – Letter to her sister Vera [Wera] Zhelikhovskaya, Nov. 6, 1877 Photo   Transcript	letter	biography	Bakhmut Roerich Society
Blavatsky, H.P. – The Key to Theosophy (1st ed. 1889)	pdf	doctrines	Internet Archive TUP html (as pdf)
Blavatsky’s Family (by Blavatsky Museum) English Russian German (Google Translator)	article	Blavatsky genealogy; biography	Blavatsky Museum
Blavatsky’s Father Peter von Hahn/Petr Gan (by Blavatsky Museum) English Russian German (Google Translator)	article	Blavatsky genealogy; biography	Blavatsky Museum
Bowen, Robert – The Secret Doctrine and its Study (1891)	pdf from html	Blavatsky	Can. Theos. Association
Brailsford-Bright, J. – Theosophy and Modern Socialism (1889)	pdf from art.	Socialism	Can. Theos. Association
Bulwer-Lytton, Eduard – Margrave. Die seltsame Geschichte eines schwarzen Magiers (1913)	book	occult fiction	Internet Archive
Burrows, Herbert & Mead, G.R.S. – The Leadbeater Case The Suppressed Speeches of Burrows and Mead (1908)	broschure	pedo affair; TS history	Alan Bain
Butler, Ronald Kenneth – The Influence of Theosophy on the Tradition of Speculative and Esoteric Theories of Music (2013)	Thesis (PhD Doctorate)	arts	Griffith Univ.

 

C – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Caldwell, Daniel – Theosophy an Introduction by HPB (2012)	pdf	beginners guide	Theosophy World
Caldwell, Daniel H.: A Casebook of Encounters with the Theosophical Mahatmas (2020)	book	mahatmas, masters adepts	none
Chajes, Julie – Reincarnation in H. P. Blavatsky’s The Secret (2017)	paper	rebirth	Correspondences Journal.com
Cleather, Alice L. – H. P. Blavatsky, a Great Betrayal (1922)	booklet	apologetics	Internet Archive
Cleather, Alice L. – H. P. Blavatsky as I knew her (1923)	booklet	apologetics	Internet Archive
Cleather, Alice L. – H. P. Blavatsky, her Life and Work (1922)	booklet	apologetics	Internet Archive
Collins, Mabel – Das Lied von der weissen Lotos (1889)	book	mystic	none
Cooper-Oakley, Isabel – The Comte De St. Germain [1912]	book	messengers	Internet Archive
Cranston, Sylvia & Carey Williams – The Extraordinary and Influence of Life H. P. Blavatsky (3rd ed. 1994) pen name for Anita Atkins, see Theosophy World and Theosophy Forward. TS Pasadena: “1915-2000. Author, known by her pen name Sylvia Cranston or S. L. Cranston, who wrote books on reincarnation. Anita Atkins was born on December 12, 1915, and spent her childhood and youth living in the Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York. Her formal academic education ended with high school, after which she became a self-taught scholar.”	book	biography; TS history; apologetics; Franz Hartmann; SPR; Coulomb	Sylvia Cranston
Dilloo-Heidger, Erik & Eike, Christine – Alois Mailänder und der Theosoph Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden. Briefe, Notizen, Aufzeichnungen aus dem Hauskreis 1885 -1900 (BOD 2025).	book	biography; German TS history;	none

E – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Edge, Henry T. – Some perverted presentations of theosophy corrected. 1900s. 7 pages	broschure	spli; Besant; Leadbeater; pedo affair	none
Einbeck, Walter – Zum Gedächtnis an Dr. Franz Hartmann (1838 – 1912), (1925)	booklet	biography	none
Elsas, Edeltraud, Dr. Dagmar Uecker – Stufen der Seelenentwicklung – Theosophie und Rosenkreuz im Dialog, 79 pp.	broschure	rosicrucians	none
Ervast, Pekka – Die Botschaft der Theosophie (1919-2012)	broschure	TS in Finland	unknown

 

F – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Fergus, John W. – Stanzas of Dzyan – Critical Edition (2022)	pdf draft	The Book of Dzyan; The Secret Doctrine	Universal Theosophy
Frater Apollonius – The Annotated Book of Dzyan (2011)	pdf	The Book of Dzyan; The Secret Doctrine	Archidox
Friedrich, Wilhelm – Über Lessings Lehre von der Seelenwanderung. Preisgekrönt von der August Jenny-Stiftung. 114 pp., Oswald Mutze, Leipzig, 1890	broschure	soul wandering; Lessing; reincarnation; rebirth	none
Fullerton, Alexander – Letter extracts to Marie B. Russak (1907)	letter extract	succession Besant-Olcott; Leadbeater pedo affair	Alan Bain
Fussell, Joseph H. – Ereignisse in der Geschichte der Theosophischen Bewegung	broschure	TS history; affairs; split 1895; Coulomb, Fullerton	none
Fussell, Joseph H. – Etwas, das die Öffentlichkeit wissen sollte	flyer	pedo affair; Leadbeater; Besant; Fullerton; TS history	none
Fussell, Joseph H. – Incidents in the History of The Theosophical Movement (1920 3rd rev. ed.)	broschure	TS history; affairs; split 1895; Coulomb, Fullerton	Internet Archive
Fussell, Joseph H. – Mrs. Besant and the Leadbeater Advice [1913]	broschure	pedo affair	Internet Archive
Fussell, Joseph H. – Mrs. Annie Besant and the Moral Code. A Protest (1909)	broschure	pedo affair	Internet Archive
Fussell, Joseph H. – Some Reasons Why the Members of the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society Do Not Endorse Mrs Besant Nor the Society of Which She is President (1913)	broschure	pedo affair	none
Fussell, Joseph H. – Something the Public Should Know (1910)	flyer	pedo affair; Leadbeater; Besant; Fullerton; TS history	none

 

G – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Geering, Rudolf – Einladung Hauptversammlung D.T.G. (1895)	circular	invitation general meeting at Febr. 17, 1895; TS history in Germany	theoarchives.com xerox at Goetheanum
Geppert, Alexander C.T., Andrea B. Braidt (Hg.) – Orte des Okkulten (2003)	studies; booklet	occult & TS history in Germany	Univ. of Berlin
Göring, Hugo – Dr. Franz Hartmann, ein Vorkämpfer der Theosophie (1896, Transcript) Göring, Hugo: Dr. Franz Hartmann, ein Vorkämpfer der Theosophie (1896, scan)	booklet	biography	unknown none
Greusel, John Hubert – Katherine Tingley, humanity’s friend (1907)	booklet	TS history	Internet Archive
Gruffman, Paulina – The Quest for Gnosis. G. R. S. Mead’s Conception of Theosophy (2020)	study	gnosis, early Christians	Univ. of Stockholm
Guignette, Jean-Paul – Bibliography of H. P. Blavatsky (1987)	broschure	bibliography	theohistoryraatz

 

H – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Hammer, Walter. Die Generalanzeiger-Presse kritisch beurteilt als ein Herd der Korruption. 55 S., Theosophisches Verlagshaus, Leipzig, Hugo Vollrath, 1911.	broschure	corruption in the press	none
Hanegraaff, Wouter – The Theosophical Imagination (2017)	article	clairvoance; Leadbeater; psychometry; astral world	Correspondences Journal
Harlass, Ulrich – Die orientalische Wende der Theosophischen Gesellschaft. Eine Untersuchung der theosophischen Lehrentwicklungen in der Zeit zwischen den Hauptwerken Alfred Percy Sinnetts (2021) [publisher ad only]	book	doctrines; study	pdf to buy
Harris, Iverson L. Jr. – Katherine Tingley’s Raja-Yoga System of Education [1922]	broschure	school reform, Point Loma	Internet Archive
Harte, Richard – Introduction to ‘Keely’s Secrets’ (1888)	pdf from html	technology; Bloomfield Moore	Can. Theos. Association
Harte, Richard – The Hebrew Talisman (1888, scan) html     pdf backup of htm   bio of Harte	booklet	banking system	Internet Archive Theosophy Canada
Hartmann, Franz – Postcard to Blavatsky, Jan. 03, 1889 from Vienna to London “My dear H. P. B. Your “Secret Doctrine” will be “The Bible” of the coming millenium. Yours truly, F. Hartmann”	postcard	The Secret Doctrine	Bakhmut Roerich Society
Hartmann, Franz (Transl.) – Atma Bodha (Selbsterkenntnis) (1895)	book	self-knowledge	none
Hartmann, Franz – Sozialismus und Theosophie (1898)	article; broschure	socialism	Theosophische Informationsstelle
Hartmann, Franz – Autobiography (Occult Review Jan. 1908)	article	biography	Internet Archive
Hartmann, Franz – In the pronaos of the temple of wisdom (1st. ed. London 1890) Ad title in The Key to Theosophy, 1889: “Gossip about the true & false Rosicrucians and the Fire Philosophers” 1st. US ed. Boston 1890	book	traditional theosophy; Hermetism	Internet Archive
Hartmann, Franz – Magic, Black and White (5th ed., London 1904) Hartmann, Franz – Magic, Black and White (8th Am. Ed. rev., Philadelphia 1904)	book	doctrines	Blavatsky Archives, Internet Archive
Hartmann, Franz – Pansophia (1924)	book	Rosicrucians	Internet Archive
Hartmann, Franz – Populäre Vorträge über Geheimwissenschaft, Band 2 (1900)	book	articles collection	none
Hartmann, Franz – Was ist Theosophie_3. A. [1922] Collection of his former articles and lectures (with changes) and supplement of the TS history, see Becher, Th.	book	articles collection; TS history in Germany	Internet Archive
Head. Joseph & Cranston, Sylvia – Reincarnation; an East-West anthology including quotations from the world’s religions & from over 400 Western thinkers (1961)	book	rebirth	Internet Archive
Hess, Karolina Maria – The Beginnings of Theosophy in Poland (2015)	study	TS history in Poland	ResearchGate
Hoffmann, Baron Oskar von – Letter to Alfonso – [About his visit to Blavatsky in Elberfeld] (17. Sept. 1884, fragmentary, Limburg version) Hoffmann, Baron Oskar von – Letter to Alfonso – [About his visit to Blavatsky in Elberfeld] (17. Sept. 1884, fragmentary, Dornach version)	letter; partial, transcript via Horst E. Miers variant transcript via Goetheanum	Blavatsky in Elberfeld; TS Germania; TS history in Germany	theoarchives.com xerox at Goetheanum
Holzweber, Brigitte – Die okkulten Wege der Wiener Moderne. Eine religionswissenschaftliche Analyse der „Wiener Rundschau“	book	master’s thesis; Vienna; Franz Hartmann; Rudolf Steiner; Friedrich Eckstein	Univ. of Vienna
Hübbe-Schleiden, Wilhelm – Letter to Seiler (March 1, 1894)	letter	TS Theosophische Vereinigung, successor of TS Germania, precursor of Adyar section; TS history in Germany	theoarchives.com xerox at Goetheanum

 

I+J – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Jinarajadasa, C. – The Golden Book of the Theosophical Society (1925) Compiled by us into one large file compressed in 71 MB and original in 755 MB	book	TS history	Theosophy World
Judge, Rajbir Singh – Dusky Countenances – Ambivalent Bodies and Desires in the TS (2021)	pdf	TS history; Esoteric Section; sex problems	Rajbir Judge

 

K – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Kaiser, Tomas – Zwischen Philosophie und Spiritismus (2006)	study	Carl du Prel; TS Germania; TS history in Germany	Univ. of Lüneburg
Besant, Annie – Centenary Book 1847-1947 (1947)	broschure	death; rebirth, reincarnation	theoarchives.com
Kerning, Johann B. – Weisheit der Orients. Ediert von Franz Hartmann (1901) Pen name for Johann Baptist Krebs	book	mystic, wisdom	Internet Archive
Fussell, Joseph H. – William Kingsland – An Open Letter to Annie Besant	flyer	pedo affair; Leadbeater; Besant; TS history	none
Kirsebom, Klara – Letter to Emmi Haerter, Gelsenkirchen Lodge, May 1, 1951	letter	leadership; successorship; Point Loma; split 1951	theoarchives.com
Klatt, Norbert – Der Nachlass von Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden in der Niedersächsischen Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen. Verzeichnis der Materialien und Korrespondenten (1996)	book; find book	TS Germania; TS history in Germany	none
Klatt, Norbert – Theosophie und Anthroposophie. Neue Aspekte zu ihrer Geschichte aus dem Nachlaß von Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden (1846-1916) mit einer Auswahl von 81 Briefen (1993). Review: Die Drei, 7, 1995. Kalliope-Verbund: “… die von Norbert Klatt nicht ermittelten Briefe Alois Mailänders befinden sich im Rudolf Steiner Archiv in Dornach im Nachlass von Emil Bock; freundlicher Hinweis von Dr. Martina Maria Sam, Nov. 2021.”	book; find book	TS Germania; TS history in Germany	none
Klatt, Norbert – Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden – Indisches Tagebuch. 1894/1896. Mit Anmerkungen und einer Einleitung herausgegeben von Norbert Klatt. Göttingen 2009.	book	travel diary; India; Adyar; TS history in Germany	Norbert Klatt

 

L – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Lamprecht, Dr. Harald – Überblick über die Geschichte der Theosophischen Gesellschaften in Deutschland	article	TS history in Germany	Neue Rosenkreuzer
Laun, Friedrich – Moderne Theosophie und katholisches Christentum (2. ed.., 1922), 44 p. Quote p. 42: “… [E]in überzeugter Katholik, der zugleich ein wissendes Mitglied der theosophischen oder anthroposophischen Gesellschaft wäre, ist so unmöglich wie ein Lamm in Gesellschaft der Füchse, ein Theosoph in katholischer Gesellschaft vielleicht ein Fuchs im Schafskleid.”	broschure	Catholic view on theosophy	none
Laur, Dr. Peter – Ein deutschbaltischer Hintergrund der ‘Theosophie’? (2006) Review: Reitemeyer, Frank – Open Questions in H. P. Blavatsky’s Genealogy (2006)	article	Blavatsky genealogy, ancestors	theoarchives.com
Lavoie, Jeffrey – Saving Time. Time, Sources, and Implications of Temporality in the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky (2015)	theses	chronology, darwinism; geological ages	Core
Leadbeater, Charles W. – An Occult View of the War (1916) Cp. Dr. Rudolf Steiner’s occult views on WWI, who came to quite opposite results as well as Katherine Tingley. Recent historical research confirms Steiner and Tingley.	broschure	World War I	Anand Gholap
Leese, Kurt – Moderne Theosophie (2nd ed. 1921)	book	Protestant view on theosophy	Internet Archive
Besant, Annie – Centenary Book 1847-1947 (1947)	book	Krishnamurti; Alcyone; messiah craze; TS history	Internet Archive
Besant, Annie – Centenary Book 1847-1947 (1947) Reprint from Besant, Annie – Centenary Book 1847-1947 (1947), pp. 278-79.	article	Buddhism, Christianity, Q question	Adyar News Bulletin (scholarly)
Lockwood, Dr. Michael – Buddhism’s Relation to Christianity (2010-2015)	book	Buddhism, Christianity, Q question	Academia
Lockwood, Dr. Michael – Dr. Christian Lindtner and Gematria-Isopsephy (2021)	pdf	Buddhism in Europe, pre-christian	jesusisbuddha.com

 

M – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Marvell, Leon – The Imaginal Realm and the Hermetic Foundations of Science (2016) Marvell, Leon -Einheit. Die hermetischen Grundlagen der Wissenschaft (2018)	book	gnosis	Corona Verlag
M., V. – The strange little girl, a story for children [c. 1911]	booklet	children	Internet Archive
Meyer, Jürgen Bona – Die Idee der Seelenwanderung. Vortrag gehalten im wissenschaftlichen Verein zu Berlin. 62 pp., Otto Meissner, Hamburg, 1861.	booklet	soul wandering; Lessing; reincarnation; rebirth	none
Mead, G.R.S. – Fragments of a Faith Forgotten (1900)	book	gnosis; pistis sophia	Bahai
Mead, G. R. S. – Pistis Sophia (1896) Mead, G. R. S. – Pistis Sophia (rev. ed. 1921)	book	gnosis; pistis sophia	Internet Archive
Mead, G. R. S. et. al. – The Leadbeater Case. Reply to the President’s Letter (1908)	circular	pedo affair; TS history;	Alan Bain

 

N – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Nair, Taravath Madhavan – The Evolution of Mrs. Besant (1918) Pen name “The editor of “Justice”, Madras”	book	Krishnamurti; Alcyone; messiah craze; TS history; Judge; pedo affair; Leadbeater; letters from Mrs. Dennis etc.	Internet Archive

 

O – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Oberth, Hermann – Ist Jenseitsforschung überhaupt möglich? 39,5 pp. manuscript fragment, intended as part 1 of a projected series “Träger des Lebens. Schriftenreihe über Seele, Theosophie und Okkultismus“	unfinshed, unpublished manuscript;	the beyond; theosophy; soul; rocket science	none
Olcott, Henry S. – Inaugural Address (1875)	lecture	TS launch	Isis invokes
Olcott, Henry S. – The Count de Saint-Germain and H. P. Blavatsky – Two Messengers of the White Lodge (1905-1918)	pdf from html	messengers	Can. Theos. Association

 

P – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Pelletier, Ernest – The Judge Case Vol. 1+2 (2004)	book	Judge case; split 1895; successorship	Theosophy Canada
Pelletier, Ernest – Annie Besant, Theosophy and the Liberal-Catholic Church (2013)	book	Leadbeater affair; TS history; LCC	Theosophy Canada
Penzig, Prof. Dr. Otto – Die Theosophie und die Theosophische Gesellschaft (1921)	book	TS history	Warburg Institute
Point Loma daily time schedule (1909)	pdf from flyers	Sightseeing ad for Lomaland; TS history	UC San Diego
Priem, Georg – Franz Hartmann, sein Leben u. Wirken. Eine Gedenkschrift zur Erinnerung an den Gründer der Internationalen Theosophischen Verbrüderung (1912)	booklet	TS history; ITV; biography	none
Pryse, James M. – An Important Statement [on SD vols. III+IV] (1926)	article	missing SD volumes;	IAPSOP
Pryse, James Morgan – The restored New Testament I (1914) Pryse, James Morgan – The restored New Testament I (4th ed.) Pryse, James Morgan – The restored New Testament I (1914, OCR) Theosophy Wiki	book	Holy Bible; gospels; forgery; primordial Christianity;	Internet Archive
Pryse, James Morgan – The restored New Testament II (1925)	book	Holy Bible; gospels; forgery; primordial Christianity;	none
Purucker, Gottfried von – Blavatskys wissenschaftliche Vorwegnahmen (1927)	quote	science; Blavatsky’s scientific anticipations	theoarchives.com

 

Q+R – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Raatz, Paul – Letter to Seiler (Dec., 09 1893)	letter	TS history in Germany	theoarchives.com xerox at Goetheanum
Raghunathan, Radha – Dr. Christian Lindtner’s Aggersborg Tantram – Obituary (2021)	article	Buddhism in Europe, pre-christian	jesusisbuddha.com
Reigle, Nancy & David – The Lost Kalacakra Mula Tantra (1986)	broschure	Book of Dzyan	Academia.edu
Reigle, David – Curriculum in the Wisdom Tradition (2005)	pdf	Sanskrit; Patanjali, Blavatsky	Eastern Tradition
Reigle, David – The Book of Dzyan – The Current State of the Evidence (2013)	broschure	Book of Dzyan	Academia.edu
Reitemeyer, Frank – Franz Hartmann im Kreuzfeuer. Neusprech auf dem Vormarsch? (2000)	broschure	translation issues; Secret Doctrine	theoarchives.com
Rembe, Anatole – Giordano Bruno (1929)	broschure	inquisition, persecution	theoarchives.com
Ross, Joseph E. – C. W. Leadbeater Unveiled. Rustling Shadows (2021) Supplement to Krotona of Old Hollywood, Volume I (2021)	book	Leadbeater affair; TS history; Krishnamurti	Krotona Archive
Ross, Joseph E. – Krotona Institute of Theosophy (2021)	bokklet	TS history, Krishnamurti	Krotona Archive
Row, Subba – Collection of Esoteric Writings (1910)	book	doctrines	Internet Archive
Rudolph, Hermann – Stiftungsurkunde Franz Hartmann-Loge zu Löbau (1918)	photo	Charter of Hartmann ITV	unknown

 

S – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Santucci, Dr. James – Theosophy And The TS (2nd ed. 2013)	article	TS history	Theosophy Forward
Schmidt, Ferdinand – Theosophische und okkultistische Studien (n.d., c. 1895)	booklet	theosophy	none
Schmidt-Steffes, Diana – Theosophie, Kosmologie, Geometrie. Maß, System und Göttliche Ordnung in der Kunst J.L.M. Laweriks. Kosmisches Drama im Kunshandwerk (2016)	book	theosophy in the arts; dissertation	Univ. Heidelberg
Schmidt, Isaac J. – Ueber die Verwandtschaft der gnostisch-theosophischen Lehren (1828)	booklet	gnosis; buddhism; traditional theosophy	Internet Archive
Seidel-Dreffke, Dr. Björn & Reitemeyer, Frank – Unbekannter Blavatsky-Brief an Fuerst Zertelew entdeckt (2000)	letter	prince Zertelev	theoarchives.com
Seidenstücker, Karl – Vortrags-Cyclus über Buddhismus (Leipzig 1903)	flyer	lecture announcements; buddhism	Wikipedia
Shearman, Hugh – Madame Blavatsky and the Mahatma Letters (1967)	article	Besant/Leadbeater; changed teachings	Anand Gholap
Siemons, Jean-Louis – Theosophia (1988)	broschure	Etymology	theohistory
Sinnett, Alfred P. – The Early Days of Theosophy in Europe (1922)	pdf from html	TS history	Can. Theos. Association
Speckner, Rolf: Helena Blavatsky in Deutschland – eine Zusammenfassung. Vortrag in Dornach am 11.2.2012	pdf, html	TS history, TS Germania, Elberfeld	Rolf Speckner
Spence, Lewis – The History of Atlantis [1927]	book	Atlantis; root races	Internet Archive
Speyer, Prof. Jacob Samuel – Die indische Theosophie aus den Quellen dargestellt (1914)	book	vedas and karma from academic view	Internet Archive
Spunda, Franz – Der gelbe und der weisse Papst (1923)	book	occult fiction	Internet Archive
Steiner, Rudolf – Der Theosophische Kongress in Amsterdam (1904)	Article Lucifer-Gnosis	congress report	Rudolf Steiner Online Archiv
Steiner, Rudolf – Wie begründet man Theosophie? (1912)	unpublished manuscript	apologetics	Steiner Klarxtext
Steiner, Rudolf – Wie widerlegt man Theosophie? (1912)	unpublished manuscript	apologetics	Steiner Klarxtext
Surya, G. W. – Moderne Rosenkreuzer (1924) Pen name for Demeter Georgievitz-Weitzer	book	alchemy; Rosicrucians	Internet Archive
Surya, G. W. – Triumph der Alchemie (1908) Pen name for Demeter Georgievitz-Weitzer	book	alchemy; Rosicrucians	Internet Archive

T – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Theosophische Gesellschaft [Adyar] – Katalog der Bibliothek (1906)	broschure	TS library catalogue; TS history in Germany	theoarchives.com xerox at Goetheanum
Theosophische Gesellschaft [Adyar] – Ziele und Aufgaben [n.d., c. 1909]	flyer	Aims and mission of the Steiner section; TS history in Germany	theoarchives.com xerox at Goetheanum
Theosophische Gesellschaft, Zweig Berlin – Einladung zur XI. Generalversammlung (n.d., c. 1906)	flyer	Invitation general meeting Raatz TS; TS history in Germany	theoarchives.com xerox at Goetheanum
Thomas, Margaret – Theosophy Versus Neo-Theosophy [ca. 1924]	booklet	TS split; Besant; Leadbeater	Blavatsky Archives
Tillett, Dr. Gregory – Leadbeater. A Biographical Study (Dissertation 1986) Tillett, Dr. Gregory – Leadbeater. A biographical study (Dissertation 1986) OCR up to p. 795	book	pedo affair; Krishnamurti; Alcyone; messiah craze; TS history	Univ. of Sydney
Tillett, Dr. Gregory – The Esoteric within the Exoteric – Esoteric Schools (1992)	manuscript	inner groups, ES	Theosophy (Formerly theos-talk)
Tillett, Dr. Gregory – Leadbeater and the Sydney Police (2005)	posting	Leadbeater	Theosophy (Formerly theos-talk)
Tingley. Katherine – Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1921)	book	biography	Internet Archive
Tingley, Katherine – Theosophie, der Pfad des Mystikers (1922)	book	mystic	Internet Archive
Tingley, Katherine – The Life at Point Loma (1909)	broschure	Lomaland,  Raja Yoga School	Internet Archive
Tingley, Katherine – To abolish capital punishment (1914)	booklet	death penality	Internet Archive
TS Adyar – Full Report 7th Anniversary Meeting in Bombay on 27 Nov. 1882 (1883)	broschure	Congress report	Internet Archive
TS Adyar-Shiv Nadar Trust Lease Damodar Gardens (May 31, 2022)	document	lease real estate	Theosophy (Formerly theos-talk)

 

V – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Veritas – Mrs. Besant and the Alcyone Case (1913) Pen name for Narayaniah, G	book	Krishnamurti; Alcyone; messiah craze; TS history	Internet Archive

 

W – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Wachtelborn, Karl – Atlantis. Bildungsstätte unserer Kultur und Religion [c. 1905]	broschure	Atlantis, root races	theoarchives.com
Wachtmeister, Constance & Buffington Davis, Kate – Practical Vegetarian Cookery (1897)	book	diet; vegetarianism	Theosophy (Formerly theos-talk)
Wedemeyer, Bernd – Der Athletenvater Theodor Siebert (1866-1961). Eine Biographie zwischen Körperkultur, Lebensreform und Esoterik. Göttingen 1999.	book	inventor of body building	none

 

Z – Name, title, edition, year	Format	Topics	Digitized by
Zander, Dr. Helmut – Johannes Maria Verweyen (1883-1945) als Theosoph (2005)	article	TS history in Germany	Univ. Freiburg
Zander, Dr. Helmut – Theosophische Zeitschriften in Deutschland bis 1945 + Reitemeyer, Frank – Ergaenzung (2007)	book chapter	TS history in Germany	Dr. H. Zander
Zechner, Frank – Der amerikanische Spiritismus und seine Wurzeln, in: Serie: Buddhismus und Theosophie (Teil 1), 2006	article, study	TS history	Frank Zechner
Zechner, Frank – Der Beginn der Theosophischen Bewegung, in: Serie: Buddhismus und Theosophie (Teil 2), 2006	article, study	TS history	Frank Zechner
Zechner, Frank – Madame Blavatsky: Die erste westliche Buddhistin, in: Serie: Buddhismus und Theosophie (Teil 3), 2006	article, study	buddhism	Frank Zechner
Zechner, Frank – Die deutschen Theosophen und die beginnende Buddhismusrezeption, in: Serie: Buddhismus und Theosophie (Teil 4), 2007	article, study	theosophists and buddhism in Germany	Frank Zechner
Zechner Frank – Yoga goes West, in: Serie: Buddhismus und Theosophie (Teil 5), 2007	article, study	yoga	Frank Zechner
Zechner, Frank – Rudolf Steiner – Theosoph und Hellseher, in: Serie: Buddhismus und Theosophie (Teil 6), 2007	article, study	Steiner	Frank Zechner
Zechner, Frank – The dark side of the moon, in: Serie: Buddhismus und Theosophie (Teil 7), 2007	article, study	TS history, root races, accusation of racism	Frank Zechner
Zhelikhovskaya, Vera Petrovna – H. P. Blavatsky and the Modern Priest of Truth: a reply to Mr. Vsevolod Solovyov, 1893 [Wera P. Schlichowskaja; Ygrek]	letter	accusations of fraud; TS history	ULT UK
Zirkoff, Boris de – Dr. Franz Hartmann (1966)	article	TS Germania, ITV, TS history	Universo Filosofico

Further interesting photos from the books

Publisher advertising of the German translation “Die Geheimlehre” of “The Secret Doctrine”, in: Franz Hartmann: Was ist Theosophie? (3. A., n.d. [1922])

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Traditional Theosophy before 1875

Name	Format	Topic	Digitized by
Hanka – Ueber Theosophie in Bezug auf Arzneikunde. Quoted from Jahresbericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur, p. 301 fn.	article	medicine	none
ERNST AUGUST, Herzog von Sachsen-Weimar (1688-1748): Zu dem hoechsten alleinigen Iehovah gerichtete theosophische Herzens-Andachten oder Fürstliche selbst abgefassete Gedancken, wie wir durch Gottes Gnade uns von dem Fluch des Irdischen befreyen und im Gebet zum wahren Lichte und himmlischen Ruhe in Gott eingehen sollen : nebst einigen aus dem Buch der Natur und Schrifft hergeleiteten Philosophischen Betrachtungen von denen dreyen Haushaltungen Gottes im Feuer, Licht und Geist zur Wiederbringung der Creatur / [Das kurze Glaubens-Bekenntniß des Hoch-Fürstlichen Auctoris.]. o. Ort, o. Verleger, 1742, in-4to, Kupfertitel + 148 S, Einfacher-Pappband d. Zeit. Erste Ausgabe.