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PAGE.Age, The Spirit of The ... 712Alternate Rhythmical Erectil-

ity of the Nasal Membrane. 557 Arctic Home in the Vedas,The. 100 Ahura Mazda, and Amshas-

pands ... 234Avataras 146, 221, 301Agnostic Position— is it Logi

cal ? 164,227

Buddhist Philosopher, A 41, 93 Bequests to the Society ... 65

Congress of European Sections ... 305

Concerning H. P. B. ... 613Christian Doctrine and Rein

carnation 423, 472Clairvoyance, What it is .. 9Clairvoj'ance in Space ... 84Clairvoj’ance in Time ... 129Clairvoyance, How Developed. 201 Character, How to Build 392, 456

Death of Solovj'off ... 433

Evolution and Involution ... 50Ego and its Life Cycle, The 153, 214 Easter Question— An ... 497European Sections, The In

ternational Congress of ... 305

Hawaiki, the Ancient Home of the Maori 20, 77

Hindu Zodiac : A Suggested Key to it 654, 720

Hinduism and Christianity ... 485

Inspiration .. 306Impossible, The ... 430Illusion, The Great ... 108

Leadbeater’s American Lectures, Mr. 9, 84, 129, 201, 267,329,

392, 456, 521, 583, 669, 742 London Letters 177,369Literature, Our ... 276Love, The Path of ... 624

Mysticism, Stray Thoughts on552. 592

Matter, Modern Views on 71, 140Music in India ... 307Mirror, The ... 402Morality and Knowledge ... 465

PAGE.Magic, White and Black 521, 583 Man and his Character ... 733 Message of Theosophj’, The ... 47

1 New Thought Movement—A Criticism on the 606, 648

I Noble Eightfold Path ... 491

Old Diary Leaves, 1, 193, 257, 321, 385, 449, 513, 577, 641, 705

Other Self, The : a Study of Consciousness 476, 540

! Philosophy of Islam, The ... 41-6Pathw aj-of Love, The ... 624 Private Life and Public Weal. 687 Patanjali on S'ûdras ... 160

Racial Development, Secret Doctrine of 596, 66r

Religious Traditions and . Esoteric Traditions ... 33

Reflections on Vivisection 284, 361

Septenary H ierarchy ... 289Symbolism of the Seal of the

T. S. ... 368Science of Food, The ... 727Science and Theosophy ... 25 Socialism and Individually ... 355 Solovyoff, Death of ... 433Spiritualism, The Newer ... 173 Spirit of the Age, The ... 712 Sufficient Unto the Day ... 244

Theosophy in all Lands 499, 561, 625, 690, 758,

To one Sorrowing as Without Hope ... 39

Theosophj-, the Message o f... 47Theosophy and the Schools

of Vedanta ... 114Theosophist’s Experience

among the Spirits, A ... 532 Theosophj', The Light of ... 115 Theosophy and Christianity 267,

329Theosophj'andSpiritualism 669,742 Theosophj' and Science Com

pared " 347,409Theosophical Federations ... 427 Tlieosopbv in all Lands 499,561, 625,

690, 758Theosophj’, Historic ... 752

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PAGE.Vivisection, Reflections on 284, 361

Zoroastrianism and Reincarnation ••• 341

Zodiac, Hindu 654>720

REVIEWS.

Astronomical Ephemeris for 1904 180

Agricultural and Industrial Problems in India 1S0

Buddhist Catechism,the secondGerman edition of .. 566

Brahmotsava Tattva Pika • • 311

Coconut Preparations ■ ■ 373Coconut Planting .. 437Cantilenosae Nugae •• 437Christianesimo Esoterico .. 309

Did Jesus live jooyearsB.C ? 119Disembodied Man, The Scroll

of • ■ 567Does Love Conquer Death • • 566Dhammapada, The ... 694

Elements of Theosophy ... 51Extracts from the “ Vahan ” ... 568

Greater Exodus, The ... 693

Hidajatdjati, The True Book... 500

Hindu Social Progress ... 632

Idylls of Ancient Ind ... 179Industrial India 695Image Worship, Holy, Ratio

nale of ... 634

Jataka Parijata' and S'ripati- Paddhati ... 311

Laws of the Higher Life, The 117Law of Sacrifice, The ... 309La Situation Monetaire en

1897 ... 434

Monetary Question, The ... 434Mission of Theosophy, The ... 569

Nyria ... 692

Outline o f th e History of modern Freemasonry, &c. ... 179

Opening of the Gates, The ... 436Old Diary Leaves ... 627

Pedigree of Man ... 629

PAGE.Ramayana Sararn, Part 1, ... 31*Religious Brutalities ••• 43°Rays of Truth ••• 5°9Rationale of Holy Image \\ or-

ship - fi3*

Scroll of the Disembodied Man, The 5°7

Student’s Diary ••• lSoSacrifice, The Law of 3°9Sangita Bodha ••• 310Surya Gita or Song of the Sun. 631 Sanatana Dharma Series, No.

HI _ 52Smithsonian Institution,

Annual Report of • 5°°

Treatment of Indians by the Boers l8°

Theosophy, The Principles of.. 569 Thoughts on Vegetarianism ... 627 Thought-Power, its Control

and Culture, Hindi trans. ... 500

Vedanta Aspects of the, ... 312 Vedântâ Siddhânta Bheda ... 120 Vegetarianism, Thoughts on... 633

CUTTINGS AND COMMENTS.

“ Adept, High Caste Voghi and Master Lama ” ... 441

Atmosphere, Composition of .. 317 Amsterdam Art Exhibition .. 573 Another Vanished Race ... 508 Another Pollution Case ... 511 Abou Ben Adhem, A Parody... 447 Aurora Borealis, Supposed

Causes of ... 316

Besant’s, Mrs., Work in India.. 639 Besant, Mrs., Neither Saint nor

Idol ... 573Belief versus Practice ... 60Brotherhood, National; Where

is it ? ... 445Bird Banshee, A ... 381Bharat Dharma Maliamandal.. 442 Building by Music on Higher

Planes of Matter ... 767

Ceylon, A Great Reform in ... 698 Christian Science and the New

Thought Movement ... 188 Conjugal Devotion of Birds ... 768 Central Hindu College ... 61,189 Col. Olcott’s visit to NewYork. 443 Change that is Inevitable, 191 Caste Oppression in Southern

India ... 444Central Hindu College, The ... 61 Coincidence, A ... 187Compassion, A Work of Sweet. 253

INDEX. iii

PAGE.Duty of the Government, The... 699 Dr. Barnardo’sRescue Work ... 765 Dr. M’Carthy as a Rainmaker... 62 Discoveries by Dr. J. C. Bose ... 124 Dangerous Innovation, A ... 505

Electro-physical Research ... 767 Education, Pancliaraa ... 444Education in a Single Sentence,

True ... 380Education, Mrs. Besant on ... 319 Education of Indian Girls. 510 Education, Improved Methods

of ... 189Education of Indian Women... 190 Experiments upon Metals ... 125 Effects of Alcohol and other

poisons on Plants ... 125Elements of Theosophy ... 383 “ Exposure” in China, An ... 320

Female Education and National Indian Association ... 575

Five-year old Chess Champion ... 59

Faith or lack of Faith ... 699“ Far and Near ” Correspon

dence ... 575Future Scarcity of Fuel ... 251

Ghost Story, Lord Erskine’s ... 381 Ghostly Feet ... 382Ghost_Story, An Unfinished ... 3S2 Gleanings of Current News ... 125 God, A letter from ... 255Gates of Gold, Three ... 319

Hindu Orthodoxy and Theos- ophy ... 638

Hindu Ships and Hindu Travellers in Ancient India ... 37

Higher Ideals of Health ... 448 Humbug Institutes ... 379"H is Holiness ” the Swami ... 383 Herbert Spencer’s Religious

views ... 31SHypnotised tocommit Crime... 255 Hints of the New Day ... 186 Hypnotic Crime Discoverers... I89 Health versus Wealth ... 127

PAGE.Mental attitude etc. ... 59Meeting, A Religious ... 575Music as related to Health ... 192 Music a Therapeutic Agent ... 185 Music in the Home ... 185Missionary Schools in Ceylon.. 188 Mediaeval Marconis ... 254Mysteries of the South

Pacific ... 511Music from the Stars ... 509

Opposite poles of Religious Belief ... 764

Orthodoxy, Hinduism and Theosophy ... 508

Origin of Man ... 62

Pulse-beats in Plants ... 124Pathological effects of Ether,

etc.,on Plant life ... 124Prevision and Warning in

Dreams ... 186Planets and the Weather, The 446 Perspective of Truth, The

broad ... X89Plagiarism of H. P. B. ... 507 Prayer, An Ideal ... 704

Radium Discovery, A new .. 249Radium and Chronometry 764 Revival of Buddhism in

Ceylon ... 763Relationship and Environ

ment ... 1S4

Spectre, A Warning ... 382Speech restored to the Dumb... 128 Self-Control ... 61Sea-sickness and the Will-

cure ... 64Solovyoffs Obsequies ... 639Sympathy between Snails ... 254 Science, The Despair of ... 255 Science of the Soul ... 315Science and Hindu Chronol

ogy ... 251Spirit appearances in London. 320 Should the Native Kaffir be

Educated ? ... 700

“ I cannot leave Him Out ” ... 60Invisible^ Helpers’ Work, The 253 India, What we have done for 249 Indians, the Bombay Bishop’s

opinion of ... 250

Judgment of God, The ... 63Japanese Physical Power ... 507

Languages of India, The ... 44S

Maori Character, The ... 315

The Theosophist ... 441Toy-shop in the Clouds, A ... 640 Theosophist Vice-Chancellors 573 Thought Waves and Alm ighty

Dollars ... 379Three Gates of Gold ... 319Twelve Souls in one Body ... 252 The future Scarcity of Fuel ... 251 Truth, Broad Perspective of ... 189

Unity in the world’s Religions 703 Unfinished Ghost Story, An ... 382

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PAGE.Violinist of the Age, First ... 126 Vegetarian, An aged ... 127Vicarious Sacrifice and Photo

graphic Revealments ... 57Vision of Burial, A ... 383

Vibrations and Emotions ... 446

Women’s Position in Ancient India ... 126

Warning Spectre, A ... 382Work, a Blessing— not a Curse 128 Work of Sweet Compassion ... 253 Was it a Catholic Tiger ? ... 58

SUPPLEMENT.

Adj-ar Library, Gifts to the xii Adyar Dharmasala xxAnanda College, The xxxivAdyar Library, New Books

for viii, xx\’i, xxxvi, xl

Birthday Anniversary xxxviii Branches, New iii, v, vii, xiii, xix,

xxviii, xxxi, xxxv, xxxix

Ceylon Temperance Movement, The xxxix

Central Hindu College Fund,The v, viii

Convention The, of 1903, viChildren, Society for Protection

of iiiConvention Notice viiConvention, N. Z. Section xiv

Death of Sir Edwin Arnold xviii Death of the Marquis

De Bourbel xxDeclaration of objects of Joint

Freemasonry in India ix

Executive Notices xi, xv, xxxvii Examinations. Competitive xxv Europe, Mrs. Besant in xxxiii Errata xxxii

PAGE.Indian Girls, The Education

of xxiiiIllness, Mr. Charlu’s xxxi

Joint Freemasonry in India, Declaration of Objects of ix

Financial Statements, Monthly i,v, vii,xii,xiv,xv,xxiii,xxvii,xxix

xxxiii,xxxviiFast, Another Week’s xxiiFire in Rangoon, The xiiFabrication, A gross xiiFuente Legacy, The xxiii

Hindu Association, Aims and Objects of the Madras xx

Kindergarten, A lecture on iv

Library, in Bombay, The Free"lending xxxix

Musaeus School for Buddhist Girls, The ix

Manuscripts, Search for xxvi Movements, Mrs. Besant’s xxxix Mrs. Besant in Europe xxxiii

Obituary xivOriental Publishing Co., Ltd.,

The xxiii

President’s Movements, Thei, xxxviii

Prize Essays xxviPanchama Education Fund,

Aid for the xxxvi

Ramakrishna Shebasram,Kankhal xxvii

Sadharan Dharma xxSankhya Karika xxviii, xxvi Search for Manuscripts xxviiSociety, The Registration

of the xxxviiiScholarship, English Uni

versity xxix

Theosophical Federation,The Madras Central Districts

Theosophy, Lectures on Tour, Mr. Boissevain’s Theosophical Congress, The

International The Johannesburg, T. S. Theosofthist, The Manager

ship of theTemperance Movement, The

Ceylon xxxix

University Scholar, Presentation to xxxv

Vice-Chancellor of the University of Madras xxiii.

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White Lotus Day throughout India xxvi.