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I. On the Watch-Tower —A New Year. Then and Now. Changes. Natural Selection Dethroned. AVoice from the Grave. Digging "Seven Holes in Space." Beyond theseVoices. Astral Impression treated as Insanity Salvation at Last PositiveImages En route. A Reviewer 1

II. Tbe Book of Epiphany. By M. AY. Blackden . 9

III. The Liberation of Johanna. By Miss Hardcastle 20IV. " Prometheus Unbound." By Mrs. Duddington 26v. A Voice from the Kingdom. Bv K. W. 30

VI. The Genesis of the Talmud. By G. R. S. Mead 41

VII. The Evolution of Consciousness (confirmed). By Annie Besant 52

VIII. The Search for the Silver Shield. By Mrs. Wilkinson . 62IX.1 The Philosophy of Simplicity. By Walter Corn Old 66X. Our Duty to God and our Duty to our Neighbour. By Mrs. Corbetl 72

XI. " Becoming an Original." By M. P. 75XII. The, True Story of a Vision. By Z. 78

XIII. A Dusan Creation Myth. By Mrs. Hooper 83

|X1V. The Physical Basis of Mind. By Miss Pope . fReviews and Notices —

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A Book for Beginners. Magazines and Pamphlets * * 93

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INDEX

" Becoming an Original." M. P.Book of Epiphany, The. M. W. BlackdenCausality. Mrs. CorbettChristmas Thoughts. Mrs. Ames .

" Deep Sense of Portals Opening, A." D. M. Dunlop.Doctor and Saint. C. F.Dog, the Man and the Seer, The. H. Twelvetrees .

Dream, A. A. P. WarringtonDusan Creation Myth. Mrs. HooperDuty to God and our Duty to our Neighbour, Our.

Mrs. CorbettEarliest External Evidence as to the Talmud Jesus

Stories. G. R. S. MeadEternal Problem, The. Miss Charlotte E. WoodsEvolution of Consciousness, The.)

Annie Besant I 52' "x, 2I9' 2&>

Finer States of Matter. G. DyneFlotsam and JetsamFruit of Dreams, The. " Rhabdos "

Genesis of the Talmud, The. G. R. S. MeadGhost-Theory, A. " Rhabdos "

Happy Warrior, The. Mrs. DowsonHow to Proceed to Stand Still. L. B.

In the Days of Cuchulain. Mrs. Lauder .

In the Talmud's Outer Court. G. R. S. Mead .

In the Virgin-Mother's Kingdom. Michael Wood

Jack-Rabbit ! That. Robert Calignoc

Jesus and Mary. Trans, by Mrs. McDouallJohn Wentworth's Vision. Michael Wood

Land of Perfect Remembrance, The. Michael WoodLegend of the Monk Barsis, The. X11"1 .

Liberation of Johanna. Miss A. L. B. HardcastlbLife in Crystals. Giovanni ColazzaLost " Canon of Proportion " Rediscovered, The. G

R. S. M.

Mayor of Man-Soul, The. Xn-'.More Worlds to Conquer. Mrs. Huntley

On the Forgiveness of Sins. W. A. MayersOn the Watch-Tower . . 1, 97, 193, 289

Philosophy of Simplicity. Walter Gorn OldPhysical Basis of Mind. Miss M. PopePiper of Elfame. Michael WoodPreacher, The. Michael WoodPre-Raphaelite Movement, The. Mrs. Duncan

759. 105

365558

271329402

157

83

72

316

489

456, 537

347560

463

41

332

422556

256248

524

451543228

434

46520

142

367

335186

211

385, 481

66

87, 162

306120

516

IV INDEX

Professor Ladd's " Theory of Reality." Mrs. Corbett 466" Prometheus Unbound." Mrs. Duddington . 26

Readings and Re-Readings :" Zanoni." A. J. O. 338

„ ,, „ "The Mystic Value ofLiterature." A. J. O. . . 428

Religious Ideals and Conceptions of the AncientNorthmen. Mrs. Haig . . 174

Reviews and Notices—Book of Jubilees or the Little Genesis, The. R. H. Charles . 376Book of Mystery and Vision, A. A. E. Waite . . 281

Buddhistische Katechismus, Der. Henry S. Olcoti 378Christian Heresies Classified as Simplifications of Christian Dogmas 477Cloud upon the Sanctuary, The. The Councillor Eckartshausbn 476Deeps of Deliverance, The. Frederick van Ebden . . 380Diene dem Ewigen ! . . . 373Douze cent mille ans d'humanitl et l'age de la Terre. L. Rf.mond . 471Eastern Exposition of the Gospel of Jesus according to St. John.

Sri Parananda ..... 381Essay on Evolution of Character, An. Mrs. Corbett . 471History of Egypt from the End of the Neolithic Period to the Death

of Cleopatra VII., b.c. 30. E. A. Wallace Budge 370Islamisme et son Enseignement Esoterique. M. S. T. . 566Love and Life. H. B. Dowson . . 474Magazines and Pamphlets 95, 191, 287, 383, 479, 572Man Visible and Invisible. C. W. Leadbeater . 564Mind of Man, The. Gustav Spiller

475Origin of Religion, The Real. Jabelon . . 569Outline of Theosophy, An. C. W. Leadbeater 93Perpetual Calendar with Golden Thoughts for Every Day of the Year 476Poor Pariah, The. Henry S.^Olcott. 284Sagesse Antique a travers les Ages. Dr. Th. Pascal . 382Sin of Witchcraft, The. Alexander Pulling 286Syllabus of a Course on Logic. V. H Laposse

478Theosophy and Imperialism. Annie Besant . . 282Toward Unity. J. Tyssul Davis . J 572Truths of Life as gathered from certain Hermetic Authors. G. W.

Allen ..... 570Varieties of Religious Experience, The. William James 187Vie des Abeilles, La. Maurice Maeterlinck . . 190

Romulus : The Man and the Myth. Walter Gorn Old 24a

Search for the Child-Guide, The. Mrs. Wilkinson 137Search for the Silver Shield, The. Mrs. Wilkinson . 62Septenary Universe, A. G. Dyne . . 201Some of the Work of Contemplative Nuns. Miss A. L.

B. Hardcastle . . . 265Some Thoughts on Vicarious Suffering. Miss E.

Kislingbury . . 446Stories from the Traditions of Islam. Miss A. L. B.

Hardcastle . , . 357Sun and Fire-Worship in Modern Russia. A Russian 393Talmud in History, The. G. R. S. Mead . 127Talmud Mary Stories, The. G. R. S. Mead . 503Talmud 100 Years B.C. Story of Jesus, The. G. R. S.

_^Mead .... 410

;$!* True Story of a Vision, The. Z. . 78Twenty Years of Darkness. Xni. . . 514Voice from the Kingdom. K. W. . . 30White Heather. Mrs. Lauder . . 182" Zipghuz, The." A Russian . . 531