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Accelerating Human Evolution by Theosophical Initiation : Annie Besant's Pedagogy and the Creation of Benares Hindu University /

The main subjects of analysis in the present book are the stages of initiation in the grand scheme of Theosophical evolution. These initiatory steps are connected to an idea of evolutionary self-development by means of a set of virtues that are relative to the individual's position on the path...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mühlematter, Yves (Autor)
Formato: Tesis Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: München ; Wien : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2022]
Colección:Okkulte Moderne : Beiträge zur Nichthegemonialen Innovation , 6
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --  |t Acknowledgments --  |t Contents --  |t 1 Introduction --  |t 2 The Problem of the "Western" in "Western Esotericism" and in Research on the Theosophical Society --  |t I Encounters in the Global Colonial Discursive Continuum: A Theoretical Framework --  |t Introduction --  |t 3 Postcolonial Studies, Hybridization, and the Global History Approach --  |t 4 Towards the Conceptualization of an Analytical Tool --  |t II The Theosophical Society in the "Indian Middle Class," (Theosophical) Evolutionism, and the Narrative of the Theosophical Masters: Three Essential Contexts --  |t Introduction --  |t 5 The Indian Middle Class as a Field of Colonial Encounters --  |t 6 Theosophical Evolutionism, or the Narrative of Progress --  |t 7 Masters and Disciples, or: How to Transfer Knowledge --  |t III The "Quickening of Evolution" 1: The Stages of Initiation in Annie Besant's Early Theosophy and The Voice of the Silence --  |t Introduction --  |t 8 The "Quickening of Evolution": The Stages of Initiation as the Cornerstone of Besant's Early Theosophy --  |t 9 Following the Traces of Hybridization: The Stages of Initiation in Blavatsky's The Voice of the Silence --  |t IV The Stages of Initiation In-between "Hinduism" and Theosophical Evolutionism --  |t Introduction --  |t 10 The Reception of "Hinduism" in the Theosophical Society: Encounters in the Indian Middle Class --  |t 11 Manilal Dvivedi, the Forgotten "Expert" on "Hinduism" --  |t 12 T. Subba Row, the "Expert" on "Hinduism" --  |t V The "Quickening of Evolution" 2: The Pedagogy of Morality Based on the Stages of Initiation --  |t Introduction --  |t 13 The "Quickening of Evolution": Education for Initiation in the Central Hindu College and the Sanâtana Dharma Text Books --  |t 14 Conclusion --  |t Bibliography --  |t List of Figures --  |t List of Tables --  |t Historical Persons Index --  |t Person Index --  |t Publications Index --  |t Subjects Index 
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