SOME PREDECESSORS
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"... There are some cases in which we can judge with a degree of certainty that such adepts were
incarnated and what they were named.
"Take Thomas Vaughn, Raymond Lully, Sir Thomas More, Jacob Boehme, Paracelsus, and others
like them... These souls were as witnesses to the truth, leaving through the centuries in their own
natures, evidence for those who followed, and suggestions for keeping spirituality bright - seed
-thoughts, as it were, ready for the new mental soil.
"And as well as these historical characters, there are countless numbers of men and women now
living who have passed through certain initiations during their past lives upon earth, and who produce
effects in many directions quite unknown to themselves now.
"They are, in fact, old friends of "the sacred tribe of heroes," and can therefore be more easily
used for the spreading of influences and the carrying out of effects necessary for the preservation
of spirituality in this age of darkness."
from W.Q.Judge Collected Articles Vol. 1 [p.192-4]
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Dates of Chief Figures from 14th c. with other notes & references
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[abbreviations are listed below]
14th Century
1358-1419 TSON-KA-PA
TM 7-p. 25; TM 8-p. 141; HPB Art. 3-331;
TM 11-140; 15-105; 25-200; 5 Yr. T 113;
THY 16-179; 26-118; 43-126; Isis II 609;
Glos. 305] HPB Art 331-3; SD I 108;
5 Yrs. Thy. 113; TM 7-p.25; 8-p.140;
A Lamrin Compendium TM v.20-122; 14-1
Isis II 609 616; TM 25-7; Glos. 186
of importance:
1304-1374 Francesco Petrarch (poet & Platonist)
1328-1384 John Wyclif (Reformer, Trans. Bible in English)
forerunners of Reformation:
1369-1415 John Huss (Reformer, precursor of Reformation)
1379-1421 Thomas a'Kempis (Imitation of Christ)
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15th Century
1493-1541 PARACELSUS (Theophrastus Bombastus)
Glos 248 T v.8-344, 376; T 197, 242, v.26
T v. 10 series; T 97, 151 v.24
[Bio. G. West] . TM 152, 193, v.59
TM v.49-412, 455; TM 34, v.11
1463-1494 G. PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA
(Platonic Academy, Florence)
IS I 226 Glos. 254, 253, 80
Isis II 20 SD II 200 600
The Greatness of Man TM 250 v. 25
Theosophical Movement in Renaissance
TM 252, 305 v.39
of importance:
? Gemistus Pletho (Platonic MSS to Florence)
1433-1499 M. Ficino (Library - Florentine Platonist)
1389-1464 Cosimo de Medici (Library & Platonic Academy)
1449-1492 Lorenzo de Medici (Library & Platonic Academy) [Patron of: Boticelli, Michelangelo, Lippi]
1401-1464 Nicholas de Cusa (Renaissance reformer) [mystic & Neo-Platonist]
1455-1522 John Reuchlin (Reformation)
1462-1516 Trithemius
1466-1536 D. Erasmus (Reformation)
1473-1543 N. Copernicus
1478-1535 Sir Thomas More (Platonist)
1486-1535 Cornelius Agrippa
1483-1546 Martin Luther
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16th Century
1575-1624 JAKOB BOEHME
T v.4-366; v.5-433; v.6-127; T 26-386
Glos. 60; T. v.31-497; series v. 31
J. Boehme & Secret Doctrine
WQJ Art 270 v. 1
Boehme's Life, Hartmann TM v.44-92, 59
On Boehme . .. TM v.11-27; v.36-270
1574-1637 ROBERT FLUDD Glos. 120; IS II 309-10; TM v.60-17
1548-1600 GIORDANO BRUNO
T v .6-385; v.67-341
T v.73-170; T v. 26-330
Theos. of Bruno T v. 26-74;
TM 51, 76-v.14
Isis I xxxiii 93-8 338-9 431 582
Isis II 528 531
of importance:
1509-1564 John Calvin
Van Helmont [pupil of Paracelsus]
1501-1576 Jerome Cardan
1502-1598 Henry Khunrath
1586-1654 C.Rosenkreuz (Rosenkranz) [Rosicrucians]
Johan Valentin Andrea
1515- George Postel
Joseph Borri
Bragadini
1564-1616 Shakespeare
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17th Century
1622-1666 EUGENIUS PHILALETHES (THOMAS VAUGHN)
Glos. 252
Mod. Pan. 42-4; CWB 4-575;
Glos. 14, 168
HPB Art I-40, 3-155;
Isis I xxv 51 67 167
Isis I 191 193 226 255-7 306-9 504
of importance:
1605-1682 Thomas Brown (Religio Medici)
1614-1687 Henry More (Cambridge Platonist)
1617-1688 Henry Cudsworth (Cambridge Platonist)
1617-1692 Elias Ashmole (1st Mason)
1632-1677 Baruch Spinoza
1688-1772 E. Swedenborg (mystic)
1628-1688 John Bunyan
1646-1716 Baron C. W. Leibnitz
Thomas Taylor
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18th Century
? COUNT DE ST. GERMAIN
T v.4-241, 321; v.24-155; T 3, v. 27
Glos. 308-9, TM v.13-33; 33-416; 390, v. 21
Lucifer 10-246-7, CWB v.3-523; HPB Art 149, v. 3
Mod. Panarion 371; TM 416-33; TM 190 v. 50
Isis I 575 II 403
1743-1803 COUNT DE ST. MARTIN
T v.27-p.9; T 482 26
Glos. 284; Lucifer 19-324; T 368, 2
1743-1795 COUNT CAGLIOSTRO (HENRI BALSAMO)
Glos. 72, T v.2-110; T 530, v.26
Was Cagliostro a Charlatan?
see HPB Art 152 v. 3
HPB on Cagliostro TM 153, v. 8
Prince Talleyrand - Cagliostro
see WQJ Art 472 v. 1
Isis I xxxiii 100 128 509; II 403
1733-1815 ANTON MESMER
Glos. 214
Thy. V.26-434; WQJ Art I-524, 541, 545
see Index, back of WQJ Art. v. 2;
see Index, back of HPB Art. v. 3;
HPB Art. II 477, 355;
of importance:
1700- Martinez Paschalis
1706-1790 Benjamin Franklin
1707-1809 Thomas Paine
1787-1854 J. Ennemoser (Hypnotism)
1724-1804 I. Kant (philosopher)
1749-1832 J. W. Goethe
1758-1835 Thomas Taylor (Platonist)
Ragon (Masonry)
Eliphas Levi [Abbe Louis Constant]
1788-1860 A. Schopenhauer
1799-1850 Henri Balzac
1799-1888 Bronson Alcott (Educationist)
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19th Century
1831-1891 H.P.BLAVATSKY (Theosophy)
1851-1896 W.Q.JUDGE (Theosophy)
Damodar K. Mavlankar (Theosophy)
1832-1907 H.S.Olcott
1851-1919 R.Crosbie
of importance:
1803-1882 Ralph W. Emerson (Transcendentalist)
1805-1872 G. Mazzini
1807-1882 G. Garibaldi
1809-1865 A. Lincoln
1812-1870 Charles Dickens
1817-1862 Henry D. Thoreau (Transcendentalist)
1819-1892 Walt Whitman
1828-1910 Leo. Tolstoy
1823-1913 A. R. Wallace
1832-1919 Prof. Wm. Crookes
1840-1902 Emile Zola
1842-1925 C. Flammarion
1850-1898 Edward Bellamy
1847-1931 T. A. Edison
1847-1933 Annie Besant
1856-1943 Nikola Tesla
1869-1948 Mohandas Gandhi
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Abbreviations
T ~ Theosophy (a bi-monthly magazine)
TM ~ Theosophical Movement (monthly magazine)
Glossary ~ Theosophical Glossary by H.P.Blavatsky
SD ~ The Secret Doctrine by HPB
Isis ~ Isis Unveiled by HPB
Mod. Panarion ~ Modern Panarion (articles by HPB)
CWB ~ Collected Works of HPB
Lucifer ~ Magazine published by HPB
WQJ Art ~ Articles of W.Q.Judge
HPB Art ~ Articles of HPB
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Articles and References
The 100 year cycle ... SD I xxxvii-iii; Key, pp. 306-7
The Hundred Year Cycle Theosophy Vol. 19 - p. 449
The Theosophical Movement in Other Ages, Theosophical Movement V. 35, p. 93
The Precursors of H.P.Blavatsky Theosophy, V. 23, p. 529
Precursors of HPB. . . series Theosophy, Vol. 24
Footsteps of the Predecessors Theosophical Movement V. 2, p. 49
Chelas and Lay Chelas HPB Art. II 308
Landmarks in Theosophical History Theosophical Movement V. 39, p. 30
A History of Theosophy Down the Ages Theosophical Movement V. 33, p. 421
A History of the Theosophical Movement Theosophical Movement V. 38, p. 107
Plain Theosophical Traces WQJ Articles I p. 244
Years of Preparation in America Theosophical Movement V. 25, p. 232
The Adepts in America in 1776 WQJ. Art. II, p. 70;
On Tson-Ka-Pa Theosophical Movement Vol. 7 - p. 25
Theosophical Movement Vol. 8 - p. 141
Aryan Path, March 1945
Theosophical Movement Vol. 8 - p. 141 Aryan Path, March 1945
Spiritual Yeast in 14th Cent. Europe Theosophical Movement V. 25, p. 200
The Theosophical Renaissance Theosophy, V. 26, p. 98
The T. Movement in the Renaissance Theosophical Movement V. 39, p. 252, 305
Italian Renaissance & Ancient Wisdom Theosophical Movement V. 25, p. 223
Jacob Boehme and the Secret Doctrine WQJ Art. I, p. 270;
Was Cagliostro a Charlatan? HPB Art. III p. 152;
HPB was the 6th Mission since Tson-Ka-Pa Theosophy 26, p. 118
Theosophy 15, p. 1
Seven Centuries Culminating Theosophical Movement Vol. 19, p. 73
WQJ on the Nature HPB. Pract. Occultism, p. 162-4
On HPB, Her Work and Position Theosophy 54 - p. 161-2
The next "Messenger" W.Q.J. Art. II 153
HPB an Occultist ... Theosophy 6 - p. 111
RC on HPB ... Theosophy 8 p. 8
Future and past Incarnations of HPB -
Countess Wachmeister Reminiscences p. 127
Previous Incarnation of HPB, WQJ Forum Answers p. 66
WQJ on Cycles WQJ Art. I 58, 183, 159,
II 127, 152,
The Theosophical Movement, WQJ Art. II, p. 124;
Our Cycle and the Next, HPB Art. I p. 367;
HPB on Cycles, HPB Art. I 355, 397;
The Cycle Moves on, Theosophical Movement Vol. 18, p. 145
The Cycle Moveth (Series), Theosophy 13 - 1 - 481
Obscured Adepts, Theosophical Movement Vol. 16, p. 9; III 69;
Plato and his Successors, Theosophy, V. 84, p. 144
The Neo-Platonic Revival, Theosophy, V. 26, p. 146, 156