The Gupta Vidya - Volume I
God, Nature and Man
ISBN 978-0-9992382-6-4 Print
ISBN 978-0-9992382-7-1 eBook
by Raghavan Iyer
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The Gupta Vidya contains the Theosophical writings of Raghavan N. Iyer,
published in Hermes from 1975 through 1989 and collected and revised by himself. The first volume provides an overview
of the Gupta Vidya, the timeless teachings of Theosophy, focusing on the nature of deity and the septenary composition
of both Nature and the human being. Beginning with an overview of Theosophy and its ageless wisdom, essays illuminate
the self-existent nature of deity beyond all thought and conception, the creative logos behind and within the sevenfold
manifestation of existence, the nature of consciousness and the highest principle, atman. Then the whole of involution
and evolution is set out in a cosmic context and with special reference to the human being as an immortal soul, the real
Man in each individual, and its role in the evolutionary process. A third section of essays surveys the nature of consciousness
and self-consciousness at their various levels of activity. Throughout the volume, practical suggestions are offered to the
aspiring reader who seeks to awaken ever deeper levels of his or her own conscious awareness of self and world. Several
appendices include classic Theosophical writings of H.P. Blavatsky and others that further explains these subjects.
A glossary and index are included.
Professor Iyer earned first-class honors in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University,
a doctorate in Philosophy, and then was selected to be an Oxford Don in philosophy and politics. He lectured throughout
Europe and also in Africa, and his extensive writings have been published by Oxford University Press and Concord Grove Press.
He also lectured for many years at the United Lodge of Theosophists in Santa Barbara, where he also founded the Institute of
World Culture.
Go to The Origins of Self-Consciousness
in The Secret Doctrine by HP Blavatsky
Go to Wisdom in Action
Go to The Dawning of Wisdom
Go to The Key to Theosophy
Go to Teachers of the Eternal Doctrine