tktt: The Difference Between Faith And Knowledge; Or, Blind And Reasoned Faith.

"Enq:  And is it that "intuition" which forces you to reject God as a personal Father, Ruler and Governor of the Universe?   Theo:  Precisely. We believe in an ever unknowable Principle, because blind aberration alone can make one maintain that the Universe, thinking man, and all the marvels contained even in the world of [...]

tktt: The Difference Between Faith And Knowledge; Or, Blind And Reasoned Faith.

"Enq:   Thus it is on knowledge, not on faith, that you assert that the permanent principle, the Spirit, simply makes a transit through matter?   Theo:    I would put it otherwise and say - we assert that the appearance of the permanent and one principle, Spirit, as matter is transient, and, therefore, no better than [...]

tktt: The Difference Between Faith And Knowledge; Or, Blind And Reasoned Faith.

"Enq:  If we lose even our individuality, then it becomes simply annihilation.   Theo:  I say it does not, since I speak of separate, not of universal individuality. The latter becomes as a part transformed into the whole; the dewdrop is not evaporated, but becomes the sea.   Is physical man annihilated, when from a [...]

tktt: The Difference Between Faith And Knowledge; Or, Blind And Reasoned Faith.

"Enq:  You say that they accept and believe in the doctrines of Theosophy. But, as they do not belong to those Adepts you have just mentioned, then they must accept your teachings on blind faith. In what does this differ from that of conventional religions?   Theo:  As it differs on almost all other points, [...]