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020			_a9781438480435 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aBP520 _b.T446 2020
049			_aMAIN
245	1	0	_aTheosophy across boundaries : _btranscultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on a modern esoteric movement / _cedited by Hans Martin Krämer and Julian Strube.
260			_aAlbany : _bState University of New York Press, _c(c)2020.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aSUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
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505	0	0	_aIntro -- _tContents -- _tList of Illustrations -- _tIntroduction Theosophy across Boundaries -- _tA Brief History of the Theosophical Society -- _tSummary of Part One: New Perspectives on Theosophy -- _tSummary of Part Two: Theosophy in Literature, the Arts, and Politics -- _tNotes -- _tReferences -- _tPart I New Perspectives on Theosophy -- _tChapter 1 Western Esotericism and the Orient in the First Theosophical Society -- _tThe First Theosophical Society -- _tThe Theosophical Microbe: George Henry Felt -- _tThe Other Woman: Emma Hardinge Britten -- _tMysteries of Authorship and the Orphic Circle
505	0	0	_aThe Contents of Art Magic and Ghost Land -- _tIndia in the Early Theosophical Imagination -- _tConclusion -- _tNotes -- _tReferences -- _tChapter 2 Hinduism, Theosophy, and the Bhagavad Gita within a Global Religious History of the Nineteenth Century -- _t1. Bhagavad Gita in Precolonial India -- _t2. Bhagavad Gita and Europe -- _t3. Bhagavad Gita and the United States -- _t4. Theosophy and the Bhagavad Gita -- _t4.1. Christianity and the Bhagavad Gita -- _t4.2. Bhagavad Gita and "Eastern" Wisdom -- _t4.2.1. "Busiris the Ancient" -- _t4.2.2. Early Theosophy and Bhagavad Gita
505	0	0	_a4.2.3. Theosophical Orientation toward the Bhagavad Gita -- _t4.2.4. Theosophical Appropriation of the Arnold Translation of the Bhagavad Gita -- _t4.2.5. Interpretations of the Bhagavad Gita by Indian Theosophists -- _t5. Hinduism and the Bhagavad Gita -- _t6. Political Bhagavad Gita -- _t6.1. Krishna as the "Ideal Man" -- _t6.2. Bhagavad Gita as a Call for Armed Resistance -- _t6.3. Bhagavad Gita and the Ethics of Action -- _t7. Conclusion: Bhagavad Gita and Global Religious History -- _tNotes -- _tReferences -- _tChapter 3 Theosophying the Vietnamese Religious Landscape -- _tIntroduction
505	0	0	_a1. The Establishment of the Theosophical Society in Cochinchina (1928-1975) -- _tThe Beginning -- _tThe Leadbeater Branch -- _tPostwar Developments -- _t2. "The Path That Leads to the Masters of Wisdom": Translation and Circulation of Models -- _tBuddhist Messianic Dynamics -- _tTheosophical Literature: Translation and Exegesis -- _tThe Vietnamese Lodges at the Intersection of the International Theosophical Society Network -- _t3. Theosophying the Vietnamese Religious Landscape -- _tReimagining Buddhist Philanthropy and Preaching -- _tRecasting and Laicizing Meditation -- _tConclusion -- _tNotes -- _tReferences
505	0	0	_aChapter 4 Theosophical Movements in Modern China -- _tIntroduction -- _tThe Early Theosophical Movement in Modern China -- _tAfter Wu's Death -- _tThe Besant School in Shanghai -- _tConclusion -- _tNotes -- _tReferences -- _tChapter 5 Absence Unveiled? -- _tIntroduction -- _tAcademic Evaluation of the Theosophical Society -- _tHistorical Insignificance or Unexplained Absence? -- _tTheosophical Historiography, A. P. Sinnett, and the Masters -- _tSpiritualism, Occultism, and the Truth? -- _tCritics and Defenders of the Mahatmas -- _tThe Septenary Consitution -- _tCrossing the Boundary-T. Subba Row -- _tConclusion -- _tNotes
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650		0	_aTheosophy _xInfluence.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
700	1		_aKrämer, Hans Martin, _e5
700	1		_aStrube, Julian, _e5
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