"Wisdom
Teachings"
is the title of a
series of teachings based upon the oldest known religious and philosophical
teachings in Man's history.
Handed down through the
ages, they were - for a very long time - kept secret, because it was felt that
some of the higher wisdom was likely to be dangerous in the hands of the
Spiritually unprogressed.
As a result of this need
for secrecy, many Orders and Societies came into being - the original Knights
Templar, the Rosicrucians, the Freemasons
and a number of the earlier Christian sects were among those who guarded the
Wisdom Teachings and kept them from
those whom they considered "profane".
Today, largely due to the
expansion of the human consciousness and the growing disaffection of so many
thinking people for the old hidebound orthodox religions, these teachings are
becoming more and more sought after, especially by those who can
see
- and understand - the present need.
Theosophy and Modern
Spiritualism are perhaps the best of the present day channels for these
teachings - at least in the Western world. Even
so, both of these are, at
times, severely limited by the narrowness of
the point of view of many of those who follow them.
Spiritualism,
for instance, is based upon a sublime philosophy which, when rightly understood,
will change the state of the world. But,
alas, this deeper
aspect is so often sacrificed to "Mediumship and the Message".
Ivor
James, for many
years, studied and practised these teachings, and distilled from them the
essence which is presented in these lectures in.a
simplified form. Here are to be found the
teachings of Jesus of Nazareth; some of the
Yogi Masters and teachers -
Yogi Ramacharaka, Alice
Bailey, Annie Besant, Vera Stanley Alder and many others
- not forgetting that enigmatic, much-maligned
purveyor of Wisdom,
Tuesday Lobsang Rampa.
Experience and Inspiration
have added to the store of knowledge which now emerges in the Wisdom Teachings.