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From Pat Deveney's database:
Ihminen [Man]. This was a popular journal devoted to Masonry, Theosophy, the Rosy Cross and the occult generally, with the stated goal of contributing to the "cultivation of the spiritual cultivation of our nation by plowing its furrow in accordance" with its program -- "Live and act in such a way that you contribute to all that unites us humans, because isolation is an illusion. Therefore be a brother to all." Short articles on Mecca, the Dalai Lama, Stonehenge, etc., and regular contributions by
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Ihminen ('The Human') was a Finnish theosophical review in the orbit of Pekka Ervast, devoted to the inner development of the person and to Theosophy's characteristic synthesis of religion, philosophy, science and art. Its sampled pages turn on Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine, karma and the adept ideal, but frame them within a broadly perennialist argument that every religion and discipline offers a 'handrail' on the ascent toward higher life. A recurring note is the exhaustion of church dogma — likened to the fading of the old Roman gods — and the search for truth beyond it. The result is doctrinal yet comparative Theosophy, aimed at ethical and spiritual self-cultivation rather than phenomena or occult technique. Generated by Claude from the periodical's digitized text; a thematic reading, not a bibliographic description. |
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