THE PRASNOTTARA OR THEOSOPHY IN INDIA [VOL. I], BEING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THEOSOPHISTS
Book Details + Condition: Thompson and Co., Printers (Madras, India). First Edition, 1893 (nd). Very scarce original bound 24 issues, with pencilled editorial markings present throughout. Hardcover with three-quarters leather binding and dark red marbled boards. 192 pages. Two volumes in one, with 12 monthly published issues for each volume. Edited by Bertram Keightley, THE PRASNOTTARA was a monthly journal launched in the late 19th century to provide a platform for esoteric philosophy, and discussing religious or spiritual topics relevant to Theosophists. Initially, questions in the journal were answered by a panel of scholars and pandits. Due to its popularity, the panel quickly became overburdened, and the system changed. In 1904, under the editorship of G.S. Arundale, the publication was renamed THEOSOPHY IN INDIA. Covered questions and topics in the 24 monthly issues include:
- Belief in Adepts
- Destruction of Animals
- Black Magicians and Nirvana
- Brahmanical Faith and Universal Brotherhood
- Brahma Vidya and the Vrattas
- Hindu Practices as Regards Dying Persons
- The Earth as a Future Moon
- Free-will and Past Karma
- Gods of the Vedas: What Are They?
- Karma, Set-Off Good Against Bad
- Meaning of Term Dharma
- The Occult Significance of Krishna Avatar
- Best Time For Meditation
- Objections to Pranayamic Practices
- Re-incarnation and the Vedas
- Modern and Occult Science
- Theosophical Society and Intellectual Problems
- Triad and Quarternary
- Vrattas and Brahmna Vidya
- And much more.
Very scarce original 12 bound issues, with firm binding; rubbing to edges and corners; normal aging and shelf wear to boards; stamps to ffep, title and index pages (and to one other random page) - of Charles J. Carlotti, businessman, inventor and collector. Many of the pages towards the rear are creased in the middle. PLEASE NOTE: There are pencilled-in names of the editors (Bertram Keightley and Sydney V. Edge), with a notation "Editors, editing p 162"; while we don't see this particular editorial mark, there are indeed pencilled editorial notations to many pages (a handful include pp 8, 15, 13, 58, 78, 133 - see photos), which signifies this copy as an original hand-edited copy of the editors. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
