The Writings of Charles Johnston
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Here we present the collected writings of Charles Johnston (1867-1931). In the menu to your right, you will find links to books published by Mr. Johnston along with a full 265 published articles, translations and commentaries. These we have arranged in chronological order, as much as possible, with the exception of serialized articles, which we have arranged according to the publication date of their first installment. Below you will find an alphabetical listing of the same.
The work of compiling these writings has relied heavily upon the resources made available by the Theosophical Society (Pasadena) and the United Lodge of Theosophists (Los Angeles), both of whom have maintained copies of the periodicals in which Johnston’s writings were chiefly published, the most notable being the Theosophical Quarterly Magazine. Charles Johnston’s most valuable work is his translations of core Eastern texts such as the Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras, Crest-Jewel of Wisdom, Tao Te Ching, and most particularly of the 10 Principle (Mukhya) Upanishads. Accompanying these translations are extensive commentaries that examine the texts in the light of modern theosophical wisdom, making for an exceedingly valuable tool for theosophical students. Johnston’s true gift to posterity is the vision he presents of the core-wisdom that underlies these great works, and the immediate connection made between that wisdom and the teachings of the Western religious tradition, particularly the teachings of Jesus and St. Paul the Initiate. If one studies Johnston’s writings with a mind set on truth, one will inevitably come away with a conviction that there is no fundamental difference between the spiritual teachings of East and West, and, furthermore, that these ancient teachings are at one with those embodied in the modern theosophical movement.
Below, and at the top of the right-hand menu, you will find a customized search engine. This search feature is designed to target only the writings of Mr. Johnston and to return results drawn from Google’s database. It is a powerful tool to use in searching through these writings.
In addition to this you will find a translation feature to the right of the main title on each article. This allows the article to be translated into dozens of common languages. It uses Google Translator, an online initiative designed to aid in auto-translation. This feature is in its infancy, and translations produced by it aren’t yet ideal, but it is a tool that is improved every day, and holds much promise for the future.
We hope this compilation will be helpful to all interested students.
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Articles of Charles Johnston in Alphabetical Sequence
A Drama of the Great Initiation
A High Disciple, a Prophecy, and a Miracle
A Poet Theosophist: Walt Whitman
A Vedic Master (Prashna Upanishad)
A Vedic Master (Prashna Upanishad)
An Old Legend (Chandogya Upanishad)
An Outline of the “Secret Doctrine”
The Antiquity of Indian Writing
Aryan Origins and the Primeval Savage
The Awakening to the Self (Atma Bodha)
The Awakening to the Spirit (Atma Bodha)
The Birth of the World-Egg (Manava Dharma Shastra)
Buddha’s Method (Akankheyya Sutta)
The Buddha’s Teaching of the Logos
By The Master (Isha Upanishad)
By the Master (Isha Upanishad)
The Childhood and Youth of St. Paul
Concerning Three Brahmans (Hitopadesha)
The Culture-Language of the Future
The Dangerous Revival of Spiritualism
The Doctrine of the Divine Man
Does Consciousness Evolve? The Answer of the Vedanta
The Dream of Life (Vakyasudha)
The Earliest Races (Vayu Purana)
The Early Races in the Popol Vuh
Eastern and Western Psychology
Eloquent, Just, and Mighty Death
The Essence of the Teaching (Vakya Sudha)
The Essence of the Teaching (Vakya Sudha)
Faith and Works in the Upanishads and the New Testament
Father, Mother and Son (Aitareya Upanishad)
First Principles 1 (Chandogya Upanishad)
First Principles 2 (Chandogya Upanishad)
“For I Desired Mercy, and Not Sacrifice”
The Fourfold Self’s Three Vestures
Giordano Bruno: A Martyr Theosophist
The Great War and the Great Initiation
The Growth of Philosophy in America
The Guatemalan Secret Doctrine
Heart, Will, Life (Chandogya Upanishad)
Honey for the Gods (Chandogya Upanishad)
The Hymn of the Spirit (Rig Veda)
In the House of Death (Katha Upanishad)
Indicative Words for the Future
Instructions for Disciples (Taittiriya Upanishad)
Is “Time” a Dimension of “Space”
The Katha Upanishad and the Great Initiation
The Kingdom of Heaven and the Upanishads
King Nala’s Rivals (Mahabharata)
The Lotus of the Bliss of the Eternal (Taittiriya Upanishad 2)
The Lotus of the Sage Bhrgu (Taittiriya Upanishad 3)
The Lotus of the Teaching (Taittiriya Upanishad 1)
Lovers of the East (Henry Thomas Colebrooke)
Lovers of the East (Sir William Jones)
Lovers of the East: Anquetil Duperron
Macrocosm and Microcosm (Aitareya Upanishad)
The Magicians of the Blue Hills
Mars and Mercury: A Possible Solution
Materialistic Science (A Summary)
The Meaning of OM (Mandukya Upanishad)
The Measures of the Eternal (Mandukya Upanishad)
The Mother of the Vedas (Gayatri)
The Mysteries of Sound 1 (Chandogya Upanishad)
The Mysteries of Sound 2 (Chandogya Upanishad)
The Mysteries of Sound 3 (Chandogya Upanishad)
Nala and the Gods (Mahabharata)
Natural Psychical and Spiritual Bodies (Gaudapada’s Mandukya Karika)
The Noble Eightfold Path (Dharma Chakra Pravarttana Sutra)
The Occultism of Southern India
The Opening Eyelids of the Morn
Pages from the Upanishads (Mandukya Upanishad)
The Priestess of Isis and her Accusers
The Prince and the Woodman (Sankhya Aphorisms)
Psychism and the Fourth Dimension
The Races of Ancient India (Mahabharata)
Rajput and Brahman (Brihad-Aranyaka Upanishad)
Rajput and Brahman in Buddha’s Day
The Realm, the Radiance, and the Power
The Religious Question in China
Reminiscences [Clement Griscom]
Self-Glorification or Self-Conquest
The Sevenfold Counsels of Perfection
Shall We Know our Friends in Heaven?
Shankara’s Catechism (Tattva Bodha)
Shankaracharya’s Catechism (Tattva Bodha)
The Song of the Self (Siddhanta-Tattva-Vindu)
The Sorrows of Damayanti (Mahabharata)
The Soul and the Self (Shankara)
The Story of Adam and Eve in the New Testament
The Tale of a Tiger (Hitopadesha)
Teachers Other Than Human (Chandogya Upanishad)
The Two Wisdoms (Mundaka Upanishad)
The Two Wisdoms (Mundaka Upanishad)
Traces of India in Ancient Egypt
Two Professors: Christian and Skeptic
“Two Thousand Years Ago”—A Contrast
The Upanishads and the Brahmans
Visâkhâ: A Woman Disciple of the Buddha
The Warrior (Sankya Aphorisms)
