LEADER 02823nam 2200385 450 001 9910645953003321 005 20230510205932.0 035 $a(CKB)5860000000285399 035 $a(NjHacI)995860000000285399 035 $a(EXLCZ)995860000000285399 100 $a20230510d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAccelerating Human Evolution by Theosophical Initiation $eAnnie Besant's Pedagogy and the Creation of Benares Hindu University /$fYves Mu?hlematter 210 1$aMu?nchen :$cDe Gruyter,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 423 pages) 225 1 $aOkkulte Moderne : Beitra?ge zur Nichthegemonialen Innovation 311 $a3-11-079479-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aThe main subjects of analysis in the present book are the stages of initiation in the grand scheme of Theosophical evolution. These initiatory steps are connected to an idea of evolutionary self-development by means of a set of virtues that are relative to the individual's position on the path of evolution. The central thesis is that these stages were translated from the "Hindu" tradition to the "Theosophical" tradition through multifaceted "hybridization processes" in which several Indian members of the Theosophical Society partook. Starting with Annie Besant's early Theosophy, the stages of initiation are traced through Blavatsky's work to Manilal Dvivedi and T. Subba Row, both Indian members of the Theosophical Society, and then on to the Sana?tana Dharma Text Books. In 1898, the English Theosophist Annie Besant and the Indian Theosophist Bhagavan Das together founded the Central Hindu College, Benares, which became the nucleus around which the Benares Hindu University was instituted in 1915. In this context the Sana?tana Dharma Text Books were published. Mu?hlematter shows that the stages of initiation were the blueprint for Annie Besant's pedagogy, which she implemented in the Central Hindu College in Benares. In doing so, he succeeds in making intelligible how "esoteric" knowledge was transferred to public institutions and how a broader public could be reached as a result. The dissertation has been awarded the ESSWE PhD Thesis prize 2022 by the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism. 410 0$aOkkulte Moderne : Beitra?ge zur Nichthegemonialen Innovation. 606 $aPostcolonialism 615 0$aPostcolonialism. 676 $a325.3 700 $aMu?hlematter$b Yves$01271640 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910645953003321 996 $aAccelerating Human Evolution by Theosophical Initiation$92995621 997 $aUNINA