LEADER 05158nam 22005175 450 001 996500665303316 005 20230707192613.0 010 $a3-11-079469-1 035 $a(CKB)5850000000261637 035 $a(DE-B1597)624889 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110794694 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7177515 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7177515 035 $a(OCoLC)1369649013 035 $a(EXLCZ)995850000000261637 100 $a20221205h20222023 fg 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 Mühlematter 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aMünchen ;$aWien :$cDe Gruyter Oldenbourg,$d[2022] 210 4$d©2023 215 $a1 online resource (XII, 423 p.) 225 0 $aOkkulte Moderne : Beiträge zur Nichthegemonialen Innovation ,$x2366-9179 ;$v6 311 $a3-11-079456-X 327 $tFrontmatter --$tAcknowledgments --$tContents --$t1 Introduction --$t2 The Problem of the ?Western? in ?Western Esotericism? and in Research on the Theosophical Society --$tI Encounters in the Global Colonial Discursive Continuum: A Theoretical Framework --$tIntroduction --$t3 Postcolonial Studies, Hybridization, and the Global History Approach --$t4 Towards the Conceptualization of an Analytical Tool --$tII The Theosophical Society in the ?Indian Middle Class,? (Theosophical) Evolutionism, and the Narrative of the Theosophical Masters: Three Essential Contexts --$tIntroduction --$t5 The Indian Middle Class as a Field of Colonial Encounters --$t6 Theosophical Evolutionism, or the Narrative of Progress --$t7 Masters and Disciples, or: How to Transfer Knowledge --$tIII The ?Quickening of Evolution? 1: The Stages of Initiation in Annie Besant?s Early Theosophy and The Voice of the Silence --$tIntroduction --$t8 The ?Quickening of Evolution?: The Stages of Initiation as the Cornerstone of Besant?s Early Theosophy --$t9 Following the Traces of Hybridization: The Stages of Initiation in Blavatsky?s The Voice of the Silence --$tIV The Stages of Initiation In-between ?Hinduism? and Theosophical Evolutionism --$tIntroduction --$t10 The Reception of ?Hinduism? in the Theosophical Society: Encounters in the Indian Middle Class --$t11 Manilal Dvivedi, the Forgotten ?Expert? on ?Hinduism? --$t12 T. Subba Row, the ?Expert? on ?Hinduism? --$tV The ?Quickening of Evolution? 2: The Pedagogy of Morality Based on the Stages of Initiation --$tIntroduction --$t13 The ?Quickening of Evolution?: Education for Initiation in the Central Hindu College and the Sanâtana Dharma Text Books --$t14 Conclusion --$tBibliography --$tList of Figures --$tList of Tables --$tHistorical Persons Index --$tPerson Index --$tPublications Index --$tSubjects Index 330 $aThe main subjects of analysis in the present book are the stages of initiation in the grand scheme of Theosophical evolution. These initiatory steps are connected to an idea of evolutionary self-development by means of a set of virtues that are relative to the individual?s position on the path of evolution. The central thesis is that these stages were translated from the ?Hindu? tradition to the ?Theosophical? tradition through multifaceted ?hybridization processes? in which several Indian members of the Theosophical Society partook. Starting with Annie Besant?s early Theosophy, the stages of initiation are traced through Blavatsky?s work to Manilal Dvivedi and T. Subba Row, both Indian members of the Theosophical Society, and then on to the Sanâtana Dharma Text Books. In 1898, the English Theosophist Annie Besant and the Indian Theosophist Bhagavan Das together founded the Central Hindu College, Benares, which became the nucleus around which the Benares Hindu University was instituted in 1915. In this context the Sanâtana Dharma Text Books were published. Mühlematter shows that the stages of initiation were the blueprint for Annie Besant?s pedagogy, which she implemented in the Central Hindu College in Benares. In doing so, he succeeds in making intelligible how ?esoteric? knowledge was transferred to public institutions and how a broader public could be reached as a result. The dissertation has been awarded the ESSWE PhD Thesis prize 2022 by the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism. 410 0$aOkkulte Moderne Series 606 $aHISTORY / General$2bisacsh 610 $aReligious studies. 610 $aesotericism. 610 $apostcolonialism. 610 $atheosophy. 615 7$aHISTORY / General. 676 $a299.934 700 $aMühlematter$b Yves$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01271640 712 02$aSchweizer Nationalfonds (SNF)$4fnd$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fnd 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996500665303316 996 $aAccelerating Human Evolution by Theosophical Initiation$92995621 997 $aUNISA