Autobiographyto take advantage of opportunity because of mere lack of dollars - these were some of the pressuresBethlehem, 8:it has been penetrated, becomes automatically a mere letter-expression of a deeper one, andBethlehem, 45:them twice-born is a ceremony of Initiation - mere husk truly, in these modern days, but theBethlehem, 60:indeed that they cannot well be attributed to mere coincidence or even to the blasphemous wiles ofBethlehem, 74:the loss of everything, and reckon it all as mere refuse, in order that I may win Christ, and beBethlehem, 103:of at his baptism was not a possession, nor a mere object of expectation; but in the eschatologicalBethlehem, 112:poetry without any solid truth behind them, a mere play of the imagination! The garment whichBethlehem, 263:interdependence and world unity; but these are mere words and names which differing types of mindBethlehem, 271:entitles man to regard himself as more than a mere creature. If there is really a God-man there isExternalisation, 126:on one side or other of the embattled forces. A mere handful of men, the direct descendants orExternalisation, 363:on High was only recognized by and known to a mere handful of men, and it took decades andExternalisation, 430:and "spiritual wickedness in high places." A mere handful of knowers and disciples know, past allExternalisation, 626:a few great farsighted philanthropists, and of a mere handful of enlightened statesmen, churchmenExternalisation, 664:based upon the thinking and the teaching of a mere handful of men who were regarded primarily asFire, XVI:what seems an analogical necessity; nor on the mere authority of our teachers or masters. But weFire, 65:21 [65] 21 "It should be remembered that the mere scale does not matter, for greatness andFire, 77:teacher and without saving others" - by the mere force of will and technical observances, attainsFire, 196:and so forth are accomplished. But, as they axe mere instruments and their power is derived fromFire, 750:of his asceticism. Asceticism, again, is not mere abstinence from the pleasures of the world. HeFire, 800:sweeps into activity the cells of His body as mere incidents where He (the basic central life) isGlamour, 189:on High was only recognized by and known to a mere handful of men, and it took decades andHercules, Known:the god of the waters, but his mother was a mere mortal. He claimed to be a great teacher. He wasInitiationwhat seems an analogical necessity; nor on the mere authority of our teachers or masters. But weInitiation, 220:faculty; that which distinguishes man from the mere animal. It is the individualizing principle;Intellect, 7:life. We know this way only vaguely, as a mere shadowy sentiment culled from religious terminology,Intellect, 13:But there are men among us, men who are not mere machines. We have the right to measure ourIntellect, 28:by what ideals? That education aims not at mere knowledge or mere power of any kind, but atIntellect, 28:That education aims not at mere knowledge or mere power of any kind, but at knowledge and power putIntellect, 70:have to consider is its belief that all evil is mere appearance, an illusion produced by theMagic, 25:treatise would prove meaningless and a mere jumble of words to the average grammar school child,Magic, 548:Sanskrit or Senzar, and [548] known only to a mere handful of the members of the present hierarchy.Meditation, 355:faculty; that which distinguishes man from the mere animal. It is the individualizing principle;Patanjali, 296:circle of pure white light. This begins as a mere pin point and passes through various stages ofProblems, 15:wrecking of the economic life of the masses by a mere handful of powerful groups. Ancient habits ofProblems, 31:into the hands of a few powerful nations or a mere handful of powerful men and financial experts?Problems, 121:heart. The Christian era was ushered in by a mere handful of men, the twelve Apostles, the seventyRays, 273:two types of triangles now being created by a mere handful of people are related to that basicReappearance, 175:a few great farsighted philanthropists and of a mere handful of enlightened statesmen, churchmenSoulnot merely a city of cells. Its organs are no mere facts, but symbols, perilous and profound. ItSoul, 24:insist that psychical activity is not the mere reflection of physical activity; that over and aboveSoul, 33:first, the environment. This is much more than a mere present fact, or set of facts, or a mereSoul, 33:than a mere present fact, or set of facts, or a mere passive stage upon which the drama is played.Soul, 52:And as for the second and broader question, is a mere mechanism the be-all and end-all ofSoul, 60:the heading of "ether." "Whether space is a mere geometrical abstraction, or whether it hasSoul, 62:and at the same time retaining control of it, by mere application of itself without bonds, withoutSoul, 117:is not a property of the body, neither is it a mere function of the brain. The fact that mentalSoul, 147:point which can be summarily dismissed as mere superstition; it is too widespread, too highlySoul, 154:of such an "essence" or higher will, to the mere traditionalist? Why not affirm it first of all asSoul, 156:of soul," the form of activity distinct from a mere outer working, deemed by him appropriate for |