While Jains seek spiritual liberation at the end of life, Buddhist self-immolation and Muslim suicidal bombing are different forms of politico-religious actions.
Esotericism
Religione, esoterismo e suicidio. 2. Gli Ebrei di Masada e le vedove indù
Due casi molto diversi di auto-immolazione: i combattenti ebrei a Masada e le donne indiane nel rituale del Sati.
Religion, Esotericism, and Suicide. 2. Masada Jews and Hindu Widows
Two very different cases of self-immolation: Jewish warriors at Masada, Indian women in the Sati ritual.
Religione, esoterismo e suicidio. 1. Le religioni contro il suicidio
Quasi tutte le religioni condannano il suicidio. Perché allora esistono suicidi “rituali”?
Religion, Esotericism, and Suicide. 1. Religions Against Suicide
Almost all religions condemn suicide. Why, then, does “ritual” suicide also exist?
Lawren Harris, Theosophical Painter. 1. Discovering Theosophy
While also exploring Christian Science, the greatest modern Canadian painter became an enthusiastic Theosophist.
Reginald W. Machell, Theosophical Artist. 2. Machell in Lomaland
After Blavatsky’s death, the artist joined Katherine Tingley’s Theosophical community in California and became one of its most prominent members.
Reginald W. Machell, Theosophical Artist. 1. Surviving the 2025 Los Angeles Fire
Some of the works and documents of the most significant early Theosophical painter perished this year when the flames destroyed Altadena’s Theosophical Society. Others survived.
Carlo Adolfo Schlatter: A Theosophical Painter in Florence
The artist devoted several years to “present the essence of Theosophy in a concise, simple but conclusive form.”
Dane Rudhyar: Theosophist, Composer, Astrologer, Artist
The world-famous astrologer and member of the Theosophical Society was also a gifted painter and participated in significant 20th-century artistic movements.