XII. Adyar Popular Lectures Pamphlet Series (1908-1916)

First publication for a number of individual lectures and two lecture series simultaneously published in pamphlet and book form (See Other Theosophical Lecture Series); several reprints of articles and lectures that appeared previously in The Adyar Bulletin.

[Dates and locations of lectures given, when available. All published by the Theosophist Office, Adyar, Madras (now Chennai), India. Nos. 9-14 were  collected in book form as 1910 Popular Lectures on Theosophy. Nos. 22-24 were collected in book form, along with a fourth lecture in the same series, as 1912 Man’s Life in This and Other Worlds. Several items were reprinted, with new numbers, as part of the Adyar Pamphlet Series. Links provided to the latter.]

1908 Public Spirit, Ideal and Practical. No. 1. Lecture of February 16th, 1908, Headquarters Hall, Theosophical Society, Adyar. [Reprinted in 1932 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 164. Excerpts appear in 1995 Annie Besant on Right Citizenship. See Posthumous Publications (1934-2013).]

1908 Education as the Basis of National Life. No. 2. Lecture of February 23, 1908, Headquarters Hall, Theosophical Society, Adyar. [Excerpts appear in 1995 Annie Besant on Right Citizenship. See Posthumous Publications (1934-2013).]

1908 The Spirit of the Age. No. 3. Lecture of March 1, 1908, Headquarters Hall, Theosophical Society, Adyar.

1908 The Necessity for Religious Education. No. 4. Lecture of February 26, 1908, Students' Literary Society, Madras. [Collected in 1917 The Birth of New India. Excerpts appear in 1993 Annie Besant on The Brotherhood of Religions. See Posthumous Publications (1934-2013).]

1908 The East and the West. No. 5. Lecture of February 29, 1908, Ranade Library, Mylapur, Madras, India, for the South Indian Association.

1908 The Guardians of Humanity. No. 6. March 8, 1908, Theosophical Hall, Madras. [A lecture of the same title appears in 1908 Australian Lectures.]

1909 Religion and Music. No. 7. Lecture of March 7, 1908. Triplicane, Madras, Shri Parthasarathi Svami Sabha.

1909 The Work of the Theosophical Society in India. No. 8. Closing lecture of the Theosophical Society International Convention, December 1909, Benares. [Collected in 1917 The Birth of New India.]

1910 Popular Lectures on Theosophy (1): What Is Theosophy? No. 9. Lecture of February 6, 1910, Adyar. [Also appears in book form, with nos. 10-14, as 1910 Popular Lectures on Theosophy. See Other Theosophical Lecture Series 1895-1930.]

1910 Popular Lectures on Theosophy (2): The Ladder of Lives. No. 10. Lecture of February 13, 1910, Adyar.

1910 Popular Lectures on Theosoph y (3): Reincarnation: Its Necessity. No. 11. Lecture of February 20, 1910, Adyar.

1910 Popular Lectures on Theosophy (4): Reincarnation: Its Answers to Life’s Problems. No. 12. Lecture of February 27, 1910, Adyar.

1910 Popular Lectures on Theosophy (5): The Law of Action and Reaction. No. 13. Lecture of March 6, 1910, Adyar.

1910 Popular Lectures on Theosophy (6): Man’s Life in the Three Worlds. No. 14. Lecture of March 13, 1910, Adyar.

1910 The Immediate Future. No. 15. [Reprinted from 1909 The Changing World.]

1911 The Opening of the New Cycle. No. 16. Lecture of December 1910, Adyar (opening the 35th Annual Convention). [From Theosophist (April-May 1911).]

1911 The White Lodge and Its Messengers. No. 17. Lecture of January 1, 1911, Adyar (closing the 35th Annual Convention). [ From Theosophist (June 1911); reprinted in 1931 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 149.]

1911 A Sketch of Theosophy. No. 18. Lecture of July 6, 1911, Hindhead, Surrey, England.[ From Adyar Bulletin (November 1911); reprinted in 1932 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 160.]

1912 The Masters and the Way to Them. No. 19. [From Theosophist (November 1911).]

1912 Islam in the Light of Theosophy. No. 20.[ From Theosophist (April-May 1910; collected in 1917 The Birth of New India; reprinted in 1932 as TPH pamphlet: Beauties of Islam.]

1912 Social Problems: The Message of Theosophy. No. 21.

1912 Man’s Life in This and Other Worlds (1): In the Physical World: The Meaning of Death. No. 22. [Also appears in book form, with nos. 23-25, in 1912 Man’s Life in This and Other Worlds. See Other Theosophical Lecture Series 1895-1930.]

1912 Man’s Life in This and Other Worlds (2): Life in the Astral World and after Death. No. 23. Victoria Town Hall, Madras, 1912. [Reprinted in 1931 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 156.]

1912 Man’s Life in This and Other Worlds (3): Life in the Mental World and After Death. No. 24.

1913 Man's Life in This and Other Worlds (4): The Spirit Who Is Man and the Spiritual Life. No. 25. November 29, 191, Parsi Theatre, Madras.

1913 The Citizenship of Coloured Races in the Empire.No. 26. [From Adyar Bulletin (April 1913).]

1913 The Coming of the World-Teacher (1). No. 27. Lecture of January 1912, Benares. [From Adyar Bulletin (September 1913).]

1913 The Coming of the World-Teacher (2). No. 28. Lecture of January 1912, Benares.[ From Adyar Bulletin (October 1913).]

1914 The Relativity of Hindu Ethics. No. 29. Lecture of November 1914, Madras Presidency College. [From Adyar Bulletin (December 1914).]

1915 The Occult Hierarchy. No. 30. Lecture of December 31, 1914. [From Adyar Bulletin (January 1915)].

1916 The Value of the Upanishats to Young India. No. 31. Lecture of August 25, 1915: Presidency College, Madras.