XI. Benares Pamphlet Series (1895-1907)

Two pamphlet series, both published in Benares, the first ("Pamphlet Series") in 1895, the second ("Benares Pamphlet Series") beginning in 1903. Some titles appear in both series, with the same or different numbers. Library catalogs do not distinguish between these series, creating the illusion of different titles with the same number, or the same title with two different numbers. These series are comprised of first publication for several lectures, reprints of articles and lectures that appeared in various theosophical journals, and several previously published pamphlets.

[All items published at Benares (now Varanasi), India: Theosophical Publishing Society. Several were later reprinted as part of the Adyar Pamphlet Series, with new numbers. Links provided to the latter.]

A. Pamphlet Series (1895)

[This list comes from advertising in one of the pamphlets in the series. Nos. 1-15 were published without series numbers; nos. 16-21 were published with numbers, under the heading Pamphlet Series.]

1895 Why I Became a Theosophist. No. 1. [First appeared as 1889 Freethought Publishing Co. pamphlet, subsequently as TPS pamphlet.]

1895 A Rough Outline of Theosophy. No. 2. Lecture, South Place Institute. [First appeared as 1892 TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1921 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 131.]

1895 The Sphinx of Theosophy. No. 3. [From Lucifer (August 1890); also appeared as 1891 TPS pamphlet.]

1895 Theosophy and Its Evidences. No. 4.[ From Lucifer (January-February 1891; also appeared as 1891 TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1913 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 32.]

1895 The Theosophical Society and H.P.B [H. P. Blavatsky]. No. 5.[ From Lucifer (December 1890); also appeared as 1891 TPS pamphlet; reprinted as part of Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 157.]

1895 Theosophy and the Law of Population. No. 6. [From Lucifer (July 1891); also appeared as 1891 TPS pamphlet.]

1895 1875-1891: A Fragment of Autobiography. No. 7. Lecture of August 30, 1891, National Secular Society, Hall of Science, Old Street, St. Luke’s, London. [First appeared as 1891 TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1917 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 84.]

1895 In Defence of Theosophy. No. 8. Lecture of October 9, 1891, St. James’s Great Hall, London. [First appeared as 1891 TPS pamphlet].

1895 Theosophy and Christianity. No. 9. [First appeared as 1893 TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1914 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 37.]

1895 Theosophy in Questions and Answers. No. 10. [First appeared as 1893 TPS pamphlet.]

1895 An Introduction to Theosophy. No. 11. [First appeared as 1894 TPS pamphlet.]

1895 The Place of Peace. From The Path. No. 12. [First appeared as 1892 TPS pamphlet. Collected in 1912 Essays and Addresses, vol. 2, The Spiritual Life. See Essays and Addresses (1911-13).]

1895 Vegetarianism in the Light of Theosophy. No. 13. [First appeared as 1894 TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1913 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 27.]

1895 The Meaning and the Use of Pain.No. 14. Lecture at the Blavatsky Lodge. [From Lucifer (July 1894; also appeared as 1894 TPS pamphle. Reprinted in 1910; and again in 1932 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 168.]

1895 Devotion and the Spiritual Life.No. 15. [From Lucifer (August 1895); also appeared as 1895 TPS pamphlet; collected in 1912 Essays and Addresses, vol. 2: The Spiritual Life. See Essays and Addresses (1911-13).]

1895 The Place of Politics in the Life of a Nation. No. 16. Lecture of 1895. [Collected in 1913 Essays and Addresses, vol. 4: India. See Essays and Addresses (1911-13).]

1895 Materialism Undermined by Science. No. 17. Lecture. [Collected in 1913 Essays and Addresses, vol. 3: Evolution and Occultism. See Essays and Addresses (1911-13).]

1895 The Pilgrimage of the Soul. No. 18. Lecture.

1895 The Use of Evil. No. 19. Lecture: India. [Collected in 1912 Essays and Addresses, vol. 2: The Spiritual Life. See Essays and Addresses (1911-13). Reprinted in 1932 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 166.]

1895 Eastern Castes and Western Classes. No. 20. Lecture. [Collected in 1913 Essays and Addresses, vol. 4: India. See Essays and Addresses (1911-13); and in 1917 The Birth of New India.]

1895 The Means of India’s Regeneration. No. 21. Lecture of 1895. [Collected in 1913 Essays and Addresses, vol. 4: India. See Essays and Addresses (1911-13).]

B. Benares Pamphlet Series (1903-1907)

[Revised numbering of the previous series, reprinting some items, adding or deleting others. Nos. 22-29 extend the earlier series with new material.]

1903 Proofs of the Existence of the Soul.No. 1. Lecture, Chicago. [Reprinted in 1911 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 4.]

1903 Against Vivisection. No. 8.

1903 Theosophy and Christianity. No. 9. [First published as 1893 TPS pamphlet; reprinted in 1914 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 37.]

1903 The Place of Peace. No 11. [First appeared as 1892 TPS pamphlet. Collected in 1912 Essays and Addresses, vol. 2, The Spiritual Life. See Essays and Addresses (1911-13).]

1903 The Influence of Alcohol. Lecture of February 7, 1892, Livesey Temperance Hall, London. No. 12. [First appeared as 1892 pamphlet; reprinted in 1930 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 138.]

1904 Modern Science and the Higher Self. No. 22. [Reprinted in 1915 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 56.]

1903 Education as a National Duty. No. 23. Lecture of March 9, 1903, Bombay. [Collected in 1917 The Birth of New India.]

1904 The Value of Theosophy in the Raising of India. No. 24. [Collected in 1917 The Birth of New India.]

1904 The Education of Indian Girls. No. 25. [From Theosophist (May 1904, supplement). Collected in 1913 Essays and Addresses, vol. 4: India; and in 1917 The Birth of New India.]

1906 East and West. No. 26. Published with No. 27. [From Theosophical Review (September 1905); original title:" Eastern and Western Ideals of Life." Reprinted in 1915 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 53.]

1906 The Destinies of Nations. No. 27. Published with no. 26.[ From Theosophical Review (October 1905). Collected in 1913 Essays and Addresses, vol. 3: Evolution and Occultism. See Essays and Addresses (1911-13). Reprinted in 1915 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 53.]

1906 England and India. No. 28. Lecture of October 5, 1902, South Place Chapel, Finsbury. [Collected in 1913 Essays and Addresses, vol. 4: India. See Essays and Addresses (1911-13). Reprinted in 1913 as Adyar Pamphlet Series, no. 34.]

1907 Colonel Henry Steel Olcott: His Life and Its Lessons. Lecture. No. 29.