Katinka Hesselink's blog

Who is Katinka Hesselink?

I'm a webdesigner, a Dutch citizen (that's in Europe), a theosophist, into religion and spirituality in general. That is: Christianity, Buddhism, Wicca and Paganism, Taoism, Sufism and Islam, Yoga and Hinduism and whatever else comes to mind. 

I love fantasy fiction,like Harry Potter for instance. 

Honestly - this is not my main blog. My main blog is All Considering. On here I just collect some of my favorite links - usually from my own stuff on the various places I'm active online.

This post is the easiest way I can find to show off the categories I've created on this blog:

Unfinished Autobiography by Alice A. Bailey

Unfinished Autobiography by Alice A. Bailey

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I'm not really into Alice Bailey's work, nor into that of 'The Tibetan', but this autobiography is great. Funny, full of self knowledge and simply fascinating from the point of view of esoteric history. Alice Bailey was born and raised in England in 1880. She lived through both world wars and lived the transition from riches to poverty - from life with servants at every step, to doing your own laundry. She was a missionary, an abused wife, a divorcée when that was still unusual, and then a spiritual teacher in her own right - helped by the love of her life and second husband. This is an Unfinished autobiography. The manuscript was still being worked on by the author and her editors when she passed in 1949. As such it does have a slightly rough style - repetitions here and there on points Bailey clearly felt strongly. When I put on my historians hat, I'm most annoyed at her inconsistent naming of people. Sometimes they're left anonymous, sometimes they're named. When a name is given, it's very often not on the first mention of them. She says she was taught by three personal students of Blavatsky's, but she names only one. We're left to guess about the other two and I suppose the only way to find out their names is to go through Theosophical Society's records and the magazine of the Arcane School. Why does it matter? It's not very likely that Bailey would find three personal students of Blavatsky's in the USA. Blavatsky didn't really have that many personal students. On the other hand, she did have a huge correspondence. Each of those people might feel themselves to be a 'personal student' of Blavatsky's. However, I think it's pretty clear it means less than the phrase suggests. And to base on that the claim, which Bailey makes in this book, that she's closer to Blavatsky's real teachings than her critics would allow, is rather stretching things. The main reason I bought this book is that it gives an uncensored look at the Theosophical Society in the first half of ...

Help with Kundalini - books

http://www.squidoo.com/kundalini-books

When the Dutch TS had a weekend about spirituality and evolution early 2010, Prof. Dr. Hans Gerding handed out a bibliography. On this list of books, there was a whole list of books about Kundalini. Because the Internet is my archive, I thought I'd share those books here.

Quiz: Test your knowledge about Blavatsky

Quiz: Test your knowledge about Blavatsky

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Blavatsky and theosophy trivia: Are you ready for my quiz?Test your knowledge, your mettle, your trivia (not trivial) pursuit, your multiple choice skills. I've put together some hard and simple questions about the founding mother of the New Age Movement.

Theosophy and the Theosophical Society

Introducing Theosophy and the Theosophical Society...

Theosophy and the Theosophical Society

http://hubpages.com/hub/Theosophy-ts

The Theosophical Society was founded in 1875 at a time when the West was just becoming seriously aware of the existence of religions and people elsewhere. Intelligent people could no longer classify Islam as devilish for instance, or Hinduism as barbaric. But what then? The serious study of religion was started at universities - the first professor of comparative religion got his post in 1875.

Karma and reincarnation facts - about good and evil

The basics in understanding the spiritual law of karma. 

Karma and reincarnation facts - about good and evil

http://hubpages.com/hub/karma-reincar...

Karma means action. The idea is, at it's simplest, that good is rewarded and evil punished. Or more practically put: selfishness is punished and unselfishness rewarded. The Dalai Lama puts it even more radically: From the perspective of karma it is selfish to help others, because that will be rewarded.

Spiritual Quotes and Wisdom Sayings

Another inspiring collection of spiritual quotes. 

Spiritual Quotes and Wisdom Sayings

http://hubpages.com/hub/Spiritual-Quotes

For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be got through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

The Theosophical Network - Embrace * Compare * Explore

The Theosophical Network - Embrace * Compare * Explore

http://theosnet.ning.com/

Open minded spiritual forum started by theosophists not afraid of discussing any topic :)

I helped found this forum & keep a regular eye on there. It's a decent group of people with fascinating interests.

Personal development, Healing, Awareness and Self Help Inspiration

Personal development, Healing, Awareness and Self Help Inspiration

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Inspiring links to help you on your path of personal development and spiritual growth. Meditation help, inspiring quotes, spiritual teachers and reiki information.

Another great collection of webpages - this time full of spiritual inspiration for daily life.

Interfaith - religious dialogue resources

Interfaith - religious dialogue resources

Information about religious dialog - or people who have tried that path of understanding. Included are webpages that share information on spiritual and religious practices that travel across religious traditions (like the midwinter festival that Christmas is obviously related to).

Get inspired by tolerance and learn from other spiritual traditions than your own :)