Carlos Cardoso Aveline, at The Blogs

Aug 11, 2024, 5:25 PM

Authentic Intelligence is Better than Artificial Intelligence

Real intelligence comes from one’s heart, and it includes spiritual intuition [Image: Freepik]

THE Independent Lodge of Theosophists rejects the Artificial Intelligence project. The first reason for this stance is that AI is not intelligent: it is merely based on supercomputer programs. The AI also constitutes a blind instrument for practices of...

May 5, 2024, 5:20 PM

The Real War and How to Win It

The classical sentence “In war, truth is the first casualty” is ascribed to Aeschylus. If you agree with the idea, you must not automatically believe everything you see and hear, especially in times of war. There may be more falsehoods...

Apr 14, 2024, 5:15 PM

Remembering that Jesus is a Jew

Partial view of the painting “Salvator Mundi”, by Leonardo da Vinci, and the flag of Israel [Wikipedia]

It is sometimes fascinating to look at human history from the point of view of the first goal of the theosophical movement, which is the construction of a nucleus of universal brotherhood, with due respect for human differences. One...

Feb 29, 2024, 10:57 PM

Berdyaev and the Search for Truth

Nicolas Berdyaev [Photo: Wikipedia - Wikicommons]

The universe is a creative process: it is unfolding yet, and its development obeys the Law of Symmetry and Equilibrium. One must therefore pay a karmic price for everything. If one wants solidarity, one has to understand the mechanisms of...

Jan 28, 2024, 3:26 PM

The Jewish Roots of Palestine

The book by Netanyahu - and the statue “Let Us Beat Swords into Ploughshares”, by Soviet artist Evgeni Vuchetich, a gift from Russia to the United Nations in 1959 [Photo: ILT and the United Nations, NY]

Good-willing souls who believe in fashionable propaganda are often inclined to cancel both History and Reality. They are proud to dismiss common sense as soon as the objective world contradicts their lofty ideals. Let us admit a fact, then:...

Jan 14, 2024, 5:24 PM

Alexandre Dumas and Social Conflicts

D’Artagnan protects a lady: a classical drawing by Maurice Leroy [Image from Wikipedia in French]

In the works of Alexandre Dumas (father), social conflicts seem to make no sense. A feeling of humanism and respect for Life permeates his writings, ignoring ideological divisions and differences of social class. The heroes in Dumas’ novels are on...

Dec 3, 2023, 6:58 PM

Ben Sira, Confucius, and the Future

For some time an impression was created that humanity would be happier by getting rid of nations. It became a consensus for many that organized states and national borders were unnecessary. Multinational companies could successfully take care of our...

Nov 2, 2023, 11:16 PM

The Causes of War, and of Peace

Close up of the temple in the Holyland Model of Ancient Jerusalem [Photo: Wikipedia]

Wars certainly have severe consequences, but they belong into a large extent to the world of effects. One must examine their Causes. The origin of terrorism and military conflicts must be found in human soul. A war is more than “the...

Sep 26, 2023, 5:27 PM

A Brazilian Hero in Russia

Carlos Lima Aveline and St. Basil’s Cathedral, in Moscow [Photos: Anton Zelenov / Wikipedia (Cathedral) and Independent Lodge of Theosophists]

Dedicating one’s life to a noble and transcendent goal produces a special kind of magnetism, and also a generous amount of Karmic tests. An elevated ideal has its own substance, albeit subtle, and it stands miles apart from the small...

Aug 13, 2023, 5:56 PM

Muslims Want Peace in Africa

Allegations that the Islamic religion has incurable links to terrorism and violence are not confirmed by facts. The mechanistic labelling of a religion is never a wise thing to do. Although the growing cooperation in recent years between Israel and...

About Me

Born in Brazil in 1952, Carlos Cardoso Aveline is a journalist by profession and author of the book “The Fire and Light of Theosophical Literature”. He has other works published on esoteric philosophy and ecology. The editor of “The Aquarian Theosophist”, Cardoso Aveline thinks Judaism, Jewish philosophy and Israel have important roles to play in the ethical rebirth the world needs in the present century. He lives in Portugal and directs the Library and Research Center of the Independent Lodge of Theosophists, whose associated websites include www.TheosophyOnline.com and www.HelenaBlavatsky.Org .

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