~ THEOSOPHY TRUST ~

Dedicates this Site
to the Memory of
Raghavan Iyer,
Servant of the Mahatmas
and a Teacher of Humanity






Sri Raghavan Iyer
March 10, 1930 - June 20, 1995



To SEARCH for a word or phrase on this page, press CTRL+F and enter the text



Subscribe to Weekly
HERMES Quote by RNIyer




~ Sri Raghavan Iyer ~
MEMORIAL LIBRARY

The Symbol Articles by Helen Valborg

from HERMES Magazine 1975-1989



HERMES
A
Go To
Aditi- January 1987Agni- October 1987 The Ark- March 1975

HERMES
B
Go To
Balder- November 1988Bamboo- April 1981Blood- June 1984
Brahma- April 1987 The Bridge- February 1976 

HERMES
C
Go To
The Caduceus- August 1975 The Cave- May 1983 The Chrysanthemum- September 1982
The City- December 1281Copper- June 1982Coral- August 1983
The Cow- October 1976 The Cycle of The Phoenix- January 1975 

HERMES
D
Go To
The Desert- July 1986 The Diamond- June 1975 The Dolphin- October 1981

HERMES
E
Go To
The Egg- April 1975 The Elephant- May 1976 

HERMES
F
Go To
The Fig Tree- January 1982Freyr- July 1988Frigg And Freya- June 1988

HERMES
G
Go To
Games- May 1981Ganesha- August 1987 

HERMES
H
Go To
Hair- April 1983Heimdal- May 1988 

HERMES
J
Go To
Jupiter- April 1989  

HERMES
K
Go To
Karttikeya- September 1987  

HERMES
L
Go To
The Lake- March 1985Lakshmi- March 1987Loki- September 1988
The Lotus- May 1975  

HERMES
M
Go To
Mars- March 1989Mercury- January 1989 The Moon- September 1976

HERMES
N
Go To
Neptune- July 1989  

HERMES
O
Go To
Odin- March 1988  

HERMES
P
Go To
Parvati- July 1987 The Pine Tree- December 1975 The Pipe- February 1982
Pluto and Charon- August 1989  

HERMES
R
Go To
Ragnarok- December 1988Rice- August 1986 The River- April 1976

HERMES
S
Go To
Sarasvati- May 1987Saturn- May 1989Shamballa- November 1981
The Ship- January 1985Shiva- June 1987Sigurd- October 1988
The Spider- September 1986 The Sun- August 1976Surya- December 1987
The Sword- February 1983  

HERMES
T
Go To
Thor- April 1988 The Tipi- April 1982 

HERMES
U
Go To
The Unicorn- May 1985Uranus- June 1989 

HERMES
V
Go To
Venus- February 1989Vishnu Narayana- February 1987 

HERMES
W
Go To
The Well- November 1978 The Wheel- February 1975 

HERMES
Y
Go To
Yggdrasill And The Norns- February 1988Ymir- January 1988 

HERMES
Z
Go To
The Zodiacal Sun- September 1989  







The Alpha and Omega

Every country has its Saviours. He who dissipates the darkness of ignorance by the help of the torch of science, thus disclosing to us the truth, deserves that title as a mark of our gratitude, quite as much as he who saves us from death by healing our bodies. Such a one awakens in our benumbed souls the faculty of distinguishing the true from the false, by kindling therein a divine flame hitherto absent, and he has the right to our grateful reverence, for he has become our creator. What matters the name of the symbol that personifies the abstract idea, if that idea is always the same and is true? Whether the concrete symbol bears one title or another, whether the Saviour in whom we believe has for an earthly name Krishna, Buddha, Jesus or Aesculapius – also called 'Saviour-God' – we have but to remember one thing: symbols of divine truth were not invented for the amusement of the ignorant; they are the alpha and omega of philosophical thought.

H. P. Blavatsky
  Copyright©2008 Theosophy Trust