C. W. Leadbeater 
Outline of Theosophy [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. How did this scheme become known, some may ask; by whom was it dis covered? We cannot speak oi it as dis covered, for in truth it has always been known to mankind, though sometimes temporarily forgotten in certain parts of the world. There has always existed a certain body of highly-developed men – men not of any one nation, but of all the advanced nations – who have held it in its fulness; and there have always been pupils of these men, who were specially studying it, while its broad principles have always been known in the outer world. This body of highly developed men exists now, as in past ages, and Theosophical teaching is pub lished to the Western world at their instigation, and through a few of their pupils.