------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note: This text is a compilation of the six numbers of the first Volume of LUCIFER, spanning September 1887 through February 1888. This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Certain headings were printed in a blackletter font, indicated with a ‘=’ delimiter. Footnotes have been moved to follow the paragraphs in which they are referenced. They have been resequenced for uniqueness across the text. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. LUCIFER =A Theosophical Magazine,= DESIGNED TO “BRING TO LIGHT THE HIDDEN THINGS OF DARKNESS.” EDITED BY H. P. BLAVATSKY AND MABEL COLLINS. THE LIGHT-BEARER IS THE MORNING STAR OR LUCIFER, AND “LUCIFER IS NO PROFANE OR SATANIC TITLE. IT IS THE LATIN LUCIFERUS. THE LIGHT-BRINGER, THE MORNING STAR, EQUIVALENT TO THE GREEK φωσφορος ... THE NAME OF THE PURE PALE HERALD OF DAYLIGHT.”—YONGE. _VOLUME I._ SEPTEMBER 1887-FEBRUARY 1888. -------------- =London=: GEORGE REDWAY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. KELLY & CO., PRINTERS 1 & 3, GATE STREET, LINCOLNS INN FIELDS, LONDON, W.C. AND MIDDLE MILL, KINGSTON-ON-THAMES. CONTENTS. Astrological Notes 158, 512 Auto-Hypnotic Rhapsody, An 472 Birth of Light, The 52 Blood Covenanting 216 Blossom and the Fruit, The. The True 23, 123, 193, 258, Story of a Magician 347, 443 Brotherhood 212 Buddhism, The Four Noble Truths of 49 Christian Dogma, Esotericism of the 368 Christmas Eve, A Remarkable 274 Correspondence 76, 136, 228, 311, 412, 502 Emerson and Occultism 252 Evil, The Origin of 109 Fear 298 Freedom 185 Ghost’s Revenge, A 63, 102