The Aryan Path was an Anglo-Indian
theosophical journal published in
Bombay,
India, between 1930 and 1960.[1] Its purpose was to form "a nucleus of universal brotherhood of humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color; to study ancient and modern religions, philosophies, and sciences, and to demonstrate the importance of such study".[2] The magazine's first editor was
B. P. Wadia.[3][4] It was published on a bimonthly basis[4] by a group called the Theosophy Company, which distributed copies of the magazine to
London.[5]
History and profile
The Aryan Path was founded in January 1930.[6] In its first edition, a writer named "Shravaka" emphasised that
so much "original" writing is done today, so much "self-expression" is indulged in that, in the glamour that is raised, the chants of the Gods remain unheard. One of our tasks is to bring home the truth that it is not derogatory to respect the old age facts of the science of the soul.[7]
The March 1932 issue carried the article "
Goethe and the East" by
Otto Schrader, described by The Spectator magazine as "timely and interesting".[5]
Black American scholars such as
Alain Locke and William Harrison also contributed to this journal.[15]
The magazine ran several articles criticising
racism.[16]
After 1933 the magazine received considerable correspondence concerning the rise of
Nazism, which the journal strongly opposed. In 1938 The Aryan Path ran an article condemning fascism and Nazism by
G. D. H. Cole.[17]
^"Several articles have appeared in the Aryan Path recently, deploring the effects of race prejudice in America, Africa and India. "Theosophists find followers among N.Y. Intelligentsia". The Afro American, 6 October 1934, (p. 12).
^Kuruvila Pandikattu, Gandhi: The Meaning of Mahatma for the Millennium. CRVP, 2001
ISBN1565181565 (p. 249).
^Dan Martin, Unearthing Bon Treasures: Life and Contested Legacy of a Tibetan Scripture Revealer, With a General Bibliography of Bon. Brill, 2001
ISBN9004121234, (pp. 390-391).