| Forum: Heaven's Gate | Joe Fenech, ed | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p15 | 
| Forum: The Society's Objects | Cecil Messer | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p15 | 
| Studies in Theosophy: Leaves from The Mahatma Letters 5 | anon | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p16 | 
| President's Diary | John Algeo | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p17 | 
| review: 'How to Use Your Nous' by A E I Falconar | John Algeo | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p18 | 
| review: 'A Treatise on the Paramis, from the Commentary to the Cariyapitaka' by Acariya Dhammapala | Morton Dilkes | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p18 | 
| review: 'Medical Intuition: How to Combine Inner Resources with Modern Medicine' by Ruth Berger | Mary Jane Newcomb | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p19 | 
| review: 'Les histoires de Gopal' by Louis Moline | Mary Jane Newcomb | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p19 | 
| letter: The Olcott Experience | Deanna G McMain | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p20 | 
| letter: The Olcott Experience | Mary Lou Amoroso | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p20 | 
| letter: The Olcott Experience | Alexander Sprinkle | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p20 | 
| letter: The Olcott Experience | Carlota Aguilar | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p20 | 
| letter: The Olcott Experience | Glenda Gingras | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p20 | 
| letter: Quest Magazine | Celia Novy | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p20 | 
| letter: Quest Magazine | Joyce Drachman | y1997 | v85 | i7 | July | p20 | 
| Viewpoint: Whose North is Theosophy [extract] | Sidney A Cook | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p2 | 
| Pumpkin Hollow Farm 60 Years | Michael B Sellon | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p4 | 
| Famous Theosophists: Sir William Crookes: Scientist and Theosophist | Ralph H Hannon | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p7 | 
| President's Diary | John Algeo | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p9 | 
| A Theosophical Search for Truth: The Motto and the Three Objects | Peter Barton | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p10 | 
| News and Notes | anon | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p17 | 
| review: 'The Origins of Freemasonry: Scotland's Century, 1590 1710' by David Stevenson | John Algeo | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p18 | 
| letter: The Olcott Experience | Peter and Linda Gevorkian | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p20 | 
| letter: The Olcott Experience | James L Rodak | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p20 | 
| letter: The Olcott Experience | Lewis Balog | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p20 | 
| letter: The Olcott Experience | Charles E Kunle | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p20 | 
| letter: The Olcott Experience | Betty Richards | y1997 | v85 | i8 | August | p20 | 
| [Autumn Special Issue] | - | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p1 | 
| Viewpoint | William Metzger | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p1 | 
| letter: The Big Bang: Fertilization | Alayne Brown | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p4 | 
| letter: Intimacy and Eating | John W Wall | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p4 | 
| letter: Love and Expanding Consciousness | James R Green | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p4 | 
| Gandhi and King: A Season for Nonviolence | anon | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p5 | 
| Theosophical Views: All You Need to Do Is Love | Catherine Wessinger | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p6 | 
| Explorations: Mom's Advice [excerpt] | Jan Phillips | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p10 | 
| Thinking Aloud: The Holy Days of Hale-Bopp | Rebecca McClen Novick | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p12 | 
| The Genesis Factor | Stephan A Hoeller | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p16 | 
| The Jesus of Esoteric Christianity [excerpt] | Robert Ellwood | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p24 | 
| Saint Winefride's Well | Mary Frances Coady | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p30 | 
| Six Sided Do | Gary Corseri | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p36 | 
| Qigong: Chinese Meditation | Theana Yatron Kastens | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p42 | 
| Women Healers and Their Remedies [extracts] | Elisabeth Brooke | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p46 | 
| Poems: The Mind | Abdul M Mandani | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p52 | 
| Poems: In the Garden of Truth | Pamela Armstrong-Escarcega | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p52 | 
| Poems: In Death | Pamela Armstrong-Escarcega | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p53 | 
| Poems: Rush for Refuge | Narayan | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p53 | 
| review: 'Anger, Madness, and the Daimonic: The Psychological Genesis of Violence, Evil, and Creativity' by Stephan A Diamond | William Metzger | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p54 | 
| review: 'Obscenity, Anarchy, Reality' by Crispin Sartwell | William Metzger | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p54 | 
| mini-review: 'The Cross and the Grail: Esoteric Christianity for the 21st Century' by Robert Ellwood | anon | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p57 | 
| mini-review: 'Marry Your Muse: Making a Lasting Commitment to Your Creativity' by Jan Phillips | anon | y1997 | v85 | i9 | September | p57 |