| review: 'The Secret Sayings of Jesus' by Robert M Grant and David Noel Freedman | SAH | y1960 | v48 | i12 | December | p260 | 
| review: 'The Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics' by Jean Doresse | SAH | y1960 | v48 | i12 | December | p260 | 
| The Editor's Page: Teaching and Authority | HAS | y1961 | v49 | i1 | January | p2 | 
| Exploring the Nature and Potentials of Man: A Review of the Sixth National Theosophical Conference, November 23-27, 1960 | Joy Mills | y1961 | v49 | i1 | January | p3 | 
| The Hodson Report, 1885-1960, Re-Examination Discredits the Major Charges Against HPB - Part 2 | Adlai E Waterman | y1961 | v49 | i1 | January | p6 | 
| What Regional Expansion Has Meant To Our Lodge | Janice O Odom | y1961 | v49 | i1 | January | p12 | 
| Theosophical Keys To Literary Interpretation | Lillian L Rhoden | y1961 | v49 | i1 | January | p13 | 
| obituary - Josephine Ransom | anon | y1961 | v49 | i1 | January | p18 | 
| About "The Outlook" | anon | y1961 | v49 | i1 | January | p18 | 
| review: 'Man, The Bridge between Two Worlds' by Franz E Winkler | VGH | y1961 | v49 | i1 | January | p20 | 
| review: 'Commentaries On Living: Third Series, From the Notebooks of J Krishnamurti' ed by D Rajagopal | WJR | y1961 | v49 | i1 | January | p20 | 
| The Editor's Page: Scientific or Subliminal Approaches To Learning | HAS | y1961 | v49 | i2 | February | p22 | 
| Presidential Address to the 85th Annual Convention, Adyar, 26 December 1960 | N Sri Ram | y1961 | v49 | i2 | February | p23 | 
| Summer Sessions at Olcott, 1961 | anon | y1961 | v49 | i2 | February | p31 | 
| Every Hour - On the Hour | E Norman Pearson | y1961 | v49 | i2 | February | p32 | 
| Man and the World Today | Wm J Ross | y1961 | v49 | i2 | February | p33 | 
| obituary - E Adelaide Gardner | anon | y1961 | v49 | i2 | February | p38 | 
| obituary - Rutheda Osborn | anon | y1961 | v49 | i2 | February | p39 | 
| review: 'Watcher on the Hills' by Raynor C Johnson | EL | y1961 | v49 | i2 | February | p40 | 
| The Editor's Page: Our Direction | HAS | y1961 | v49 | i3 | March | p42 | 
| Midyear Meeting of Board of Directors, January 6, 7, and 8, 1961 | anon | y1961 | v49 | i3 | March | p43 | 
| Research Procedures: A Guide to Planning and Carrying Out a Research Project | Nell Taylor | y1961 | v49 | i3 | March | p44 | 
| The Nature and Potentials of Man: Summary of Discussions at 1960 National Conference at Seattle | anon | y1961 | v49 | i3 | March | p48 | 
| Theosophy and the Fallacy of Adjustment | Stephan A Hoeller | y1961 | v49 | i3 | March | p51 | 
| Why Should We Study Science? | Hugh S Murdoch | y1961 | v49 | i3 | March | p54 | 
| review: 'Masonic Symbolism' by A H Ward | VR | y1961 | v49 | i3 | March | p60 | 
| review: 'Collected Writings of H P Blavatsky, Vol 8' comp by B de Zirkoff | WJR | y1961 | v49 | i3 | March | p60 | 
| The Editor's Page: Images and Ideals | JM | y1961 | v49 | i4 | April | p62 | 
| Tibet and the Dalai Lama | Rukmini Devi | y1961 | v49 | i4 | April | p64 | 
| The Way of the Cross [reprint Theosophist] | Hugh Shearman | y1961 | v49 | i4 | April | p69 | 
| A Chain of Causation [reprint Star Bulletin 1932] | C Jinarajadasa | y1961 | v49 | i4 | April | p71 | 
| The Esoteric Symbolism of Noah and the Ark | Geoffrey Hodson | y1961 | v49 | i4 | April | p72 | 
| obituary - Wilfred H C Sigerson | anon | y1961 | v49 | i4 | April | p77 | 
| review: 'Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, His Life and Spirit' by Nicolas Corte | SAH | y1961 | v49 | i4 | April | p79 | 
| review: 'The Divine Milieu, An Essay on the Interior Life' by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin | SAH | y1961 | v49 | i4 | April | p79 | 
| review: 'The Way of Action: A Working Philosophy for Western Life' by Christmas Humphreys | JM | y1961 | v49 | i4 | April | p79 | 
| The Editor's Page: Moving Forward | HAS | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p82 | 
| Summer Sessions at Olcott - 1961 | anon | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p84 | 
| HPB's Work for the World | C Jinarajadasa | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p85 | 
| H P Blavatsky's Last Message | HP Blavatsky | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p87 | 
| The Secret Doctrine and Its Study | Joy Mills | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p88 | 
| News from Federations | various | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p92 | 
| The Theosophical Book Association for the Blind | anon | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p97 | 
| review: 'Festschrift for Gardner Murphy' ed by John G Peatman and Eugene L Hartley | SAH | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p100 | 
| review: 'William James on Psychical Research' comp and ed by Gardner Murphy and Robert O Ballou | SAH | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p100 | 
| review: 'Development of the Perceptual World' by Gardner Murphy and Charles M Solley | SAH | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p100 | 
| review: 'The Challenge of Psychical Research: A Primer for Parapsychology' by Gardner Murphy | SAH | y1961 | v49 | i5 | May | p100 | 
| The Editor's Page: Towards an Effective Program | HAS | y1961 | v49 | i6 | June | p102 | 
| National Theosophical Conference | anon | y1961 | v49 | i6 | June | p103 | 
| The Theosophy of Zen Buddhism [reprint Canadian Theosophist 1961] | Stephan A Hoeller | y1961 | v49 | i6 | June | p104 |