| Quest | [From January 1997 'The Quest' incorporates 'The American Theosophist' and continues the volume numbering of the latter] | - | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p1 |
| Quest | Viewpoint: What's in a Name: The Quest | John Algeo | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p2 |
| Quest | Rabindranath Tagore and the Ancient Wisdom: Part 5 | Daniel Ross Chandler | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p3 |
| Quest | Cain and Abel: A Theosophical Midrash | anon | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p6 |
| Quest | The Calling of St Matthew [rprnt - 'For the Love of Life' 1987] | Burton Callicott | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p8 |
| Quest | Greetings from Olcott, National Center of The Theosophical Society in America | anon | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p10 |
| Quest | A Concordance of letter numbers and initial pages of two editions of The Mahatma Letters | anon | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p13 |
| Quest | review: 'The Theosophical Enlightenment' by Joscelyn Godwin [rprnt - 'Theosophy in Australia' 1996] | John Cooper | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p16 |
| Quest | review: 'Realization, Enlightenment and the Life of Rapture' by A E I Falconar | Alex Pappas | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p16 |
| Quest | review: 'The New Age Movement: The Celebration of the Self and the Sacralization of Modernity' by Paul Heelas | anon | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p17 |
| Quest | Studies in Theosophy: Leaves from The Mahatma Letters 2 | anon | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p18 |
| Quest | What is Theosophy? [rprnt] | Annie Besant | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p19 |
| Quest | President's Diary | John Algeo | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p19 |
| Quest | Branch Profiles: Theosophical Society in Miami | Sy Ginsburg | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p20 |
| Quest | Branch Profiles: Orlando Lodge | Bill Delahunt | y1997 | v85 | i1 | January | p20 |
| Quest | Viewpoint: On the Theosophical View of Death | John Algeo | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p2 |
| Quest | Adyar Day | anon | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p3 |
| Quest | Rabindranath Tagore and the Ancient Wisdom: Part 6 | Daniel Ross Chandler | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p4 |
| Quest | Name Magic | anon | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p6 |
| Quest | Some Recollections of Annie Besant [rprnt - 'Theosophist' 1939, 1996] | A P Warrington | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p7 |
| Quest | Studies in Theosophy: Leaves from The Mahatma Letters 3 | anon | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p13 |
| Quest | Famous Theosophists: Henry A Wallace as Theosophist | Robert S Ellwood | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p14 |
| Quest | People & Places: Activities in Lodges, Centers, Camps, Federations | anon | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p16 |
| Quest | Greetings: To All Members of the American Section | Ema de Souza Leal, Mercedes Buscarons | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p18 |
| Quest | Love Thy Neighbor [condensed] | Roger Damio | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p18 |
| Quest | Branch Profile: Rogers Park | anon | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p19 |
| Quest | President's Diary | John Algeo | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p19 |
| Quest | review: 'K Paul Johnson's House of Cards? A Critical Examination of Johnson's Thesis on the Theosophical Masters Morya and Koot Hoomi' by Daniel H Caldwell | anon | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p20 |
| Quest | review: 'Technical Terms in Stanza II' by David Reigle | anon | y1997 | v85 | i2 | February | p20 |
| Theosophy | Opening Doors to the Future | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p65 |
| Theosophy | The Higher Work | HP Blavatsky | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p68 |
| Theosophy | Remembering The Experiences Of The Ego [reprint 'The Path' June 1890] | Eusebio Urban | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p69 |
| Theosophy | The Questioning "Self" | Robert Crosbie | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p71 |
| Theosophy | The Framework of Worlds | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p72 |
| Theosophy | What the true occultist seeks | 'Lucifer' | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p73 |
| Theosophy | Jasper Niemand | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p74 |
| Theosophy | Gleanings from The Path - With The Druids by Jasper Niemand [reprint 'The Path' v10 p93] | JN | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p76 |
| Theosophy | Mistaken Identity | Karlfried von Durckheim | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p82 |
| Theosophy | Parallel Siftings - Music | 'Knowledge and The Sacred' | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p83 |
| Theosophy | Student Reflections - Have a Great Day | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p84 |
| Theosophy | Letters - Questions - Comment | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p86 |
| Theosophy | On the Lookout: "Doctrine of the Secret Schools" | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p90 |
| Theosophy | On the Lookout: Random Observation - Designs from Nature | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p90 |
| Theosophy | On the Lookout - A Lookout Feature - "In a Word...": "The Efficacy of Prayer" | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p91 |
| Theosophy | On the Lookout: Lost Manuscripts Unexpectedly Reappear? | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p91 |
| Theosophy | On the Lookout - A Lookout Feature - "In a Word...": HPB on Prayer | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p92 |
| Theosophy | On the Lookout - A Lookout Feature - "In a Word...": Dossey on "God" | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p93 |
| Theosophy | On the Lookout - A Lookout Feature - "In a Word...": The Reality of Nonlocal Space and Time | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p93 |
| Theosophy | On the Lookout - A Lookout Feature - "In a Word...": Empathy - "The Fuel Behind Healing" | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p94 |
| Theosophy | On the Lookout - A Lookout Feature - "In a Word...": In Conclusion: | anon | y1997 | v85 | i3 | Jan | p95 |
