It seems I can’t stop writing about theosophy, even now that I’m no longer a member of the TS Adyar. On facebook an African American theosophist asked me if I’d written ‘I’m no longer a member of the Theosophical... Read More
Category: Theosophical Society Adyar
I’m no longer a member of the Theosophical Society
This morning I revoked my membership of the Theosophical Society. Many of you will have seen this coming, of course. Since I’ve been so very visible a member, I think I owe you all something of an explanation. First off: my online work... Read More
Quiting as a TS Adyar volunteer
This is on a personal note. In hindsight I’ve felt stuck in the TS for years. I went to university to study world religion, because I was learned out in the TS. I went back after that, because it was (or felt like) my spiritual home. Now it... Read More
Four possible paths for the Theosophical Society (Adyar)
As I write this, I have pretty much given up on the TS to be honest. I’ve minimized the volunteer work I do for the organisation and am looking into Buddhism and going back to university for my further spiritual and intellectual... Read More
President of the Theosophical Society?
There used to be this rule that there was one president of the The Theosophical Society (Adyar): currently Radha Burnier, resident Adyar, Chennai / Madras, India. The national sections were headed not by presidents, but by ‘general... Read More
Teckels Park update 2011
From the recently sent out ‘Theosophical Society Annual Report 2011 (TPEL)’ for the Theosophical Society in England (published here with permission): Tekels Park Estate: In October 2009 offers had been considered on a piece of land that had... Read More
Teckels Park Discussion 2011
I don’t want off topic comments flooding my blog, so those who want to express their concern about the Teckel’s Park issue are welcome to comment on this post. I have deleted them everywhere else. There is now official information on the... Read More
Why I will probably stay in the Theosophical Society: lodge work
I know I sometimes scare people a bit with my cynicism about the Theosophical Society. There is one aspect of the work though that compensates for worries about the future and questions about the organization… it’s the lodge work. I fell in... Read More
Radha Burnier, the 7th president of the Theosophical Society
On a new theosophical blog, Esoteric Philosophy, Carlos Cardoso Aveline (a former member of the Adyar TS) notes: According to some, the fact that Radha Burnier is the seventh international president means that she closes a whole septenary cycle from... Read More
How to get more members in the Theosophical Society (Adyar)
In response to a post by MKR to Theos-talk who has been saying he would have liked the topic of membership decline discussed openly at the world congress. (July 22nd 2010) I think everybody knows that the TS has faced a downward membership trend since... Read More