Radha talks a lot about spiritual transformation. Our lecturer tonight (theosophical professor Hans Gerding) had hands and feet for that concept. He thinks that one of the unique selling points of the TS is that it has the expertise to help people... 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
What’s the theosophical work?
We live in strange times. I grew up saving newspaper clippings of interesting facts, stories and opinions I’d found. My parents did the same. Why? Because the only way to be sure of details that were important, was to keep track of them somehow.... 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
More photographs of the 10th World Congress of the Theosophical Society (Adyar)
I took some nice pictures, but Tom Dede from Hungary is a professional photographer and took over 1000 photographs. He gave me permission to use them, but needed some time to select the best ones. Then of course I made my selection and did some... Read More
The Theosophical Society and Real Estate
It’s no secret the Theosophical Society has been losing members since the 1930’s. What’s less well known is that this has meant a large inheritance for the lodges and sections: in the form of money and property. Recently though... Read More
Discussing the future of the TS at the World Congress
Hi MKR , You wrote: > In the recent world Congress, I thought the leaders from the Sections will > have an informal or formal session addressing the membership growth issue. I > am disappointed that there was none and are we to take it that... Read More
William Quan Judge and the Theosophical Society Adyar
Just to make it clear that the TS Adyar does not discriminate against that third founder of the Theosophical Society, I want to draw attention to the review of ‘Echoes of the Orient’, the writings of William Quan Judge, in The Theosophist... Read More
Pictures from the Theosophical World Conference in Rome 2010
These are some of the pictures I took and people took for me at the world conference organized by the Italian Section of the Theosophical Society Adyar, in Rome 2010. There were 524 registered visitors. ... Read More