Liber XXXIII · Theosophy
Chapter X
Theosophical Society
7 min readHelena Blavatsky: Life, Masters, Controversies and LegacyHelena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–1891), co-founder of the Theosophical Society: her travels, the Masters, the Hodgson Report, her London years and her death.7 min readIsis Unveiled: Blavatsky's First Book and the Ancient WisdomIsis Unveiled (1877), Helena Blavatsky's first book: how it was written, its attack on materialism and dogma, its sources, critics and place in Theosophy.7 min readKrishnamurti and the Order of the Star in the EastThe Order of the Star in the East (1911–1929): how Theosophists hailed Jiddu Krishnamurti as the coming World Teacher, and why he dissolved the order in 1929.8 min readThe Secret Doctrine: Blavatsky's Cosmic Cycles and Root RacesThe Secret Doctrine (1888), Blavatsky's magnum opus: the Stanzas of Dzyan, three propositions, cosmic cycles, rounds and root races, its critics and legacy.6 min readThe Theosophical Society: History, Leaders and SchismsHistory of the Theosophical Society from its 1875 founding in New York to Adyar, Point Loma, Besant, Krishnamurti and the branches that survive today.7 min readTheosophy in India: Adyar, Olcott and the Asian RevivalHow the Theosophical Society settled at Adyar near Madras in 1882, and how Olcott and Blavatsky shaped the Buddhist revival in Ceylon and Hindu reform.
Forthcoming in this chapter
3- The Aetherius Society: Meaning, History and Practice
- Theosophical Society: History, Teachings and Structure
- Anthroposophical Society: History, Teachings and Structure