Modern Theosophy

The Theosophical Society and Real Estate

juli 28, 2010

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 several such estates have made headlines on theosophical forums: Teckels park in England is being sold [...]

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Discussing the future of the TS at the World Congress

juli 21, 2010

Hi MKR [In response to something he wrote on Theos-talk, July 19th 2010], 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 [...]

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William Quan Judge and the Theosophical Society Adyar

juli 20, 2010

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 of July 2010. The review by A. Kannan consists mostly of quotes. For [...]

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Pictures from the Theosophical World Conference in Rome 2010

juli 18, 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.

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Marja Artamaa’s workshop at the Theosophical World Congress

juli 18, 2010
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There was some complaining before hand, and during the congress, on the workshops. I thought for instance that it was impossible to do a workshop with a hundred people. It turns out though: it IS possible. And the person who showed me that (though she didn’t have to take on that challenge, because only 20 [...]

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The Theosophical World Congress evaluated

juli 18, 2010
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I came to the World Congress mainly for the people – as I do for any theosophical meeting. And the people were great. I met inspiring and hard working people from all over the world, and have learned about theosophical issues and activities all over the world. I do think in general the atmosphere of [...]

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Heard in the hallway of the Theosophical World Congress

juli 18, 2010

When the word ‘selfish’ is used, it usually means there is a moral judgement of someone else involved. As the Americans say ‘walk the talk’… I think the amount of talk is inversely proportional to the mileage of the walk. -Edi Bilimoria The easiest question to ask is the hardest to answer. Because the real [...]

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Heard by the pool of the Theosophical World Congress

juli 18, 2010

I have never been to a theosophical meeting with so much technology: everybody is taking pictures with their own digital cameras. Live streaming and tv’s at the back of the hall so everybody can see the speakers properly. But the one feature of this congress that I think people most enjoy is the pool. It [...]

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Overheard in the lecture hall – Tenth Theosophical World Congress

juli 18, 2010

While we’re listening to lectures on brotherhood, some people had some poignant remarks. For instance, various suggestions were made to replace ‘Dear Brothers and Sisters’ with Dear friends, monads, and countrymen, lend me your ears Dear permanent atoms … Someone else thought that ‘dear sister Jane’ had a Catholic sound. Then the insight that ‘The [...]

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Kim Dieu and other symposium lectures world congress, July 12th

juli 18, 2010
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The introductions to this morning’s symposium lectures was a white delegate from Central Africa. The delegates from Africa are, from what I’ve seen so far, a good mix of black, white and Indian. I met the delegates from Ghana personally and they followed the world cup (won by Spain yesterday) as fervently as people in [...]

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