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Why I will probably stay in the Theosophical Society: lodge work

by Katinka Hesselink on oktober 25, 2010

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 love with lodge work 17 years ago as soon as I felt it, [...]

A typical (Adyar) theosophist…

by Katinka Hesselink on juni 2, 2010

As an exercise in PR, I’d like to profile a typical theosophist. Having such a profile might help us in attracting a few of those theosophists outside the TS that Blavatsky mentioned. That is: we should see this person in our minds when we: Create local and national programs (and avoid boring ones like this), [...]

‘Theosophy for a new generation of inquirers / enquirers’ ;)

by Katinka Hesselink on januari 23, 2010

I don’t often laugh when opening The Theosophist. In fact, I had not looked at the issues of various theosophical magazines lying around my house for months. But the spirit of boredom made me open them one by one. Most didn’t help me overcome my boredom. So I did not read much. But the table [...]