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 won’t change. I’ll still quote Blavatsky where it fits my topic, the [...]
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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 been held over for two years under an option agreement, which ended in August 09. During the [...]
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. [Update March 25th] There is now official information on the topic available from the English section. See: Teckels Park update 2011. [...]
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, [...]
As any group therapist can tell you, group work is complicated. The history of the churches too can be read as a continuing story of growing and shrinking congregations. One of the reasons new congregations often grow is not just that they offer an approach that works for the time, but also that they’re simply, [...]
In order for the Theosophical Society to be relevant to this world today, it needs to be relevant to what people care about. Blavatsky latched onto the big spiritual hype of her day: the spiritualist movement. First she looked like their main defender. Then she turned on them to say: hey, all this may be [...]
