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Teckels Park update 2011

by Katinka Hesselink on maart 25, 2011

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 [...]

Teckels Park Discussion 2011

by Katinka Hesselink on februari 14, 2011

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. [...]

More Edi Bilimoria about the Theosophical Work

by Katinka Hesselink on november 18, 2010

Edi Bilimoria sent me two slideshows. Here’s the best stuff from the second slide show he made for the Theosophical World Congress in Rome 2010. European School of Theosophy in Venice 2010. THE BALANCE BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE/EXPERIENCE CAN BROTHERHOOD BE LEGISLATED? WHAT IS THE PLACE OF RULES? Do Dogs Wag Their Tails or Tails [...]

Radha Burnier, the 7th president of the Theosophical Society

by Katinka Hesselink on oktober 22, 2010

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 the point of view of the outer and bureaucratic shell of the Adyar movement. There [...]

What’s the theosophical work?

by Katinka Hesselink on september 7, 2010

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. These days, of course, IF we save newspaper clippings, we do [...]

TS Adyar membership in various sections & TS regulations

by Katinka Hesselink on maart 1, 2010

Purely from a legal standpoint sections are independent from Adyar: Each section of the Theosophical Society Adyar has it’s own local legal format, and the only thing Adyar can do when sections don’t adapt their rules and regulations enough to the international ones is to oust the whole section from the TS. This has happened [...]

Supporting Radha & a summary of policy points

by Katinka Hesselink on november 13, 2008

Hi all, I’ve just sent a letter to Radha telling her I support some of her recent decisions. While I don’t want to further increase online hostility, I do feel the main points in that e-mail need to be shared more widely. First of all: Radha has been replacing some of the old hands within [...]