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The Theosophical Society is the organizational body of Theosophy, an esoteric new religious movement.It was founded in New York City, U.S. in 1875.Among its founders were Helena Blavatsky, a Russian mystic and the principal thinker of the Theosophy movement, and Henry Steel Olcott, the society's first president.
[91] [note 25] Rejecting the Christian accusations that the Theosophical Society is a "pioneer of the Antichrist and brood of the Evil one," Blavatsky wrote to the Archbishop of Canterbury that it is "the practical helper, perchance the saviour, of Christianity."
The logo for the Theosophical Society brought together various ancient symbols. Blavatsky was the leading theoretician of the Theosophical Society, [264] responsible for establishing its "doctrinal basis". [265] The ideas expounded in her published texts provide the basis from which the Society and wider Theosophical movement emerged. [266]
He noted that in that latter year, there were about 35,000 members of the Adyar-based [citation needed] Theosophical Society (9000 of whom were in India), c. 5,500 members of the Theosophical Society in America, c. 1,500 members of the Theosophical Society International (Pasadena), and about 1200 members of the United Lodge of Theosophy. [140]
Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa (16 December 1875, British Ceylon – 18 June 1953, United States) was a Ceylonese author, occultist, freemason and theosophist.The fourth president of the Theosophical Society, [1] Jinarajadasa was one of the world's foremost Theosophical authors, having published more than 50 books and more than 1600 articles in periodicals during his life.
The American Theosophical Society was legally renamed "The Theosophical Society in America" in 1934, and has existed under that name ever since. [1] Like other Theosophical groups, the organization aspires to educate the public about the principles of Theosophy through publications, public programs, and local group activities.
In England, Robert Hindmarsh, a printer with a Methodist background, formed a "Theosophical Society" in 1783, for translating, printing and distributing the writings of Swedenborg. [30] This society was renamed in 1785 as "The British Society for the Propagation of the Doctrines of the New Church", consisting of Swedenborgian based beliefs.
Florence Fuller (1867–1946) [69] joined the Theosophical Society in 1905. [70] In the same year, she created A Golden Hour "widely regarded as a national Australian masterpiece." [71] From 1908 to 1911 in Adyar, she painted portraits of the leaders of the Theosophical Society and the Theosophical Masters. [72] [note 12