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Olcott Estate is the administrative headquarters of the Theosophical Society in America. Its education department conducts on-site courses, seminars, workshops, and lectures for members and the public. It is located in Wheaton, Illinois.
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.
Built in 1926, the national headquarters of the Theosophical Society in America is located on a 42-acre (17 ha) estate on the north side of Wheaton. [55] Wheaton is also the North American headquarters for the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which moved into its new home in June 1946. [56]
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.
Wheaton, Ill., The Theosophical Press, 1934. The Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Book of the Theosophical Society: a short history of the society's growth from 1926-1950. Adyar, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1950. A Short History of the Theosophical Society. Adyar, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938. With a preface by G. S. Arundale.
Wheaton, Illinois: Quest Books. 112 pp. ISBN 978-0-8356-0803-9 – expanded edition includes "Towards Discipleship", a previously published private transcript of informal 1924 talks by Krishnamurti, and background material by John Algeo, past president of the Theosophical Society in America.
Helena Blavatsky eventually went to live in London, where she died in 1891, but Olcott stayed in India and pursued the work of the Theosophical Society there. Olcott's role in the Theosophical Society would still be as president, but the induction of Annie Besant sparked a new era of the movement. Upon his death, the Theosophical Society ...
From 2005 to 2015 Smoley worked as acquisitions editor for Quest Books, the publishing arm of the Theosophical Society in America. In 2008, he moved to the Chicago suburbs and became editor of Quest, the journal of the Theosophical Society in America, a post he continues to hold as of 2023. Smoley is a consulting editor to Parabola.