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The movement was founded in 1875 as the Theosophical Society by Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907). Together with her teachers, the Mahatmas (the great teachers) they restated the ancient truths for the end of the 19th century and the coming turbulent 20th century.
Theosophy is derived from two Greek words – Theos , God; Sophia, Wisdom –and is therefore God-Wisdom, Divine Wisdom.
The objects of The T.S. are as follows:
1. To diffuse among men a knowledge of the laws inherent in the Universe.
2. To promulgate the knowledge of the essential unity of all that is, and to Theosophy and the Theosophical Societies 18 demonstrate that this unity is fundamental in Nature.
3. To form an active brotherhood among men.
4. To study ancient and modern religion, science, and philosophy.
5. To investigate the powers innate in man.
G. de Purucker, the fourth leader of the Theosophical Society, defines the theosophical philosophy in these words:
The Theosophical philosophy is not something which has been invented by anybody at any time: it is the formulation of the truths of Nature — not of outer Nature alone, which is but the effectual mirroring of hid causes; but more particularly of the vast causal realms behind the outer Nature which our senses know — behind the outer veil of Reality; for these inner and causal realms are the inner Heart of Things. These truths were originally formulated in systematic manner in far past time by Great Seers. This formulation of natural truth has come down to our own times checked and tested in every age by new generations of these Great Seers. This formulation today is called Theosophy. — The Theosophical Path, Jan. 1930, pp. 3-4
History of TS
The Theosophical Society was founded in New York City in 1875 with Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907) becoming its first president, H.P. Blavatsky becoming its first corresponding secretary, George Henry Felt and Seth Pancoast the vice-presidents, and William Quan Judge (1851–1896) the counsel for the Society. First proposed on September 7 by Col. Olcott, the society— entitled “The Theosophical Society” on September 13—was inaugurated on November 17.
Less than three years later, in May 1878, the Theosophical Society affiliated with a reformist Hindu organization known as the Ârya Samâj under the leadership of Svâmî Dayânanda Sarasvatî (1824–83), whose Theosophy and the Theosophical Societies 2 promotion of the Vedas—the ancient compositions of the north Indian Âryan tribes composed between 1600–500 B.C.E.—as the font of Truth served as the basis of his attempt to return Hinduism to a more pristine form devoid of later corruptive teachings and practices such as polygamy, child-marriage, caste, satî, and polytheism.
Around this period of time, the headquarters of the T.S. in the persons of H.S. Olcott and H.P. Blavatsky, moved first to Bombay in early 1879 and then to Adyar, Madras in December 1882.
The movement was founded in 1875 as the Theosophical Society by Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907). Together with her teachers, the Mahatmas (the great teachers) they restated the ancient truths for the end of the 19th century and the coming turbulent 20th century.
Theosophy is derived from two Greek words – Theos , God; Sophia, Wisdom –and is therefore God-Wisdom, Divine Wisdom.
The objects of The T.S. are as follows:
1. To diffuse among men a knowledge of the laws inherent in the Universe.
2. To promulgate the knowledge of the essential unity of all that is, and to Theosophy and the Theosophical Societies 18 demonstrate that this unity is fundamental in Nature.
3. To form an active brotherhood among men.
4. To study ancient and modern religion, science, and philosophy.
5. To investigate the powers innate in man.
G. de Purucker, the fourth leader of the Theosophical Society, defines the theosophical philosophy in these words:
The Theosophical philosophy is not something which has been invented by anybody at any time: it is the formulation of the truths of Nature — not of outer Nature alone, which is but the effectual mirroring of hid causes; but more particularly of the vast causal realms behind the outer Nature which our senses know — behind the outer veil of Reality; for these inner and causal realms are the inner Heart of Things. These truths were originally formulated in systematic manner in far past time by Great Seers. This formulation of natural truth has come down to our own times checked and tested in every age by new generations of these Great Seers. This formulation today is called Theosophy. — The Theosophical Path, Jan. 1930, pp. 3-4
History of TS
The Theosophical Society was founded in New York City in 1875 with Henry Steel Olcott (1832–1907) becoming its first president, H.P. Blavatsky becoming its first corresponding secretary, George Henry Felt and Seth Pancoast the vice-presidents, and William Quan Judge (1851–1896) the counsel for the Society. First proposed on September 7 by Col. Olcott, the society— entitled “The Theosophical Society” on September 13—was inaugurated on November 17.
Less than three years later, in May 1878, the Theosophical Society affiliated with a reformist Hindu organization known as the Ârya Samâj under the leadership of Svâmî Dayânanda Sarasvatî (1824–83), whose Theosophy and the Theosophical Societies 2 promotion of the Vedas—the ancient compositions of the north Indian Âryan tribes composed between 1600–500 B.C.E.—as the font of Truth served as the basis of his attempt to return Hinduism to a more pristine form devoid of later corruptive teachings and practices such as polygamy, child-marriage, caste, satî, and polytheism.
Around this period of time, the headquarters of the T.S. in the persons of H.S. Olcott and H.P. Blavatsky, moved first to Bombay in early 1879 and then to Adyar, Madras in December 1882.
