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Krotona in the Ojai Valley - Vol IV - 1923-26 by Joseph E Ross - Brief Comments

Brief First Look - Krotona in the Ojai Valley - Vol IV - 1923-26 by Joseph E Ross - 2009. Self published.

ISBN: 978-0-925943-14-9

I just had a chance to browse through the book about the events and developments that took place around Krotona and leaders of Theosophical Society during 1923-1926. It has 464 pages of tightly packed very detailed material of great historical value and a must read for anyone interested in the history of Theosophical Society.

Even a cursory… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on September 21, 2009 at 9:25pm — No Comments

Some good news on Freemasonry

Dan Brown, whose book Da Vinci Code is a very popular one has written a new book The Lost Symbol. A recent comment on this might interest many theosophists. Here are some quotes:

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Freemasons await Dan Brown novel `The Lost Symbol'

Brown goes out of his way in "The Lost Symbol" to present the lodge as essentially benign and misunderstood. Masons are praised for their religious tolerance and their elaborate rituals are seen as no more unusual than those of… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on September 15, 2009 at 10:36am — 5 Comments

Statement from First Portuguese - Spanish Seminar in Brazil

STATEMENT OF BRASILIA*

At the First Spanish-Portuguese Seminar on Theosophy, held on July 15-19,

2009 in the city of Brasilia, Brazil, 220 members of the Theosophical

Society from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Spain,

the USA, Greece, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay,

unanimously approved the following

DECLARATION

The Theosophical Society was founded in 1875, at a time when slavery… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on August 29, 2009 at 9:30pm — 2 Comments

TS Adyar Newsletter 2008 Issues on-line

All the four 2008 issues of *Adyar Newsletter* are online at:

< http://ts-adyar.org/magazines.html >

The issues are very nicely done and I wish each section comes up with
similar magazines and would be a means of keeping in touch with theosophists world-wide.

Added by M K Ramadoss on August 14, 2009 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Conferences on Peace Diet, Yoga and a transcript of a talk on Animal Rights Movement

Here is some info I received from Dr. Tuttle, a theosophist.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/52508

Added by M K Ramadoss on July 29, 2009 at 1:43am — No Comments

Olcott Memorial School report on CNN

Here is an interesting report on CNN about Olcott Memorial School at Adyar. Enjoy the video.

http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/11/one-hour-to-make-a-difference/

Added by M K Ramadoss on July 28, 2009 at 12:41am — No Comments

Theos Network Member in the Movie Bandslam (2009)

One of the members here, Manjeri Krishna, an actor, is in the new movie Bandslam to be released soon. It is a hip hop movie and Krishna appears as a DJ. He is a 4th generation theosophist.

Added by M K Ramadoss on July 26, 2009 at 10:18pm — No Comments

Theosophical Order of Service Website

Theosophical Order of Service has a nice website at:

http://international.theoservice.org/

Added by M K Ramadoss on July 20, 2009 at 10:13am — No Comments

Construction of Highway at Adyar - You can help by sending your protest

----- Original Message -----

From: TOS International

Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 11:15 AM

Subject: Message from Diana DC: our help is needed urgently to protect the Adyar Estate

Dear Friends,

The TS Estate at Adyar is under threat of a noisy motorway construction. Our help is needed. The President of the TOS in Chennai Region, Mr Maithreya, explains the situation below. Did you receive his message already? Apparently expressions of concern from around the… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on July 20, 2009 at 8:35am — 2 Comments

Dr C V Agarwal - a well known theosophist passes away

Dr C.V. Agarwal

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Dr Agarwal, the Presidential Representative

for Southeast Asia has recently passed to

higher service.

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A retired professor of Technology at Benaras

Hindu University in Varanasi, Dr C.V. Agarwal

was a member of the Society from his

college days. He served as the General

Secretary of the Indian Section for very

many years. After his long stint at the Indian

Headquarters at Varanasi, he moved to

Adyar 15 years ago… Continue

Added by M K Ramadoss on July 19, 2009 at 3:55pm — 4 Comments

Spreading Theosophy - Besant's Last Public Address

Besant's last public address is on the topic of spreading theosophy. Here is the link to the full address:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/51465

MKR

Added by M K Ramadoss on June 9, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments