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Dear Enquirer,
BLAVATSKY LODGE
Welcome to the second e-newsletter of The
Foundation for Theosophical Studies, which lists our
events this week at the London headquarters of the
Theosophical Society in England.
It includes details of our Sunday lecture, our on-
going Sunday course which introduces Theosophy
and our Tuesday study course on Madame
Blavatsky's major work,The Secret Doctrine.
It also features the Blavatsky Lodge’s Spring
programme and a short history, collated by Erica
Lauber.
We are gearing up to send more general details about
the TS in future editions. Also in future issues, we
plan to include details of other TS events around the
country. Remember meanwhile that you can buy CDs
or tapes of many of our lectures
We are aware that some of the newsletter 'click-
throughs' to our website need attention and this will
be sorted out in the coming weeks. Meanwhile, you
can
access previous newsletters.
If you have any comments about the newsletter and
the sign up process, please send them to us. We are
always keen to improve!
Very best wishes,
Colyn Boyce
Publicity and Aministrator
The Foundation is an educational charity formed
to
promote study of religion, philosophy and science; to
undertake and promote research in the fields of the
laws of nature and the powers latent in man; and to
advance the recognition of the fundamental unity of
all people through knowledge of the theosophical
principles of unity, evolution and perfectibility.
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THURSDAY 25 January
2007
6.45 – 9.30 pm: BLAVATSKY LODGE: The Purpose
of
the Theosophical Society, Part 2
Christian Bodhi
Open meeting of the Blavatsky Lodge.
£5 (£2 Blavatsky Lodge members, £3 other TS
members)
SUNDAY 28 January 2007
2.30 - 4.30 pm: MARTINUS COSMOLOGY Study
Group
Leader: Arendse Plesner
An introduction to the work of the Danish mystic
philosopher Martinus (1890-1981), in which we shall
explore the main principles in Martinus Cosmology,
the spiral cycles, the feminine and masculine
principle, reincarnation, the law of karma etc. The
class is informal, with plenty of opportunity to ask
questions. Arendse Plesner has been studying the
Martinus philosophy for many years
Donations welcomed
4.45 – 5.45 pm: THEOSOPHY: Way to Self-
Discovery
Leader: Colin Price, National
President of
The Theosophical Society in England
An informal on-going class in which the basic
teachings of Theosophy (Greek for Divine Wisdom)
are explored and discussed. In this class we will
consider the sevenfold nature of humanity and the
cosmos and how karma and reincarnation are
involved. The book Deity, Cosmos and Man
will be used as the main source text for the
meetings.
Free admission
6 – 7.30 pm: SELF-REALISATION IN A
TECHNOLOGICAL AGE
Peter
Barton
We live in an age of Technology and take it very
much for granted; we do not always appreciate its
essential role in easing the daily round and giving us
more leisure time – time which could be used for
exploring the depths of our own being. That same
Technology can also throw light on our aspirations
for fulfilment, as well as emphasising its importance.
Peter Barton, is a former General Secretary of the
Theosophical Society in England.
£7, £5 concessions + TS
members
TUESDAY 30 January 2007
7– 8.30 pm: THE SECRET DOCTRINE
Leader:
Victor Hangya
In the midst of today’s materialism and ruins of old
religions you are invited to join the excavation of the
perennial wisdom! The tool used in our exploration is
The Secret Doctrine, which claims ‘logical
coherence and consistency’ and expects to be
treated as a ‘working hypothesis’, so freely accepted
by modern science. The SD sheds light on some of
the greatest mysteries concerning Man, God and the
Universe. Victor Hangya has been exploring the
Ageless Wisdom for more than 20 years.
Free admission
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25 January
The Purpose of the Theosophical Society - part 2
Christian Bodhi
8 February
Meeting your Guardian Angel and the Angelic
Hierarchy
Carolyn Williams
22 February
The Life and Work of Alice Bailey
Christine Morgan
8 March
Essential Principles of Theosophical Work
Edi Bilimoria
22 March
Myths and Elites
George McNamara
29 March
The Golden Dawn Movement
Tony Fuller
£5 (£2 members of Blavatsky Lodge, £3 other TS
members)
Light refreshments usually available from
6pm
All meetings are held at 50 Gloucester
Place
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BLAVATSKY LODGE 1887-2007 |
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In June 1878 the Theosophical Society
established
its first branch in London, which became known as
the London Lodge. But by 1884 there had
arisen
deep divisions within it and the two Masters of
Wisdom who had esoterically helped found the
TS
withdrew their support from the Lodge; in due course
it collapsed.
However, a small group of London Theosophists
were
keen to revive Theosophical work in England. They
wrote to H. P. Blavatsky, hard at work in
Ostend on
her great work The Secret Doctrine,
asking for
advice. She responded generously, and at their
request came to London in early May 1887
to direct
their efforts. She stayed with the
Keightleys at
Norwood, in a small house called
Maycot.
It was there on Thursday May 19th that
Blavatsky
Lodge was formed and held its first meeting,
with 14
people present. The Lodge was dedicated to the
study of The Secret Doctrine which
HPB
continued
to write. Maycot proved too small
for all the
activities and visitors, so another house was found,
17 Lansdowne Road, Notting Hill, where
Blavatsky
Lodge meetings were held, and work on
The Secret
Doctrine continued and was completed.
By 1890 the membership of the Lodge had
reached
300. In 1891, HPB passed away, her body
worn out.
Annie Besant became the second
president
of the
Lodge. By1905 membership had grown
to
400. In
1934 the Theosophical Society purchased
50
Gloucester Place (previously an embassy),
where the
Society remains to this day.
The current Lodge president is John
Gordon
who has
studied Eastern and Western Ancient Mystery
traditions for over thirty years. His particular
expertise is Ancient Egypt about which he
has
written several deeply esoteric books.
Sources:
Erica Lauber, who has compiled her own
history of
Blavatsky Lodge;
HPB Teaches, a compilation by
Michael Gomes;
The Real H P Blavatsky by William
Kingsland
Find out more....
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