Theosophy News Worldwide 3rd Quarter 2017 - Press outside the movement about Theosophy

Text

Theosophy


The 70th anniversary of Indian Independence cause many articles about Annie Besant, f.e. in Deccan Chronicle, News Nation, The Quint and inUth

 

Some thoughs from an anonymous scholar about Olcott and "Colombo Buddhist Theosophical Society" you can find at Lankaweb.

 

An article on island.lk about Prof. Ian Stevenson that published the well known book "Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation" in 1966 that was inspired by Theosophy.

 

In the article How Religion Gave L.A. the Ford Amphitheatre from kcet.org you can read about the founder ot his Amphitheatre, Christine Wetherill Stevenson, that was also a student of Theosophy.

 


Other


In the Leader you can read story about Fiona Maher that debunk a fake-foto that claimed to prove the existence of fairies, and supposedly also Theosophist were involved. Here another article about it in The Belfast Telegraph.

 

An article in TheNews.com about the Bradlaugh Hall mentioned Anny Besant, that was a long-time colleague of Mr. Charles Bradlaugh, a British radical and atheist.

The Jewish Journal mentioned Theosophy in an article named Dating 101: Soulmates.

India Today published an article about Rukmini Devi and mentioded Theosophy in it.


Art


Den Of Geek reported about a new film with Katie Holmes based on the New York Times bestseller book (listed for 190 weeks) "The Secret written by Rhonda Byrne, that is based also on the teachings of Madame Blavatsky. More here.

Patheos published an article about the German-born poet, novelist, and painter Hermann Hesse that was theosophy-inspirated.

The 100st birthday of the Mondrian Movement caused an article about it in the National Catholic Reporter. Also Artnet.com reported about the artist with an 10 facts about Mondrian article and also The Vice.

The villagevoice writes that "abstraction was born in part from symbolism, theosophy, and other means through which minds have pursued transcendence, enlightenment" in an article about the symolism at Guggenheim. Also Financial Times reported.

The Anita Shapolsky Gallery (NY, through Oct. 28) shows works of Jeanne Miles, which was a follower of Theosophy, if we believe ArtFixDaily.

The Moscow Times reported about a concert that will be held in the hall of the Alexander Scriabin house museum,,and therefore also Theosophy was mentioned.

An article about the exhibition Maven of Modernism: Galka Scheyer in California at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, published at hyperallergic, mentioned Theosophy because of Kandinksy was part of the "Blue Four" that the initioator of this collection, the German Galka Scheyer, has created.