Theosophy News Worldwide 4th Quarter 2014 - Press outside the movement about Theosophy

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Some News and Articles more or less about Theosophy


Indian Express

139th Int’l Theosophy Meet Kicks off

The 139th International Convention of the Theosophical Society began in the city on Friday, with delegates from several countries arriving at the headquarters in Adyar.
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The Nation

Two great Buddhist personalities

A close look at the lives of Colonel H Steele Olcott and Mary Mikahala Foster
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Times of India

2 Bihari cops from 'Bharat' make it big in 'India'

It may be an interesting coincidence, but the fact is that two Biharis from, what Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi loves to call,..
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The Hindu

A bridge with a view

K.V.S. Krishna on panoramic journeys on the Adyar bridge, the wild expanse of Besant Nagar, and lessons with Maria Montessori.
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The Hindu

Subdued political sub-text in Jiddu Krishnamurti teachings

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) continues to engage the minds of the young and the old alike as a fascinating thinker of his times and beyond.
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Ancient Origins

Arbatel: The Magic of the Ancients – An Occult Grimoire with a Positive Message

It viewed theosophy in an occult sense, and was perhaps the first written work to do so. Prior to the Arbatel, theosophy was generally used as a synonym for theology.
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The Telegraph

How Wassily Kandinsky's synaethesia changed art

The artist, celebrated in today's Google doodle, created the world's first truly abstract paintings
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The Wall Street Journal

The Shock of Begonia Pink

Elsa Schiaparelli embodied French fashion, turning women into witty totems of transformation and escape.
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The Brooklyn Rail

Rethinking Duchamp

It was also a headquarters for the Theosophical Society which taught Annie Besant’s theory that the mind created abstract “thought forms.”
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Dzyan Theosophy

Circle of Asia

Early Theosophists: Encouraged To Develop Their Own System.
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The Telegraph

Mahatma Gandhi was a Londoner – let’s honour that with this statue

If the funds can be raised, a statue of the Mahatma will stand in Parliament Square
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Indian Express

Iron Lady From Ireland

There is a saying, “When god blesses you financially, don’t raise your standard of living. Instead, raise your standard of giving.”
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The Free Express

British India

The book is divided into three parts, one dealing with governance of India under Company rule, another on India’s progress between 1858 and 1947 and the last on Indian influence on western life and culture, a fascinating picture by itself.
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And some critical, false or unjustified News and Articles (more or less) about Theosophy


Arte Fuse

Cult of Moby, Innocents in the California State of Mind

Damage Mrs Tingley's and Theosophy's credibility...
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The Gurdian

Do ghosts exist? Four theories on our fascination with apparitions

brings Theosophy in context with Spiritism...
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Times Higher Education

Haunted campuses: tales from beyond the grave

brings Theosophy in context with Ghost's...
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Smithsonianmag.com

The Doctor Who Starved Her Patients to Death

brings Theosophy in context with a Murder...
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Wunc 91.5

Postlude To A Kiss: Scriabin's Raging 'Poem Of Ecstasy'

Describes the Theosophy inspired Alexander Scriabin as totaly mad...
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Patheos.com

Henrietta Mears, Evangelical Optimist

brings Theosophy in context with a selfmurder...
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Renew America

Evolutionary cosmologies: religious endeavor to become like God

Calls Theosophy a satanic esotericism...
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Renew America

The devil and the Genesis problem

Holds probably HPB for the Devil...
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