Tim Boyd – India, USA Tim Boyd, International President ... ... motivated, profound, heading a Movement in motion The Mahatma Letters were not written with the intention that one day they would be published. In fact, it was the express desire of the Masters that they not be published. From their perspective, the letters were…
John Algeo – USA Toward the end of her life, H. P. Blavatsky became a veritable fountain of wisdom. To be sure, she was a wise woman and a productive one. But she became quite phenomenal in her literary output between May 1, 1887, when she moved to London, and May 8, 1891, when she died. During those four years, she produced more…
Ananya Sri Ram – USA Ananya is since January 2025 the director of the Krotona School of Theosophy Some twenty years before Louis Pasteur or Joseph Lister made their name in the field of germ theory and antiseptic practices made its way into our lives, there was a Hungarian doctor from Vienna named Ignaz Semmelweis.…
[Based on two of Pekka Ervast's talks on HPB on 8th May, 1932 (White Lotus Day) Compiled and translated into English from Finnish by Antti Savinainen.] We are celebrating the commemoration of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (HPB), who started the Theosophical movement and died on May 8, 1891. HPB was a spiritual mother to many…
David Grossman – USA At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is, …
Barbara Hebert – USA Barbara during a TheosoFEST event on the "Olcott grounds" a few years ago We typically think of light and darkness as opposites that represent positive versus negative, or good versus evil. The light almost always epitomizes the positive—goodness, happiness, awareness, wisdom, unity, and hope. Light…
Recently, a court in India sentenced a convict in the rape and murder case to life imprisonment until death. However, people across the country wanted capital punishment. This has raised certain questions: Does capital punishment have a place in a civilised society and is that the deterrent to heinous crimes? There are some…
Tim Wyatt – England Nice shot of Tim overlooking the Gulf of Corinthos, GREECE For aeons humanity has struggled to explore and explain the mysteries of matter and the deep secrets of the cosmos – whether in the infinity of space or the microscopic world of transient particles. It’s faced an even tougher job when…
A study provides surprising insights into the phenomenon of 'spiritual boredom' We commonly consider spiritual practices sources of peace and inspiration. A recent study led by researchers of the University of Vienna shows that they can also be experienced differently: Many persons feel bored during these practices -- and…
Einar Adalsteinsson – Iceland Einar Adalsteinsson (1941 - 1998) I see an interesting awakening going on right now, and it will probably become much intensified in the years to come. Real initiation is a "serious business," a transformation of both the psyche and the body (Sthula-Sharira, that is), that takes some serious…
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