Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00327)

In a message dated 97-11-16 17:08:19 EST, you write:

<< Last evening the ULT held its Special Meeting in commemoration of the
 starting of the Theosophical Movement in NY on 17th Nov. 1875. There
 was all afternoon and evening a terrific thunderstorm, and since most
 of our attendance walks to the meeting, we were only seven present. The
 ULT here has two meetings a week, Sundays Public Lectures, and on
 Fridays Study Classes. At the Study Class we are halfway through
 Judge's "Ocean of Theosophy." The Indian Institute of World Culture,
 close to the ULT, and founded by students of the ULT, has a free public
 library open from 8 am to 7:30 pm six days a week. There there is a
 complete collection of all Theosophical Books and Magazines, the former
 can also be borrowed while the latter are in the reference section. >>

Sri Sr B. P. Wadia was one of the shining lights of the theosophical movement
in India. A former associate of Annie Besant, he eventually left the T.S. and
joined the U.L.T. I have his excellent 2-volume set, Studies in the Secret
Doctrine. A member-student of the Washington U.L.T., now deceased, Jacob
Regardie used to delight in telling me that he used to play tennis with Sri
Wadia whenever he visited the District of Columbia These visits must have
been some ago. Mr. Wadia's wife was/is the editor of The Aryan Path,
published in Bangalore or Bombay. Her name is Sophia. I believe she may have
founded the Indian Institute of World Culture. Could you give me any
additional information on this?

When I was in Bangalore in 1981, I visited the surprisingly large and
impressive T.S. compound in that city but failed to visit the U.L.T. building
there. It was my intention to do so but my time was limited with my daily
visits to Brindhavan in Whitefield and so forth. Perhaps next time.

Namaste
Lmhem111
(M. Heminway)