Theos-Talk Archives (June 2000 Message tt00078)

Peter Merriott wrote:
> > > Please remember that the first Fundamental Proposition in Theosophy is
> > > Universal Brotherhood.
> 
> Bart replied:
> >       No, it isn't. Nor, for that matter, is it the 1st Object of the
> > Theosophical Society (although it is mentioned in the 1st Object).
. 
> Below is an extract from a paper by HPB written in 1886, called the
> "Original Programme" Manuscript.  HPB begins that paper by stating:
. 
> "In order to leave no room for equivocation, the members of the T.S.  have
> to be reminded of the origin of the Society in 1875.  Sent to the U.S. of
> America in 1873 for the purpose of organising a group of workers on the
> psychic plane, two years later the writer received orders from her Master
> and Teacher to form the nucleus of a regular Society whose objects were
> broadly stated as follows:
> 
> 1.  Universal Brotherhood;

	The wording of the Objects were changed numerous times from the
inception of the Society even to the current day. It is certainly
possible that at one time, that was the wording of the 1st Object, but
it was not the wording of the 1st Object at the inception of the TS, nor
is it the wording today.

	Bart Lidofsky

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