Theos-Talk Archives (January 2004 Message tt00453)

-The Hearth, the EYE and the SOUL , I think. ( body,soul and spirit)
The Matter and energy goes everywhere the same in different 
vibrations.

Christina









-- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Tony" <alpha@d...> wrote:
> Dear Dallas
> 
> On the last page of "The Secret Doctrine" (original and 2nd 
editions only,
> i.e., not in the facsimiles) it states:
> 
> "The Society has branches in all parts of the world, and head-
quarters in
> India, Europe, and America, where all further information may be 
obtained
> from the following:-
> 
> In INDIA from-
> THE SECRETARY OF THE T.S.,
> ADYAR, MADRAS.
> 
> In EUROPE From-
> THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE B.S.T.S.
> 7, DUKE STREET,
> ADELPHI, LONDON, W.C.
> 
> In AMERICA from-
> THE GENERAL SECRETARY OF THE A.S.T.S.,
> P.O. BOX 2659,
> NEW YORK, U.S.A."
> 
> As far as India is concerned it is: T.S.
> Europe and America are described as the British SECTION & American 
SECTION
> of the T.S.
> 
> Rather than "de facto" or "de jure," perhaps what should interest 
us more,
> is: "de heart" or "de eye."
> 
> Tony
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dallas TenBroeck [mailto:dalval14@e...]
> Sent: 29 January 2004 11:36 pm
> To: AA-BN--Study
> Subject: Theos-World RE: Manas and Blavatsky on the Christian Mass
> media...
> 
> 
> Thursday, January 29, 2004
> 
> 
> Re: T S History -- a correction
> 
> Where is the H Q of the T S ?
> 
> 
> Dear Friends:
> 
> I find a posting that reads in part: "an article by Blavatsky 
written
> in Bombay in 1879 - the year when the Theosophical Society's
> headquarters was transferred to India,"
> 
> Allow me to make a correction in fact of this view of T S history.
> 
> The H Q of the T S was never formally by Resolution "transferred" 
out of
> New York . The Minute Books of the original T S are with the T S 
in A
> in Pasadena, and they verify this as I have seen them.
> 
> Col. Olcott and HPB went to India in 1878, arriving in Bombay in 
1879.
> 
> The Resolution recorded in the T S Minute Book was that they were
> constituted a "Delegation."
> 
> The T S had at that time proposed to affiliate itself with the ARYA
> SAMAJ [Assembly of the Nobles] movement of Pandit Dayanand 
Saraswati.
> They went to India and one of their objects was to cement this
> affiliation. It did not succeed because of Dayanand's insistence on
> absolute authority -- and therefore, complete obedience to his 
rules and
> decisions.
> 
> The freedom of the members of the T S being impugned, it was not
> possible for the "Delegation" to ratify the proposed affiliation. 
It
> was therefore abandoned and instead, it was decided to establish a
> Branch of the T S first in Bombay. Later many more Branches were
> established all over India. An Indian HQ became necessary. The 
Adyar
> property was bought with funds provided by Col. Olcott and HPB. 
Details
> of these matters will be found recorded in the early volumes of the
> THEOSOPHIST. They are also summarized in the book: The 
THEOSOPHICAL
> MOVEMENT (1875-1950).
> 
> Col. Olcott, when in India declared that the H Q was wherever he was
> encamped. This was the basis on which thereafter matters were
> conducted. It is called legally: a "de facto" decision. 
Whereas: "de
> jure," the T S as a Society never left the shores of America, its
> birthplace. And its HQ remained in New York.
> 
> The SEAL of the T S was changed in India, and then adopted 
generally as
> mentioned.
> 
> We may also take note of a judicial contribution made as to the 
legal
> nature of the T S (reprinted from The KEY TO THEOSOPHY :