Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00416)

Jerry,
> >My lodge has very young membership of very qualified people, total
> >110 members. This despite management's policy of not advertizing.
> >Apart from that we have displayed Krishnamurti's photo in the Lodge.
> >Most members respect both Theosophy and consider Krishnamurti as
> >World-Teacher. They study mostly AB and CWL's books and like them
> >very much.
> >
> Where is your Lodge located? What is the average age of your 
members? 
> What have you done to attract them?

My lodge is located in Maharashtra state, India. We have members of 
all age from 20 to 85. Actually I don't involve much in lodge work 
because I am involved in much larger work, not just Theosophy but some 
other projects also which are useful to people. 
I would say lodge is managed better than many other lodges in the 
country. Main reason for this better condition is management considers 
writings of Annie Besant and Leadbeater as most standard. So any 
newcomer first gets introduced to their books, they like these and 
continue further study. There is hardly anybody who studies HPB's 
writing. 
In America big problem is if you are reading say CWL's book, some 
Blavatskian comes and says ' Are you a fool, why are you reading 
Leadbeater's book, read Secrete Doctrine' This atmosphere completely 
spoilt Theosophical movement in America. 
Here nobody would say like that because most people read and 
appreciate Besant's and Leadbeater's books. 
Anand Gholap