Theos-Talk Archives (October 2006 Message tt00133)

Unfortunately, the paper is too long and too much "a work in progress" to
make generally available. The following is a provisional table of
contents:

The Esoteric Within the Exoteric: Secret Societies in the Theosophical
Society

1. Early Proposals for the Theosophical Society as a Secret Society
2. H.P. Blavatsky and her Esoteric Section
3. The Inner Group of H.P. Blavatsky’s Esoteric Section
4. Anna Bonus Kingsford and Esoteric Christianity
5. Gustav Meyrink’s Theosophical Lodge of the Blue Star
6. A.P. Sinnett and the Inner Group of the London Lodge
7. W.Q. Judge and the Esoteric Section in America
8. Annie Besant and the Esoteric Section
9. Egyptian Rite of Ancient Freemasonry
10. Katherine Tingley’s Esoteric School
11. Ernest Hargrove’s Esoteric School
12. Gottfried de Purucker’s Esoteric School
13. The Temple of the People and its Esoteric School
14. The Theosophical Society of New York and its Esoteric School
15. William Hartley’s Esoteric School
16. The United Lodge of Theosophists and the Dzyan Esoteric School
17. Franz Hartmann and the Esoteric Rosicrucians
18. Rudolf Steiner’s Esoteric Schools
19. Alice Bailey and the Arcane School
20. T.H. Martyn and the Esoteric Section of the Independent Theosophical
Society

Dr Gregory Tillett