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	~~{{Template:Article needs expansion}}~~		The '''Germania Theosophical Society''' was founded on [[July 27]], 1884, at the home of the [[Gebhard Family\|Gebhards]] at [[Elberfeld, Germany]]. [[Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden\|Dr. Hübbe-Schleiden]] was the first president, [[Mary Gebhard]] the Vice-President, and her son [[Gebhard Family\|Franz Gebhard]] the Corresponding Secretary.
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	The '''Germania Theosophical Society''' was founded on [[July 27]], 1884, ~~while [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Col. Olcott]] was~~ at the home of the [[Gebhard Family\|Gebhards]] at Elberfeld, Germany. [[Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden\|Dr. Hübbe-Schleiden]] was the first president, Mary Gebhard the Vice-President, and her son Franz Gebhard the Corresponding Secretary.

	[[Category:Organizations]]		Dr. Hübbe-Schleiden was greatly interested in [[Occultism]]. In the summer of 1884 he received from his friend Herr von Hoffmann the newly translated German edition of [[Esoteric Buddhism (book)\|''Esoteric Buddhism'']]. Hübbe-Schleiden read the volume all night and soon afterward contacted [[Henry Steel Olcott\|Colonel Olcott]].
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			Ascertaining from that gentleman that [[Helena Petrovna Blavatsky\|Madame Blavatsky]] was then in Germany at [[Elberfeld, Germany\|Elberfeld]] with [[Mary Gebhard\|Frau Gebhard]], one of her earliest German adherents, he, with characteristic promptitude, set out for that town in search of the Founder of the Movement.

			It was here, then, that on the [[July 27\|27th of July]], 1884, the first German Branch of the Theosophical Society, styled [[Germania Theosophical Society\|"Theosophische Societät Germania"]] was founded in the presence of H. P. Blavatsky, [[Alfred Percy Sinnett\|Mr. A. P. Sinnett]], and other members then in Germany, having for its President Dr. Hübbe-Schleiden, and for its Acting Secretary [[Gebhard Family\|Herr Franz Gebhard]]. But though the Committee was complete, what the Societät Germania lacked most of all was members, and to meet this want Dr. Hübbe-Schleiden, accompanied by Colonel Olcott, set out on a journey of propaganda, in order to secure the sympathies of such as would be likely to prove themselves worthy adherents of the new movement... Among the names of those who then joined the Society may be mentioned such well-known men as Dr. Carl du Prel, the artist, Gabriel Max, Herr von Hoffman (before mentioned), Herr Direktor Sellin, as well as that gentleman's brother, and Herr Bernhard Hubo. This promising branch was, however, fated to die an early death, its dissolution being brought about by the doubts and uncertainties engendered by the [[Hodgson Report\|Coulomb affair]]. The members dispersed, Dr. Hübbe-Schleiden alone remaining in what had become but a nominal capacity.<ref>M. G., "Theosophical Worthies: Wilhelm Hübbe-Schleiden," ''The Theosophist'' 32.7 (April, 1911), 115-119.</ref>
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			[[Category:Organizations\|Germania Theosophical Society]]
			[[Category:TS Adyar\|Germania Theosophical Society]]

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