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The '''International Theosophical Centre''' is located in Naarden in The Netherlands. | |||
== History == | |||
[[George S. Arundale]] and his wife [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]] played prominent roles in the history of the Naarden center: | |||
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In 1930, Dr. Arundale became the Head of the <nowiki>[</nowiki>International Theosophical<nowiki>]</nowiki> Centre at Naarden in the Netherlands, and remained so until 1934, when he became President of the Theosophical Society. Rukmini Devi succeeded him and was the Head of the Centre till she passed away in 1986. Although her chief activities were in India in the fields of art, education and animal welfare, she visited the Centre as often as she could, which was usually once a year. Rukmini Devi always took a broad view of theosophy in which the arts, animal welfare and vegetarianism were integrated in theosophy.<ref>Shakuntala Ramani, ed., ''Rukmini Devi Arundale: Birth Centenary Commemorative Volume (Chennai, India: The Kalakshetra Foundation, 2003), 189.</ref> | |||
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== Additional resources == | |||
* [http://www.itc-naarden.org/uk-start.htm International Theosophical Centre website]. | |||
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Revision as of 17:00, 27 January 2014
The International Theosophical Centre is located in Naarden in The Netherlands.
History
George S. Arundale and his wife Rukmini Devi Arundale played prominent roles in the history of the Naarden center:
In 1930, Dr. Arundale became the Head of the [International Theosophical] Centre at Naarden in the Netherlands, and remained so until 1934, when he became President of the Theosophical Society. Rukmini Devi succeeded him and was the Head of the Centre till she passed away in 1986. Although her chief activities were in India in the fields of art, education and animal welfare, she visited the Centre as often as she could, which was usually once a year. Rukmini Devi always took a broad view of theosophy in which the arts, animal welfare and vegetarianism were integrated in theosophy.[1]
Additional resources
Notes
- ↑ Shakuntala Ramani, ed., Rukmini Devi Arundale: Birth Centenary Commemorative Volume (Chennai, India: The Kalakshetra Foundation, 2003), 189.