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The '''Order of the Star in the East''' was an organization...........


== History ==
== History ==
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existing religion who are prepared to accept and to study the wisdom which lies within all of them alike, and binds them into a unity.<ref>C. W> Leadbeater, "An Opportunity" ''The Herald of the Star'' 1 no.1 (January 11, 1912), 10.</ref>
existing religion who are prepared to accept and to study the wisdom which lies within all of them alike, and binds them into a unity.<ref>C. W> Leadbeater, "An Opportunity" ''The Herald of the Star'' 1 no.1 (January 11, 1912), 10.</ref>
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== Membership ==
In order to become a member of the Order, an application was required to accept this '''Declaration of Principles''':
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1. We believe that a great Teacher will soon appear in the world, and we wish so to live now that we may be worthy to know Him when He comes.<br>
2. We shall try, therefore, to keep Him in our minds always, and to do in His name, and therefore to the best of our ability, all the work which comes to us in our daily occupations.<br>
3. As far as our ordinary duties allow, we shall endeavour to devote a portion of our time each day to some definite work which may help to prepare for His coming.<br>
4. We shall seek to make Devotion, Steadfastness and Gentleness prominent characteristics of our daily life.<br>
5. We shall try to begin and end each day with a short period devoted to the asking of His blessing upon all that we try to do for Him and in His name.<br>
6. We regard it as our special duty to try to recognise and reverence greatness in whomsoever shown, and to strive to cooperate, as far as we can, with those whom we feel to be spiritually our superiors.<ref>J. Krishnamurti, "The Order of the Star" ''The Herald of the Star'' 1 no.1 (January 11, 1912), 3-4.</ref>
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Correspondence about membership was handled by a designated representative in each country, or by Professor [[E. A. Wodehouse]] at Central Hindu College, Benares.
Members typically wore a star hung on a blue ribbon that had been magnetized by J. Krishnamurti.<ref>J. Krishnamurti,
Notice" ''The Herald of the Star'' 2 no.1 (January, 1913),3-4.</ref>
== Star camps ==
== Publications ==
The official journal of the Order was '''''The Herald of the Star''''', first published on January 11, 1912. It was issued monthly from 1912-1927. [[Jiddu Krishnamurti]] was editor initially, assisted by Lady Emily Lutyens and D. Rajagopal. The first issues were printed by the Theosophist Office in Adyar, Madras, India, but by March 1917, publication took place in London. Distribution was not only to members, but to the general public at 6 pence per issue.
Frequent contributors included Krishnamurti, [[Annie Besant]], [[Charles Webster Leadbeater]], [[C. Jinarajadasa]], Lady Emily Lutyens, [[E. A. Wodehouse]], 
The ''Herald'' was succeeded by the '''''International Star Bulletin''''' and then the '''''Star Bulletin'''''.
== Additional resources ==
=== Video ===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d12_UG3kcw Historical Film of the Ommen Camp] on Krishnamurti YouTube channel. Taken in Ommen, Netherlands at the 3rd International Star Camp Congress, Friday July 23rd to Thursday July 29th 1924. This was the first camp fire before the official opening on the 24th July 1924. Description of camp congress in ''Brothers of the Star'', September 1926. ⠀ ⠀

Revision as of 04:00, 8 December 2022

History

In introducing the Order, Charles Webster Leadbeater wrote of its purpose in support of the World Teacher:

The Great One who is the Teacher of the world and the Founder of its religions — He who is called in the East the Bodhisattva and in the West the Christ — is about to descend upon earth once more in order to give us a new presentation of the eternal verities — to draw together all those adherents of existing religion who are prepared to accept and to study the wisdom which lies within all of them alike, and binds them into a unity.[1]

  1. ↑ C. W> Leadbeater, "An Opportunity" The Herald of the Star 1 no.1 (January 11, 1912), 10.
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