Blavatsky Lodge

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The Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society was organized in London, on May 19, 1887. The first President was Mr. G. B. Finch.

First meeting

The inaugural meeting was held in Mme. Blavatsky's small quarters at Maycot, Crownhill, Upper Norwood. According to the Minute Book,[1] those present included:

Madame Blavatsky
Mrs. Mabel Cook
Miss Louisa S. Cook
Mr. G. Thonrton
Mr. T. B. Harbottle

Mr. W. B. Hamilton
Mr. Edouard Coulomb
Mr. Bertram Keightley
Mr. Archibald Keightley
Mr. G. B. Finch

The resolutions adopted at that meeting were these:

  1. That a new Lodge be formed.
  2. That the undersigned be members of such Lodge.
  3. That it be called 'The Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society'.
  4. That the aim of the Lodge be active work.
  5. That Mr. Finch be President for the first year.
  6. That Mr. Thornton be Vice-President.
  7. That Mr. Arch. Keightley be Secretary and Treasurer.
  8. That the council consist of the undersigned members.
  9. That a copy of these Resolutions be forwarded to Adyar with a request for a Charter.
  10. That the next meeting be held at 'Maycot' on 26th May at 6 p.m.

Activities

The Lodge was quite active and its members produced a monthly Theosophical magazine, the Lucifer, and formed a Theosophical Publishing Company.

In early October, 1887, the Lodge moved to a large house on 17, Lansdowne Road, where is held public and private meetings. On this month, G. B. Finch resigns his office as President of the Lodge, as well as membership in the Theosophical Society. Other resignations follow. According to Josephine Ransom the main reason for the rift seems to be the determination on the part of the Lodge to do public propaganda, its policy being that of spreading "Theosophical teachings and Brotherhood by the individual and collective work of its members".[2]

In January 1889 William Kingsland becomes the President of the Lodge until January 2, 1890, when Annie Besant is elected.

Online resources

Books

Notes

  1. ↑ Richard Groves letter to Boris de Zirkoff, quoting the Minute Book of the Blavatsky Lodge. March 6, 1956. Theosophical Society in England correspondence. Boris de Zirkoff Papers. Records Series 22. Theosophical Society in America Archives.
  2. ↑ Josephine Ransom, A Short History of The Theosophical Society (Adyar, Madras: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1989), 241.
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