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== Invocation ==
== Invocation ==


Members of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]] around the world regularly recite an invocation penned by Mrs. Besant. [[Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa|C. Jinarājadāsa]] wrote of its use in the ceremony of reciting the Prayers of the the Religions, introduced at the [[Golden Jubilee Convention]] of 1925: "The ceremony always concludes with Dr. Besant's beautiful and famous invocation repeated by all:"<ref>C. Jinarājadāsa, Foreword to ''Bhārata Samāj Pūja,'' (Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1948), 6-7.</ref>
Members of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]] around the world regularly recite an [[Universal Invocation|invocation]] penned by Mrs. Besant. [[Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa|C. Jinarājadāsa]] wrote of its use in the ceremony of reciting the Prayers of the the Religions, introduced at the [[Golden Jubilee Convention]] of 1925: "The ceremony always concludes with Dr. Besant's beautiful and famous invocation repeated by all:"<ref>C. Jinarājadāsa, Foreword to ''Bhārata Samāj Pūja,'' (Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1948), 6-7.</ref>
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O Hidden Life, vibrant in every atom;<br>
O Hidden Life, vibrant in every atom;<br>

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Early life

Early social activism

Joining Theosophical Society

Wrote as an editor

NOTE - see list at KurtLeland.com.

Mrs. Besant edited a weekly periodical called The Commonweal.."[1]

President of the Theosophical Society

Indian nationalist movement

Invocation

Members of the Theosophical Society (Adyar) around the world regularly recite an invocation penned by Mrs. Besant. C. Jinarājadāsa wrote of its use in the ceremony of reciting the Prayers of the the Religions, introduced at the Golden Jubilee Convention of 1925: "The ceremony always concludes with Dr. Besant's beautiful and famous invocation repeated by all:"[2]

O Hidden Life, vibrant in every atom;
O Hidden Light, shining in every creature;
O Hidden Love, embracing all in Oneness;
May each who feels himself as one with Thee,
Know he is also one with every other.

Later years

Writings

Notes

  1. C. Hayavando Rao, The Indian Biographical Dictionary (Adyar: Pillar & Co.,1915), vi. Available online at Archive.org.
  2. C. Jinarājadāsa, Foreword to Bhārata Samāj Pūja, (Adyar, Madras, India: The Theosophical Publishing House, 1948), 6-7.

Online resources

Articles

Books

Additional resources