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  • Herman de Tollenaere on Influence of Theosophy on Indonesian and South Asian Nationalisms

    Herman de Tollenaere on Influence of Theosophy on Indonesian and South Asian Nationalisms

    Herman de Tollenaere on Theosophical History and Politics As Theosophy and Freemasonry: Esoteric Schools within the Theosophical Society shows, there is more to the history of the Theosophical Society than is thought, despite the fact researchers have provided a great detail of Theosophical history. This article is about Herman A.O. de Tollenaere’s diligent research: The Politics of Divine…

  • Kumari Jayawardena: “The White Woman’s Other Burden.” Blavatsky and Emancipation in South Asia

    Kumari Jayawardena: “The White Woman’s Other Burden.” Blavatsky and Emancipation in South Asia

    From the outset, Kumari Jayawardena’s “The White Woman’s Other Burden” (1995) demonstrates, theosophy emphasized the absence of any distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color in its theory and practice; and gender equality was therefore, one of its distinctive features. The 1995 work of Jayawardena details the roles and activities of foreign women in…