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The Theosophical Movement 1875-1925

By John Garrigues and others

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Attempts To Supersede H.P.B.S Influence

Position of the Esoteric Society following H.P.B.'a death - Olcott comes to London to attend Convention of British-European Section - great gathering of leading Theosophists - London Lodge not represented at Convention but sends letter - London Lodge declares its independence - action tacitly accepted by Convention - speeches of Col. Olcott - Mrs. Besant - Mr. Judge - entire harmony and concord - Lucifer memorial articles - the workers scatter - Mrs. Besant takes charge of Lucifer - her great work publicly - Judge returns to America - Olcott to India - his "triumphal procession" - Mrs. Besant's proclamation of the nature and status of H.P.B, in Lucifer, 1890-91 - her famous speech in St. James' Hall, August 30, 1891 - "A Fragment of Autobiography" - declares she has received messages from the Mahatmas since the death of H.P.B. - the furore aroused - Olcott "views with alarm" the declarations made - his Address to the "Adyar Parliament" December, 1891 - H.P.B. "not as perfect a channel as some others" - protests "against all attempts to create an H.P.B. school sect or cult" - Judge sounds the true note for all Theosophists - "first Solidarity, and second, Theosophical education" - "Jasper Niemand" publishes a message from the Masters in The Path, August, 1891 - Olcott stirred up - writes Judge - Judge publishes article on 'Dogmatism in Theosophy' - Society founded to destroy dogmatism - quotes H.P.B. - real object Universal Brotherhood - not dogmatism to study, teach and apply Theosophy - members have equal rights to affirm or reject any doctrines - but no right to impose their private views on others - or promulgate them as official tenets of the T.S.