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The Theosophical Movement 1875-1925

By John Garrigues and others

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Contents

I. CHANNELS OF THE THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT ................. 1

II. THE PARENT THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY ................... 13

III. "ISIS UNVEILED" ................ 26

IV. EARLY DAYS OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY .......... 42

V. THE S.P.R. AND THE THEOSOPHICAL PHENOMENA .............. 59

VI. THE REPORT OF THE S.P.R. ........... 75

VII. DIVISIONS AMONG THEOSOPHISTS - NEW PUBLICATIONS ............. 94

VIII. ESOTERIC AND EXOTERIC ASPECTS OF THE THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT ........... 110

IX. H.P.B., OLCOTT, AND JUDGE ............ 127

X. THE FORMATION OF THE AMERICAN SECTION ......... 44

XI. THE WORK OF THE ESOTERIC SECTION ............. 163

XII. MABEL COLLINS AND PROFESSOR COUES ............ 178

XIII. THE COUES-COLLINS CHARGES AND THEIR AFTERMATH .............. 195

XIV. THE NEW YORK SUN LIBEL CASE ........... 211

XV. OLCOTT VERSUS H.P.B. ......... 226

XVI. OLCOTT'S ATTEMPT TO CENTRALIZE ALL AUTHORITY .....244

XVII. H.P.B. TAKES CHARGE OF THE T.S. IN EUROPE ............. 267

XVIII. DEATH OF H.P.B. - HER LAST MESSAGES ........... 275

XIX. THE CRISIS IN THE SOCIETY ......... 293

XX. ATTEMPTS TO SUPERSEDE H.P.B.'S INFLUENCE ........... 302

XXI. GROWING DIVERGENCES - OLCOTT RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT ............ 321

XXII. CONVENTION OF 1892 - OLCOTT WITHDRAWS HIS RESIGNATION ........... 334

XXIII. H.P.B.'S "SUCCESSORS" - THE PUBLICATION OF "OLD DIARY LEAVES" .......... 351

XXIV. CONTROVERSY OVER H.P.B.'s STATUS AS AGENT OF THE MASTERS .......... 380

XXV. ANNIE BESANT IN AMERICA, 1892-1893 ............ 405

XXVI. BEGINNINGS OF THE "JUDGE CASE" .......... 425

XXVII. MRS. BESANT CHANGES SIDES ........... 441

XXVIII. THE AMERICAN SECTION SUPPORTS JUDGE ........ 468

XXIX. THE "JUDICIAL ENQUIRY" IN LONDON ........... 493

XXX. BRITISH CONVENTION DISMISSES CASE AGAINST JUDGE ......... 519

XXXI. THE "EASTERN DIVISION" AND "WESTERN DIVISION" .......... 559

XXXII. WESTMINSTER GAZETTE ATTACKS THE SOCIETY ........ 574

XXXIII. MRS BESANT TRIES TO DRIVE JUDGE OUT OF THE SOCIETY ......... 596

XXXIV. THE AMERICAN SECTION DECLARES ITS AUTONOMY AND ELECTS JUDGE ITS LIFE-PRESIDENT ............. 622

XXXV. JUDGE'S DEATH AND THE TINGLEY "SUCCESSORSHIP ......... 653

XXXVI. PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE THEOSOPHICAL MOVEMENT .......... 689