The General Report Of The Fifty-second Anniversary And Convention Of The Theosophical Society, 1927

THE General Report OF THE FIFTY SECOND Anniversary and Convention OF THE Theosophical Society Held at Adyar December 23rd to 29th, 1927 THEOSOPHICAL PUBLISHING HOUSE Adyar, Madras, India Indian Book Shop, Benares 1928 CONTENTS PAGE I. The Presidential Address ..... 1 II. The Headquarters . . . . . .23 Treasurers Report . . . . .25 III. Sectional Report . . . . .39 T. S. in America . . . . .41 England ...... 44 India . . . .51, , Australia . . . . - .55 Sweden . . - .60 New Zealand . . . .61 The Netherlands . . . . .63 France . . . .67 Italy Not Received . . . .71 Germany . . .73 Cuba 78 Hungary . . . .90 Finland ...... 93 Russia Outside Russia . . . .96 Czechoslovakia . . . - .99 South Africa . . . - .102 Scotland . . - - 104 Switzerland Not Received . . .107 Belgium . . - - - - 109 Dutch East Indies ..... Ill Burma ...... 115 Austria ...... 119 ff Norway ...... 122 Egypt Not Received . . . .127, , Denmark ...... 129 ff Ireland ...... 131 Mexico . . . ... 133 IV PAGE T. S. in Canada . . . . . .135 Argentina . . . . . .140 Chile . . . . . .143 Brazil Not Received . . . .147 Bulgaria ...... 149 Iceland ...... 150, , Spain Not Rewiuetf .... 153 Portugal ..... 155 Wales ...... 160 Poland Not Received . . . .161 Uruguay ...... 163., , Porto Kico Not Received .... 165, , Koumania ...... 167, , Yugoslavia ...... 170 Ceylon . . . . . .172 IV. Unsectionalised . . . . 177 China . . . . . . .179 All-India Federation of Young Theosophists . . 185 Singapore Lodge ...... 188 T. S. Federation in Egypt . . . . .193 Central America and Colombia .... 195 V. The T. S. Outposts in the Wilderness . . . .199 Nairobi Lodge . . . . . .201 Barbados Lodge, T. S. . . . . .205 Canadian Theosophical Federation . .. 207 Theosophical Activities in Greece .... 210 VI. The Adyar Library 213 The Adyar Library . . . . . .215 V1T. Books Published during 1927 . . . . .221 Vlll. Subsidiary Activities . . . . . .225 The Brahma vidy a Ashrarna .... 227 Theosophical World University .... 228 Theosophical World-University Association . . 234 Theosophical Educational Trust .... 235 Krishnashram 238 The Olcott Panchaina Free Schools . . - 240 Secretary-Treasurers Report . . . . . . .244 The Round Table in Australia . . . .250 PAGE The Order of the Brothers of Service . . . 252 international Fellowship in Arts and Crafts . . 253 T. S. Muslim Association ..... 256 Association of Hebrew Theosophists . . . 259 Abstract of thu Report of the T. 8. Employees Co operative Credit Society ..... 261 Report of the Adyar Co-operative Stores Ltd. . . 263 Theosophical Medical League .... 265 IX. The T. S. Memorandum of Association . . .267 X. General Council and Officers for 192728 . . .281 XL Minutes of the General Council, T. S. . . . 288 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS THE FIFTY-SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BRETHREN Once more from the Chair to which you re-elected me for the third time in 1921 I bid you a warm and glad welcome to the Central Headquarters in the physical world of our Masters Theosophical Society. We have come to the last half-year of my term of office, and I render to you my report of the ever-spreading activities of our beloved Society. But you will join me first in our annual invocation to Those who arc our Guides, leading us from the unreal to the Real, from darkness to Light, from death to Immortality May Those who are the embodiment of Love Immortal, bless with Theirprotection the Society established to do Their Will on earth may They ever guard it by Their Power, inspire it with Their Wisdom, and energise it by Their Activity...