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Theosophical Society in Australia
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HISTORICAL ORIGINS
The Theosophical Society was established in 1875 in New York city by seventeen founding members. Its principal Founders were Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (of Russian birth), Colonel Henry Steel Olcott (an American) and William Quan Judge (also an American). It was formed at a time when spiritualism and scientific materialism were very popular, to help point human beings towards the deeper significance of life beyond the observation of phenomena in the psychic and physical worlds.
In 1879, the Headquarters of the Society was transferred to India. Since 1882 the International Headquarters has been located in Adyar, Chennai (formerly Madras) in the South of India.
Today branches of The Theosophical Society exist in about 60 countries throughout the world. There are also centres of the Society in all Australian states. (See the ‘Locations’ menu.)
