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Listening to Adyar: A Vibrant Centre with Multiple Voices

Details: Published: Friday, 07 August 2020 13:37

Catalina Isaza Cantor – Colombia, India

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Statues of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott in Adyar's Headquarters building

It is a pleasure and an honor to celebrate Adyar Day in Adyar itself, the international headquarters of the Theosophical Society (TS), and to be able to share some thoughts about the deep imprint that this place generates. Living and working in Adyar (and even visiting the place for a period of time) are not only great pleasures but also opportunities for transformation. Once one becomes a member of the TS, the name Adyar becomes familiar thanks to anecdotes from other members, documentaries, writings, images, and so on. Once we begin to learn more about the place, a deep affection for it is born, as well as a yearning to visit this sanctuary some day.

Mini-Interviews Pranab Misra

Details: Published: Thursday, 06 August 2020 08:58

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What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?

My name is Pranab Misra, I am from Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, in India and have been a member of Utkal Theosophical Federation since the latter part of 2018.

Mini-interviews Lipa Rath

Details: Published: Thursday, 30 July 2020 11:44

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What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?

My name is Lipa Rath. I’m from Odisha, I’m a member of Debapi Lodge, Bhubaneswar. But I live in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. I have been a member since 2012.

Alka-Seltzer or Viagra?

Details: Published: Monday, 20 July 2020 15:04

Jan Nicolaas Kind – Brazil

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In fact it is so simple, one plus one equals two and not four, the world is round and not flat, while it took around 4,54 billion years to come into being, and not just seven days (sorry, Mr. Vice-President).

Mini-interviews Catalina Isaza Cantor

Details: Published: Thursday, 09 July 2020 14:58

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What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?

My name is Catalina Isaza Cantor. I am from Colombia in South-America, got to know the TS in 2003, and eventually became a member in 2006, during the VIII Seminar of the Caribbean Basin held in my country.

Mini-interviews Hilary Lillie

Details: Published: Wednesday, 08 July 2020 14:09

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What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?

Hello, greetings. My name is Hilary Lillie. I was born in Athens, Greece and after many years of travelling now live in Devon, England.

Mini-interviews Gabriel Burgos

Details: Published: Wednesday, 01 July 2020 09:18

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What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?

My name is Gabriel Burgos. I am from Colombia, was born in 1925, and am close to turning 95 years old! In 1958, at the age of 33, I became a member of the TS.

Editorial - Being free … (really)

Details: Published: Wednesday, 20 May 2020 12:52

Jan Nicolaas Kind – Brazil

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I wear a mask and use it not to protect myself, but to protect others. I am free because now I can read or re-read all those amazing books I hardly touched because I told myself there was no time. For sure, free I am, because I concluded that the pandemic is climate change in a pressure cooker.

Free because I could go inward, in the quiet surroundings of my meditation room and garden, while trying to connect with all the goodness that still surrounds us on this planet. Really free, because instead of going to my favorite vegan restaurant, I now experiment with various delicious recipes myself, didn’t know the dishes would turn out so well.

Mini-interviews Enrico Sempi

Details: Published: Monday, 06 April 2020 04:42

What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?

My name is Enrico Sempi, and I live in Novara, Italy. In 1981 I joined the Italian Theosophical Society, and on 3^rd June 2016 I became an honorary member.

Mini-interviews Silvia Caprari

Details: Published: Friday, 13 March 2020 16:04

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What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?

I’m Silvia Caprari and I live in Milan, Italy but I’m originally from Pisa and I lived for several years in Genoa. I have been a TS member for 5 years.

Mini-interviews Uma Bhattacharyya

Details: Published: Friday, 14 February 2020 10:48

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What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?

I am Uma Bhattacharyya from Varanasi, India. Though I formally became member of The Theosophical Society in 2007, I was associated with it since my childhood as I studied in the school and college situated within the TS campus built by the great visionary & theosophist Dr. Annie Besant.

Mini-interviews Kayla Upton

Details: Published: Friday, 17 January 2020 09:26

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What’s your name, where are you from and how long have you been a member of the TS?

My name is Kayla Upton and I’m from New Plymouth which is a coastal town on the west side of New Zealand. I’ve been a member of the Theosophical Society for 3 years however I would say that I had a very Theosophical upbringing.