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Members' Meetings are held on Wednesday evenings. There
is a group meditation at 6 PM for those wishing to participate, followed by
the lecture at 6:30 PM. Non-members interested in joining may attend up
to three meetings.
June 4
The Objects Unveiled
Ed Abdill
KH once wrote: “In a word, how, once that the main
objects of the T.S. are misinterpreted by those who are most willing to serve
us personally, are we to deal with the rest of mankind...” Have we misinterpreted the objects of the
Society? Tonight we will explore the
three objects in an effort to unveil their hidden meaning and come to a
better understanding of the true purpose of our Society.
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June 11
The Older, Rugged Cross:
The Hidden History of the Swastika
Everyone who’s ever seen an Indiana Jones film
is familiar with the swastika, if they know it from no other source: the
sinister symbol of evil and destruction employed by the Nazi Party in Germany
under Adolf Hitler. Some know that
this symbol predates Nazi use, and was previously a religious image used in
Tibetan Buddhism. But this barely
scratches the surface of the swastika’s history, which reaches back at least
to the Neolithic Era (late Stone Age), and can be found all around the world
with a variety of meanings. This talk
will look into the complex and turbulent history of this variant of the
universal symbol of the cross, and how it morphs across cultural and
geographical lines and is used by many of the world’s great religious
traditions.
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June 18
Science & Theosophy
Mary Abdill
In our ongoing series on Science &
Theosophy, we have covered topics ranging from Quantum Physics, Psychology,
and Fractals to Ecology and Species Interdependence. We will continue the format where we begin
with brief contributions on topics of interest to those in attendance,
followed by the main presentation of the evening. Remembering that The Secret Doctrine is subtitled “The
synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy”, with “Science” listed first,
we will attempt to tie in modern exact science with theosophical
teachings. There have been specific
requests for presentations on the magnetic switching of the Earth’s poles and
on Black Holes. Some topics I’d also
like to explore include Chaos Theory, String Theory, and topics from Biology,
more Quantum Physics, and ethical living.
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June 25
Book Study
Isis Unveiled:
Secrets of the Ancient Wisdom Tradition,
Madame Blavatsky’s First Work (Abridged Edition
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