leading creation to perfection Wies Kuiper
THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY
Mrs Wies Kuiper is chairwoman of the Dutch Theosophical Society. In 1875, with theosophy, the great awakening from the nadir of matter began.This is why this day is, at the same time, a tribute to the woman, who founded this movement: Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. By doing so, she obeyed the instruction of her teacher – and we quote: ‘M. assigns me the task to establish an Association – a secret society like the lodge of the Rosicrucians. He has promised to help me.’
In 1875, the Theosophical Society was founded to ‘gather and disseminate knowledge of the laws controlling the universe’ and to form the nucleus of ‘the general brotherhood of humanity’.The society was founded in the United States, though the headquarters soon moved to India, where Helena Petrovna Blavatsky-von Hahn (1831-1891), usually abbreviated as HPB, had already spent a number of years in Buddhist monasteries.There she acquired profound esoteric knowledge from ancient Indian writings like the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita and the different yoga traditions. She was also thoroughly acquainted with the Egyptian, Greek and Roman schools and paths of initiation. She frequently referred to works by Plato, Aristotle, Ammonius Saccas, Plotinus,Valentinus, Basilius, as well as to European authors from the 19th century. HPB expressed this knowledge in Isis unveiled,The Secret Doctrine, The Key to Theosophy and particularly in the gem The Voice of the Silence. Just as HPB took care of the philosophy of the Society, Henri Steel Olcott led the Society’s organisational aspects from the very beginning. In the Theosophical Society, East and West meet and humanity is inspired to seek truth, within itself and outside itself.This seeking is also the quest for the voice of the silence, through which the call of the World Heart resounds. leading creation to perfection 5
