I am so happy that I was able to attend the celebration of 100 years of ITC Naarden and 150 years of Theosophy. I look back on it with really only superlatives. I’ll tell you why… The warmest was the reunion with old, and meeting new, like-minded friends from the Netherlands and abroad. Especially the large delegation from Italy. Most moving was the recitation of Annie Besant’s invocation with...
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We do not frequently celebrate a 100 years, do we? Those present in 1975, when the TS had existed for 100 years and the ITC for 50 years, realised that times had changed a lot, and today such an event has different requirements. The 2025 programme, from 22-24 August, had two main features. On the Saturday, the history and future of the TS and the ITC were central, whilst...
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One of the great concerns people have today are the ongoing wars in several places in the world, the increasing discrimination, division, distrust, hatred et cetera. In short: evil. These concerns are often expressed in questions like: Nobody wants war. Why does the law of the wild take the upper hand so easily? What is the origin of evil? Why does God, who in essence is love, who is...
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