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The Theosophical Society, founded in 1875 in New York, USA and later moved to India where it has its current International center in Chennai, India. It has three primary Objects as follows:

1. To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
2. To encourage the study of Comparative Religion, Philosophy and Science.
3. To investigate unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in man.

[h2 bordered][color]Our Goals[/color][/h2]

The Theosophical Society is a worldwide body whose primary object is Universal Brotherhood without distinction based on the realization that life, and all its diverse forms, human and non-human, is indivisibly One.

The Society imposes no belief on its members, who are united by a common search for Truth and desire to learn the meaning and purpose of existence through study, reflection, self-responsibility and loving service. Theosophy is the wisdom underlying all religions when they are stripped of accretions and superstitions. It offers a philosophy which renders life intelligible and demonstrates that justice and love guide the cosmos. Its teachings aid the unfoldment of the latent spiritual nature in the human being, without dependence.

The Society is composed of students belonging to any religion or to none. Its members are united by their approval of the Society's Three Objects, by their wish to remove religious antagonisms and to draw together people of goodwill whatsoever their religious opinions, and by their desire to study religious truths and to share the results of their studies with others. Their bond of union is not the profession of a common belief, but a common search and aspiration for Truth.

In accordance with the Theosophical spirit, most Theosophists regard Truth as a prize to be striven for, not as a dogma to be imposed by authority.

They hold that belief should be the result of individual understanding and intuition rather than mere acceptance of traditional ideas, and that it should rest on knowledge and experience, not on assertion. Truth should therefore be sought by study, reflection, meditation, service, purity of life and devotion to high ideals.

At the same time, Theosophists respect the different beliefs. They see each religion as an expression of the Divine Wisdom, adapted to the needs of a particular time and place. They prefer the study of various religions to their condemnation, their practice to proselytism. Thus, earnest Theosophists extend tolerance to all, even to the intolerant, not as a privilege they bestow, but as a duty they perform. They seek to remove ignorance, not punish it; peace is their watchword, and Truth their aim.

[row] [oneHalf] [h3 bordered][color]President[/color][/h3] Mr. Tim Boyd

Mr. Tim Boyd was born in the USA where he has been president of the Theosophical Order of Service and the USA Section. He took office as the International President in 2014.

[/oneHalf] [oneHalf] [h3 bordered][color]Vice President[/color][/h3] Mr. Chittaranjan Satapathy

Mr Chittaranjan Satapathy is the past International Secretary of the Theosophical Society and took over as the Vice President in 2014.

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