THE ORIGIN AND IMPACT OF THE THEOSOPHICAL CENTRE IN ADYAR

• Authors: Izabela Trzcińska , Agata Świerzowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

One of the most interesting examples of the Theosophists’ campaign of transgressive imagination in Easternand Western culture is the movement’s headquarters – The Theosophical Society International Headquarters in Adyar (Chennai, Tamil Nadu), called the “vision of hope for mankind”. This remarkable project has so far failed to attract any comprehensive research or permeate the extensive sources of Theosophical literature or subject literature. The aim of this paper is to highlight the most specific elements of this utopia – partly imagined, partially realised – which was intended by its creators to be an inspiration for the coming new era of the world.

Keywords

EN

Adyar, Madras, Theosophical Society, Helena P. Blavatsky, Banyan, utopia, perennialism

• Publisher: AGH University of Science and Technology
• Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 4

Dates

published

2017

online

2018-07-04

Contributors

author

Izabela Trzcińska

author

Agata Świerzowska

Identifiers

DOI

10.7494/human.2017.16.4.7-19