Theosophical Society Adyar
The Theosophical Society - Adyar is a successor organization to the original Theosophical Society founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and others in 1875. The Theosophical Society - Adyar, named for the locality in India where its headquarters is located, traces its beginnings to 1895 and the Theosophical Society faction headed by Henry Steel Olcott and Annie Besant after the faction led by William Quan Judge left to form its own organization, which today titles itself simply the Theosophical Society, though often with the clarifying statement, "International Headquarters, Pasadena, California."The presidents of the Thesophical Society - Adyar have included Besant, N. Sri Ram, and currently Radha Burnier.
Its objects are:
- To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color.
- To encourage the study of Comparative Religion, Philosophy and Science.
- To investigate unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in man.