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The Original Programme of the Theosophical Society

Helena Blavatsky

A defence in which Blavatsky sets out what she held to be the original aims of the Theosophical Society, against those who wanted to turn it into a mere society for Oriental studies cut off from the Masters. Written after the crisis of the Hodgson report, it vindicates universal brotherhood and the role of the Mahatmas in its foundation.