Robert Crosbie (10 January 1849 in Montreal, Canada – 25 June 1919 in Monterey, California) was a theosophist and founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT).In 1902 he moved to Lomaland, Point ...
The policy of this Lodge is independent devotion to the cause of Theosophy, without professing attachment to any Theosophical organization. It is loyal to the great Founders of the Theosophical moveme ...
The Theosophical Society (Pasadena) is a successor organization to the original Theosophical Society founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and others in 1875.This successor organization, which after se ...
Bungalow Heaven is a neighborhood of 800 small craftsman homes built from 1900 to 1930. Many of these homes are still occupied. Much of the area became a landmark district in 1989, and annual historic ...
Main articles: History of Pasadena, California and Old Town PasadenaIndigenous culture and colonizationThe original inhabitants of Pasadena and surrounding areas were members of the Native American Ha ...
Known as the "Huddleston Gardens," the Theosophical Society garden lies on the south bank of the Adyar River and covers 260 acres. The garden has migratory birds, fruit bats, snakes, jackals, wild cat ...
Although various Spiritualist traditions have their own beliefs, known as Principles, there are some shared concepts:A belief in spirit communication.A belief that the soul continues to exist after th ...
The neighborhood gets its name from the Adyar River which flows through its northern limits. Adyar and the neighbouring Guindy had been used as hunting grounds by British officials of Fort St. George ...
With temples, beaches and centres of historical and cultural significance, including the UNESCO Heritage Site of Mahabalipuram, Chennai remains the most visited city in India. Chennai has been the mos ...
The origin of the word Chennai is disputed.There are two different theories for the origin of the name Chennai:The first theory is that it was derived from the name of a ruler Damal Chennappa Nayagar, ...
Public transport systems in Mumbai include the Mumbai Suburban Railway, Monorail, Metro, Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) buses, black-and-yellow meter taxis, auto rickshaws and ferri ...
The name Mumbai is derived from Mumba or Maha-Amba—the name of the Koli goddess Mumbadevi—and Aai, "mother" in the language of Marathi, the mother tongue of the Kolis and the official language of Ma ...
The Sanskrit name for the syllable is pra?ava, from a root nu "to shout, sound", verbal pra-nu- being attested as "to make a humming or droning sound" in the Brahmanas, and taking the specific meanin ...
The word swastika has been in use in English since the 1870s, replacing gammadion (from Greek γαμμ?διον). It was loaned from the Sanskrit term svastika (Devanagari: ????????), meaning ...
The origin of the symbol remains a mystery to Egyptologists, and no single hypothesis has been widely accepted. One of the earliest suggestions is that of Thomas Inman, first published in 1869:It is b ...
