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Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831–91) was perhaps the greatest Occultist of the West in recent times and an outstanding messenger, who presented the Ancient Wisdom for the modern age
By 1873, HPB was in controlled possession of her many and most unusual spiritual and occult powers. She was considered to be the best available instrument for the work her teachers had in mind, namely to offer to the world a new presentation, though only in brief outline, of the age-old Theosophia.
H S Olcott was an American author, attorney, philosopher, and cofounder of the Theosophical Society, a religious sect incorporating aspects of Buddhism, Brahmanism, and Christian esotericism. With Helena Petrovna Blavatsky founded the Theosophical Society in 1875 and became its president.
In 1878 he and Blavatsky visited India. The two settled there in 1879 and in 1882 established the permanent headquarters of the Theosophical Society of Adyar, Madras.
Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist, and campaigner for Indian nationalism.
She was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule. She became the first female president of the Indian National Congress in 1917. For fifteen years, Besant was a public proponent in England of atheism and scientific materialism..
George Sydney Arundale was born on December 1, 1878 in Surrey, England, the youngest child of the Reverend John Kay, a Congregational minister.[1] His mother died at childbirth, and George was adopted by his aunt, Francesca Arundale
Miss Arundale joined the Theosophical Society in 1881 and often welcomed Madame H. P. Blavatsky to her home at 77 Elgin Crescent, Notting Hill, London. George became a member in 1895 and joined the London Lodge. A. J. Hamerster recounted the affection that both HPB and Colonel Olcott had for the boy
Educated at Cambridge University, England, and was an exceptional linguist, who lectured fluently in many European languages. His wide range of interests and writings included religion, philosophy, literature, art, science and occult chemistry. He made valuable sketches and notes during the clairvoyant investigations of Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater into the structure of matter.
Curuppumullage Jinarājadāsa was born on 16 December 1875 in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) of Sinhalese Buddhist parents. His association with Theosophy began at the age of thirteen when he met C. W. Leadbeater.
Sri Ram's daughter Radha Burnier was the seventh president of the Theosophical Society Adyar, from 1980 until 2013.
Nilakanta Sri Ram or Nilakantha Sri Ram (N. Sri Ram) (* 15 December 1889 in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India; died 8 April 1973 in Adyar, India) was a freemason, theosophist and president of the Theosophical Society Adyar during twenty years.
John B. S. Coats or JBS Coats (8 July 1906 in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland – 26 December 1979) was a theosophist, president of the Theosophical Society Adyar and bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church.
In 1932 he became a member of the T.S. in London. There he met Alice Bailey, C. Jinarajadasa, Rukmini Devi Arundale and George Arundale. In 1973 he became president of the T.S. Adyar.
Radha Burnier was the daughter of Nilakanta Sri Ram (who was the fifth President of the T.S. Adyar as well) and Srimati Bhagirathi. Shrimati Radha was educated in Theosophical schools and was a student in Rukmini Devi Arundale's school of classical Indian dance (the Kalakshetra Foundation).
She joined the Theosophical Society in 1935 and was president of youth and adult Lodges for several years. She was President of the Madras Theosophical Federation (1959–63) and librarian and worker at the Indian Section Headquarters of the TS (1945–51).
He succeeded Radha Burnier, who had been president of the Theosophical Society Adyar from 1980 until her death in 2013.
On October 5, 1974 he joined the Theosophical Society in America. Together with Bill Lawrence, a TS member, and others he founded a Theosophical spiritual community in Chicago's inner city.
In 1988 he started as a national lecturer for the TSA. From 1996 to 2000 he worked in hospice services as a volunteer in a team that involved doctors, social workers, and nurses. In 2007 Boyd became president of the Theosophical Order of Service (TOS) USA.
