Theos-Talk Archives (September 2006 Message tt00133)

Carlos,

By any chance do you have the names of those present in that meeting?

Thanks,

Rudy

On Sep 8, 2006, at 11:14 AM, carlosaveline wrote:

>
> THE BIRTHDAY
>
> Dear Friends,
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> September 8th can be seen as the birthday of the theosophical  
> movement.
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>
> It is true that on September 7th, 1875, in the place where HPB  
> lived, in New York, some 17 persons heard a lecture by George Felt  
> on the ancient mysteries of Egypt, Greece and Rome.
>
> After the lecture, it was decided to create a Society to continue  
> those studies. William Judge moved that Henry Olcott be elected  
> president, and he was; and Olcott moved that Judge be elected  
> Secretary, and so he was. Among those present were two  
> distinguished Jewish religion scholars (one of them the editor of  
> an organ of reformed Jews); several spiritualists; a high-ranking  
> mason; one physician and two or three lawyears.
>
> But it was only in the following evening, on September the 8th,  
> that those people made their first meeting with Minutes and written  
> resolutions, and formally decided to make a constitution and by-laws.
>
> As we read the opening lines of the Minutes, written by Judge, we  
> can also see the importance of the Jewish Cabalah in those initial,  
> inaugural moments of the movement:
>
> “In consequence of a proposal by Col. Henry S. Olcott, that a  
> Society be formed for the study and elucidation of Occultism, the  
> Cabalah, the ladies and gentlemen then and there present resolved  
> themselves into a meeting...”
>
> That was exactly 131 years ago, on Wednesday (Mercury day) ,  
> September 8th.
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>
> Happy birthday to all, and best regards, Carlos.
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