30-688: The Manor may refer to: Places [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] The Manor, Mosman , a large 1911 house in the Sydney suburb of Mosman England [ edit ] The Manor (Cambridgeshire) , a house built in the 1130s The Manor Studio , a recording studio in Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire Manor Ground (Oxford) , former home ground of Oxford United F.C., known colloquially as The Manor United States [ edit ] The Manor (Los Angeles) , constructed in 1988;
60-608: A 1967 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer The Manor, a place central to the anime series Noir See also [ edit ] Manor (disambiguation) Manse Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title The Manor . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Manor&oldid=1076526191 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
90-712: A similarly named group affiliated to Adyar which is based in Belfast but claims an all-Ireland jurisdiction. In addition to the stated objectives, as early as 1889 Blavatsky publicly declared that the purpose of establishing the Society was to prepare humanity for the reception of a World Teacher : according to the Theosophical doctrine described above , a manifested aspect of an advanced spiritual entity (the Maitreya ) that periodically appears on Earth in order to direct
120-418: A wide array of influences among them older European philosophies and movements such as Neoplatonism and occultism , as well as parts of Asian religious traditions such as Hinduism , Buddhism , and Islam . Antiquity Medieval Early modern Modern Iran India East-Asia The original organization, after splits and realignments, currently has several successors. Following
150-507: Is a wholly independent organisation which claims to have received its charter directly from Helena Blavatsky. The original group contained (among others) George William Russell (A. E.) poet and mystic, and the leadership role later fell to Russell's friend P. G. Bowen, (author and teacher of practical occultism) and later still to Bowen's long time student Dorothy Emerson. The leadership of this group were students of Emerson. The independent Dublin organisation should not be confused with
180-695: Is based in India and is known as the Theosophical Society ;– Adyar . The group led by Judge further splintered, after his 1896 death, into a faction led by Katherine Tingley , and another associated with Judge's secretary Ernest Temple Hargrove which split off in 1898. While Hargrove's faction no longer survives, the faction led by Tingley is known as the Theosophical Society with the clarifying statement, "International Headquarters, Pasadena, California ". A third organization,
210-586: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Manor, Mosman The Manor is a mansion located in Mosman , a suburb of Sydney , New South Wales , Australia. Built c. 1911 , loosely in the Federation Queen Anne style, it stands in the harbour-front street of Iluka Road, in the Mosman locality of Clifton Gardens . The house
240-576: Is listed on the Mosman Council local government heritage register. The Manor's original owner, William John Bakewell, of Bakewell Bros., initially planned a cottage of eight rooms, but the project kept growing until it was a mansion with fifty-five rooms, most of which were lined with beaten copper. It was spread over six allotments in Margaret Street, which later became Iluka Road. It became known locally as Bakewell's Folly. In 1922,
270-527: Is located at Adyar situated in the Indian city of Chennai . The Theosophical Society was officially formed in New York City , United States, on 17 November 1875 by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky , Colonel Henry Steel Olcott , William Quan Judge , and 16 others. It was self-described as "an unsectarian body of seekers after Truth, who endeavor to promote Brotherhood and strive to serve humanity." Olcott
300-744: The Order of the Star , a worldwide organization created by the leadership of the Theosophical Society to prepare the world for the Coming of the Maitreya , and abandoned his assumed role as the "vehicle" for the World Teacher . He eventually left the Theosophical Society altogether, yet remained on friendly terms with individual members of the Society. He spent the rest of his life traveling
330-438: The Theosophical Society rented The Manor for a community of some fifty people, headed by Charles Leadbeater , a claimed clairvoyant , and a major figure in the Society. The Manor became an important centre for the Society and was regarded as a great "occult forcing-house". The English writer Mary Lutyens stayed at The Manor in the 1920s and described it as "a huge and hideous villa". The young Indian Jiddu Krishnamurti , who
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#1732801676254360-587: The United Lodge of Theosophists or ULT, in 1909 split off from the latter organization. In 1902, Rudolf Steiner became General Secretary of the German-Austrian division of the Theosophical Society . He maintained a Western-oriented course, relatively independent from the Adyar headquarters. After serious philosophical conflicts with Annie Besant and other members of the international leadership on
390-472: The 1888 magnum opus of Helena Blavatsky. According to this view, humanity's evolution on earth (and beyond) is part of the overall cosmic evolution. It is overseen by a hidden spiritual hierarchy , the so-called Masters of the Ancient Wisdom , whose upper echelons consist of advanced spiritual beings. Blavatsky portrayed the Theosophical Society as being part of one of many attempts throughout
420-460: The Society's agenda. After several iterations the Society's objectives were incorporated at Chennai (Madras) on 3 April 1905. The Three Objects of the Theosophical Society are as follows : Sympathy with the above objects was the sole condition of admission to the society. The Society was organized as a non-sectarian entity. The following was stated in the Constitution and Rules of
450-756: The Theosophical Society ARTICLE I: Constitution ... ARTICLE XIII Offences The Society reformulated this view in a resolution passed by the General Council of the Theosophical Society on December 23, 1924. Three years before, in 1921, it was signed the institutive charter of the Spanish Sociedad Teosófica , which had local branches in Madrid , Tarrasa , Barcelona , Seville , Valencia , Alicante , Zanoni, Cadiz and Dharma. One of
480-553: The Theosophical Society headquarters in Adyar , India, a few months earlier. Following his "discovery", Krishnamurti was taken under the wing of the Society, and was extensively groomed in preparation for his expected mission. However, by 1925 Krishnamurti had begun to move away from the course expected of him by the leaders of the Theosophical Society Adyar and by many Theosophists. In 1929 he publicly dissolved
510-470: The central philosophical tenets promoted by the Society was the complex doctrine of The Intelligent Evolution of All Existence , occurring on a cosmic scale, incorporating both the physical and non-physical aspects of the known and unknown Universe, and affecting all of its constituent parts regardless of apparent size or importance. The theory was originally promulgated in the Secret Doctrine ,
540-558: The death of Helena Blavatsky , competition emerged between factions within the Society, particularly among founding members. The organization split into the Theosophical Society Adyar ( Olcott - Besant ) and the Theosophical Society Pasadena ( Judge ). The former group, headquartered in India , is the most widespread international group holding the name "Theosophical Society" today. Theosophical Society-Adyar
570-423: The evolution of humankind. The mission of these reputedly regularly appearing emissaries is to practically translate, in a way and language understood by contemporary humanity, the knowledge required to propel it to a higher evolutionary stage. If the present attempt, in the form of our Society, succeeds better than its predecessors have done, then it will be in existence as an organized, living and healthy body when
600-488: The house. As of 2013 , the Society used The Manor. Theosophical Society The Theosophical Society is the organizational body of Theosophy , an esoteric new religious movement . It was founded in New York City , U.S. in 1875. Among its founders were Helena Blavatsky , a Russian mystic and the principal thinker of the Theosophy movement, and Henry Steel Olcott , the society's first president. It draws upon
630-592: The inspiration of a number of Mahatmas , members of the Hierarchy. After Helena Blavatsky's death in 1891, the Society's leaders seemed at first to work together peacefully. This did not last long. Judge was accused by Olcott and then prominent Theosophist Annie Besant of forging letters from the Mahatmas; he ended his association with Olcott and Besant in 1895 and took most of the Society's American Section with him. The original organization led by Olcott and Besant
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#1732801676254660-502: The largest home in Los Angeles County The Manor (Bishopville, South Carolina) , Tisdale House, a historic home built between 1914 and 1918 The Manor (West Virginia) , Peter and Jesse Hutton Farm, a historic home located near Petersburg built about 1830 The Manor (Glen Cove, New York) , constructed in 1910 Media [ edit ] The Manor (film) , a 2021 horror film The Manor (novel) ,
690-520: The last fourteen years, without any of these advantages and surrounded by hosts of hindrances which would not hamper the new leader. This was repeated by then prominent Theosophist Annie Besant in 1896, five years after Blavatsky's death. Besant, who became President of the Society in 1907, thought the appearance of the World Teacher would happen sooner than the time-frame in Blavatsky's writings, who had indicated that it would not take place until
720-424: The last quarter of the 20th century. One of the people who expected the imminent reappearance of the Maitreya as World Teacher was Charles Webster Leadbeater , then an influential Theosophist and occultist . In 1909 he "discovered" Jiddu Krishnamurti, an adolescent Indian boy, who he proclaimed as the most suitable candidate for the "vehicle" of the World Teacher . Krishnamurti's family had relocated next to
750-484: The millennia by this hidden Hierarchy to guide humanity – in concert with the overall intelligent cosmic evolutionary scheme – towards its ultimate, immutable evolutionary objective: the attainment of perfection and the conscious, willing participation in the evolutionary process. These attempts require an earthly infrastructure (such as the Theosophical Society) which she held was ultimately under
780-449: The new torch-bearer of Truth. He will find the minds of men prepared for his message, a language ready for him in which to clothe the new truths he brings, an organization awaiting his arrival, which will remove the merely mechanical, material obstacles and difficulties from his path. Think how much one, to whom such an opportunity is given, could accomplish. Measure it by comparison with what the Theosophical Society actually has achieved in
810-710: The spiritual significance of Christ and on the status of the young boy Jiddu Krishnamurti (see section below), most of the German and Austrian members split off in 1913 and under Steiner's leadership formed the Anthroposophical Society , which then expanded to many other countries. The English headquarters of the Theosophical Society are at 50 Gloucester Place , London . The Theosophical Society in Ireland [3] , based in Pembroke Road, Dublin ,
840-442: The time comes for the effort of the 20th century. The general condition of men's minds and hearts will have been improved and purified by the spread of its teachings, and, as I have said, their prejudices and dogmatic illusions will have been, to some extent at least, removed. Not only so, but besides a large and accessible literature ready to men's hands, the next impulse will find a numerous and united body of people ready to welcome
870-715: Was its first president, and remained president until his death in 1907. In the early months of 1875, Olcott and Judge had come to believe that, if Blavatsky was a spiritualist , she was no ordinary one. The society's initial objective was the "study and elucidation of Occultism , the Cabala etc." After a few years Olcott and Blavatsky moved to India and established the International Headquarters at Adyar , in Madras (now Chennai ). They were also interested in studying Eastern religions , and these were included in
900-442: Was presented as the new "World Teacher", stayed in nearby David Street with his brother Nitya while Lutyens—his eventual biographer—stayed at The Manor. The Theosophical Society bought the house in 1925, holding it under a trust deed. In 1926 they started the radio station 2GB; the initials stood for Giordano Bruno . The station operated from The Manor for a few years. In 1951, they established The Manor Foundation Ltd. to own and run
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