TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krämer,Hans Martin
AU  - Strube,Julian
TI  - Theosophy across boundaries: transcultural and interdisciplinary perspectives on a modern esoteric movement 
T2  - SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions
SN  - 9781438480435
AV  - BP520 .T446 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Theosophy
KW  - Influence
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Intro --; Contents --; List of Illustrations --; Introduction Theosophy across Boundaries --; A Brief History of the Theosophical Society --; Summary of Part One: New Perspectives on Theosophy --; Summary of Part Two: Theosophy in Literature, the Arts, and Politics --; Notes --; References --; Part I New Perspectives on Theosophy --; Chapter 1 Western Esotericism and the Orient in the First Theosophical Society --; The First Theosophical Society --; The Theosophical Microbe: George Henry Felt --; The Other Woman: Emma Hardinge Britten --; Mysteries of Authorship and the Orphic Circle; The Contents of Art Magic and Ghost Land --; India in the Early Theosophical Imagination --; Conclusion --; Notes --; References --; Chapter 2 Hinduism, Theosophy, and the Bhagavad Gita within a Global Religious History of the Nineteenth Century --; 1. Bhagavad Gita in Precolonial India --; 2. Bhagavad Gita and Europe --; 3. Bhagavad Gita and the United States --; 4. Theosophy and the Bhagavad Gita --; 4.1. Christianity and the Bhagavad Gita --; 4.2. Bhagavad Gita and "Eastern" Wisdom --; 4.2.1. "Busiris the Ancient" --; 4.2.2. Early Theosophy and Bhagavad Gita; 4.2.3. Theosophical Orientation toward the Bhagavad Gita --; 4.2.4. Theosophical Appropriation of the Arnold Translation of the Bhagavad Gita --; 4.2.5. Interpretations of the Bhagavad Gita by Indian Theosophists --; 5. Hinduism and the Bhagavad Gita --; 6. Political Bhagavad Gita --; 6.1. Krishna as the "Ideal Man" --; 6.2. Bhagavad Gita as a Call for Armed Resistance --; 6.3. Bhagavad Gita and the Ethics of Action --; 7. Conclusion: Bhagavad Gita and Global Religious History --; Notes --; References --; Chapter 3 Theosophying the Vietnamese Religious Landscape --; Introduction; 1. The Establishment of the Theosophical Society in Cochinchina (1928-1975) --; The Beginning --; The Leadbeater Branch --; Postwar Developments --; 2. "The Path That Leads to the Masters of Wisdom": Translation and Circulation of Models --; Buddhist Messianic Dynamics --; Theosophical Literature: Translation and Exegesis --; The Vietnamese Lodges at the Intersection of the International Theosophical Society Network --; 3. Theosophying the Vietnamese Religious Landscape --; Reimagining Buddhist Philanthropy and Preaching --; Recasting and Laicizing Meditation --; Conclusion --; Notes --; References; Chapter 4 Theosophical Movements in Modern China --; Introduction --; The Early Theosophical Movement in Modern China --; After Wu's Death --; The Besant School in Shanghai --; Conclusion --; Notes --; References --; Chapter 5 Absence Unveiled? --; Introduction --; Academic Evaluation of the Theosophical Society --; Historical Insignificance or Unexplained Absence? --; Theosophical Historiography, A. P. Sinnett, and the Masters --; Spiritualism, Occultism, and the Truth? --; Critics and Defenders of the Mahatmas --; The Septenary Consitution --; Crossing the Boundary-T. Subba Row --; Conclusion --; Notes; 2; b
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