THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16927, 29 December 1922, Page 11

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

ANNUAL CONVENTION OF N.Z. SECTION. A Inrpe number of delegates ami visitor? from all parts of the Dominion are in Christchurch :;t i!u* present time to atoon vent-ion, which is beiiicr held hero t.ui: yea r. Mr J. R. Thompson, general secretary, ir cour.'e of Jus report and presidontm an drew, pawl that ;be society existed for tho purpose o' helpinsr t-» promote a £.•l-0:1 spiritual vivifiralion of oxirtitn? movements .n the outer world. To-day there was more need for n theopophical solution of world problems than at rtiv other time in the history of 'the world Never rrupt, they forget, that t.h-ir worldwide society lived for the welfare of human;; j. and laboured always to draw topatlier the warring nations, the discord act classes end castes into a closer and fuller realisation of the universal brotherhood. yVithin the limited confines of the more advanced nations, some measure of the brotherhood spirit, already obtained. Future work in hi? opinion lay in e-rt'md-in*r that national spirit info an international one. until at last they succeeded in linking all tho nations together in a bond of co-'win"' fraternal unity. During the week there will j>« discussions on “ Theosonhy and Education." a “ Theosophy and Internationalism." end on Sunday in the Jellicoe Hall, a mystic play entitled "The Promise of the Christ * Aotura" will bo