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CANADIAN THEOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATIONA non profit organization established in 1924 in Canada |
The Theosophical Society
The Theosophical Society is composed of students, belonging to any religion in the world or to none, who are united by their approval of the Society's Objects,
by their wish to remove religious antagonisms and to draw together men and women of goodwill whatsoever their religious opinions, and by their desire to study
religious truths and to share the results of their studies with others.
Their bond of union is not the profession of a common belief, but a common search and aspiration for Truth. They hold that Truth should be sought by study, by reflection,
by purity of life, by devotion to high ideals, and they regard Truth as a prize to be striven for, not as dogma to be imposed by authority.
They consider that belief should be the result of individual study or intuition, and not its antecedent, and should rest on knowledge, not on assertion. They extend
tolerance to all, even to the intolerant, not as a privilege they bestow but as a duty they perform, and they seek to remove ignorance, not punish it.
They see every religion as an expression of the Divine Wisdom and prefer its study to its condemnation, and its practice to proselytism. Peace is their watchword, as
Truth is their aim.
(Statement included in The Theosophist, the International magazine of the Theosophical Society - Adyar)