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The Theosophical Movement 1875-1925

By John Garrigues and others

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Olcotts Attempt To Centralize All Authority

1888-1890 - the long campaign waged by Olcott and his lieutenant Richard Harte - coincident with the Cones' assaults - the uproar in the Society - H.P.B. and Judge the target for attacks within and without the Society - The Theosophist wages war on the independence of the Sections - belittles the Esoteric Section - threatens the dissolution of the American and British Sections - lauds "Adyar" as "the centre of the Movement" - long series of derogatory articles - The Theosophist the sole source of information in India - attempts of H.P.B. and Judge publicly and privately to restore harmony - Bertram Keightly's foolish letter to Harte - Judge writes direct to Olcott - re-affirms the issues at stake - declares H.P.B. the heart of the Society as well as the Movement - Olcott refuses to publish Judge's letter - gives extracts and defends Harte - declares himself the head and front of the Society and the cause - H.P.B. takes action - her article in Lucifer, August, 1889 - "A Puzzle from Adyar" - she reprints some of Harte's fulminations - "Pure nonsense to say that she is 'loyal to the Theosophical Society and to Adyar'" - "loyal to death to the Theosophical Cause" - "There is no longer a 'Parent Society'" - "It is abolished and replaced by an aggregate body of Theosophical Societies, all autonomous" - will leave the Society at the first sign of disloyalty to the Cause - and will lead those who remain true.