4 Spirit as a Transforming Power: Theosophy and the Creation of Canadian Culture

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents xi
3. Acknowledgments xiii
4. Introduction 3
5. The Secret Doctrine in Canada: Theosophy and the Religious Topography of Late Victorian Ontario 7
6. In Search of New Light: An Overview of the Toronto Theosophical Society, 1891–1945 22
7. “The Blended Ideal of the Future”: Occultism, Race, and Empire 49
8. Spirit as a Transforming Power: Theosophy and the Creation of Canadian Culture 77
9. “All Life Is a Unity”: The Religious Worldview of Albert Smythe 102
10. Conclusions: Implications of the New Age 132
11. Appendices
12. Letter from D.P. Pandia to Maude Crafter, in TTS Errata 151
13. Letter from Albert Smythe to Emma Goldman [In Institute of International Studies, Emma Goldman Papers Project] 155
14. Selected Lectures at the Toronto Theosophical Society, 1928–45 157
15. Notes 161
16. Bibliography 203
17. Index 221