Temple: The Point Loma Theosophical Society’s main building and the temple of peace in the early 1900s. Photo courtesy of the ...

As the 20th century revved up, America entered a full-blown moral panic over yoga and those who taught it. Instructors were ...

The Point Loma course had one previous race two years earlier, a 200-mile event won by Carlson. The 1915 race was to be ...

Colonel Henry Steel Olcott was famously denounced as an “unmitigated rascal” by the New York Times in 1871. In Sri Lanka, however, he is still remembered as the revered legend of Buddhist revival—and, ...

Chennai, with its blend of beaches, cafes, and historical charm, offers several romantic spots for couples to celebrate ...

The hermitage has become a kind of soul-sustaining medicine, even though he says he is not religious. He was born into a Hindu family, and his parents were Indian immigrants, both professors and ...

A week later, they were relieved to find their home intact – but many others did not. Within a few days, a story began to circulate about one of the structures that did not survive: The building ...

Her engagement with the philosophy deepened over time. She read extensively from Theosophical texts and later explored the works of Jiddu Krishnamurti, discussing these ideas with classmates at Smith ...

Trans baby killer Autumn Cordellionè – aka Jonathan Richardson – is suing a prison preacher for not letting them wear a hijab ...