Theosophy in
Ancient & Modern
History of the Theosophical
Society in
“Winds of the Spirit”
Study Group 1983
Led by long standing Theosophist Dave Thomas, this study group used
Gottfried de Purucker’s “Winds of the Spirit” (1971
edition) as its basis for study. This was a well supported group meeting weekly
on Wednesday evenings for about 2 years. Unusually, Dave kept this group as an
open group, allowing participants to join and leave at any time.
Winds of the Spirit is not a
text book in the traditional sense but rather a compilation of short informal
talks. Single chapters of the book can be selected at will for study and this
fact probably made it easier for Dave to keep the group open for its duration.
Dave Thomas was profoundly interested in World Mythology and at the
conclusion of the Purucker study, began another group
which studied Rudolf Steiner’s “Egyptian Myths and Mysteries”. This group was
also well supported and ran for over a year.
Theosophical Society,