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At [The Toronto Theosophical Society’s] height in the 1920s, it numbered not much more than 200 members. Small though its membership may have been, it could boast of being in the vanguard of cultural developments. It supported suffragettes, tolerance for all religions, homeopathy, “natural medicine,” vegetarianism, anti-vivisection, bicycle riding for ladies, and cremation. The appeal of this religion, as formulated by its inventor, the Victorian mystic Madame Blavatsky, is obvious. Its Secret Doctrine promises immortality via reincarnation, while dispensing with inconvenient notions of Heaven and Hell. It speaks of the displacement of our material world by a universe governed by spiritual laws. And while Theosophists, like atheists, deceive themselves when they claim to be rid of dogma, there is no doubt their philosophy is streamlined and free of the more elaborate forms of ritual and doctrine. Read the full review here