Theosophical Association Scandinavia

In 1989 ideological disagreements between the world-wide Theosophical Society and its section in Denmark led to the breakaway of that section and the foundation of The Theosophical Union as an alternative to the Danish Theosophical Society. The decision was made at an extraordinary general meeting, August 18, where some 250 members out of 500 almost unanimously voted for the separation. Since then the number of members has increased to about 1000 in 1997, and at another extraordinary general meeting, November 9, 1997, the name was changed into Theosophical Association Scandinavia (TAS) in order to facilitate connections between the existing groups in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

But there is one project which we regard as our most important activity for the time being. In order to produce candidates for a deeper and more serious involvement in the work we have gathered our teaching in some sort of an esoteric school.
   In Letters on Occult Meditation by Alice A. Bailey we read that the Hierarchy will use the incoming 7th ray to organise schools of meditation at carefully selected places around the world – places that (with a few exceptions) have a certain atmosphere because there have been mystery schools in the past. The schools will be founded in pairs consisting of a preparatory school and an affiliated occult school, and we are told that the preparatory schools are going to emerge before the actual externalisation of the Hierarchy, while the occult schools will be the result of the activities of the Masters in the physical world. The following locations seem to be selected:

Naturally this information is interesting for esotericists at the selected places. As we see, one of the preparatory schools will be in Sweden for those of the northern and German races who seek the path. This is one of the essential reasons why we have established our school, not only in Denmark but also in Norway and Sweden. It is our contribution to the Scandinavian project. Naturally we are well aware that this is merely a very small beginning, and that the real school will probably be a fusion of the work of several groups and include specialists from other parts of the world. But let us remember the words of the Tibetan Master:

Now, I would earnestly call to your attention that the schools will make but small beginnings and will be launched in a way that will appear at first as too unimportant to be noticeable. A beginning will be made with members of the different occult schools, such as the esoteric sections of the Theosophical Movement, and others. The work in Britain, America and Australia is already in process of inception, whilst that in Sweden will shortly be on foot. The others will follow at slightly later dates.

We have termed our project School of Theosophy, but as we are a free and completely independent organisation the word theosophy does not constitute a limitation to the sources of our teaching material – we merely state our "roots".
   The idea of the school is not to turn the teaching into an academic project with an intellectual approach, but simply to present the teaching as a thing which is whole – a wholeness that does not appear from the esoteric sources. If we may use a simile we can say that out of the many bricks of the teaching we attempt to erect a building and supply the mortar.
   Many people have a natural affinity to the teaching, but usually they meet with phenomena at first, and in our country they are offered all kinds of systems and techniques. So we want to present a structure of ideas that may explain all the phenomena but has quite another purpose itself – that is to interpret life and society in a spiritual way and thereby inspire people to change themselves and the world in which they live. Within that structure each student may find his own line of study, meditation and service.
   The teaching material is a combination of the work of Alice A. Bailey and the Tibetan Master D.K. and traditional theosophical material – where there seem to be no discrepancies between the two sources. Some people see a difference between these two sections of esoteric teaching, but we see the Bailey work as the natural extension of theosophy, and many informations from the works of Blavatsky, Besant, Leadbeater, Hodson and others are not repeated by D.K. but taken for granted. So we have made it our task to integrate the two sources in our school.
   The curriculum has 3 sections: (1) Esoteric Fundamentals, (2) Esoteric Psychology and (3) Esoteric Sociology. It is our aim that each section shall consist of 3 teaching weekends and 1 group work weekend. This is what is realistically possible for the time being, but in the near future this structure will be supplemented by more detailed and dynamic teaching and group sessions in more secluded places where students and teachers may live together for a number of weeks.
   At the present time a weekend is lacking in sections 2 and 3, and that makes the school a one-year cycle consisting of 7 teaching weekends – that is lectures with room for questions and discussions – 2 one-day seminars with teaching and psychological-clairvoyant counselling, and 2 weekends with group work. Where possible slides and overheads are used in the process. The school is operating in 4 places: Copenhagen and Aarhus (Denmark), Stavanger (Norway) and near Lund (Sweden). No preliminary knowledge is required from the students, and therefore the science of esoteric astrology is referred to a parallel school with a specialist in that field. Add to this the Egyptian School of Theosophy which is mostly operating in the Copenhagen area.
   In order to make our teaching material known in wider circles all the subjects have been produced on cassette tapes. These tapes have been broadcasted by local radio stations at least one hour a week, and sometimes two or three hours a week, for about 6 or 7 years now. Furthermore the material is available on video tapes for general distribution, but also as an opportunity for students who might miss a lecture or two to catch up.

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