1902 Annual Report for the German Section of the Theosophical Society

Translated by Marie Steiner for the twenty-seventh Anniversary and Convention of the Theosophical Society

To the President-Founder, TS: received with much pleasure the Charter of 22nd July, 1902, and made all necessary preparations for the formation of the German Section of the TS. At the general meeting of the 19th and 20th of October this Section was formally constituted, and the Executive Committee chosen. The ten lodges forming our section are: Berlin, Charlottenburg, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Hannover, Lugano (Switzerland), Munich, Cassel and Leipzig.

The names of the Executive Committee are:

Dr. Rudolf Steiner, General Secretary (ex-officio), and the Mesdames and Messrs. Henriette von Holten, Julius Engel, Bernard Hubo, Richard Bresch, Dr. HübbeSchleiden, Günther Wagner, Ludwig Deinhard, Bruno Berg, Adolf Kolbe, Gustav Rüdiger, Adolf Oppel, Marie von Sivers and Dr. Noll.

The President of the Leipzig Lodge is issuing the Vâhan. A review, which is to be edited by Dr. Rudolf Steiner under the name of Luzifer, is to appear either on the Ist January or the 1st April.

The books printed in the course of last year were: «The Mystic in the awakening of spiritual life in the new times,» Dr. Rudolf Steiner; «Christianity as a mystical fact,» Dr. Rudolf Steiner; «Goethe’s Faust: a picture of his Esoteric Philosophy,» Dr. Rudolf Steiner; «Occult Psychology,» by Ludwig Deinhard; «Is Death an End?» by B. Hubo, and translations of «Thought Power» and «Evolution of Life and Form,» by Mrs. Besant, and «Fragments of a Faith Forgotten,» by G.R.S. Mead.

Our task for the coming year will be the recruiting of members and an increased activity by writings and lectures in the service of Theosophy, as well as an attempt to introduce Theosophy into the various branches of German spiritual life.

The German Section began its activity with the visit of Mrs. Besant, who gave on 20th October a lecture to the members of the T.S., and on the 21st, another to a large public gathering, upon «Theosophy, its meaning and objects.»

The Rules of the German Section were discussed in the General Meeting and adopted.

The head-quarters of the German Section is in Berlin.

Accept my assurance that I shall work in the service of the Theosophical Society in every way to the utmost of my strength.

Rudolf Steiner,
General Secretary.