# Invitation to the 8th Annual General Meeting

*The Theosophical Society (Adyar Madras Headquarter)*

Dear Friends!

The members of the “Besant Branch” and all members of the Theosophical Society present in Berlin are hereby requested to come to the weekly meeting in Berlin Wilmersdorf, Motz-Straße No. 17, every Monday at 8 p.m.

Friends of the Theosophical Society who have not become members of the Theosophical Society can be admitted to these meetings upon purchase of a six-month ticket for 5 marks or a year-long ticket for 9 marks.

We request that friends of the Theosophical Society who are temporarily present in Berlin inquire with the undersigned secretary, Miss v. Sivers, about participating.

The Secretary: Marie von Sivers.  
The Chairman: Dr. Rudolf Steiner.

*The Theosophical Society (Headquarters Madras) German Section.*

To the esteemed members of the German Section of the Theosophical Society.

Dear Friends!

The undersigned takes the liberty of inviting you to the eighth regular *General Assembly*, which will take place in Berlin on October 23, 24 and 25, 1909.

The proceedings will be as follows:

Saturday, October 23: 2 p.m. (Geisbergstraße 2): Lecture by Dr. Rudolf Steiner on anthroposophy. 6 p.m. (Motzstraße 17): ordinary board meeting. In the evening, a corresponding free get-together at Geisbergstraße 2.

Sunday, October 24: The business part of the program will take place at 10 a.m. (Geisbergstraße 2) with the following agenda:

1. Opening of the meeting and welcoming address by the Secretary General.

2. Reports of the Secretary General, Secretary, Treasurer, Secretary and Auditors.

3. Motions from the floor.

4. Reports from the representatives of the branches.

5. Miscellaneous.

On Sunday, October 24, at 4 p.m. (Geisbergstraße 2), there will be a factual-theosophical part with the following program:

1. Free lectures and discussions by members.

2. Free informal discussion.

The factual and theosophical part will be continued on Monday, October 25, at 10 a.m.

Proposals for the General Assembly and registrations from individual members for lectures and addresses etc. on Sunday afternoon and Monday are requested (to be sent to the address of the Secretary General) by October 20, 1909.

During the General Assembly, Dr. Rudolf Steiner will give four lectures on anthroposophy (the first on Saturday, October 23, at 2 p.m., see above. The other three will be a continuation of the first).

On Monday, October 25, at 8 p.m., a lecture by Dr. Rudolf Steiner will take place at the Berlin Besant Branch (Geisbergstraße 2) on the “Sphere of the Bodhisattvas”, to which all members of the section are invited.

On Thursday and Friday, October 21 and 22, Dr. Rudolf Steiner will give two lectures at the Architektenhaus (Berlin, Wilhelmstraße 92/93) at 8 p.m. on: The Mission of Wrath (The Chained Prometheus) (on October 21): The Mission of Truth (Goethe's Pandora in the Light of Spiritual Science) (on October 22).

On October 28 and 29, the two lectures will take place in the architects' house: The Mission of Devotion. The Human Character.

*Members are requested to notify the General Assembly of their attendance immediately upon receipt of this invitation to Frl. Marie von Sivers, Berlin W[ilmersdorf], Motzstraße 17, as this time the General Assembly is expected to be well attended and space may need to be provided.*

Hoping to welcome as many of our dear members as possible on the days mentioned above,

The Theosophical greeting,

The Secretary General:  
Dr. Rudolf Steiner.