tktt: Is The Theosophical Society A Money-Making Concern?

"Enq:  Again, and I say this on the authority of your own Journal, the Theosophist, there's a Rajah of India who donated to the Society 25,000 rupees. Have you not thanked him for his great bounty in the January Theosophist for 1888?   Theo:  We have, in these words, "That the thanks of the Convention [...]

tktt: Is The Theosophical Society A Money-Making Concern?

"Enq:  But why could not both she and Colonel Olcott do as others - notably many Theosophists - do: follow out their respective professions and devote the surplus of their time to the work of the Society?   Theo:  Because by serving two masters, either the professional or the philanthropic work would have had to [...]

tktt: Is The Theosophical Society A Money-Making Concern?

"Enq:  Agreed. Well, have either of the Founders, Colonel H. S. Olcott or H. P. Blavatsky, ever made any money, profit, or derived any worldly benefit from the T.S, as some papers say?   Theo:  Not one penny. The papers lie. On the contrary, they have both given all they had, and literally beggared themselves. [...]