• Birthday of Annie Besant, TOS Founder

    Our gratitude and reverence to the founder of the TOS, Annie Besant, on her 173rd birthday October 1. May your life continue to inspire us and be the light we follow.

  • Ways to Stay Healthy

    Here are some resources that might help. We hope you take advantage of them. And we are always here to help. Feel free to email us at info@theoservice.org for any questions or concerns you may have.

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  • What Does Helping Others Mean to You?

    The TOS wants to know “What does helping others mean to you?” Not your definition, but why do you help others? What makes you volunteer? How has it changed your life?

    We are hoping to collect videos of people answering these questions. But if you feel shy about being on a video (camera phones are great and easy…hint hint!), we welcome you to send us an audio recording of what helping others means to you. If you send us either a video or audio, please also send us permission to use it as part of our outreach. We are intending to put together various clips as an introduction to the TOS to be used in lodges and study groups.

    We thank you in advance!

  • Latest Issue of For the Love of Life

    The 2017-2018 winter issue of For the Love of Life is available to read for free online. This edition revolves around ethics. The editorial staff would like to thank its readers for all its support. Physical copies are available by request.

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Projects and Grants

Despite the pandemic and the cancellation of many programs, the TOS still had somewhat of an active year. Like everyone else, it was difficult to adjust to the complete shutdown of many things. Much of the work TOS workers do is in person. The Covid-19 pandemic stopped all of that. Yet, earlier in the year, we coordinated efforts with various people around the country to distribute food to medical workers at several different hospitals.

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Featured Project

Those in Need of Healing

The Theosophical Order of Service (TOS) Healing Network was started in 1990. Originally started in Houston Texas, the first director of the network was Virginia Sylvester and it was called the “Houston Branch Healing Network.” It allowed people from all over the nation to leave messages of those in need of healing.

The healing ceremony followed was the “Ritual Invoking the Healing Angels” from Geoffrey Hodson’s book The Brotherhood of Angels and Men. As many people know, Geoffrey Hodson was a clairvoyant, a healer, and worked with the angelic realm. His books are still available online after more than thirty years since his passing and the ritual remains popular with many different healing groups.

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President's Blog

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A Force of Beneficence

In his book On the Watchtower, N. Sri Ram writes about the struggle for freedom. As an Indian, he was very aware of India’s fight for independence from Britain because he lived through it while working for the Theosophical Society. And, early in his career as Mrs. Besant’s personal secretary, he had a front row seat to her activism. Mrs. Besant, as well as many Indians who were also Theosophists, did not hesitate to speak against the discrimination and violence of the British.

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Meet Our Latest Scholarship Recipient

April 16, 2019

My name is Lynnette Marie Huber (Lesmeister), I am an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. I am originally from Eagle Butte, SD and was born and raised on the Cheyenne River Sioux reservation. My lifelong dream of attending nursing school is moving forward as I am now in my final semester, thanks to generous educational scholarships like yours. Since being named one of the recipients of the Theosophical Order of Service Scholarship, my dream is becoming a reality at Oglala Lakota College. Read more about Meet Our Latest Scholarship Recipient

Healing and Helping the Homeless

January 23, 2019

The Red Bank Study Group in New Jersey was looking for various ways to include service in their program. After viewing the instructional video of the healing ritual, it was decided to perform the healing ritual two times a month. Transcripts of the ritual were sent to the group leader and the ritual is now a regular part of their meetings.

Feedback about the ritual was very positive. After performing it, members have mentioned how much more relaxed they feel. While healing is sent to those on the healing list, energy is also sent to the planet and all sentient creatures that inhabit it, including those of us who do the ritual. If your study group, branch or lodge is interested in starting a healing group, please let us know. Information can be obtained at info@theoservice.org. Read more about Healing and Helping the Homeless

Adyar Theosophical Academy

January 23, 2019

Nelson Mandela is quoted as saying that education is the most powerful way to change the world. Such a statement cannot be truer. Education changes the way we think and has the potential to change the way we live. However, education that helps a child to have a healthy loving relationship with themselves and the world around them, in other words, a theosophical education, can do nothing but change the world for the better. One of the greatest challenges we have today on the planet is humankind’s inability to understand the need for relationship. Read more about Adyar Theosophical Academy

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The goal of the TOS is service to our fellow humans and all of life on our planet. We encourage participation on this website through comments by both TOS members and non-members. For more detail on the TOS, please see About Us.

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