The Theosophical Society (Pasadena) is a successor organization to the original Theosophical Society founded by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and others in 1875. This successor organization, which after several name changes once again now titles itself simply the Theosophical Society, though often with the clarifying statement, "International Headquarters, Pasadena, California," traces its beginnings to 1895 and the Theosophical Society faction led by William Quan Judge as he and most of the Society's American Section withdrew, leaving the faction led by Henry Steel Olcott and Annie Besant, whose organization, based in India, is today known as the Theosophical Society - Adyar.
Judge led the organization arising from his faction for about a year after the split until his death, when its leadership passed to Katherine Tingley, who moved the Society's headquarters from New York City to Point Loma, California. Later leaders include Gottfried de Purucker, and currently Grace Knoche.
The faction led by Olcott and Besant is today based in India and known as the TheosophicalSociety - Adyar, while the faction led by Judge is today known simply as the TheosophicalSociety, but often with the clarifying statement, "international headquarters, Pasadena, California".
The five prominent symbols visible in the seal of the TheosophicalSociety are the Star of David, the Ankh, the Swastika, the Ouroboros, and above the seal is the Aum.
In 1875 she founded the TheosophicalSociety in New York City together with Henry Steel Olcott, who was a lawyer and writer; William Quan Judge; and others.
Annie Besant became leader of the society based in Adyar India, while William Quan Judge headed another TheosophicalSociety in New York which later moved to Point Loma, Covina, and Pasadena, California under a series of leaders: Katherine Tingley, Godfrey de Puruker, Colonel Conger, James A. Long, and Grace F. Knoche.
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