Theosophy

Besant had found the economic side oflife lacking a spiritual dimension, so shesearched for a belief based on “Love”. Shefound this in Theosophy, so she joinedthe Theosophical Society, a move thatdistanced her from Bradlaugh and otherformer activist co-workers. Her decisionto join the Theosophical Society met astorm of criticism from her formerassociates in London. To explain herchange of view, on August 4 and 11,1889, she delivered a lecture in the Hallof Science on the subject “Why I Becamea T