Overview
The United Lodge of Theosophists or ULT was founded in 1909, mainly through the efforts of
Robert Crosbie. The first
parent lodge of the ULT was started in Los Angeles by Robert Crosbie and seven other associates through the adoption of its
Declaration]on February 18, 1909. Owing largely to the revival efforts of
B.P. Wadia after Crosbie's death, there are currently about twenty active lodges spread all over the world. The ULT is considered to be part of the
second generation or the
third section of the
Theosophical Movement started in 1875 by
H.P. Blavatsky in New York. Presently, it is also one of the existing four main "
branches" of the original Theosophical Movement. The following founding principles when taken as a whole, sets apart the ULT from the other Theosophical Organizations:
ULT Los Angeles publishes the
Theosophy Magazine]which was started by Robert Crosbie in 1912. It was the revival of an earlier periodical called
the Path that was edited by W.Q. Judge. ULT India publishes the
Theosophical Movement Magazine, founded under B.P. Wadia in 1930 in Mumbai. And ULT Santa Barbara publishes a quarterly periodical called
Vidya] The Theosophy Company]was registered in 1925 on behalf of ULT as a fiduciary agent and an eleemosynary, non-profit corporation to publish photographic facsimile of the Original Editions of books by H.P. Blavatsky and W.Q. Judge.