Who can join

  1. Membership is open to all persons without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or colour.
  2. The membership of the Indian Section of the Theosophical Society is composed of: i) Members of Chartered Lodges or Centres, ii) Members directly attached to the Section Headquarters, hereinafter described as “Unattached” members.
  3. A member of the Indian Section may join any number of Lodges or Centres as an Associate Member. Such a member however shall be registered with the Indian Section as a member of only that Lodge or Centre through which he pays his annual dues to the Indian Section. A member of another National Section or Society may join the Indian Section, subject to the Rules of the (international) Theosophical Society.
  4. Any person of ten years of age and above shall be eligible for membership in the Indian Section but anyone under the age of majority (eighteen years) shall be admitted to membership only with the written consent of his parent or guardian.
  5. Every application for membership in the Indian Section shall be made on an authorised form and duly signed by the applicant.
  6. A candidate for admission to the Theosophical Society desiring to be attached to any Lodge or Centre shall send his application along with the prescribed dues to the General Secretary through the President or Secretary of that Lodge or Centre and the Federation Secretary. Admission to membership whether attached to a Lodge or Centre or unattached shall be at the discretion of the General Secretary and he shall refer to the Executive Committee of the Indian Section such application as are not acceptable to him for its decision.

A candidate for admission to the Theosophical Society as an “Unattached” member of the Indian Section shall send his application along with the prescribed dues direct to the General Secretary of the Indian Section.