page_title: United Lodge of Theosophists
section_title: Active Centers
hierarchical_section_title: United Lodge of Theosophists / Active Centers
caption_attribution_description: Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
context_page_description: The United Lodge of Theosophists or ULT is an informal and wholly voluntary association of students of Theosophy. It 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:
  Recognition of W.Q. Judge as H.P. Blavatsky's colleague and co-worker from the beginning and hence as one of the original founders of the Theosophical Movement
  Exclusive adherence to the unaltered works of H.P. Blavatsky and W.Q.
context_section_description: The first ULT lodge founded in 1909 by Robert Crosbie :
  245 West 33rd Street, LOS ANGELES, CALIF., 90007, USA (Los Angeles, CA)
  Founded between 1923 and 1928 under the guidance of B.P Wadia during his stay in America :
  347 East 72nd Street, NEW YORK, N.Y., 10021, USA (New York, New York)
  1917 Walnut Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENN., 19103, USA (Philadelphia, PA)
  4865 Cordell Ave., Suite 230, Bethesda, (WASHINGTON D.C.) MARYLAND 20814, USA (Washington D.C.)
  Established in 1928 during B.P Wadia's journey from America back to India via Europe:
  Robert Crosbie House, 62 Queen's Gardens, LONDON W2 3AH, ENGLAND (London, England)
  Frans van Heymbeecklaan 6, DEURNE-ANTWERP B-2100, BELGIUM
  11 bis, Rue Kepler, PARIS 75116, FRANCE (Paris, France)
  First ULT lodge in India, opened on November 17, 1929 under B.P Wadia's leadership:
  Theosophy Hall, 40 NewMarine Lines, MUMBAI 400020, INDIA (ULT India)
  A sister lodge of the Mumbai center started in 1938 under B.P Wadia:
  Nalini Kunj, Sri Marubai Gamdevi Mandir Rd., MATUNGA, MUMBAI 400019, INDIA (ULT India)
  Named "Maitri Bhavan", this lodge was started on the 12th of August 1942 by B.P Wadia:
  4 Sir Krishna Rao Road, Basavangudi, BANGALORE 560004, INDIA (ULT India)
  Study centers started organically by students:
  Charilaou Trikoupi 60, 3rd floor, Athens 10680, GREECE (Athens, Greece)
  Köpenhamnsvägen 13 C, 217 55 MALMÖ, SWEDEN (Malmo, Sweden)
  77 West Encanto Blvd., PHOENIX, ARIZONA, 85003, USA (Phoenix, AZ)
  3766 El Cajon Blvd., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 92105, USA (San Diego, CA)
  326 West Sola Street, SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, 93101, USA (Santa Barbara, CA)
caption: United Lodge of Theosophists, Philadelphia
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