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Annie Besant argues that while universal brotherhood exists in nature for all humanity, the Society is a nucleus with objects and conditions that require recognition and fitness. 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 Spirit is inclusive,all-  \u003Cbr>embracing,and a Universal Brotherhood founded  \u003Cbr>on the Spirit can exclude none;hence no one  \u003Cbr>should be expelled from the Theosophical Society.”  \u003Cbr>This argument appeals to a very large number of  \u003Cbr>people,and it has a convincing ring about it.But  \u003Cbr>is it as convincing as it sounds?Is it not found-  \u003Cbr>ed on an error?The Theosophical Society is  \u003Cbr>a;Universal Brotherhood,but a nucleus  \u003Cbr>not  \u003Cbr>thereof,and a nucleus and its cell are not co-  \u003Cbr>extensive.The Universal Brotherhood of human-  \u003Cbr>ity is not made by the Theosophical Society;a  \u003Cbr>man does not enter it when he becomes a  \u003Cbr>member of the Theosophical Society,nor leave  \u003Cbr>it when he ceases to be a Theosophical member  \u003Cbr>The Universal Brotherhood is a fact in nature  \u003Cbr>beyond our creating or our destroying;the  \u003Cbr>purest saint and the vilest criminal are brothers  \u003Cbr>in fact,in truth.Nor would there be any sense  \u003Cbr>or object in making a‘Society’which should be  \u003Cbr>co-extensive with humanity.  The mere fact  \u003Cbr>that the Society has objects,of which the ap  \u003Cbr>plicant for membership must approve,differentiates  \u003Cbr>it from humanity at large and makes a limita.  \u003Cbr>tion.  A man who denies Universal Brotherhood  \u003Cbr>cannot be a member of the Theosophical Society  \u003Cbr>but he is,  and must ever remain,  a humai   |\n| --- |\n\n\n| 3  \u003Cbr>brother.It is,then,not the fact of Brother-  \u003Cbr>hood bnt the recognition of it which entitles a  \u003Cbr>inan to membership in the Theosophical Society  \u003Cbr>to become part of the‘nucleus,'and a further  \u003Cbr>guarantee denanded from two members,that the  \u003Cbr>candidate is a“fit and proper person to becone  \u003Cbr>a member of the Theosophical Society,\"implies  \u003Cbr>that the recognition is believed to be not mere-  \u003Cbr>ly a lip but also a life-1ecognition.If these  \u003Cbr>facts are so—and that they are so is surely  \u003Cbr>undeniable—it follows that a member may be  \u003Cbr>expelled if he ceases to be“a fit and proper  \u003C","cbCaiuOWauTD4ElK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuOWauTD4ElK","pdf",2460584,100,"English","# The Basis of the Theosophical Society\n## Debate over an all-inclusive Universal Brotherhood nucleus\n## Membership, recognition, and the right to exclude\n## The nature of the nucleus and its spiritual purpose","[{\"question\":\"What debate does the essay address about the Theosophical Society’s basis?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses whether a nucleus of Universal Brotherhood should be all-inclusive, and how members should think about the grounds for membership and decision-making.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Annie Besant distinguish Universal Brotherhood from membership in the Theosophical Society?\",\"answer\":\"Universal Brotherhood is presented as a fact in nature that exists beyond the Society’s creation or dissolution; membership depends on recognition and fitness, not on entering or leaving the universal brotherhood itself.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the essay defend admission and exclusion as linked principles?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that recognition entitles a person to membership and that if someone ceases to be “a fit and proper person” for the nucleus, expulsion follows; admission and exclusion are correlatives.\"}]","THE BASIS OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY - By Annie Besant - President of the Theosophical Society | PDF",1790617940,252]