Curuppumullage jinarajadasa biography

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Curuppumullage jinarajadasa biography

Jinarajadasa was a Co-Mason, Theosophist, author, speaker and mystic who was responsible not only for the spread of Theosophical ideas around the globe but for the flourishing of Co-Masonry in the Americas.

When most people think of Curuppumullage Jinarajadasa today, they do not think of him as anything but “theosophical.” In fact, as one looks around at the copious Internet references to him, nearly all of it has a focus on his abundant and wonderful contributions to the Theosophical Society and theosophy in general.

As the President of the Theosophical Society for eight years, until the end of his life in , he traveled the world promoting theosophical principles and the Society itself. However, he was a tour de force for Universal Freemasonry as well, across not only Europe and India, but also very importantly, the Americas. 

Jinarajadasa was born in