Ideas takes a look at the philosophy and practices of theosophy – an unusual hybrid of Western and Eastern thought whose New Zealand followers have included a prime minister and an attorney general.
The Emblem of the Theosophical Society Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Wellington theosophists Sushma and Simon Webber, Tauranga theosophist June Vallyon and history professor Peter Lineham tell Chris Laidlaw and Jeremy Rose about the movement's history in Aotearoa.
