Author(s): Stephanie Claire

Fiction

Towards a Better World is a docu-novel about the religious group, the Theosophists, in the early 1920s. Author Stephanie Claire, whose grandparents were Theosophists, describes the activities of the Theosophical world leaders, all of whom came to Sydney, Australia, in the early 1920s, meeting at The Manor in Mosman and the Amphitheatre at Balmoral. Stephanie Claire brings to life the famous names: - 'New world teacher' and 'prophet', Krishnamurti and activist Annie Besant and others. She also discusses the revelation of Bishop Charles Leadbeater's pedophilia. Towards a Better World provides little-known insights into the world of the Theosophists and portrays their dreams and frailties.,