The first meme that guided the development of current human culture

Babaji with T. Subba Rao and H. P. Blavatsky.

Theosophical Society:  There is no religion higher than truth - that does not mean that truth itself could be a religion, not at all.I have always been a little bothered when theosophy has been spoken of as a religion.
The interesting thing about the Theosophical Society (founded in 1875) is that it is a great place to learn about religion, philosophy, science and metaphysics - without having to commit to any dogmas or a specific spiritual path. 
Each member can remain in whatever religion they choose - as long as they respect each other's beliefs and practices.
There were three objects of the Theosophical Society - they still exist even though TS is badly degenerate.
To form a nucleus of the Universal Brotherhood of Humanity, without distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color.To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy and science.To investigate unexplained laws of Nature and the powers latent in man.

The Theosophical Society was the first to popularize Eastern concepts for a Western audience. Here are links to articles by theosophists on concepts that have become dictionary words - or almost it.

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1831 – 1891) was one of the most fascinating women of the 19th century. A Russian mystic, philosopher, author and an amateur linguist.

Blavatsky stated: Theosophy is purely ‘Divine Ethics’; the definitions in dictionaries are pure nonsense, based on religious prejudice and ignorance of the true spirit of the early Rosicrucians and mediæval philosophers who called themselves Theosophists. 

Theosophy literally means `God's Wisdom´.

Blavasky was not the first to use the term: it appears in the writings of the Alexandrian Neoplatonists, including Ammonius Saccas and Porphyry, and a lineage of medieval and renaissance philosophers, all the way to the 18th century. It is, in HPB's words, 

the sub-stratum and basis of all world-religions and philosophies, taught and practiced by a few elect ever since man became a thinking being.

So.