Theosophical Society in Costa Rica

It quickly became popular among broad sectors of the intellectual population of the country, soon calling the attention of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica, generating angry controversies in the press where both sides clashed with articles of attack and response.

On May 8, 1912, the first Theosophical Center located on the Paseo de las Damas in the capital city and on whose date the death of Blavastky and the birth of Buddha were commemorated, however, the building would be burned by a Catholic extremist a year later.

Overthrown Tinoco after the Sapoá Revolution, the 1919 student civic movement and other social uprisings, Acosta participates in the following elections.

His status as a Mason and theosophist raised suspicions among the Church, but his triumph was assured by having led the anti-Tinoquist struggle and he won by a wide margin.

[6] On October 6, 1933, Jiddu Krishnamurti visited Costa Rica as part of a tour of Latin America that included Brazil, Uruguay and Mexico.