The tendency towards “black magic”

[Sacred Fool]

But the Theosophists weren't much in to love.  "There is no religion higher than truth" was one of their slogans, and they were not particularly loving to their anointed saviour, J. Krishnamurti, when he tired of the situation they put him into.

Do you know how love was situated in their philosophy? Was it simply one of any number of human emotions? Something to overcome? I know little about theosophy, but I do seem to recall Krisnhamurti being identified and groomed from a young age for the role.

I read a few of their books decades back and don't recall much of the specifics.  But I would note that the Theosophists wrote books in the late 19th-early20th centuries which were the result of communication with disincarnate beings (ascended masters) and that sense they pre-figured the work of L/L Research.  The term "Devachanic Plane" which Prof. Elkins uses in the Ra Material may well have entered into the lexicon via a Theospohist.
Personally, I would say that their stuff could be useful to some degree but is of markedly uneven purity.  I believe they lacked a good system of tuning their contacts.