Robert Crosbie (1849-1919) was a Canadian theosophist, initiate and philosopher, founder of the United Lodge of Theosophists (ULT).
Among his most important works, we remember The Friendly Philosopher. Letters and Talks on Theosophy and the Theosophical Life (The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1934); Answers to Questions on The Ocean of Theosophy (The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1933); Notes on The Bhagavad-Gita, with William Quan Judge (The Theosophy Company, Los Angeles 1955).
The Crosbie's article The Origin of Evil, which we propose to our readers today, was published posthumously in the Theosophy Magazine in June 1922.
According to Crosbie, «Christian theology holds that evil entered the world through the sin of the first man, who ate from the tree of forbidden fruit. All men sinned in Adam, and because of Adam's sin, every other being is and has been a sinner. Oddly enough, this first man was created by a Higher Being in His image, or, in other words, perfect; yet, he was unable to refrain from doing what had been forbidden him. Thus, in the very first being created in the image of the "Supreme", there was a tendency to do evil!».