Theos-Talk Archives (July 1997 Message tt00011)

Compass has launched a Call for Unity.  Sage has implored us
"begging for a beginning" and suggested a set of "doors" to
Adyar, ULT etc.  Joseph Price has ruminated on a "Theosophy Mall"
consisting of only pointers to various sites - though the word
"Mall" might have undesirable connotations for many.

As a result of the comments originating from the Call for Unity
occuring at TheosWorld, Blavatsky Net (BN) at

     http://www.blavatsky.org

has moved its "Roadmap to Theosophy Online" to the "top of the
list" on its homepage.  This Roadmap has always intented to
supply the "doors" that Sage has requested.  The page aims to
give significant help in sorting out the array of web sites and
their relation to the real world groups - which in their turn are
often confusing enough to the newcommer.  Roadmap differs from
Sage's suggestion in that the "vestibule" behind the door is the
home page of the site in question.  This way each site decides
how to present itself to the world.  Noone else presumes to do it
for them.  It differs from Price's suggestion in that a
combination of visual arrangement (that communicates
economically) and the addition of a few verbal details aim to
"say a lot" and offer direction out of chaos.

With this Roadmap option now so prominently placed at BN we hope
it can serve at least in a limited way as the beginning begged
for by Sage.  Comments would be welcome if the Roadmap is thought
to have value, to have shortcommings or weaknesses, or if there
were thoughts on how it should be improved.