Theos-Talk Archives (October 1997 Message tt00131)

John R. Crocker:

> Perhaps we also need a simultaneous reminder that Paul's book was
> exceedingly well received outside of TS circles ...  and that
> only two people seem to have been critical, one, a person that
> seems to have some personal vendetta, and the other, the
> President of the Wheaton TS - who, in his role as critic, blasted
> a book he refused to publish in his role as TPH chief.

Surely John Crocker jests! I can think of umpteen people who had
a negative reaction to K.  Paul Johnoson's book, including
myself.  They are speculative, hyperbolic, and promote the
reduction of HPB's teachers to mere politicos who sought personal
influence in the world.  I am all for discussion of his books,
but we need to state for the record that the people outside of TS
(and especially ULT) who enjoyed Paul's books enjoyed them
because they didn't have the background to be critical and
because they had already debunked the spiritual possibility of
advanced beings on the planet before they even read the books!