Theos-Talk Archives (November 1997 Message tt00188)

"Harm to the Theosophical Movement". Never! This movement did not
start in 1875.

 The History of the Theosophsical Movement*


In the early part of the fourteenth century a great adept , known as
Tsong-kha-pa, was born in Amdo in the province of Koko-nor.
According to the tradition, he was born of a virgin mother, and his
birth was foretold by the appearance of a giant lotus, or Udumbara,
which blossomed in the lake at the foot of the Himalayas as it had
bloomed two thousand years before at the birth of Gautama. The records
preserved in the lamasary of the Panchen Lama shows that it was
Buddha Himself, in his aspect of Amita, who incarnated Himself in
Tsong-kha-pa in consequence of the great degradation into which his
doctrines had fallen. He summoned all the Adepts in the world to a
conference in Tibet, where a system of Laws was formulated and certain
Rules laid down foe all to follow..... At this conference it was decided
that the time was now ripe for the open work of the Theosophical
Movement to begin in Europe. Ever since that time, during the last
quarter of every century an effort has been made to bring the work of
the Theosophical Movement before the public. The last Representative of
these "Brothers of the Snowy Range'' was H. P. Blavatsky, and W. Q.
Judge * whose Secret Doctrine and Ocean of Theosophy * "contains all
that can be giver out to the world in this century''.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: "K Paul Johnson" <pjohnson@leo.vsla.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 1997 9:25 AM
> Subject: Re:Mr Judge and Mrs Besant
>
> According to Jerry Hejka-Ekins:
> >
> > Because Judge was never proved to have forged Mahatma letters, nor
> was
> > that really the charge made against him.
>
> Yes, the charge against him was pretty bizarre, actually, in
> the final form in which Besant presented it. That was that the
> messages from the Masters were genuine, but that Judge
> transcribed them in a handwriting designed to mislead her as to
> how they were received.
>
> Besant played a game of "let's you and him fight"-- first
> siding with Judge against Olcott and then vice-versa. Much
> later in life she was still vacillating regarding messages from
> the Masters; alternating between accepting Krishnamurti and
> accepting the accusations of his enemies Wedgwood and Arundale.
>
> Besant is a good example of someone with an *outer locus of
> control*-- always allowing herself to be used by others and not
> having a strong center. But despite this, and the harm to the
> Theosophical movement that resulted, she did a fair amount of
> good in the world and had some admirable qualities.