Theos-Talk Archives (February 1998 Message tt00030)

Mark writes:

>I'm just curious why you would think that it might be?
>Is invocation frowned upon by theosophists?
>Is there no valid context for it in their view?

and JVoirol says:

Protecting people from an attack would not be black magic

My opinion would be that whenever a large mass of people are asked to
perform prayers asking angels to perform their defense, you have the
possibility of OVER-REACTION among the populace. How do angels act? They
act through us. They act harmoniously with nature. They might be called on
to prevent attacks in circular fashion, whereby anything goes: flying
around in helicopters is just as effective as burning the toast in the
morning and other acts people might assume are for the purpose of
accomplishing this defense through their prayers and contacts with angels.
So now we have people who need to be accomplishing their daily
purifications and directing their life energies constructively and instead
are accomplishing what any great minister would call upon higher powers to
do, not mere human beings.

in Eldon's post:

>> JERUSALEM, Feb 3 (AFP) - A leading rabbinical mystic plans to
>> hold a special prayer in Tel Aviv calling on the angels to
>> protect Israel from an eventual missile attack from Iraq, the
>> rabbi's son said on Tuesday.
>>
>> Rabbi David Batzri, a specialist in the cabala system of Jewish
>> mysticism, will hold the ceremony in the coming days, Moshe
>> Batzri told Israel radio.  "My father will go to Tel Aviv to hold
>> special prayers calling on the angels to protect Israel if it is
>> attacked by Saddam Hussein," he said, referring to the Iraqi
>> president.
>>
>> "In the meantime, people must pray once a day and perform good
>> acts" to ward off Iraqi hostility, he said.
>>
>> The Maariv newspaper said Rabbi Batzri also planned, if Iraq
>> fired missiles at Israel, to fly around Israel seven times in a
>> helicopter to deflect the rockets.