Theos-Talk Archives (March 1998 Message tt00065)

Jerry Hejka-Ekins wrote:

> Thank you Bart.  I believe that this was exactly what you were told.  Yes, I have talked to many
> ES members, wardens and even general secretaries over the past thirty-five years, and I can
> assure you that you received a very standard answer.  But to say that they learn nothing that is
> not available to the general public is really a non answer if you think about it. Even if they
> embrace the entire corpus of theosophical literature, there is going to be a certain spin, a
> certain interpretation. . .  are you getting my drift now?

    From what I have been told, it is generally up to the individual E.S. group. The key to the E.S.
is that they accept Theosophical doctrine as being correct, as opposed to the general membership,
who accepts or rejects any or all of Theosophical doctrine at will.

    Now, do you believe that there is an aspect of the E.S. about which the members of the E.S. you
have talked to will not tell you, and won't even tell you that there IS such an aspect that cannot
be revealed until one is a member of the E.S.? If so, and if it were more than a matter of ceremony,
and ESPECIALLY if it is something sinister, then I am greatly surprised that there have not been any
E.S. members, almost all of whom that I have met are good and dedicated people, have not gone public
in disgust.

    Bart Lidofsky