Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00016)

> From "Brant Jackson" <bjack5259@aol.com>

>    Grovert suggested that the "I Am" movement was perhaps an
"offshoot" of
>Thesophy, and implied that it was not dissimilar to the
"neo-Theosophy" of
>Besant and Leadbeater.
>     This is certainly a possibility.  However, he would have to
admit that
>all groups that claim allegiance to the Masters are not, in
fact, proven to be
>under their direct control and guidance merely because of the
making of that
>claim.  The world of occultism is full of people who make such
claims.
>"Self-proclaimation" is not proof.


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>      My point here, too-long belabored, is how do we tell the
false teacher
>who wraps him or herself in the outward trappings of
"legitimate" esoteric
>teachings [whatever that may be], and claims to be a "further
revelation" of
>this line, from the charlatan, who founds his own school with
familiar but
>false teachings?


>From a previous post:

Most, if not almost all are bogus claims. I heard that once in
the 80s at a
Whole Life Expo in Los Angeles there were eight individuals
channeling Saint
Germain. If something ludicrous as that happens you might be
tempted to
denounce the whole phenomenon as bogus, which might just be the
strategy of
the force. Meanwhile, if there is a chance that one of these
messengers
might be genuine, how to find out? What criteria will be valid to
determine
whether a messenger is genuine or not? I have referred before to
criteria
like vibration, transformational effects and content.  Another
one (or two)
has to do with historical criteria: is the content of the
messages
reflecting a certain awareness of past messengers and movements?
And are the
statements in harmony with the facts? The other 'historical'
criterion I
like is: does the alleged messenger and movement fit into a
certain logic of
historical development. For example I am still amazed by the fact
that Guy
Ballard was allegedly contacted by Saint Germain one year after K
had
dissolved the Order of the Star. Coincidence? Or the work of the
Masters,
implementing a contingency plan?

Govert