Theos-Talk Archives (September 1998 Message tt00254)

-- Dallas wrote:

>Dear Sveinn:

>Who wrote the book or passages that you quote from ?  I am interested.

>Thanks		Dallas

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My friend Dallas. -

Do I remember right that you visited Svetoslav Roerich at his home in the
Kulu Valley, Punjab.? You should be familiar with the work of the Roerichs.?
His mother Helena Roerich wrote many books for a group of Arhats.
The group is known to be the Ashram of Mahatma M.

Those books are 16 - and I think that the last book in the series is about to
be published at this time in N. Y.  It may be in print now. The books are
not advertised. And the authors do not want the Teaching to be hammered as
a dogma. But they want the Teaching to be found on "crossroads."

The Roerich´s were very active. Helena translated The Secret Doctrine into
Russian and wrote much herself. See the books: Letters of Helena Roerich,
vol. I and vol. II --1066 pages with index.

I could write more about this, but first I need to know how much you know
about this Pillar in our Theosophical Movement.

You can find information about the work of Helena Roerich and Nicholas
Roerich on web page:   http://www.roerich.org/   


Best wishes

S. F.

--Jerry Schueler wrote:

>"My own take on her work is that she deliberately left a lot of teachings
>out. This does not mean that it isn't so. It just means that she never
>said."

You are exactly right when writing this. There seems to be an invisible
etheric barrier to what can be written and said at each time.

Having read your mail I turned my attention to a book that I am reading.
>From that book I am sending in this mail:

Best wishes,

S. F.

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>From Fiery World vol. I

43. To a certain degree, the difficulty of understanding is due to the
limitations of the earthly language. All the symbols and higher concepts
are conventionalized to an absurd degree. When man observed something
beyond the limits of daily life, he began to speak of it in vague and
unusual terms, which meant something entirely different to his neighbor.
To this were added the anomalies of sight, taste, and hearing, resulting in a
complete babel. When man attempted to express the supreme Hierarchic
Concept, he tried to string together the best syllables and only achieved
extreme confusion. Notice that everyone who speaks about a transcendental
concept meets with the most surprising explanations. People frequently
speak about the same thing, but in such different terms that there is no
possibility of reconciling these concepts with words. Then, do not tire
yourself .....

79. It may be asked in what relation Our Teaching stands to the one already
given by Us through Blavatsky. Answer that each century, after the
manifestation of a detailed exposition, a conclusive culmination is given,
which actually moves the world, along the line of humanness.
Thus, Our Teaching includes the "Secret Doctrine" of Blavatsky. Similarly,
Christianity was the culmination of the world wisdom of the classic epoch,
and the Commandments of Moses were the culmination of that of ancient
Egypt and Babylon. However, the significance of the ramiform Teachings must
be understood. It is hoped that people not only read Our books.....

Fiery World vol. I