Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tt00047)

At 08:16 AM 11/6/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>>I though theos-roots was supposed to be for this kind of discussion?  I
>>have a interest in the TS history myself but there is a place for this
>>sort of discussion IMHO anyway.
>>
>>Lets on with the show...
>>
>>John
>
>
>Right. John Mead set up theos-roots because I and some others
>complained about all the history discussions. Now, for the most
>part, I enjoy reading about history, especially theosophical
>history. But on theos-l, the objective was mainly to denounce
>CWL rather than promote unbiased history, and virtually all of
>the CWL fans left the list in disgust. I should say here, that Paul
>Johnson was probably the most unbiased and fair of anyone,
>and I still enjoy reading his posts (I have both his books too).
>But we will never get any consensus on what actually happened,
>so we really need to quickly present our views and get on with
>discussing Theosophy. And I agree with Doss that newbies
>need to understand the discrepancies and views on theosophical
>history as part of the overall theosophical package, so to speak.
>
>Jerry S.

Jerry:
I need to put in a plug for theos-l.

Firstly for a long time, theos-l was the only maillist on Internet.
Secondly, like all items of interest, there was a time when the historical
details about CWL was the topic. So when details about CWL were posted,
many CWL fans did not like it; it is too bad for them. But for many of the
more objective subscribers, I learnt about many historical information in 2
years which I was unaware of in 20 years and party line theosophists would
not talk about and did not want anyone to know about. In addition, I also
learnt a lot of information which was not much known even to veteran
members, some of them were unfortunate and sad for the persons concerned.
These maillists do serve a purpose and I see a great future in them in that
they will bring the followers of various theosophical organizations
together, which is something great because, it is something that the
leaders of the organizations have not been able to achieve in over 100
years. I think we all have a great opportunity to prove that there is
strength in unity of purpose and with Internet as a tool, we can achieve
successes in a scale that has not been achieved over the last 100 years.
All that is needed is a couple of dedicated sacrificing individuals.

....mkr