Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tt00052)

"Every such attempt as the Theosophical Society has hitherto ended in
failure, because, sooner or later, it has degenerated into a sect, set up
hard-and-fast dogmas of its own, and so lost by imperceptible degrees that
vitality which living truth alone can impart. You must remember that all our
members have been bred and born in some creed or religion, that all are more
or less of their generation both physically and mentally, and
consequently that their judgement is but too likely to be warped and
unconsciously biassed by some or all of these influences. If, then, they
cannot be
freed from such inherent bias, or at least taught to recognise it instantly
and so avoid being led away by it, the result can only be that the Society
will
drift off on to some sandbank of thought or another, and there remain a
stranded carcass to moulder and die."

The Key To Theosophy, pg 305.

Best wishes,
Paul.