Re: Theosophical History
Nov 12, 1998 06:15 AM
by Jerry Schueler
>Jerry, I referred primarily to the difficult situation on the turn of the
>century when the White Lodge and the Black Lodge had the great fightings.
>HPB and Judge referred to that several times when say hoped to bring the TS
>over the turn of the century. Also KT who played the major role in that
>fight against the dark influences referred to that circumstances also
>several times. And the danger was not only outside the TS but the more
>INSIDE. Referring to that situation does not mean that psychism was not
>present in the decades prior.
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>>>Your statement is based in my humble
>>>view on the false axiom that all what Judge knew he has written down in
>>>books. I hold the opposition view and believe that he knew far more than
>>>talked publicly and wrote down.
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>>Why? You are not the first who has suggested this. But so far I have
>>never heard of any kind of reasonable explanation for deliberately
>>withholding knowledge. HPB tells us she did so out of her Master's
>>command. Maybe. I suspect that the sexual link to Buddhist
>>Tantricism (which she had to be aware of) was deliberately withheld,
>>and for good reason.
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>Why? It comes from own study of Judge's works and own experiences.
>The sexual link to Buddhist Tantricism was not withheld, easily because HPB
>had no such connections.
>The more as Buddhistic Tantrica has nothing to do with sex. So you confuse
>it with Indian Tantrica or is that a new teaching of Pasadena?
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>>> As a Pasadena member you have of course no
>>>knowledge about the inner work of an real Esoteric Section, of which
Judge
>>>was the teacher. But perhaps you have heard that there were other degrees
>>>than ES or IG in which nothing was written down.
>>>
>>>Frank
>>>
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>>The "esoteric" teachings given at the time of HPB have all been published,
>>and I am privy to them. As to "inner work" I like to think that I have
some
>>awareness, yes. I tend to do my own. I do not believe that Judge held
back
>>any new knowledge. I do suspect that he held back some meanings of
>>what he wrote (the arbitrary-ness of ethics, for example, which is a can
>>of worms to the uninitiated).
>>
>>Jerry S.
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>Very interesting statement, this. Now I understand better what Pasadena
>thinks and teaches about the E.S. and why the E.S. was disconnected from
the
>Conger/Long Society. From that point of view it what the best to cancel the
>E.S. members. But it is not the direction of the Masters, HPB down to GdeP.
>OTOH everyone is free to believe what he likes. As you are privy to HPB's
>teachings you are surely able to explain me the matter of HPB's sexual
>links. Thank you very much in advance.
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>Frank
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