Theos-Talk Archives (November 1998 Message tt00475)

	THEOSOPHY AND POLITICS

Nov 26th 1998

In the KEY TO THEOSOPHY HPB states categorically that "as a
Society, we carefully avoid them."  And she continues:

"to seek to achieve political reforms before we have effected a
reform in human nature, is like putting old wine into new
bottles.

Make men feel and recognize in their innermost hearts what is
their real, true duty to all men, and every old abuse of power,
every iniquitous law in the national policy, based on human
social or political selfishness, will disappear of itself....No
lasting political reform can be ever achieved with the same
selfish men at the head of affairs as of old."	 	KEY p. 231


"The Society as a body, eschews politics and all subjects outside
its declared sphere of work.  The Rules strictly forbid members
to compromise its strict neutrality in these matters."  APPENDIX
to the KEY TO THEOSOPHY  -- Information for Enquirers -
This is part of a Legal Definition of the Nature and Work of the
T S provided in court by August W, Alexander, Esq.  (Amicus
Curiae).  ( pp. 308 - 311 )

Dallas

> From: mika perala
> Sent:	Monday, November 23, 1998 10:46 PM
> Subject: Re: theos-talk-digest V1 #556

>
> From: "Chuck Cosimano" <drpsionic@aol.com>
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 11:22:29 EST
> Subject: Re: Theo Sophiaganopolous
>
> In a message dated 98-11-20 05:50:26 EST, you write:
>
> << Oh you meant Theo!! Yes, I know him, just don`t like the
look in his
>  eyes...
>
>  Anyway, what did you meant ´theosophy into politics´? That
some TS
>  should turn into a political party with some agenda or what?
>
>   >>
>
> There was a time when the TS was very actively involved in
politics and nearly
> got it's nose severely bloodied because it was backing the
fascists.  If you
> can get to the Olcott Library, take a look at the the Adyar
Theosophists
> during the 1920's, particularly a rather long, two part article
praising
> Mussolini's Italy published in 1925 (I think, it's been a while
since I read
> it but it is around that time).

Olcott is few thousand miles away, but I have heard about this
before.




> A real good, ableit terribly boring to read, book on the
subject of TS and
> similar organizations in politics is The Occult Establishment
by James Webb.
>
> The major problem with folks like Theosophists getting involved
in politics is
> that they are full of idealism and enthusiasm and don't realize
what an
> incredibly dirty and unpleasant business politics is, thus
their survival rate
> becomes very low.  The most they usually manage to accomplish
is to make the
> comedy column of the Wall Street Journal.
>

>Chuck


Yes, maybe they should play dirty and use their elbows like
everybody
else for their goals. And then go home and put a ´back to
theosophical
wonderland´-helmet on? You have any of those?

Mika