Theos-Talk Archives (February 1999 Message tt00100)

>>The whole scheme is laid out in the SECRET DOCTRINE starting at about
p. 153 and on p. 200 is a diagram that helps to explain what is said up
to then, but all the intervening pages ought to be read as they are
relevant.>>

Dallas, this is a purely personal observation here, and I know that you
mean well, but I have discovered that there is not even a handful of
Theosophists who understand the figure on page 200, which compares HPB's
GV Model with the Tree of Life, and hardly any two who will agree with
each other on the "whole scheme."  My experience in conversations with
others is that "helps to explain" is more often than not an "obscure to
hide."  This subject was discussed years ago on theos-l, and no two of
us agreed on anything. I am convinced that discussions on this
convoluted subject are a waste of time, because without personal
experience in both the Tree of Life and the GV Globes, mentation (alias
logic and reason) leads to nothing but confusion.

This is, or should be, a point of major concern for all Theosophists.
Judge predicts that the GV Model will become the "cornerstone" of a new
Western Occultism, so he at least thought it was of vital importance.
However, few Theosophists understand it, or even care. Several
Theosophists commented on theos-l that the Tree of Life was better
anyway. I think that a good explanation of the GV Model is essential if
Theosophy is to live very long, but all of my attempts to explain it
have come to naught, and even Quest rejected an articel and a proposed
book on the subject. 

Jerry S.

                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
            


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