Theos-Talk Archives (June 1999 Message tt00065)

June 17TH 1999

Dear Friends:

On behalf of HPB, and the documents that have been made publicly available
to all serious student and which reveal the sequence of the events in the
recent history of the Theosophical Movement I feel I must protest the
conclusions that appear to be voiced in this posting.

1  Mr. P. Johnson has proved nothing and is unable to answer questions that
are based on documents available.  It is necessary to review all the
correspondence exchanged since he published his book.  He deals as far as I
can make out, in speculations and fancy.  It attracts the attention of those
who are interested in such things, but serious scholars, like Mr. D.
Caldwell have demonstrated, as I say, the fallacies of his purely
opinionated position.
His books are sensationalist and thus stir the interest of those who do not
study thoroughly or impartiality to actions of the past as recorded in
DOCUMENTS.

2  If you have studied Theosophical History thoroughly and can advance
anything other than your opinions, may we please have them ?

Dallas TenBroeck

Dallas
dalval@nwc.net 

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[mailto:owner-theos-talk@pippin.imagiware.com]On Behalf Of RIhle@aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 1999 8:11 AM
To: theos-talk@theosophy.com
Subject: Re: Theos-World Where's the proof?


In a message dated 6/15/99 8:00:32 AM Central Daylight Time,
gschueler@netgsi.com writes:

<< Personally, I like Johnson's book and I think that he is right
 about HPB deliberately mythologizing the Mahatmas. As Paul
 points out, myths do have a psychological validity and are
 usually based on physical facts.

 Jerry S. >>

Good point, Jerry.  I was also tempted to jump in to defend poor Paul a
little, but I have more or less decided to give up such activities.
(Defense
seems doomed to failure, anyway, considering that many seem to want so badly
for the read-only Big Tidy Package to be true that they will probably NEVER
develop enough subtle skill with nonattached, transcendental investigation
to
actually discover whether even a particle of it is true.)

Best wishes; Godspeed,

Richard Ihle

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