Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00189)

Good idea.  I will, when asked.

Thanks,

Gene


-----Original Message-----
From: David Green <davidgreen@hotmail.com>
To: theos-talk@theosophy.com <theos-talk@theosophy.com>
Date: Saturday, May 20, 2000 10:29 AM
Subject: Theos-World Re: Several Comments on Alice Bailey


>
>Gene ----
>
>Why not publicly share your opinion?  Why keep it private?  There are too
>many important issues to brush them aside or keep them under the rug.  Let
>the truth be known whatever it may be.
>
>David
>
>
>>From: "Eugene Carpenter" <ecarpent@co.la.ca.us>
>>Reply-To: theos-talk@theosophy.com
>>To: <theos-talk@theosophy.com>
>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: Several Comments on Alice Bailey
>>Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 08:57:32 -0700
>>
>>This seems a special karmic space for those involved.  Anyone that wants
my
>>opinion on the matter please write me privately.  Any dying needed to
>>preserve the good name and work of Alice Bailey and D.K. please contact
me.
>>
>>Gene
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bart Lidofsky <bartl@sprynet.com>
>>To: theos-talk@theosophy.com <theos-talk@theosophy.com>
>>Date: Friday, May 19, 2000 6:53 PM
>>Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: Several Comments on Alice Bailey
>>
>>
>> >Drpsionic@aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> Perhaps the issue is not the words themselves but whether or not the
>> >> followers of Alice Bailey still ascribe to them.
>> >>
>> >> Alice Bailey was a person of her time and her comments reflected a
dark
>> >> undercurrent of the esotericism of that time, repugnant as they may be
>>to
>>us
>> >> and this is true of all writers, including HPB.
>> >
>> >    Though HPB tended to vacilate on the issue.
>> >
>> >    The only reason why I brought up the issue was because those who
>>disliked
>> >Bailey were being compared to Nazi's; I was prepared to, figuratively
>>speaking,
>> >keep my mouth shut.
>> >
>> >    Actually, I have a secondary problem with Bailey, which is her
>>"esoteric
>> >astrology" is based, at least partially, on the concept that matter and
>>energy
>> >are NOT the same thing, that Newton was right and that Einstein was
wrong
>>(yes,
>> >I know, they were both wrong; Newton was just wronger).
>> >
>> >    Bart Lidofsky
>> >
>
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