Theos-Talk Archives (November 2000 Message tt00261)

I think for all his work Brendon should be a doctor by now, if not 
I'll confer on him an honorary doctorate!

Dr. Brendon French wrote:


It is my theory that the ŒMaster1 is imminent in the initiatory texts 
themselves; i.e., Isis Unveiled, the Mahatma letters, and The 
Secret Doctrine. Through reading, the latent ŒMaster1 is 
released to activate the numinous and otherwise ineffable 
experience of initiation in the actual initiand: the reader. Such a 
dynamic in no way denies the physical existence of the Masters, 
but it does expand the initiatory potential of the Theosophical 
canon beyond its historical narrative and into an atemporalised 
readership. This, surely, is why people still read Theosophical 
works even though the Theosophical Masters have been quiet 
(at least in the Society) for many years.


This is an interesting remark. I would subscribe to the genius of 
Madame Blavatskaya and the close circle around her as 
responsible for the works cited ..the Secret Doctrine, Isis 
Unveiled...


As to the imminence of the reputed "masters" I wouldn't even go 
that far... 

To me we have to look at Madame Balavatskaya herself. I think 
she was a profound genius as well as a trickster and capable of 
laughing at herself and others.

She was a good story teller! Is a description that rings so true.

We can still appreciate her work I think but dispense with the 
fuzzy entities.

- Art