Theos-Talk Archives (September 2001 Message tt00006)

Saturday, September 01, 2001

Re "burlon" Sounds like an Elemental or an Elementary ?


Dear Estela:

Sounds like a mischievous elemental if not an elementary

In the OCEAN OF THEOSOPHY Mr. Judge devotes Chapters 16 and 17
(about 15 pages to a review of the astral plane and the
elementals. That gives a quick survey. The others articles give
more and specific details.

Why not check out some of H P B's articles: --


H P B Articles vol. II 127 ELEMENTALS
"Lucifer" Vol. 12, p. 537, Aug. 1893

H P B Articles II 164 THOUGHTS ON THE ELEMENTALS
"Lucifer" Vol. 6, p 177, May 1890

Modern Panarion p. 146	ELEMENTARIES (and the next article)

H P B Articles II p. 38, 194 DIALOGUES BETWEEN THE TWO EDITORS
"Lucifer"

W Q Judge Articles Vol. I	CONVERSATIONS WITH H P B ON OCCULTISM
[ see pp. 383, 390, 394, 400, 405, 413, 423, 431, 435, ] "Path"

It looks like a lot of reading, but the subject is quite vast.

Best wishes,

Dallas

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-----Original Message-----
From: e---- p------
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 6:00 PM
To:
Subject: Deceptions in the pursuit of Truth -- elementals /
elementaries

Hi Folks,

In Spanish there is a term "burlon" which is the name of an
entity or
person on the physical or astral plane. This burlon will trick a
person,
through sweet words and high praises into believing things, that
in fact
are silly and allows the burlon to laugh at the victim's
delusions. The
problem is that in this field of spiritual pursuit, we are open
to an array
of "burlones" who exist in reality. They do create endless
variations of
"new age" deceptions, of which the bookstores are filled with the
latest.

In a sense the problem is that the "burlones" prey upon the
better virtues
of earnest seekers. What we are wanting to do on this list is to
point the
true path. This true path is the result of ages and upon ages of
occult
masters studying this subject, it is not a fad, it is not
something new, it
is the ancient wisdom. It is the task of the Theosophist to
point out the
illusions and help others not to go down paths that only entrap
them into a
world of delusion, and religiosity.

Respectfully,

Estela


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