Theos-Talk Archives (December 2001 Message tt00272)

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> From: danielhcaldwell <danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com>
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Theos-World Re: The early TS, drugs and astral travel.
> Date: Friday, December 14, 2001 1:17 PM
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> 
> Brigitte in what you write below, I hope that you are not implying 
> that astral travel is only possible through drug use.
> 
> I personally have had out of the body experiences and they were not 
> the result of using drugs or smelling the fumes of some drug.


Have you written about these OOB experiences anywhere so that I might read
about and compare them?

> I have also had other paranormal experiences and none of those were 
> drug induced.

ditto

> Therefore, why should we assume that Blavatsky's "inner experiences" 
> or the paranormal experiences of Olcott and others surrounding 
> Blavatsky were to a greater or lesser degree the result of drug use? 
> More about this in my comments later on what Steve has written.

Well, perhaps you should not assume anything. As for me, I believe that
some of the paranormal experiences of Olcott and others surrounding
Blavatsky may have been drug induced. This seems reasonable to me. It is
based on my own experiences. 

Bill
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