Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00005)

SUBJECT: "nothing is more dangerous to Esoteric Truth
than the garbled and distorted versions disfigured to
suit the prejudices and tastes of men in general. . .
. " . . ."

In E.S.T.S. Instruction No. I., H.P. Blavatsky warned
her esoteric students as folows: 

"Before entering upon the first installment of the
Instructions to be given to the Esoteric Section, it
is necessary to call the special attention of its
members to a new and rapidly growing danger which is
threatening the Theosophical Society and the spread of
the pure Esoteric Philosophy and knowledge in the
U.S.A." 

"I allude to those charlatanesque imitations of
Occultism and Theosophy of which the “Call to the
Awakened,” lately published in the Boston Esoteric, is
the most glaring example." 

"The danger in this particular case is the greater
because some men of real scientific attainments and
knowledge seem to have been drawn into it, and thus
give to it an appearance of real knowledge which may
easily deceive the unwary." 

"By pandering to the prejudices of people, and
especially by adopting the false ideas of a personal
God and a personal, carnalized Saviour, as the
groundwork of their teaching, the leaders of this
“swindle” (for such it is) are endeavoring to draw men
to them and in particular to turn Theosophists from
the true path. The H. B. of L., of shameful memory in
England, has now found a worthy substitute in the
Esoteric College in Boston founded by a “Brahmin of
Irish descent, thousands of years old,” (Vide “A Call
from the Unseen,” etc.). . . ."

"A close examination will assuredly reveal the whole
scheme as a mere device for money getting and selfish
gratification, in which materials largely stolen, as
said, from Theosophical writings are distorted and
falsified so as to be palmed off on the unwary as
revelations of new and undreamed of truths. But many
will neither have the time nor the opportunity for
such a thorough investigation; and before they become
aware of the imposture they may be led far from the
Truth, as well as be despoiled of their property and,
worse than that, of their health." 

"Under these circumstances, it is the duty of all
members of the E. S. in America to do their utmost to
unmask such movements, for nothing is more dangerous
to Esoteric Truth than the garbled and distorted
versions disfigured to suit the prejudices and tastes
of men in general. . . . " 

Quoted from:
http://blavatskyarchives.com/hpbes1extract.htm

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