Theos-Talk Archives (January 2002 Message tt00444)

Hi Bill,

Thanks. Your comments have always been welcome and informative. You are
certainly right on this one. I guess I forget that, having been so
numbers oriented in the past. I live not far from Woodstock, NY, which is
one of the New Age Centers in America. About the same time I became a
Theosophist I also gave up my rat race commute towards NYC and started my
own contracting business. Many of my clients, while not actual
theosophists, certainly do share our overall vision.

This liberal/fundimentalist trend is not unique. In Protestant
Christianity, all the old mainline churches which now view themselves as
liberal, are in decline. Methodists, Lutherans, Episcopalians,
Presbyterians, Reformed, all these have lost significant membership in
the last thirty to forty years. On the other side, the Southern Baptists,
Pentacostals, Holiness and other more conservative sects are still on the
rise. Once, the Methodists were in that position. I guess that's cycles
in action.

Larry


On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 21:21:44 -0500 "Bill Meredith" <bilmer@surfsouth.com>
writes:

>
> The number of card carrying members is probably not an important 
> measure of
> the theosophical movement's success. We will probably never catch 
> the
> world wrestling federation in that department. However, amongst 
> thinking
> people (lots of talk lately about being free thinkers, thinking 
> outside
> the box, etc) theosophy is by definition already a way of life. 
> Many
> practical theosophists have never heard the word 'theosophy' and as 
> a
> consequence would not readily label themselves as such. In many 
> ways these
> 'unlabeled' theosophists are my favorites to talk with, listen to, 
> and
> learn from. When we put theosophy in a box and label it Theosophy, 
> we may
> be making it more marketable, but not necessarily more valuable. 
> 
> regards,
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
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> 

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