Theos-Talk Archives (June 2002 Message tt00000)

Saturday, June 01, 2002

Dear Christina:

Thanks for your posting.

As I learn from Theosophy -- most of our conceptions are derived from
the thinking of the embodied mind which is primarily concerned with
the FORM of things, and with the matter of which the form is made.
Rarely does any one say" "Why is the form made in such a way ? What
forces shape it? What is its real purpose?

If that were done the reason for things as they APPEAR would stand
out.

The Bible is no exception. You speak of the Abrahamic version. H P B
says that the word Abraham is derived from the older Sanskrit [ S D
II 139fn, 77 ] : 'a' -- means NOT, and Braham -- refers to the
BRAHMIN caste. so Abraham was not a Brahmin and declared it. The
Semitic tribes emigrated from India in waves starting about 8,000 ago
[ SECRET DOCTRINE ii 470-1 ]. In the S D we find H P B saying that
the Hebrew language is derived from the ancient Sanskrit root-language
[ S D II 200, 755 ]

H.P.Blavatsky gives us the difficulty of tracing (using biblical
chronology) them historically and their link with Babylon and Chaldean
history and religion (see SECRET DOCTRINE II 691-2. It is worth
reading..) They belong to the period of the mixed 4th and 5th Race
Aryans -- or "Noble") and are one of the sub-race "family races" .
[S D II 147fn, - 266; I - 319, ] There is now a chasm between
their and the Aryan-Hindu religions S D I 383; they had a common
religion before the separation: S D I xxix;

The whole history of the Hebrews, Jews, Arabs, Irians (Aryans, Medes,
Magi, Persians), Chaldeans, Babylonians makes very interesting reading
if one takes the INDEX to The SECRET DOCTRINE and to ISIS UNVEILED and
carefully reads every reference that is offered there for us to
discover how the Great Lodge of Adepts (which acted as a "Witnesses
on the Scene" ) described their history derivation and religious
philosophy. The Jewish Kabala is well-known to be derived from the
far more ancient ORIENTAL KABALAH of Central Asia, Tibet and India
where the ancient Esoteric Schools had (and have) their Lodges [ see
I U II 98-103 ].

The Christian Bible has been badly handled by translators and
interested theologians -- and so has lost its reliability on the
surface. But those who know how to penetrate below that surface can
trace there the real history and the facts. H P B does this for us
in ISIS UNVEILED and The SECRET DOCTRINE.

Happy hunting, and best wishes


Dallas

-----Original Message-----
From: christina
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 9:17 AM
To: study@blavatsky.net
Subject: [bn-study] RE: Adam and Eve

May i add to Louis' comment? In some instances, people have never
covered this ground before and cannot add to the discussion but
questions for those who have already covered the subject. Also, i
agree
that the list members communication is predisposed to bursts of
varying
intensity. Much like at a gathering of family and friends, where
everyone is chatting, and then it gets quiet all of a sudden; everyone
seems to be in the same pause...

Remember that the glass is either half-full or half-empty, depending
on
which way you decide to think about it. I think you are great! Don't
despair, just because people aren't quick to jump in to the
conversation; as someone who never ever picked up a bible with
intentions of reading it before BN-Study, i appreciate any and all
insights to these discussions. I need to start somewhere...and you
have
provided a place to start.

Do people want to mix it up? Here everybody--read this: It is various
versions of the Adam and Eve story, the fall of man, from all world
scriptures. How about we discuss why the texts outwardly blame woman
for evil and suffering? I for one would love to discuss these in
conjuction with our Christian bible text; what about these things?

WORLD SCRIPTURE A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts

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