Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00137)

In a message dated 11/30/02 11:53:12 AM, stevestubbs@yahoo.com writes:

>As for Leadbeater, being a pathological liar and an impostor who 
>misrepresented himself as a mahatma "on the threshold of divinity" 
>when in fact he was a homosexual pedophile strikes me as more than 
>just a mere foible. You ought to sit on juries for a living. You 
>are a defense attorney's dream. I saw a Theosophical documentary one 
>time in which they said he "clairvoyantly" saw Krishnamurti as a new 
>world teacher or some garbage like that. What he saw was a kid he 
>wanted to abuse. That is the real reason Krishnamurti left the 
>Theosophical Society in disgust. Then because of the abuse 
>Krishnamurti ended up a lifelong pervert just like Leadbeater, 
>Jinarajadasa, Babula, and Damodar, who thought women were disgusting 
>and told his wife to take a hike. Even the person who used the 
>initials "K.H." is said to have been so repelled by women he refused 
>to speak to his own sister. There were Leadbeaters everywhere. I 
>guess I am just not politically correct, since I find all this rather 
>distasteful. The only thing Leadbeater was on the threshold of was 
>discovery and jail. Divine he was not.
>
>In response to your question whether the Theosophical Society should 
>be condemned for this, the answer is YES! Now that they have been 
>condemned, let me suggest we just put the whole matter aside.
>