Theos-Talk Archives (January 2003 Message tt00293)

Bill Meredith wrote:
> However, the movement (a loose and near-all-inclusive term for
> those individuals and groups who consider themselves theosophists by 
> HPB's own definition) seems to be the only hope to "burst asunder the 
> iron fetters of creeds and dogmas." Of course the first iron fetters 
> that must be respectfully burst are those that chain us exclusively to 
> HPB and the masters of her era. While this may appear as a conundrum 
> it is the only way that one can "be a light unto oneself."

The way I like to put it is that the primary literature (Blavatsky, The
Mahatma Letters, etc.) should be considered the starting point, not the
ending point. One thing I hope to accomplish in the
theoslodges@yahoo.com discussion group (plug! plug!) is to help the
spread of new ideas, and help bring Theosophy into the 21st century
(although getting it into the latter half of the 20th century would be a
useful goal in the meantime...).

Bart