Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00222)

On Feb. 7, 2002, Steve Stubbs wrote:

". . . the only proof we can have of the masters' historical 
existence is testimony from a qualified witness, and we have that 
from Olcott. . . . Olcott's testimony is sufficient in my judgment to 
establish their corporeal existence as legal persons. . . . I cannot 
agree with anyone that they were fictions, fantasies, imagined 
beings, trance personalities, or any such thing as that unless the 
Olcott evidence can be satisfactorily disposed of. I raised that 
question some time ago, and no one has ever addressed it, so for that 
reason I remain stubbornly convinced that the mahatmas were real men 
as they were claimed to be." 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/5195

Today July 17, 2003, Steve Stubbs commented:

"After reading THE MASTERS REVEALED by K. Paul Johnson I am having 
increasing doubts about the 'adepts.' K. Paul Johnson, as you know, 
is the most important writer on Theosophy ever and he says it is all 
garbage from beginning to end and top to bottom. I am not persuaded 
that Theosophy is all garbage but some of his arguments are 
compelling and I am no longer as sure of the existence of such beings 
as before. . . . " 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theos-talk/message/12697

I wonder what Steve is SPECIFICALLY referring to when he comments 
that "some of his [Johnson's} arguments are compelling. . . . "

I seriously doubt that Steve will give us any specifics so that we 
will be in a better position to know exactly why Steve believes 
Johnson's arguments are compelling.

Interested readers might look at some of Johnson's arguments about 
the Masters and three critiques of those arguments. See:

http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/johnson.htm

http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/johnsonparanormal3.htm

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dp5/johnson.htm

Daniel H. Caldwell
BLAVATSKY STUDY CENTER/BLAVATSKY ARCHIVES
http://blavatskyarchives.com/introduction.htm

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