Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00236)

There are inquiries what Theosophy says about the recent discussion whetherthe Apollo moon landing really happened or was rather staged by Walt Disney Inc. in Hollywood and/or Area 51.
Although many California theosophists (mainly from the former Point Loma area) has had close relationships with astrophysicists and to Mount Palomar Iwas not able to dig out much theosophical information, except two and would like to share them here for the benefit of others which are interested inthis topic or have to answer equal inquiries:

1. Boris de Zirkoff inserted in his edition of the "Secrete Doctrine" many NASA photos to illustrate the wide ranging and anticipating importance of HPB's major work. But he included not a single photo from the Moon landing, although the moon as the parent of the Earth plays an important role in HPB's Cosmogenesis and in the 1970's when BdeZ edition appeared the Moon landing was the sign for successful, intelligent scientific progress. So why no moon landing photos inserted?

2. De Purucker told a private class around 1927 the following, which could be regarded in the aftermath as a warning:
"What we see when we look up into the starry spaces is the astral body, thekama-rupa of the physical moon that was, aeons and aeons ago, which physical body is now disintegrated into impalpable cosmic dust. We perceive this kama-rupic phantom, because our physical earth is one subplane higher than that on which the physical body of the moon was. Were our scientists by some magic to be transported to the moon, even though they would be able to see it almost as clearly as they see our earth, I do not believe they would find it easy to walk about on its surface, for it is not quite hard enough for easy walking." 

Source: http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/fso/fso7b.htm#moon

[German translation: "Quelle des Okkultismus", München, Theosophical University Press 1986, Band 3, S. 144.]

Perhaps others have addition theosophical material pro or con the Moon landing topic.

Frank





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