Theos-Talk Archives (August 2003 Message tt00074)

Mauri wrote:
> Interesting. Happen to have any refrences re <<keeping 
> people out of the T.S. because of their religious beliefs. >>?
>
> One reason I ask is that a few days ago I was listening in on a 
> talk given by Burnier, and she SEEMED like a rather wise, 
> nice, normal sort of person, so ...
If you speak to her in person, that is the impression you get. Yet, she 
has used the TS President's ability to unilaterally and without 
explanation dissolve entire sections including Yugoslavia, Denmark, and 
Canada (there WAS an explanation for Canada, but it was such an 
incredibly minor technicality that it could have been fixed simply by 
changing the label given to its relationship with the Theosophical 
Society). She refuses to discuss the reasons with anybody, or even 
general reasons why she won't discuss them.

People who know her well are convinced that she had a good reason, and 
it was not because she did not like their personal beliefs. Many more 
would LIKE to believe that. But, with lack of evidence of any other 
motive, we are forced to suspect the worst.