Theos-Talk Archives (August 2003 Message tt00168)

Zack,

Sounds like an interesting program. Wish I was in Boston! Your wide ranging classes regarding the second object sounds great.

-Ed Griffin

Side note to Bart: I'm also from NY (Brooklyn) - so you're not the only one around from NY (grin). I miss the bagels, knishes and pizza... Although I will say that the sushi here in Japan almost makes up for it (grin)..


Message: 6
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 06:47:51 -0400
From: "Zack Lansdowne" <zackl@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re:freedom of individual sections of the TS - Comment

Joseph P. Fulton wrote:

"A quick perusal of the Boston Lodge program reveals only one
Theosophical class, on Friday night, and no public programs on
Theosophy, per se, that is, directly dealing with HPB or the
Mahatma's, within her tradition, for the next three months. Not to
be sectarian, but if that's how the group regards "Theosophy" proper,
then better to call itself something else and be honest about
it....By your fruits, so shall you be known."

The Theosophical Society in Boston is a "theosophical" organization in 
that
it adheres to the three objects that Blavatsky listed for the 
Theosophical
Society:
1) To form a nucleus of Universal Humanity, without distinction of 
race,
creed, sex, caste, or color;
2) To encourage the study of comparative religion, philosophy, and 
science;
3) To investigate the unexplored laws of nature and the powers latent 
in the
human constitution.

These objects are posted on the TSB website (www.tsboston.org) and in 
the
TSB Lecture Hall; each activity (lecture, discussion, class, or 
meditation)
at the TSB has the purpose of fulfilling one or more of these objects.

With regard to classical theosophy, less than two weeks ago, on August 
15,
the TSB did sponsor a talk on "Human Evolution Through Globes, Rounds 
and
Chains," which was concerned with concepts in Blavatsky's Secret 
Doctrine,
and the TSB holds a weekly study group on the Secret Doctrine.

The TSB program has a unique feature of being inclusive: perhaps 
because the
TSB has become separated from the original society, the TSB generally
includes activities based on prominent individuals who had also become
separated from the original society. For example, in the Sept-Oct 
program
posted on the TSB website, there is an art class based on Rudolf 
Steiner's
spiritual approach to painting; a study group on Alice A Bailey; and a
discussion group on J. Krishnamurti.

Although each TSB program generally has activities based on Blavatsky,
Steiner, Bailey, and Krishnamurti, the TSB program is not limited to
thinkers who have been associated in the past with the Theosophical 
Society.
In keeping with the second object, the Sept-Oct program sponsors 
classes on
Qigong, Yoga, Pranic Healing, Buddhism, and Tibetan Dance and Chanting.
There is even a lecture concerned with comparative science: Newton's 
theory
of color is compared with Goethe's prismatic experiments and alchemical
theory of color.

Zack Lansdowne







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