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Re: It's not who in 1975, but what/Islam

Dec 06, 2003 08:58 PM
by arielaretziel


Getting to the roots of Modern Theosophy, HPB has plainly overlooked the 
religion of Islam in all her writings and you find scant references to it i=
n her 
Collected writings. This was later "corrected" by Annie Besant who seemed t=
o 
have little more to say. But the reality was there were few Islamic members=
and 
fewer Theosophist who ever bothered to study or take an interest Islam. It =

doesn't mean that the Perenial Wisdom cannot be found there as well. Perhap=
s 
you are the man to do it?


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Morten Nymann Olesen" <global-
theosophy@a...> wrote:
> Hallo Christina and all of you,
> 
> My views are:
> This link http://www.serve.com/herrmann/bailey.htm (use a small "b" in
> Bailey)
> 
> Has as I see it the problem, that it concludes that the Muslims will
> gladly follow these Bailey teachings - as if they have found a new Bible.=

> I think this is wrong.
> There are way to few Muslims in any Bailey group as far as I am aware of.=

> The reason is simply this:
> "We have heard that Brahmanism is the last great religion which arose und=
er
> first ray influence; we do not know what may have been the religion which=

> was the outcome of the last second ray period; but the Chaldean, the
> Egyptian and the Zoroastrian religions may be taken as representing the
> third, the fourth, and the fifth rays respectively. Christianity and
> probably Buddhism were the result of sixth ray influence. Mohammedanism,
> which numbers so large a following, is also under sixth ray influence, bu=
t
> it is not a great root religion, being a hybrid offshoot of Christianity
> with the tinge of Judaism."
> Esoteric Psychology vol1., page 167-8.
> 
> --- The message basically read like this: No support for the hybrid
> offshoots ---
> --- And what happens to the Middle east these days ? ---
> --- What level of influence has the Great Invocation á la Bailey kind ---=

> --- upon the millions of "hybrid offshoots" in the Middle East ??? ---
> 
> I find these sentences by Alice A. Bailey highly problematic if not just
> plainly bad.
> 
> from
> M. Sufilight with peace and love...
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "christinaleestemaker" <christinaleestemaker@y...>
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 11:00 AM
> Subject: Theos-World Re: It's not who in 1975, but what
> 
> 
> > Hallo there,
> > Look at http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/NewAge/Alice-Bailey.htm
> > and
> > http://www.serve.com/herrmann/Bailey.htm
> >
> > and you see enough.
> > Bye Christina
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "netemara888" <netemara888@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > DK takes great pains to describe that there will be breakthroughs
> > > beginning in 1975 which will comprise the next generation of
> > > spiritual teachings. It will not happen in that year, but is a long
> > > process which will begin in 1975. One thing which began is a type
> > of
> > > psychic opening to greater spiritual channels. These channels are
> > > the who. I don't mean channeling a master or that but spiritual
> > > channels which will be open on the inside of each aspirant who is
> > > nearing the final-four lives.
> > >
> > > Yes, just as RS talks about the last four lives which will come as
> > a
> > > culmination of long lives past spent in meditation so does DK. So
> > > what we will be experiencing, reading about, seeking will be that
> > > opening wider of the door between the Hierarchy and Humanity. And
> > > where will it manifest? I believe that it will manifest in a series
> > > of revelations (as AAB describes) but they will be about the higher
> > > realms of meditation and its fruits. That is my take on the subject.
> > >
> > > Namaste
> > >
> > > Netemara
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/term=
s/
> >
> >




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