Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00256)

H.P. Blavatsky warned her esoteric students in 1889:

". . . A new and rapidly growing DANGER ... is
threatening ... the spread of the PURE Esoteric
Philosophy and knowledge. . . . I allude to those
charlatanesque imitations of Occultism and Theosophy.
. . . "

"By pandering to the prejudices of people, and
especially by adopting the FALSE ideas of a personal
God and a personal, carnalized Saviour, as the
groundwork of their teaching, the leaders of this
"swindle"; (for such it is) are endeavoring to draw
men to them and in particular to turn Theosophists
from THE TRUE PATH."

". . . A close examination will assuredly reveal. . .
materials largely stolen . . . from Theosophical
writings. . . [and] distorted and falsified so as to
be palmed off on the unwary as revelations of new and
undreamed of truths. But many will neither have the
time nor the opportunity for such a thorough
investigation; and before they become aware of the
imposture they may be LED FAR from the Truth. . . . "

"Nothing is more dangerous to Esoteric Truth than the
GARBLED AND DISTORTED versions disfigured to suit the
prejudices and tastes of men in general." H. P.
Blavatsky, E.S. Instruction No. I., 1889. Caps added.

Since 1889 up through 2003, how many MORE
"charlatanesque imitations of Occultism and Theosophy"
have been "palmed off on
the unwary" and have "led [seekers and Theosophists]
far from the Truth"?

A sobering question!

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

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"...Contrast alone can enable us to appreciate things
at their right value; and unless a judge compares
notes and hears both sides he can hardly come to a
correct decision."
H.P. Blavatsky. The Theosophist, July, 1881, p. 2
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