Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00257)

Hallo Daniel and all of you,


My views are:

I agree with you on the below.
But who is acting Charlatanesque ?

Those who the theosophical - selfproclaimed or elected - priest of the
dead-letter word points their fingers at or themselves ?
Or is it the one who holds the proper intellectual background of a Ph.D.
kind or similar ?


TRUTH is without form. Indeed.
That is why - all kinds of writings and ordinary physical speech - as well
as allegories and symbolical designs on various levels of consciousness are
important to the spiritual development. But that is also why they are -
indeed misleading !
(Like the words in the "Holloway" - Mahatma Letter
http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/MLtoLauraHolloway.htm).
Dead-letter reading are Charlatanesque to some but not to others - it will
indeed from time to time depend on the level of consciousness
whether an individual are classified as a Charlatan --- or a Heretic.
(Maybe "Chuck the Heretic" have a line or two on that.)



from
M. Sufilight with peace and love...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel H. Caldwell" <danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com>
To: ".DanielHCaldwell" <danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 8:16 PM
Subject: Theos-World H.P. Blavatsky Warns about Charlatanesque Imitations of
Occultism and Theosophy


> 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
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