Theos-Talk Archives (December 2003 Message tt00265)

I think the modern equivalent to what HPB was talking about would be the 
New Age Business that has cropt up with it's psuedo knowledge. The bright 
side is that it brings some people to organizations and groups that are closer 
to the light eventually. The dark side is that after going through much psuedo 
occultism in one's younger years, they may "grow out" of occult studies all 
together and look back in embarisment. 

I've known many people who fit the second bill, and it's a sad ending to 
spiritual search. I think it may be a responability of the Theosophical Societies 
as well as other ligitimit occult organizations to provide as much occult 
knowledge free of charge and at the disposal to anyone who has an eager 
interest for more light. There is still much work to be done.

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Daniel H. Caldwell" <
danielhcaldwell@y...> wrote:
> 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
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> H.P. Blavatsky. The Theosophist, July, 1881, p. 2
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