Theos-World Re: vimanas and theosophy?
Dec 25, 2003 06:51 PM
by stevestubbs
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Theo Paijmans <th.paijmans@w...>
wrote:
> Now, please consider me as an absolute
> ignoramus on this facet of early theosophy.
Ignorance is always relative. We are all students, none masters.
> Where and how
> did Blavatsky came into contact with the Ramayana?
The Tamils are southern Indian, which points at south Indian chelas
such as Suubba Rao.
> Why did she recount
> the balloon detail, did it make an impression on her?
She believed "Atlantic" and "Lemuria" were the ancestoral homes of
the fourth and third root races respectively. The Tamil legends were
a framework on which she built a part of her anthropoliogical theory.
> Was it a topic
> that was discussed at that time in learned circles?
Yes.
> Is there any 19th
> century literature on these balloons, or flying vessels outside
> theosophy?
There were English translations of the RAMAYANA. There wa s also a
lot of stuff about Atlantic and Lemuria, nuchh of which is referenced
by name in the SD.
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