Theos-Talk Archives (January 2004 Message tt00184)

Perhaps you should consider setting up an independent United Lodge of 
Theosophists by contacting their parent Lodge headquarters or their publishing house, 
the Theosophy Company, in Los Angeles.

LHM
 
In a message dated 01/11/04 5:07:23 AM, eletzerich@yahoo.com writes:

>Hi everybody,
>
>Greece is a country where the theosophical literature
>is very, but very poor. There are very few books
>written translated to Greek, the Greek translation of
>the Secret Doctrine is very old, and based of course,
>on the version that Annie Besant made more than 10.000
>thousand alterations. We cant even find a Secret
>Doctrine for sale in any book shop.
>
>The Theosophical Society here has very few members.
>At the base of the TS here in Greece they have very
>old and bad formulated pamphlets. Anyway this year I
>am planning to start a work with a friend of mine
>here, to try to give a strong impulse to The
>Theosophical Movement in this country. 
>
>Next week we are sending a letter for Mrs. Radha
>Burnier exposing some facts happening here and
>expecting some kind of support from the International
>Headquarters. Not a financial support, but a support
>of political nature. 
>
>We are working on a project for the translation of
>many books to Greek, and for the legalization of a
>lodge, with a group of persons that have split from
>the TS few years ago, and they are dedicated to the
>study of Blavatsky.
>
>Also they have the site:
>www.theosophy.gr
>
>If for political reasons we don’t get any support of
>the International headquarters, Adyar, we are going to
>need help anyway. Of course on the due course of time
>I am going to inform you what is happening here and
>what are the results of our try. I am just sending
>this email here, because I believe there are many
>serious and dedicated students of theosophy in this
>list.
>
>About me I am 13 years member of the Theosophical
>Society having past through the last five years a very
>serious personal crisis, based on the lost of the
>guard of my son, and problems with my mother.
>
>The lost of my son's guard was close connected to my
>relation to The TS, specially for the fact I was
>settled two years with him in Adyar, India. The
>problems with my mother also they were connected to
>The Theosophical Society. My mother was expulse of the
>Theosophical Society while in Adyar by Mrs Radha
>Burnier. Such fact cause on her a deep crisis, from
>which she wasn't unable to return up to today. She
>disappeared two years in Asia, sending back to us her
>passports and bank cards. Well it was a very dark
>moment, in one month I lost my son, in the next month
>I received a letter of farewell from my mother in
>India, and also the news that she was expulse from
>Adyar.  
>
>After this avalanche of problems in my life, very
>difficult by the way for me psychological to deal
>with, I decided to become once more an active TS
>member, but as I mentioned above if for political
>reasons we don’t get the support of the International
>headquarters, the impulse we want to give for the
>theosophical movement in Greece will happen in one way
>or in another.
>
>May peace be with you,
>
>Erica Letzerich