Theos-Talk Archives (February 2004 Message tt00137)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "stevestubbs" <stevestubbs@y...> 
wrote:
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl@s...> 
wrote:
>> It has been years since all this happened, but was it not 
reported at the time that some TSA employees were fired and that 
they started the ACT in retaliation?

That could well have been *reported*; in 1994 Michael Gomes informed 
me of a bizarre false rumor that he said originated in TS circles to 
discredit me. But if reported, this one wasn't true; there weren't 
any former Wheaton staffers on the ACT board. One former staffer 
(whom I never heard had been fired) provided some information, very 
reluctantly due to fear of repercussions, about what were viewed as 
abuses by staff, which was printed in the newsletter. 

Or was that just a salvo from Wheaton at well 
> intended reformers? (Or maybe my memory is completely wrong.)
> 
> About the only thing TSA does that is worth doing is run the 
Olcott Library, but that really is a gift to the community. It well 
> justifies the existence of the whole organization all by itself.

I used to admire The Quest but haven't seen it in years. Online 
Theosophists did not generally seem to share my opinion of it under 
William Metzger's editorship, though. How is its quality at present?

Paul