Theos-Talk Archives (February 2004 Message tt00148)

Dear Paul,

I hope it does not seem that I am attacking you personally, only the spread of 
stories that you are obviousley a victom of yourself. Radha Burnier is the only 
president of the TS to have any family connection to a previous TS president, 
which is Sri Ram, but to also connect her to George Arundale would be 
stretching things as the TS is a very small world and Adyar is even smaller 
that you can almost connect any two people in one form or another and then 
shout conspiracy. 

Also, if there is another family member being "groomed" to succession, it 
would not be too hard to prevent an actual dynasty from taking place, which I 
believe to definatly not be the case. Rumours have all kinds of people 
mentioned as well as John Algeo from America, but I have yet to hear of 
anyone from Radha Burnier's family being mentioned as successor. 

I only fear the day when few outsiders will ever come into the fold of 
Theosophy and all we have are family successors to the various positions in 
our society. 

A^A^

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "kpauljohnson" <kpauljohnson@y...> 
wrote:
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "arielaretziel" 
> <arielaretziel@y...> wrote:
> > 
> > I would like to remark on this accusation of DYNASTY in the TS. 
> There is absolutely no grounds for such an accusation.
> 
> Sometimes the extreme certainty people express about matters of fact 
> goes along with an extreme willingness to insult and attack those 
> who present them with contrary information. 
> 
> There is absolutely no family 
> > connections between the various TS presidents with the exception 
> of Radha Burnier who is only distantly related to George Arundale 
> and that through his wife.
> 
> Radha's father, N. Sri Ram, served as TS President from 1951-1971. 
> Radha has served since 1980. That alone accounts for 44 of the last 
> 53 years. Add to this the Arundale presidency from 1933-45, during 
> all of which he was married to Radha's aunt Rukmini. That gives us 
> only 14 out of the last 71 years when the TS presidency was not held 
> by a member of the same extended clan. Moreover, Radha's aunt 
> Rukmini was her primary competition in her first election, so the 
> chance of the TS presidency going out of the family's hands was nil.
> 
> I hope such disinformation as that given below does not spread 
> > haphazardly through the internet as it is neither factual or 
> helpful.
> > 
> Disinformation is deliberately concocted to manipulate people 
> towards a conclusion. Not only is my information correct, it has 
> been stated more or less as an afterthought in response to a 
> question about the ACT. This information might not be helpful, but 
> it is true. If there is true information about TS governance that 
> is not helpful to the TS, it might still be helpful to inquirers.
> 
> Is it disinformation that another family member is now being groomed 
> for the succession? I heard this from an Adyar Theosophist who did 
> not name the supposed heir.
> 
> KPJ