Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00272)

Ali, you commented several postings ago:

". . . if the "membership of Theosophy" can't see the
direct 'mantle-passing" of Isis and Secret Doctrine
to Bailey's compendium as plain on the noses on their
faces, I personally can't see any theosophy in the
theosophists."

I assume you believe YOU CAN SEE the "direct
'mantle-passing'", right?

But other persons have also claimed the
"direct 'mantle-passing'".

See a list of names at:

http://blavatskyarchives.com/latermessengers.htm#six

See the 13 numbered statements.

And I'm sure that followers of all of these other
persons would claim something similar to what
you claim above in your quoted statement for their
"teacher".

Do you believe, Annie Besant and 
C.W. Leadbeater, had "direct 'mantle-passing'", TOO?

Or .... I could take each name on the list.

If you say "no" about any of these persons, I would
like to know by what criteria you made your decision.

Your comments suggest from your perspective these 
things should be as obvious to all of us as the noses 
on our faces. Therefore I would like to understand 
how you arrived at your decisions concerning some of
these above-named individuals. 

Daniel