Theos-Talk Archives (April 2004 Message tt00524)

Steve S wrote: <<--- In 
theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Dallas 
TenBroeck" <dalval14@e...>
wrote:

Mar 16 2004

Dear Friends:

Count St. Germain is said to be one of 
HPB's predecessors in the centenary 
cyclic effort to reintroduce the 
perennial wisdom of THEOSOPHY to the "West."


Excellent response. Two things still 
come to mind. First of
all, St G founded no overt movement, so 
it is difficult to see
how he could rank along with HPB. His 
TRINOSOPHIA, which is all
we have of his written work, does not 
hold a candle to the SD.

Second, when he was in Germany the 
Rosicrucians wanted to see if
he was one of their secret heads. So 
they sent some of their people to see 
him. The story can be found translated 
in Butler's RITUAL MAGIC, but I have 
also seen the German text. The
delegates returned to say that he was 
not a Rosicrucian and that he was not a 
theosophist, meaning in the eighteenth 
century sense that he was not a student 
of metaphysics. That I am sure I
remember correctly. It appears he was a 
trader in dyes and jewels who amused 
himself by making absurd claims. Read 
what Casanova had to say about him and 
see what you think.>>>
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But didn't Carlos Castaneda, eg, protect 
the real identity/location of Don Juan 
by saying that his (CC's) books were all 
fiction? Anyway, Casanova's story seems 
kind of one sided to me about St G. 
Aren't there any positive stories that 
might tend to be supportive of St G in 
some way from some fairly credible 
witness? That is, eg, what if both ST G 
and Casanova wanted to both reveal 
certain kinds of information (in order 
to get people to explore new avenues of 
thought, say ...), but what if they at 
the same time felt that the realities 
supporting the information ought not to 
be revealed to the public (because of 
danger of whatever) so ... But for all I 
know, though, maybe they were both 
chalatans or whatever.

Speculatively,
Mauri