Theos-Talk Archives (April 2004 Message tt00595)

Let me introduce myself. My name is Robert S. Corrington and I joined this
chat group about a week ago. I have been an "official" member of the TS for
about three and a half years now--longer in principle. Anyone interested in
my personal and career information can simply consult my web page:
www.users.drew.edu/rcorring/ My immediate reason for posting is to give my
affirmation to the statement below made by Bart (hello) concerning the
reality of fallibility. When I lectured on Blavatsky in Europe recently I
encountered a phenomenon that can only be called "Blavatsky Fundamentalism,"
as if her collected writings and the Mahatma Letters were somehow perfect
condensations from an infinite source. Many of us are much impressed with
Blavatsky's wonderful self-deprecating humor and fully understand that even
she knew that she was a broken vessel, whatever the real or alleged "purity"
of the source.
Recently I finished reading the just published first volume of HPBs letters
edited by John Algeo. I was impressed, among many other things, with her
experience of what in today's lingo we would call "dissociative identity
disorder"-- cf. letters 50 and 51 written when she was forty three years
old. Lest I now be accused of being an evil reductionist let me add that
recent and extensive work in parapsychology has made it clear that some form
of dissociation may be a necessary but not sufficient condition for psi
ability and/or vulnerability. My sense is that HPBs dissociation enabled
unconscious part-selves to become constellated within her, perhaps even the
Self archetype, further enabling her to gain access to things outside of the
pale of the controlling ego.

Robert


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bart Lidofsky" <bartl@sprynet.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Bart on Blavatsky's supposed trickery: Where did
the trickery end??


> Pendragon wrote:
> > KARMA----amenable to the eternal that know no exception or favoritism,
and
> > demand from us all, regardless of person, creed or arrogance, to "honor
> > father and mother, that thou mayest long upon the face of the earth"? Do
we
> > not know the law of discipleship that postulates that he "who does not
wipe
> > off the filth from the body of a parent, shall not see the morrow fare
well
> > with him"? Are we so totally blind to the fact that to us, HPB stands in
the
> > position of the Master-----and thus, for the White Lodge collectively?
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> If we treat Blavatsky, or even the Mahatmas, as infallible and without
> fault, we risk destroying everything they did.
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> Since World War II, the concept of the "hero" has changed, especially
> in the United States. It used to be that a hero was one who had flaws,
> but was able to transcend those flaws to do great things. Somehow, this
> has been transmuted to a hero being someone without flaws. This attitude
> has the problem that, as soon as one finds flaws, then the person ceases
> to be a hero, and all the great things that he or she did somehow become
> negated by this. The result is that, in order for our heroes to remain
> heroes, we blind ourselves to their faults, and attack anybody who
> points them out.
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> Blavatsky was a great teacher, who introduced many important concepts.
> But she was not perfect, and to treat her as such is to dishonor her
> memory more than any revelation of her faults could ever possibly done.
> Unless you think that the religion of Blavatsky worship is, somehow,
> higher than the truth.
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> Bart
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