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Re: Theos-World Leon, I love your "take" on the cup and saucer but I do have a question

Jun 29, 2004 09:27 AM
by Bart Lidofsky


leonmaurer@aol.com wrote:
Not to say that HPB would have had to stoop to such mundane levels. But, I like to think of Madame Blavatsky, in addition to her brilliant mind and great oratory, writing, artistic and musical skills, as being a real hearty, down to Earth type of character who liked a good joke and playing harmless tricks on gullible people. Since she easily exposed all the phony phenomena of the spiritualist tricksters -- as the old saying goes -- it takes a good one to know one. ;-)
That is pretty close to my own thoughts on the matter, although, in addition, I think that she used phenomena, real or faked, as an attention getter, kind of like a speaker may open a speech with a joke to get the audience in a receptive mood for the real message.

Bart





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