Theos-Talk Archives (August 2004 Message tt00440)

I suppose your sources are western.
And since Steiners books are highly involved with Christianity --- a lot of
fomer reincarnated Christian gnostics are now turning - into Heretics - and
turning to Steiners bible-teaching as their best raft of rescue. Sadly
ignoraing the big Blavatsky boat.

Maybe Chuck has something on this.
Chuck?

from
M. Sufilight



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kpauljohnson" <kpauljohnson@y...>
To: <ham>; <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 4:36 PM
Subject: ham,Theos-World Steiner triumphant


> Hey,
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> In the process of searching amazon.com, I've noticed a pattern that
> appears to have gone unremarked among Theosophists. This is the
> overwhelming domination of Steiner books over those of HPB or any
> other of her successors, attested by these statistics:
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> 1) 2242 books mentioning Rudolf Steiner vs. 1429 mentioning Blavatsky
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> 2) 10 of the top 30 bestselling books classified as Theosophy are by
> Steiner; 3 each are by Blavatsky and CWL (one of the latter co-
> authored by Besant)
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> Over the years I've noticed a lot more comment here about other
> figures seen as distracting from Blavatskian Theosophy than about
> Steiner. Yet in terms of publications, Steiner blows them all out of
> the water-- not just CWL and Besant but Blavatsky herself.
> Theosophists don't seem to be bothered by this or even to notice it-- 
> yet worry about the much less influential Bailey for example.
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> Can anyone offer any theories about why Steiner has been so
> successful? I find his writings to be full of unsupported assertions
> and claims to occult authority, and less entertaining reading than
> other such claimants. But obviously, somebody somewhere finds his
> writings to be of great value-- more than appreciate HPB it seems.
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> Cheers,
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> Paul
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