Theos-Talk Archives (November 2004 Message tt00172)

Hello Barbara,

Attached is the Syllabus. It is in Word, which I hope that you can 
open. Otherwise, I can convert it to Acrobat. I hope the syllabus 
gives you some ideas. At least, it will give you an idea of what we do 
and how we approach things. There is a lot of theory behind it 
concerning pedagogy, and ideas on how to approach Theosophy in a 
contemporary way. Let me know what you think. 

Thanks
--j



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>Jerry: We find ourselves making the same comments about HPB's 
>writings. Sometime we run into people who are into some new age 
>thing and start telling us about the latest books, with great ideas 
>they have never heard before. In almost every case, it is some 
>simplified and distorted version of something that HPB had written 
>about over a hundred years ago. There is nothing quite like her, 
>and she seems to be the direct or indirect source for so many 
>current ideas. 
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>Barbara: Exactly!! Every "hot" new age books that I have picked up 
>seems to be just touching the surface of HPB's ideas, some more 
>accurately than others. One question I have is that the TS movement 
>started more than a hundred years ago and nothing has been quite 
>like it since. Did HPB ever mention the next time when something 
>similar may occur again? 
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>Jerry: While we have study groups on Theosophical texts (e.g. 
>Secret Doctrine, Mahatma Letters, Voice etc.), We also do classes 
>where we explore subjects HPB covers by using current works. We 
>have found that these studies tremendously expands, clarifies and 
>brings a whole new relevance and currency to HPB's writings. We 
>just finished a two year course on Kaballah, which started with the 
>roots of Judaism in Egyptian, Babylonian and Canaanite religions. 
>Currently we are doing a course on the roots and origins of 
>Christianity. I'll be happy to email you and/or anyone interested 
>a copy of our syllabus for this current class. 
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>Barbara: Yes I would appreciate a copy of your syllabus. I am 
>looking for something a bit more contemporary. Sometimes I feel 
>silly immersing most of my life in something that happened a hundred 
>years ago. I keep hoping I can find either the next generation to 
>the SD or something that has the same quality by a current teacher. 
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>And thanks again for the Voice; I will print it out Monday at work.
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