Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00059)

Leon wrote: <<It's interesting to note 
these subtleties of meaning in much of 
HPB's writing, since she endeavored to 
be very precise in her use of the 
limited English language which very 
often does not define the subtle nuances 
of particular adjectives as does 
languages such as Sanskrit, Hebrew, 
Chinese, etc., that can indicate nuances 
of meaning in inflectional changes of 
their oral expression, and by use of 
certain diacritical marks in their 
writing.
LHM>>

So maybe you know of some diacritical 
inflections or languages by which the 
word "brotherhood" might be somewhat 
updated so it might be somewhat ... er, 
updated for those who might think it 
might need some sort of updating, maybe ...

^:-/ ...
Mauri

PS I try to tell myself that I 
personally don't have any problem with 
the word "brotherhood" as it's found in 
classical (even modern ...) Theosophical 
writings. On the other hand ... Well 
... Then again ... Hmm ...