Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00450)

And we should realize that the words "molestation", and "abuse" are of
fairly recent (timewise) usage, pretty much coinciding with the
Feminist anti-man-hating movement.

We are judging CWL and his practices by the latest politically correct
standards. He was operating within the context of the British single
sex boarding school practices.

I have known people in the Navy in the 1950s, who were raised in
orphanages, who described more sex oriented experiments in their
growing years than CWL evidently engaged in, and they grew up
heterosexual, and freely mentioned their experiences, and thought
nothing of it.

In my experience, even in the 1930s, this all male sex play, was
described as "just fooling around", and while hidden from women, was
pretty much understood as happening at times.

I recall Boy Scout meetings in the late 1930s where there were grown
men as the leaders, and things happened that wouldn't bear repeating
to parents. No blood flowed, no bruises appeared, and nobody got
particularly bent out of shape.

But now, with the feminazi movement in full swing, there would be a
international scandal. (almost). They have re-written the dictionary.
We must have words to think with, and with only the politically
correct words fashioned by the Man-Haters, they can pretty much
dictate the thoughts that the general public thinks.

The Masters evidently were not taken in with all this. I suspect that
they could separate sexual practices from serious things like
Theosophy. Victorian ladies evidently could not.

I think Dallas is probably correct in that CWL's Theosophy is
different than HPB's. I think his views on art, science, and sex, do
not have much relationship with Theosophy, and am suspicious of those
who try to link them to him simply to attack him.

I think the differences in the teachings are enough to define him.

Dennis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Meredith" <meredith_bill@earthlink.net>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: Theos-World Christianity or not...


>
> Bart, What would be your understanding of the how the theosophical
> organizations and theosophists in general and masters in specific
might
> respond if Leadbeater realizing the error in his previous path
concerning
> molestation, sought out and sought to rectify the situation with
his
> victims, and did in fact change his life?
>
> bill