Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00494)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Drpsionic@a... wrote:

>I think it is 
> entirely possible that the political power of the TS at the time 
of Leadbeater was 
> sufficient that the Sydney police merely found that it was safer 
to decide 
> that a prosecution was not feasible.
> 
> Such things happen all the time.


Leadbeater arrived in Australia in 1914, was denounced to the Sydney 
judicial authorities in 1917 and investigated. The theosophists were 
seen as a weird bunch by many Australians at that time, particularly 
by the press. Remember: the Order of the Star was still in existence 
and theosophists were regarded as followers of the Messiah 
(Krishnamurti).

When some TS members donated money for the construction of the 
Balmoral Amphitheatre, a Sydney journalist published a piece in 
which he said that Krishnamurti would enter Sydney harbour walking 
on the water to address the theosophists assembled at the 
amphitheatre. This story has been published in the Australian press 
from time to time, AND WAS TREATED AS A FACT BY SOME, in spite of 
attempts to rectify it by showing that the Balmoral Amphitheatre was 
intended as a cultural centre for lectures and art perfomances.

A weird and laughable bunch of people (in the view of many, 
including journalists), lead by a perceived suspicious man, causing 
judicial authorities to be fainthearted and fearful? It looks like 
an incredible story.


Pedro