Theos-Talk Archives (January 2005 Message tt00547)

Pedro,

Thanks for your most recent posting. 

You write:

> The book "Theosophy or Neo Theosophy?", which is included in 
> Balavstky Archives website and copiously quoted from here, includes 
> many passages from the Minutes of the Advisory Board in London, 
> 1906, presided by Olcott.
> 
> One glaring omission in the book, and therefore in the quotations 
> posted here to back up points of view that categorically state that 
> Leadbeater was a child molester, is the FULL STATEMENT by 
Leadbeater 
> at the time. His statement includes two important points:
> 
> 1. His experience, both in Church groups as well as a clairvoyant, 
> made it clear to him that the question of sex was the most 
important 
> problem a young person faced in his or her development. He claimed 
> he could see this as, for example, a cluster of sensual thought-
> forms closing in around young people at times, exerting on them 
> enormous pressure. Therefore he advised regular discharge 
> (masturbation), as the alternative at that time was to resort to 
> prostitutes.
> 
> 2. He declared, before the Board, that HE TOLD THE PARENTS that the 
> first thing he did in his training of boys was to have a FRANK 
> DISCUSSION WITH ON SEXUAL MATTERS, because of the reason expressed 
> in no. 1 above.
> 

Pedro,

Please note that in the book "Theosophy or Neo-Theosophy", Margaret
Thomas quotes as follows which I believe is somewhat relevant to the 
subject matter of your No. 2. above: "FRANK DISCUSSION WITH ON 
SEXUAL MATTERS"

Here is the excerpt from the Thomas book:

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Mrs. Dennis, writing to Mrs. Besant from Chicago, 
January 25th., 1906 . . . says in part:

...Before he was allowed to go to ______ with Mr. 
Leadbeater, Mr. Leadbeater had told the parents of 
this boy that his first effort in training boys was 
a FRANK TALK on the sex question with careful 
instruction to them of the necessity for an 
absolutely pure and virgin life. He stated that 
he liked to gain their confidence while they 
were very young and before they had erred
through ignorance. He wished to inform them 
before even a first offense, which he said 
was fatal, so absolute must be their virginity. 
This was the understanding between Mr. Leadbeater 
and the boy's parents in arranging for his travels 
with him. . . ." caps added.
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Daniel