Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00297)

Dear Cass,
Yes, in the last couple of days I made postings on plate techonics in 
the Secret Doctrine, HPB on personal and impersonal communication, and 
on Alexandria West. I will be more than happy to further discuss any of 
these topics with or anyone else. 
--j


Cass Silva wrote:

>DO YOU GUYS EVER GET BEYOND POLITICS?
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>prmoliveira <prmoliveira@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Hejka-Ekins 
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>>John Algeo, who we had speak at the 1984 conference, gave the key 
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>>address at the 94 Conference. He spoke for about forty minutes--
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>>is the sad irony to what you wrote above. John's talk was not 
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>>inter-Theosophical unity. Rather, at the high point of his 
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>>cited the Letter from the Maha-Chohan as proof that the Adyar TS 
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>>only true TS. In other words, he completely deconstructed the 
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>Jerry:
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>I had an opportunity to see the video of the 1994 Inter-Theosophical 
>Dialogue: The Theosophical Movement - Past & Future. John Algeo was 
>not the keynote speaker; he was the last of a panel of speakers to 
>address the gathering, and he spoke for approximately 15 min. He 
>even invoked the memory of Eunice Layton to end his speech before 
>the appointed time. Shirley Nicholson, who was chairing the meeting, 
>had given the speakers in the panel up to 20 min each (which Nancy 
>and John Coker shared). Incidentally, you also spoke for 15 min in 
>the opening panel and I was interested to see your approach of 
>paradigm shifts within the Adyar TS, for example. I was also 
>impressed with Alan Donant's talk. 
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>Nowhere in his presentation did John Algeo say that the Adyar TS was 
>the only true Theosophical Society. He did quote the Mahachohan's 
>communication through K.H. - "the Theosophical Society was chosen as 
>the cornerstone of the future religions of humanity", and he made it 
>clear that it was a statement made in 1881. He did comment on parts 
>of the Chohan's letter and their (according to him, Algeo) 
>connections with the three Objects of the TS. It would be 
>interesting to hear other comments of how John's talk was perceived.
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>As you said, he did not address the question of networking among 
>theosophical organisations, but presented instead the educational 
>vision of the TS in America. Although some of the speakers addressed 
>the need for networking, others presented the contribution of their 
>own organisations to the past (and the potential future) of the 
>Theosophical Movement.
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>You made it clear in your previous post how difficult the situation 
>was at that time and the video shows how nervous some of the 
>speakers were. After the closing of the morning programme, the 
>camera was left on and I could see some of the familiar faces that I 
>had seen in 1983. I think I also saw Eldon Tucker in the group of 
>people who were leaving the hall. Was he there?
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