Re: Theos-World Inter-Theosophical Dialogue
Feb 11, 2005 04:51 PM
by Cass Silva
Great Jerry
Who is Alexandria West?
Cass
Jerry Hejka-Ekins <jjhe@charter.net> wrote:
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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>--- 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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>speech, he
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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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>>purpose of the conference.
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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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