Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00412)

Feb 16 2005


RE: theosophy & politics --- U L T "associate card" 

Dear Friends:


As far as I can see the signing of a form has a meaning only to the
individual who signs. No "membership" list is kept. 
[ Re: "Associate" form of the U L T ]

In this case, after studying the implications of the "DECLARATION OF THE U
L T " one may, or may not offer to sign such an "associate" card. The
decision means no more than that which the individual intends in his own
"Heart" to support and sustain. So there is no room for false promises. All
signers determine for themselves what they will do. The commitment is to
THEOSOPHY, to one's own HIGHER SELF, and to no outside individual or
"form." 

The U L T will continue to offer its help and facilities to all-comers.
No questions asked of anyone. 

Freedom and independence, fearlessness, sincerity, assiduity in devotion,
generosity, self-restraint, piety, and alms-givings, study, mortification,
and rectitude; harmlessness, veracity, and freedom from anger, resignation,
equanimity, and not speaking of the faults of others, universal compassion,
modesty, and mildness; patience, power, fortitude, and purity, discretion,
dignity, unrevengefulness, and freedom from conceit— these are the marks of
him whose virtues are of a "godlike" character [quoted from Ch. 16,
BHAGAVAD GITA] 

Some ask "What is THEOSOPHY ?" And they point to some of the predecessors
of H P B (see list below) .

Some say that if we adopt for ourselves and for others rigid ideas of
THEOSOPHY we will fail to see the value of others' sayings and teachings.

If we have grasped the eclecticism of THEOSOPHY, we need not fear that mere
words will grade or separate individuals. That is not the concept of
Brotherhood. There is a vast spiritual Unity in the Universe. WE ARE ALL
ONE. 

It is a brotherhood of ideas and, like all sciences and philosophies, it has
a few basic concepts -- since it is the most ancient wisdom, those concepts
are universal, basic and apply to all who profess to speak for THEOSOPHY, in
whatever language and in time or clime. They give the same scope to all,
and limit no one. 

ANCIENT WISDOM knew - and continues to know - deep and vast knowledge about
ourselves, our purpose in life, nature, the universe, the highest god-like
principles, and man's long history on this earth. 

Theosophy is the portion of that ancient knowledge brought to us by H. P.
Blavatsky toward the end of the 19th century, as taught to her by her
Teachers .


Some of its principles are:


........Everything in the universe originates from one boundless, eternal,
unknowable source. After a period of manifested existence the universe
returns to that source. 

........The universe itself is an organic whole, alive, intelligent,
conscious, and divine. 

........The laws of nature are the result of intelligent forces. 

........The law of karma holds throughout the universe. It operates at all
levels, ensuring justice, harmony, and balance. 

........We reincarnate into successive lives. Once we have reached the human
level we do not regress back into animal forms. 

........The law of karma acts over our successive lives to ensure justice.
(We don't get away with it.) We are the cause of every joy and pain in our
own life. 

........A law of cycles provides fundamental structure at all levels. Two
examples are our pattern of reincarnation, and the continuing "lives" of the
universe as it appears, then returns to its source. 

........Analogy and correspondence provide fundamental structure for the
universe. This is a broad statement of the Hermetic axiom - "As above, so
below". 

........Evolution applies on a grand scale to all of life. 

........Soul gets involved in this world of matter. It experiences and
learns. Soul then works its way back in a long pilgrimage to its primal
source. This again follows a cyclic pattern. 

........This evolution achieves experience, self-awareness, and ever
increasing perfection. Evolution occurs on the physical, mental, and
spiritual planes. 

........"Survival of the fittest" along with gradual accumulation of small
beneficial changes does not explain the "origin of the species". The origin
of the species is due to intelligent design. 

........Humanity has experienced significant evolution in long periods on
the continents (not islands) of Atlantis and Lemuria. 

........There is a seven fold constitution of man ranging from the physical
plane to the purely spiritual plane. 

........Thoughts are tangible objects on higher planes. Every thought and
action has its effect on us and on our surroundings and has a karmic
consequence. 

........The three higher planes of this constitution form the "higher self"
and that is what reincarnates from life to life and accumulates the
experience, the lessons, the virtues. The lower planes form the "lower self"
and are the vehicle used by the higher self while it is living in this
active testing ground of incarnate life. 

........At the moment of death we have a review of our life just past - as
we cast off this physical frame. After a short period, that varies
greatly between individuals, we cast off other lower aspects of our
constitution and the reincarnating self begins a long period of merciful,
earned, rest before the next birth. 

........Often during this life, our spiritual nature is obscured in our
self-centered daily lives as we cater to our immediate needs and desires.
But the spiritual self is always there to guide us if we seek it with strong
earnest desire. 

........We can strive to reach our Higher Self [ATMA] by: 

........Listening to the still small voice of our conscience. 

........Noting the dreams from the Higher Self. 

........Developing our intuition. 

........Meditating. 

........Studying principles of the Wisdom Religion. 

........Aligning ourselves with Nature. 

........Engaging in action for the greater good of all beings. 

........Carefully reading the events of our daily life. 

........Brotherhood is a fact in nature. We are ONE at the highest spiritual
component of our nature. We are sparks from one flame. We are the fingers on
one hand. We are ONE at other levels as well.

We should: 

........Understand we are not separate from humanity or the world. 

........Emphasize brotherhood, altruism, and compassion in our daily lives. 

........Strive to know our higher self. 

........As a guiding rule - act for and as the Self of All. 

........The religions of the world are branches on the tree whose trunk is
the one ancient - once universal - wisdom religion. The religions are the
tributaries of one great river. (But they borrow from each other to make the
actual details much more complex.) 

........Mythology often transmits some of this knowledge in symbolic form. 

........Periodically, great teachers come amongst us to help us in this
evolutionary path. They may create another branch on the tree. 

........Humanity's potential is infinite and every being has a contribution
to make toward a grander world. We are all in it together. We are one. 

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THE 100 YEAR CYCLE OF ADEPT WORK IN THE "WEST."	
H.P.B. Articles, II p. 308


PREDECESSORS OF H.P.B.


"But there are some cases in which we can judge with a degree of certainty
that such adepts were incarnated and what they were named. Take Thomas
Vaughn, Raymond Lully, Sir Thomas More, Jacob Boehme, Paracelsus, and others
like them...These souls were as witnesses to the truth, leaving through the
centuries in their own natures, evidence for those who followed, and
suggestions for keeping spirituality bright--seed-thoughts, as it were,
ready for the new mental soil. And as well as these historical characters,
there are countless numbers of men and women now living who have passed
through certain initiations during their past lives upon earth, and who
produce effects in many directions quite unknown to themselves now. They
are, in fact, old friends of "the sacred tribe of heroes," and can therefore
be more easily used for the spreading of influences and the carrying out of
effects necessary for the preservation of spirituality in this age of
darkness."
WQJ Art I 192-4



THE 100 YEAR CYCLE OF ADEPT WORK IN THE "WEST."	
H.P.B. Articles, II p. 308


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Dates	Chief Figures	Others	Notes & References
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14th Century


1358-1419	TSON-KA-PA	
[ TM 7-p. 25; TM 8-p. 141; HPB Art. 3-331;
[ TM 11-140; 15-105; 25-200; 5 Yr. T 113;
[ THY 16-179; 26-118; 43-126; Is II 609;
[ Glos. 305 ] HPB Art 331-3; SD I 108;
5 Yrs. Thy. 113; TM 7-p.25; 8-p.140; 
A Lamrin Compendium T M v.20-122; 14-1
Is II 609 616;	TM	25-7; [ Glos. 186 ]

Of Importance:

1304-1374	Francesco Petrarch (poet & Platonist)
1328-1384	John Wyclif (reformer, Trans. Bible in English)

forerunner of Reformation
1369-1415	John Huss (Reformer, precursor of Reformation)
1379-1421	Thomas a'Kempis (Imitation of Christ)

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15th Century



1493-1541	PARACELSUS (Theophrastus Bombastus)
Glos 248 T v.8-344, 376; T 197, 242, v.26
T v. 10 series; T 97, 151	v.24 
[Bio. G. West] . T M 152, 193, v.59
TM v.49 -412, 455; TM 34, v.11


1463-1494	G. PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA 	
(Platonic Academy, Florence)
IS I 226 Glos. 254, 253, 80
Is II 20 SD II 200 600
The Greatness of Man TM 250 v. 25
T. Mvt. in Renaissance TM 252, 305 v. 39

Of Importance:

Gemistus Pletho (Platonic MSS to Florence)
1433-1499	M. Ficino (Library - Florentine Platonist)
1389-1464	Cosimo de Medici (Library & Platonic Academy)
1449-1492	Lorenzo de Medici (Library & Platonic Academy)
[Patron of: Boticelli, Michelangelo, Lippi]
1401-1464	Nicholas de Cusa (Renaissance reformer)
[ mystic & Neo-Platonist ]
1455-1522	John Reuchlin (Reformation)
1462-1516	Trithemius
1466-1536	D. Erasmus (Reformation)
1473-1543	N. Copernicus
1478-1535	Sir. Thomas More (Platonist)
1486-1535	Cornelius Agrippa
1483-1546	Martin Luther

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16th Century



1575-1624	  
JAKOB BOEHME	T v.4-366; v.5-433; v.6-127; T 26-386
Glos. 60; T. v.31-497; series v. 31
J. Boehme & Secret Doctrine	WQJ Art 270 v. 1
J. Boehme - Life - F. Hartmann TM v.44- 92, 59
On Boehme . .. TM v.11-27; v.36-270

1574-1637	ROBERT FLUDD	Glos. 120; IS II 309-10; TM v.60-17

1548-1600	GIORDANO BRUNO	T v .6-385; v.67-341; 
T v.73-170; T v. 26-330
Theos. of Bruno T v. 26-74; TM 51, 76-v.14
Is I xxxiii 93-8 338-9 431 582 II 528 531

Of Importance:

1509-1564	John Calvin
Van Helmont [ pupil of Paracelsus ]
1501-1576	Jerome Cardan
1502-1598	Henry Khunrath
1586-1654	C. Rosenkreuz (Rosenkranz) [ Rosicrucians ]
Johan Valentin Andrea 
1515-	George Postel
Joseph Borri
Bragadini
1564-1616	Shakespeare

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17th Century



1622-1666	E. PHILALETHES (THOMAS VAUGHN) [ Glos. 252 ]
Mod. Pan. 42-4; CWB 4-575; Glos. 14, 168
HPB Art I-40, 3-155; Is I xxv 51 67 167
Is I 191 193 226 255-7 306-9 504

Of Importance:

1605-1682	Thomas Brown (Religio Medici)
1614-1687	Henry More (Cambridge Platonist)
1617-1688	Henry Cudsworth (Cambridge Platonist)
1617-1692	Elias Ashmole (1st Mason)
1632-1677	Baruch Spinoza
1688-1772	E. Swedenborg (mystic)
1628-1688	John Bunyan
1646-1716	Baron C. W. Leibnitz
Thomas Taylor

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18th Century


?	COUNT DE ST. GERMAIN
T v.4-241, 321; v.24-155; T 3, v. 27
Glos. 308-9, TM v.13-33; 33-416; 390, v. 21
Lucifer 10-246-7, CWB v.3-523; HPB Art 149, v. 3 
Mod. Panarion 371; TM 416-33; T M 190 v. 50
Is I 575 II 403

1743-1803	
COUNT DE ST. MARTIN  
T v.27-p.9; T 482 26
Glos. 284; Lucifer 19-324; T 368, 2


1743-1795	COUNT CAGLIOSTRO (HENRI BALSAMO)
[ Glos. 72 ] T v.2-110; T	530, v.26
Was Cagliostro a Charlatan ?	HPB Art 152 v. 3
HPB on Cagliostro	.	T M 153, v. 8
Prince Talleyrand--Cagliostro	WQJ Art 472 v. 1
Is I xxxiii 100 128 509; II 403


1733-1815	ANTON MESMER	[Glos. 214 ]
Thy. V.26-434; WQJ Art I-524, 541, 545
[ see Index, back of WQJ Art. v. 2;
see Index, back of HPB Art. v. 3;
HPB Art. II 477, 355;

Of Importance:

1700-	Martinez Paschalis
1706-1790	Benjamin Franklin
1707-1809	Thomas Paine
1787-1854	J. Ennemoser (Hypnotism)
1724-1804	I. Kant (philosopher)
1749-1832	J. W. Goethe
1758-1835	Thomas Taylor (Platonist)
Ragon (Masonry)
Eliphas Levi [Abbe Louis Constant]
1788-1860	A. Schopenhauer
1799-1850	Henri Balzac
1799-1888	Bronson Alcott (Educationist)

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19th Century


1831-1891	H. P. BLAVATSKY	Theosophy
1851-1896	W.Q.JUDGE
1832-1907	H.S.Olcott
1851-1919	R. Crosbie

Of Importance:

1803-1882	Ralph W. Emerson (Transcendentalist)
1805-1872	G. Mazzini
1807-1882	G. Garibaldi
1809-1865	A. Lincoln
1812-1870	Charles Dickens
1817-1862	Henry D. Thoreau (Transcendentalist)
1819-1892	Walt Whitman
1828-1910	Leo. Tolstoy
1823-1913	A. R. Wallace
1832-1919	Prof. Wm. Crookes
1840-1902	Emile Zola
1842-1925	C. Flammarion
1850-1898	Edward Bellamy
T. A. Edison
Annie Besant
G. Tesla

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Articles and References


The 100 year cycle	..	S D I xxxvii-iii; Key, pp. 306-7
The Hundred Year Cycle	.	Theosophy Vol. 19 - p. 449
The Theosophical Movement in Other Ages . T. Mvt. V. 35, p. 93
The Precursors of H.P.Blavatsky	Theosophy, V. 23, p. 529
Precursors of H.P.B.	.	.	series Theosophy, Vol. 24
Footsteps of the Predecessors	Theos. Mvt. V. 2, p. 49
Chelas and Lay Chelas	.	HPB Art. II 308 (bot.)
Landmarks in Theosophical History	T. Mvt. V. 39, p. 30
A History of Theosophy Down the Ages	T. Mvt. V. 33, p. 421
A History of the Theosophical Movement T. Mvt. V. 38, p. 107
Plain Theosophical Traces	.	WQJ Articles I p. 244
Years of Preparation in America	T. Mvt. V. 25, p. 232
The Adepts in America in 1776 WQJ. Art. II, p. 70;

On Tson-Ka-Pa	.	.	T. Mvt. Vol. 7 - p. 25
T. Mvt. Vol. 8 - p. 141
Aryan Path, March 1945
Spiritual Yeast in 14th Cent. Europe	T. Mvt. V. 25, p. 200
The Theosophical Renaissance	Theosophy, V. 26, p. 98
The T. Movement in the Renaissance	T. Mvt. V. 39, p. 252, 305
Italian Renaissance & Ancient Wisdom	T. Mvt. V. 25, p. 223
Jacob Boehme and the Secret Doctrine	WQJ Art. I, p. 270;
Was Cagliostro a Charlatan?	HPB Art. III p. 152;
HPB was the 6th Mission since Tson-Ka-Pa Theosophy 26, p. 118
Theosophy 15, p. 1  
Seven Centuries Culminating	T. Mvt. Vol. 19, p. 73
				
WQJ on the Nature HPB	.	Pract. Occultism, p. 162-4
On HPB, Her Work and Position	Theosophy 54 - p. 161-2
The next "Messenger"	.	W .Q. J. Art. II 153
HPB an Occultist	.	.	Theosophy 6 - p. 111
RC on HPB	.	.	Theosophy 8 - p. 8
Future and past Incarnations of HPB C. Wachmeister	
Reminiscences p. 127
Previous Incarnation of HPB	WQJ	Forum Answers p. 66
W.Q.J. on Cycles	.	..	WQJ Art. I 58, 183, 159, II 127.
152,
The Theosophical Movement	WQJ Art. II, p. 124;
Our Cycle and the Next	.	HPB Art. I p. 367;
HPB on Cycles	.	.	HPB Art. I 355, 397;
The Cycle Moves on	.	T. Mvt. Vol. 18, p. 145
The Cycle Moveth	(Series)	Theosophy 13 - 1 -
481
Obscured Adepts	.	T Mvt. Vol. 16, p. 9; III 69;
Plato and his Successors	.	Theosophy, V. 84, p. 144
The Neo-Platonic Revival	.	Theosophy, V. 26, p. 146, 156

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Hope this may be of help,

Best wishes, 


Dallas


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-----Original Message-----
From: M. Sufilight 
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 8:36 AM
To: 
Subject: Re: theosophy & politics


Hallo all,

My views are:

Well maybe you are right Cass.

But, I wondered what purpose it will have to sign the below mentioned FORM -
since the organisational structure is amorphous - ie. without form ?
Maybe Dallas would care to give an answer to that.


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