Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00607)

Hi All

Recently I've stumbled upon a nice compilation from a magazine
"Theosophy" of 1935 entitled "Aftermath":

http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/AFTERMATH-10-PartSeries/

This series is about the horde of HPB's "successors" and tells a lot
about Besant and Leadbeater, Tingley and Purucker, Krishnamurti,
Bailey and some others. The articles are somewhat pretty emotional and
sometimes advertise the United Lodge of Theosophists more than
necessary, but overall this is a very instructive narration filled
with historical references.

The text clearly shows that Leadbeater _did_ influence Besant a lot,
however free a thinker she might have been (sorry, Konstantin), and
that they played a nice evangelic duet for poor Krishnamurti. And
quotations from Purucker's circular letters dispelled faint traces of
my interest to his voluminous treatises.

Best regards,
Vladimir