Re: Leadbeater, Besant, Tingley, Purucker et al.
Feb 21, 2005 02:14 PM
by Alaya
"..that they played a nice evangelic duet for poor Krishnamurti"
that's what i was trying to say..
Thanks for the contribution on the article Vadimir
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Vladimir <forums@s...> wrote:
>
> 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 with historical references.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
[Back to Top]
Theosophy World:
Dedicated to the Theosophical Philosophy and its Practical Application