Theos-Talk Archives (February 2005 Message tt00653)

When I was trying to find the May, 1936 issue of The Theosophist in the T.S. library here in Athens I went through some writings of Arundale praising Hitler and also some letters of of T.S. members criticizing him for that. So I am aware of the position Arundale sustained for a period. Well about Hodson after reading most of his books my personal conclusion is that he never was in contact with the Mahatmas, but deluded with his own fantasies. Well that is my personal opinion of course. I don't think you will find in any other Theosophist anything Hodson might have said on this subject. Well what can I say? Hitler was a monster and there is no forgiveness for any writing supporting him in any form. It is a shame to find in The Theosophist such statements.



Erica



Jerry Hejka-Ekins <jjhe@charter.net> wrote:

Hodson's alleged statement about Hitler's aura may still exist 
somewhere. It just doesn't happen to be in this issue of the 
Theosophist. I would keep looking--I'll help by checking references 
here. It wasn't until Hitler invaded Poland in September of 1939, that 
people began to really wakeup. So, such a statement could have been 
made anytime between 1934 and 1939. 

Arundale's early endorsements leave no doubt that he was charmed by 
Hitler in the beginning. A lot of people were. Nevertheless, Emily 
Lutyens in Candles in the Sun records Arundale's initiations which took 
place in the 1920s. He was an "Arhat," as were Besant and Leadbeater. 
Arhats are supposed to know who are the good and who are the bad people. 
They are supposed to know the future and be practically 
omniscient--according to that Theosophical tradition.

I grew up in a Jewish neighborhood in Los Angeles, shortly after the 
second world war. You could still hear a lot of people speaking yiddish 
in those days--almost a dead language now. There were also a lot of 
soldiers returning from the war, who bought newly constructed houses on 
GI loans and settled down in our neighborhood. So, I heard and felt a 
lot of pain: Jews who lost their families in concentration camps; 
shell-shocked soldiers almost out of their minds from memories of the 
war; and German civilians who tried to avoid the hatred aimed at them. 

Purucker, around 1940, or so, spoke of Hitler as a man who carried out 
the collective karma of Europe. According to Purucker, at certain times 
in human history, an extraordinary person comes along to fulfill the 
collective karma of the nations. Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Ghengis 
Kahn, Peter the Great, Hitler etc. all, in one sense ambitious, 
murderous thugs, who are remembered in different ways by different people.

When will we ever learn?

--j





Erica Letzerich wrote:

>Thank you Jerry for the quote. So if it's not signed by Hodson I wonder why the writer of the article would attribute such statement to Hodson. As there is no major evidence that he wrote it any accusation in this level to Hodson is but without fundament and I take back my previous affirmation. 
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>Jerry Hejka-Ekins wrote:
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>Unfortunately, the letter is not signed. It reads in part:
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>"On the opening evening Adolf Hitler himself was present and by a stroke 
>of incredible luck my reserve seat was so very close to him and at right 
>angles, that without any effort I could observe him the whole evening 
>closely. It has been a tremendous experience for me. In the midst of a 
>shattering enthusiasm of thousands and thousands in the streets and in 
>the enormous packed concert hall this man was of a simplicity, which 
>amounted to grandeur; every gesture, every look, every movement was 
>direct, concentrated, but without the smallest trace of 
>self-consciousness. He was the only being present for whom Hitler did 
>not exist. One felt that he is absolutly one-pointedly possessed by one 
>tremendous thought."
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>>Thanks Daniel, I will look whether I have that 
>>issue and then scan it.
>>Frank
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>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Daniel H. Caldwell" 
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>>To: 
>>Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 5:11 AM
>>Subject: Theos-World Theosophist, June 1936, p. 
>>242 on Hitler
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>>Theost y1936 v57 June p242 -
>>Adolf Hitler: Extract from a Letter -- non-German 
>>Theosophist
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