Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00231)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Jerry Hejka-Ekins <jjhe@c...> 
wrote:
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> On the other hand, the Theosophical Cause--that is--the efforts 
made by 
> the founders of the Theosophical Society has indeed been ruined. 
> However, it is not the mistakes that may or may not have been made 
by 
> William Q. Judge or Annie Besant or Robert Crosbie or Francia LaDue 
or 
> Katherine Tingley or whomever else that ruined the Theosophical 
> Movement. It is the bitter and cultish-like closed mindedness and 
> resentments from too many present day members in any of the 
Theosophical 
> Organizations (including Adyar) that continues to spew forth its 
poisons 
> of bigotry, arrogance and pretentiousness which ruins the 
Theosophical 
> cause. 
> 
Hi Jerry,

My 25 years of experience supports your 42, but more poison has been 
apparent on the Net than I ever saw in person or in print. Maybe 
it's for the best that the Net has provided a window into the sick 
soul of the TM. My guess is that something in the claims of 
occultism makes this problem inevitable. Occultism implies elitism, 
and elitism includes bigotry, arrogance, and pretentiousness.

Although the TS was allegedly not intended to be occultist but rather 
theosophical in nature, the poison pill of the ESes in the various 
organizations defeated the intent. HPB might have been doing 
something positive in the short run by founding the ES, but in the 
long run Olcott was right to be aghast at the imperio in imperium.

My 2 cents,

Paul