Anand,
Membership here is low indeed. Greece has 10 million population and
around
80 members, Brazil has 180 million population and around 800 or 700
hundred members. In terms of % there is not much difference between the
membership of the T.S. in Greece and membership in the T.S. in other
countries. Generally membership in the T.S. is very low all over the
world. Or do you consider a society with 35 or 40 thousand members all
over the world a great number?
In India how many members are there? 18 thousand or a little more? The
population of India has passed the number of one billion, do you think in
a country with 1 billion people the T.S. to have 18 thousand members is
this a great number? I know I am not referring here to the exact
numbers,
but they are very close. If you think that such numbers are all right, it
is your opinion. In my opinion such numbers are not all right and low
membership in the T.S. is a reality not only in Greece but all over the
world!
Erica
Anand Gholap <AnandGholap@AnandGholap.org> wrote:
Erica,
Membership in Greece is ridiculously low as compared to other
countries, if I got correct figure. If you are new there then other
leaders might be Blavatskians. Church may be strong but Greece is not
a fundamentalist country. So there must be reasons for failure.
People don't become members of TS by reading SD. Most come to
Theosophy after reading books by Leadbeater. Afterwords few unlucky
among them become diehard Blavatskians. Most others read CWL, AB etc.
and some don't read anything.
Anand Gholap
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Erica Letzerich
wrote:
Anand,
First of all the Theosophical Society in Greece did not fail.
Second the Greek reality is very different from many countries, the
church here is very, but very strong. For a child to join a public
school has to be baptized in the church otherwise cannot join it.
Because of the strength of the church, orthodoxy here condemns not
only the Theosophical Society but Masonry, and any other movement.
Third this is not a matter of people accepting or not Blavatsky,
because they do not only call Blavatsky Satanist but say much worst
things about Leadbeater. Nobody is trying to impose Blavatsky or any
other kind of teachings here.
I am now only one year and three months an active member in the
Theosophical Society in Greece (but I am a member of the T.S. 15
years) so it is still too early to attribute anything related to the
Theosophical Society here to me.
By the way my personal preferences I try do not impose it on others
and they are exclusively mine. If you conclude that I am a
Blavatskyan it is your own conclusion I never said so. By the way
Blavatsky was not a vegetarian, and many people are not vegetarian
also,so is this a reason to judge them? Buddha's last meal was pork
he was less enlightened for that? I don't think so.
Erica
Anand Gholap wrote:
Erica,
Why do people in Greece call Theosophy satanic ? I found that
Theosophical movement failed in Greece despite favorable conditions
there. In my opinion this is due to bad direction. I know you are
diehard Blavatskian but why do you punish whole movement in Greece
for
that. People don't accept Blavatsky in many parts of the world and
still you insist on her writing. Result is Theosophical movement
failed in Greece.
Anand Gholap
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