Theos-Talk Archives (May 2005 Message tt00732)

Hallo Daniel and all,

My views are:

1. A minor excerpt from the link could do well...

". . . A close examination will assuredly reveal. . . materials largely 
stolen . . . from Theosophical writings. . . [and] distorted and falsified 
so as to be palmed off on the unwary as revelations of new and undreamed of 
truths. But many will neither have the time nor the opportunity for such a 
thorough investigation; and before they become aware of the imposture they 
may be led far from the Truth."
". . . Nothing is more dangerous to Esoteric Truth than the garbled and 
distorted versions disfigured to suit the prejudices and tastes of men in 
general." (4)


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"..save us from the impudent distortion of our theosophical teachings.."
( http://blavatskyarchives.com/onpseudotheosophy.htm )



2. Daniel could with great advantage add these quotes from The Secret 
Doctrine by Blavatsky:


"This every scholar now knows. The able lectures of Mr. G. Massey alone are 
sufficient in themselves to convince any fair-minded Christian that to 
accept the dead-letter of the Bible is equivalent to falling into a grosser 
error and superstition than any hitherto evolved by the brain of the savage 
South Sea Islander."
(The Secret Doctrine vol 1., p. 305)

"Some of its defenders must have lost their reason, one would rather say. 
For what can one think when, in the face of the dead-letter absurdities of 
the Bible, these are still supported, publicly and as fiercely as ever, and 
one finds its theologians maintaining that though "the Scriptures carefully 
refrain (?) from making any direct contribution to scientific knowledge, 
they have never stumbled upon any statement which will not abide the light 
of ADVANCING SCIENCE"!!! -- ("Primeval Man," p. 14)."
(The Secret Doctrine vol 1., p. 323 - footnote)

"Or, in plainer and stronger language, there is as much esoteric wisdom in 
some portions of the exoteric Puranas and Pentateuch, as there is of 
nonsense and of designed childish fancy in it, when read only in the 
dead-letter murderous interpretations of great dogmatic religions, and 
especially of sects."
(The Secret Doctrine vol 1., p. 336)

" "The tree is known by its fruit," -- the nature of a God by his actions. 
The latter, we have either to judge by the dead-letter narratives, or to 
accept allegorically. If we compare the two -- Vishnu, as the defender and 
champion of the defeated gods; and Jehovah, the defender and champion of the 
"chosen" people, so called by antiphrasis, no doubt, as it is the Jews who 
had chosen that "jealous" God -- we shall find that both use deceit and 
cunning. They do so on the principle of "the end justifying the means," in 
order to have the best of their respective opponents and foes -- the 
demons."
(The Secret Doctrine vol 1., p. 421)

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3. AND then Daniel could ADD this:


Almost the same could be said about a lot of the various NEW theosophical 
compilations and analyzing articles posted on some present day theosophical 
websites, because the use of the Dead-letter is often given way too much 
credit at such places. Theosophy aught NOT only to be listen to - or - 
presented or read in a dead-letter manner

(The eager Seeker could take some time to compare my statement with the 
above ones from Blavatsky.)



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Theosophy as such is not at its inner Heart a physical organisation.
The points at which the mystical traditions, which are still alive, are in 
contact with each other cannot really be explained by the means of books or 
websites. And yet people continue to write books and similar showing how 
they have found this and that point of resemblance.
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It is when disagreement comes, that it is important that one is willing to 
BOTH learn and teach.



from
M. Sufilight with a friendly smile...



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel H. Caldwell" <danielhcaldwell@yahoo.com>
To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 1:27 AM
Subject: Theos-World On Pseudo-Theosophy and Pseudo-Adepts


> On Pseudo-Theosophy and Pseudo-Adepts
> Compiled from the writings of H.P. Blavatsky
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> See:
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> http://blavatskyarchives.com/onpseudotheosophy.htm
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> See also related material at:
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> The Fountain Source of Modern Theosophy
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/moderntheosophy.htm
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> Madame Blavatsky's Occult Status and the Claims of
> Latter-Day Messengers of the Masters
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/latermessengers.htm
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> Daniel
> Blavatsky Study Center
> http://blavatskyarchives.com
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