Theos-Talk Archives (September 2005 Message tt00046)

I vaguely remember somewhere that HPB's intention was that Theosophy
should not be a designated as a religion.

I didn't say she was against religion, but one can be a Christian and
a Theosophist without "converting."

-Mark H.



On 9/2/05, Frank Reitemeyer <ringding@online.de> wrote:
> I understand HPB that way, that she was not against Religions, only against
> false ones.
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> She was also not against dogmas, but only in forcing people to believe in
> them. (Theosophy & Occultism have many dogmas as HPB and Masters confirmed).
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> She was also not against Jews, but only against Pharisees and Zionists.
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> She was also not against races, but only against the maya of a Master Race.
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> She was also not against co-operation of the nations, but only against a
> world republic or a world parliament or a world administration.
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> She was also not against patriotism, but only against a patriotism, whichis
> based on the lower self.
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> She was also not against war, but only against a war, which is based on the
> lower self. (Theosophy is no pacifism)
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> All the misunderstandings of HPB's SPIRIT (and, the more, the many strange
> and ludicrous translations, at least in German) are centered in the
> unenlightened Western lower mind, which cannot discriminate between truth
> and untruth.
> Frank
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Hamilton Jr." <waking.adept@gmail.com>
> To: "Theosophy" <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 12:52 AM
> Subject: Theos-World Religion. (Anecdotal)
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> In Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia (1997 edition on CD), I was
> surprised to find that Theosophy was described as a *Religion* founded
> by H.P.B.
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> I wonder if they ever fixed this in later editions.
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> -Mark H.
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