Theos-Talk Archives (November 2005 Message tt00111)

I don't know what is the appropriate action. All litigation is centered
around not theosophy but properties owned by the branches. I do not know of
a single litigation where money or property was not the key issue.

One thing we all can do is to practice what we have learnt by exposure to
theosophy and this will benefit our fellow men and women and children and
all fellow beings and thus benefit each one of us.

mkr

On 11/20/05, Frank Reitemeyer <ringding@online.de> wrote:
>
> My sympathy to the Narada Lodge and all true
> Blavatsky students the world over!
>
> True theosophists are persecuted today by the
> "Theosophical Society" similary to the true
> Christian by the "Christian church"!
> What can be done to help the rebels against
> the dark Empire?
>
> Writing a petition to Wheaton, signed by
> thousands of Adyar members and independent
> theosophists?
> A public campaign? Broadsheets in the
> newspapers?
> Cancel the membership?
> Frank
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "M K Ramadoss" <mkr777@gmail.com>
> To: <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:03 PM
> Subject: Re: Theos-World problems with the
> Narada Lodge
>
>
> It is a sorry state of affairs in that
> property/funds that are meant to be
> used to further interests of theosophy being
> expended on attoneys. Anytime
> one gets into litigation, both parties loose.
>
> mkr
>
> On 11/15/05, Eldon B Tucker
> <eldon@theosophy.com> wrote:
> >
> > I got a copy of the following message about
> > problems at the Narada Lodge
> > of
> > the Adyar Theosophical Society (in Tacoma,
> > Washington). After reading
> > their
> > web page describing the situation, at
> >
> > http://www.thetheosophicalsocietyinamerica.org,
> >
> > I wrote them to clarify what they said, and
> > following is what I understand
> > to be the situation.
> >
> > The branch was chartered in 1890, obtained
> > a charted from the Point Loma
> > Society in 1895, and got another from the
> > Adyar Society in 1899. It
> > preexists the Theosophical Society in
> > America (in Wheaton, Illinois); its
> > bylaws have never conformed; and it voted
> > in 1989 not to change the bylaws
> > to conform with Wheaton. It was asked again
> > in October 2004 to change its
> > bylaws, but declined, after which its
> > current problems started.
> >
> > From what I heard, Wheaton declared four
> > people who were not lodge members
> > to now belong to the lodge, after which the
> > four (along with a former
> > lodge
> > member) held a special meeting, electing
> > their own officers for the lodge
> > and claiming they now were in charge of the
> > lodge and in control of its
> > property. Their claim is being backed up
> > with a lawsuit that presumes they
> > now represent the lodge and are suing on
> > its behalf the lodge leadership
> > they say they voted out of office.
> >
> > Say I were a president of a theosophical
> > lodge and found out one day that
> > the national section had added new members
> > to my lodge. These members have
> > a
> > meeting without inviting current lodge
> > members, hold an election, and vote
> > me out of office. They now sue me, in the
> > name of the lodge, to turn over
> > control of its assets to them. If that were
> > to happen, I certain wouldn't
> > feel very happy about the situation. I'd
> > especially feel bad if my lodge
> > was
> > a separate legal entity from the national
> > section and was chartered before
> > the national section was created as a legal
> > entity.
> >
> > Perhaps there's another side to the story
> > that we've not heard yet, with
> > further information that better explains
> > what is happening and why it
> > might
> > be considered a good idea. On first hearing
> > about it, though, I have
> > trouble
> > seeing how someone could see this as a good
> > thing to be doing.
> >
> > Eldon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Narada Theosophical Society
> > [mailto:naradasociety@peoplepc.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 6:58 PM
> > To: phxultlodge@gmail.com;
> > mcdavid@uthscsa.edu;
> > eleutherian51@yahoo.com;
> > timestar@timestar.org;
> > cjraby@earthlink.net; epelleti@telus.net;
> > theosnw@theosophy-nw.org;
> > editor@theosophy.com; AmSec@pacbell.net;
> > fohat@planet.eon.net; edbl1@comcast.net;
> > subaruza_31@hotmail.com;
> > maurice.warnon@kingsgarden.org
> > Subject: narada suit
> >
> > Wheaton sues officers of Tacoma Lodge on
> > behalf of Wheaton's appointees.
> > Please look at our web page,
> > www.thetheosophicalsocietyinamerica.org<http://www.thetheosophicalsocietyinamerica.org>
> <http://www.thetheosophicalsocietyinamerica.org>
> > We at Narada Theosophical Society are only
> > interested in one thing, that
> > is
> > the study of theosophy as presented by the
> > Masters and early founders of
> > the
> > Theosophical Movement. We have offered to
> > work with Wheaton, but not under
> > them. We have been autonomous since we
> > chartered with William Q. Judge on
> > April 28/29, 1895 as The Theosophical
> > Society in America. We rechartered
> > with the American Section, Adyar again Jan.
> > 1899, with a clause in our
> > Constitution giving us legal Autonomy,
> > which they recognized. We were
> > members of both Societies at the same time.
> > We have been asked many times
> > in our past to change our bylaws by
> > Wheaton, but have declined, so as to
> > not
> > lose our grandfathered in charters in the
> > societies.
> >
> > John
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