Theos-Talk Archives (April 2006 Message tt00592)

Dear Friends,

This (below)  is an interesting question posed by Mr. David Green under the name of Daniel Caldwell --  or perhaps by Daniel Caldwell himself under his own name -- who knows? 

My answer is that -- trees should be judged  by their fruits. Let's see, then. 

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ULT accuses A. Besant of PUBLLISHING to the wide public the esoteric teachings. This fact is undeniable.  
What are are the fruits of Besant's action? All those crazy fancies and immoralities commited by C. W. Leadbeater, which provoked his expulsion from the very Adyar TS by H. Olcott; Annie Besant and Leadbeater's several fake initiations, the second coming of  a Fake Christ, etc., and so on. 


TWO.

Now, Daniel & David accuse the ULT of circulating PRIVATELY the esoteric teachings of HPB.  

And -- what are the fruits of  ULT's action in general, since its creation in 1909? No crazy fancies; important preservation of the authentic teachings; common sense without too much noise; a growing worldwide network of students. 

By the fruits we can see where the occult link was kept unbroken, and where wild fancies destroyed common sense and inner commitments.

Wild fancies that ultimately produce actions like those of Daniel Caldwell/ David Green, and/or  those actions of John Algeo as described right here a couple of days ago by our Theos-talk member  Dr. Gregory Tillett.

The ULT, as the ETS, as, in great part,  the Pasadena TS and in some degree even members of the Adyar TS (like Geoffrey Farthing or Ianthe Hoskins) and  many independent students -- have kept an innerly unbroken link.  Whether they belong  to an Esoteric School is another issue. 

And I should mention here a most  important and  successful  effort, the Wizards Bookshelf, made by the great independent theosophist and editor Richard Robb.  See especially his "Secret Doctrine Reference List". 

Take a look at www.wizardsbookshelf.com


Best regards,   Carlos Cardoso Aveline 






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Assunto:Theos-World Do we see a double standard here at work?

> Mr. John Garrigues et al (editors of Theosophy Magazine and leading 
> associates of the ULT) in The Theosophical Movement 1875-1925, pages 
> 571-572 wrote the following about Mrs. Annie Besant:
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> "In Mrs. Besant's 'Third Volume' [of The Secret Doctrine, 1897] are 
> incorporated the private papers originally issued by H.P.B. to the 
> E.S., and in reprinting these Mrs. Besant . . . broke the seventh 
> clause of her solemn pledge as a member of the Esoteric School...."
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> Using the same "reasoning" as Carlos, should we characterize
> the above statement as an "attack" against Mrs. Besant, as an
> attack against the Adyar T.S.?
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> Does Carlos condone what the Theosophy Company writers have done in 
> the above statement?
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> Is it ok to question (or [to use Carlos' word] "attack") Annie 
> Besant but it is not okay to simply ask SIMILAR relevant questions 
> about Mr. Crosbie? 
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> Do we see a double standard here at work?
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