Theos-Talk Archives (May 2006 Message tt00544)

In a message dated 5/13/2006 9:07:19 PM Central Daylight Time,  
silva_cass@yahoo.com writes:

Hi  Morten,
My feelings are that Theos-Talk has been hijacked by the incessant  
challenges of the past.  What, if anything, is anyone going to learn  about Theosophy 
from these postings?  Is it not possible that those  interested in continuing 
this argument correspond privately with each  other?

I personally would like to hear your views on Channelling.   Whether in 
theosophical terms this is explainable phenomena as we were told  that the only 
communication we have with the dead is through their  shells.  However, in these 
times, there seems to be more and more  evidence that channelling is a 
phenomena that exists.  How does one know  the accuracy or authenticity of a 
channelled  being?

Cass





Dear Cass and Friends.
This has long been a question I have been asking as well. My first  
introduction to channeled material was the book "Seth Speaks" and "The Nature of  
Personal Reality" by Jane Roberts.  I read these books in the mid 1970's  and they 
served as the springboard to eventually discovering theosophy in the  late 
1980s.
 
Is it really necessary to know the accuracy or authenticity of these types  
of phenomena? If, as in my case, it leads to further reading and questioning,  
isn't that enough? I have no idea whether channeling is or is not authentic. I 
 have visited a number of so called "channelers" during my quest...I came 
away  laughing. But that did not stop me from trying to find out the truth of our 
 existence....so authenticity can be irrelevant it seems.
Marie
 


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