Theos-Talk Archives (July 2006 Message tt00474)

Thank you for the free publicity for Theosophy Virtual Lodge.  Sex sells!

Tantra and Theosophy Virtual Lodge

I think HPB would up-chuck if she
saw the probable orientation of This
week's Theosophical Virtual Lodge
presentation by Robert Corrington.
<The focus will be on the correlation
between psychosexuality and the
etheric and astral bodies.>

Are you saying that there is no correlation between psychosexuality and 
the etheric or astral bodies?  I attended the lecture and in my opinion, 
Professor Corrington presented a thoughtful, well-balanced, perspective. 
Unlike you, Mark, he did not presume to judge the theosophical value of 
a whole presentation based only on a single sentence.

Corrington, it says, also has a book
coming out on Wilhelm Reich. Reichians
believed that the only genuine human
fulfilment and psychological cure comes
through the sex orgasm, a perfect one
resulting in unconsciousness.


Corrington's book is already published.  I would say that to judge the 
theosophical value of Corrington's book, based solely on the subject of 
the book is childish.  For all you know, Corrington's book might be a 
challenge to those Reichian ideas you find so appalling and 
untheosophical.  Your tendency toward judging others and their works 
from so little evidence only show your impotence for any meaningful 
discussion of the human condition.  Clearly, you continue to suckle your 
only theosophical sustenance from the teat of Madame Blavatsky.

This is the polar opposite of
Blavatsky Theosophy. Below is pasted
an article by Legros on the issue with
quotes from Blavatsky and GdeP. I put
it here as it isn't a likely publication
for any current theosophical publication.


Blavatsky would have enjoyed the presentation.  Yes, she would have 
asked Corrington some hard questions, but, unlike you Mark, she would 
have done it in a straightforward and honorable way right there at the 
public meeting AFTER she heard what he said. 

To my way of thinking, the issue of humanity's repressed sexual energy 
is an appropriate area for theosophical inquiry.  The article you 
provided, which refers to "The Problem of Sex"  presents but one 
perspective (that sex is a problem the solution to which is repression 
of sexual desire).  Other perspectives are available.  One that I find 
particularly interesting is presented by J.J. Van der Leeuw, a noted 
theosophist, in his book, THE FIRE OF CREATION.  Van der Leeuw's view is 
that sexual energy is sacred and our divine duty is to transmute, not 
repress, that energy.   This is human-divine alchemy.  I would be happy 
to discuss sex and theosophy with you if you are up to it. 

As to "bta" s comments that the lecture was "something so blatantly 
opposite to HPB's teachings," and "is too bad because it gives newcomers 
a wrong impression on what TS is all about," I would reply that her 
perspective is sorely narrow and appears to be based almost entirely on 
your (Mark's) lack of information thus reinforcing the ignorance of both 
of you.  Theosophy Virtual Lodge will, with Professor Corrington's 
permission, post the audio-recording of his lecture to the internet, 
where those who believe that it is important to go to the original 
source and to withhold preemptive judgments can actually hear and decide 
for themselves.  That is theosophy at its finest, my friend --  not the 
overly protective religious dogma that you and a few others spew forth 
on theos-talk like it was your own personal orgasm.  That you want to 
protect "newcomers" from getting the wrong ideas about HPB only  
indicates how afraid you are of being wrong and ultimately how little 
faith you have in your brothers and sisters to seek out and experience 
the truth for themselves --just as you did. 
Personally, I have no desire to be a part of any  organization that puts 
theosophy in a box and spoon feeds it to the membership.


--bill