Theos-Talk Archives (July 2006 Message tt00610)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Bill Meredith <meredith_bill@...>
wrote:
>
> Greetings! 
> 
> This is a reminder about this weekend's presentation in
> Theosophy Virtual Lodge.  Thank you for your support and  we look
> forward to "seeing" you at this presentation.
> 
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> Saturday July 29, 3pm New York (EDST)
> 
> "The Women of the /Revelation/"
> 
> by Zachary Lansdowne
> 
> Zachary Lansdowne presents the lecture "The Women of
> the /Revelation/," which considers the two vivid feminine symbols
> that are contained within the /Revelation of St. John/, the last
> book of the Bible. The first feminine symbol is the celestial woman
> of chapter 12, described as "a woman clothed with the sun, and the
> moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars." The
> second feminine symbol is the seductive prostitute of chapter 17,
> described as "the great whore that sitteth upon many waters." What
> do these symbols mean? Many diverse interpretations have been
> proposed for the celestial woman: the constellation Virgo when the
> moon is at the feet of Virgo, Mary the mother of Jesus, the people
> of Israel, and the heavenly church. Most commentators interpret the
> seductive prostitute as representing the ancient city of Rome.
> 
> Helena P. Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophical Society,
> provides the following key to interpreting the /Revelation/: "The
> fact is . . .the whole /Revelation/, is simply an allegorical
> narrative of the Mysteries and initiation therein of a candidate,
> who is John himself."
> 
> This quotation suggests the use of a psychological approach that
> takes every symbol as representing some aspect of an aspirant who is
> on the spiritual journey. If we do use a psychological approach of
> interpretation, then what do the celestial woman and the seductive
> prostitute represent? This lecture considers the meaning of these
> symbols by analyzing the first five verses of both chapters 12 and 17.
> 
> Zachary Lansdowne, Ph.D., is a past president of the Theosophical
> Society in Boston. This talk is based on his forthcoming article with
> the same title that will be published by the Theosophical Society of
> America in the November-December issue of their /Quest Magazine/.
> This talk is also based on his recently published book, /The
> Revelation of Saint John/, which is available from Amazon.com.
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> *How to attend the Theosophy Virtual Lodge*
>  >
>  > 1- Download for free paltalk at:
http://www.paltalk.com/download.html 
> <http://www.paltalk.com/download.html>
>  > 2 - On the right side of paltalk window click on Rooms
>  > 3 - Choose the Category Religion and Theology - Sub-Category
>  > Metaphysical - Room Theosophy Virtual Lodge
> Please note that the lodge room may not be open except at scheduled
> presentation times. If you can't find the room, please try back
during the
> presentation times listed above.
>  > 4 - Be sure to install a microphone in your computer so you can
>  > participate in the audio discussion, and also be sure to have your
>  > computer speakers on.
>  > That's all you need to do to join us.
> 
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>
P.S.

For Mac OSX and Linux operating systems:

I will be testing forwarding the Paltalk meetings to a Skypecast
again. Last week, I was a few minutes late, and though there were a
couple moments when the sound cut out, it worked fine with out any
distortion of the sound quality. I was able to pass the meeting along
to one person in attendance which made the effort worth it.

First download Skype, http://skype.com/ and then go to the skypecast page.

Here is a direct link:
https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/skypecast/detailed.html?id_talk=21534

If the direct link doesn't work, then you can also find it your self
at the Skype web site https://skypecasts.skype.com/skypecasts/home and
search for theosophy or browse the "on now."

My skype user name will be truthhere if you want to contact me about this.

namaste, Truth C.