Theos-Talk Archives (August 2006 Message tt00227)

8/5/2006 6:40 AM

 

Dear friend

 

Thanks and understood.

 

Lets get to work as always,

 

Many to find, and stimulate to do their own research.  The day of trusting
"authority is hopefully asing uickly.  But how many enjoy the ardors of
study?

 

Best wishes,

 

Dallas

 

-----Original Message-----
From: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of pedro oliveira
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 2:20 AM
To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Theos-World Re: Fundamentalism, religion and reason S D I 273

 

Dear Dallas,

Thank you for your reply. I am afraid I didn't make
myself clear. I didn't say I don't have time for the
study of Theosophy; fortunately, I have found time for
it for the past 30 years. What I did try to say is
that I find it difficult to engage in an online
discussion when vast amounts of information are
presented without any point of view/comment expressed.
Quotations can illustrate a discussion but they
can hardly, in themselves, help one to take place, as discussions 
imply listening, reflection, argumentation and consideration of 
someone else's point of view. Perhaps I should have taken into 
consideration your possible reticence in expressing points of view 
or comments on theosophical teachings. If this was the case I do
apologise.

Best wishes,

Pedro

--- In theos-talk@yahoogro <mailto:theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com,
"W.Dallas TenBroeck" 
<dalval14@...> wrote:
>
> 8/3/2006 10:45 AM
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Friend:
> 
> 
> 
> Please see insertions in [ ] brackets marked DTB. 
> 
> 
> 
> You say you have no time to study the mass of material offered so 
uniquely
> in THEOSOPHY . I agree that it is quite overwhelming - but this is 
not a
> quick crib. It is a lengthy study once that one is convinced of 
the logic
> of the records. To assure yourself of this, will require time and 
effort. 
> 
> 
> 
> None of us can afford any bias or prejudice - we have to be as 
impartial and
> thorough as we can manage - if we are engaging in this as a serous 
quest.
> 
> 
> 
> The Index I copy below will afford a synopsis of the subject.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> You ask for further comments on:
> 
> 
> 
> "That for long ages, the "Wise Men" 
> 
> 
> 
> -----------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> DTB [MAHATMAS, SAGES, BUDDHAS, BODHISATTVAS, ETC. -- DTB] 
> 
> 
> 
> of the Fifth [ARYAN -- DTB] Race 
> 
> 
> 
> DTB [ our MONADIC EGOS may have been part of this effort as 
Their
> DISCIPLES and PUPILS -- our HIGHER SELF (ATMA,) is immortal. 
> 
> 
> 
> The designations such as RACE, SUB-RACE, FAMILY RACE, etc. 
indicate a vast
> period of time in the total evolutionary scheme. We, as immortal 
EGOS
> (Spirit-Minds) reincarnated in those periods and have undergone the
> training. teaching and learning relative to that past physical 
environment.
> -DTB]
> 
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> of the stock saved and rescued from the last cataclysm and 
shifting of
> continents, had passed their lives in learning, not teaching. 
> 
> 
> 
> -------------------------------
> 
> DTB [ As to Enoch, Thoth or Hermes, Orpheus and Kadmus, these 
are all
> generic names, branches and offshoots of the seven primordial sages
> (incarnated Dhyan Chohans or Devas, in illusive, not mortal 
bodies) who
> taught Humanity all it knew, and whose earliest disciples assumed 
their
> master's names. This custom passed from the Fourth to the Fifth 
Race. Hence
> the sameness of the traditions about Hermes (of whom Egyptologists 
count
> five) Enoch, etc., they are all inventors of letters; NONE OF THEM 
DIES BUT
> STILL LIVES, AND THEY ARE THE FIRST INITIATORS INTO, AND FOUNDERS 
OF THE
> MYSTERIES. The Genesis of Enoch disappeared only very lately among 
the
> Kabalists. Guillaume Postel saw it. It was most certainly in a 
great measure
> a transcript from the books of Hermes, and far anterior to the 
Books of
> Moses, as Eliphas Levi tells his readers." S D II 267 fn DTB]
> 
> DTB ["The Third Race was pre-eminently the bright shadow, at 
first, of
> the gods, whom tradition exiles on Earth after the allegorical war 
in
> Heaven; which became still more allegorical on Earth, for it was 
the war
> between spirit and matter. This war will last till the inner and 
divine man
> adjusts his outer terrestrial self to his own spiritual nature. 
Till then
> the dark and fierce passions of the former will be at eternal feud 
with his
> master, the Divine Man. But the animal will be tamed one day, 
because its
> nature will be changed, and harmony will reign once more between 
the two as
> before the "Fall," when even mortal man was created by the 
Elements and was
> not born. " S D II 268 ]
> 
> ----------------------------------
> 
> How did they do so? 
> 
> 
> 
> It is answered: by checking, testing, and verifying in every 
department of
> nature the traditions of old by the independent visions of great 
adepts;
> i.e., men who have developed and perfected their physical, mental, 
psychic,
> and spiritual organisations to the utmost possible degree. 
> 
> 
> 
> DTB [ see S D I 327, 341, II 136, 191 -- DTB]
> 
> 
> 
> -------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> No vision of one adept was accepted till it was checked and 
confirmed by the
> visions-so 
> obtained as to stand as independent evidence-of other adepts, and 
by
> centuries of experiences." (SD, I, Summing Up, p. 273) 
> 
> 
> 
> DTB [ see S D I p. 39 -- DTB]
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> My understanding is subject to review of course. The quotes I 
offer are
> confirmation elsewhere in the SECRET DOCTRINE of those you quoted 
and asked
> about.
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> Courtesy of Pasadena Theosophical 
Publishing House 
> 
> 
> 
> From the SECRET DOCTRINE 
> 
> Race(s). See also Humanity, Man, Mankind,
> 
> Adamic, our II 6 
> androgynous II 96, 134 
> astral, & environment II 157 
> astral doubles, were II 115 
> Bamian statues record II 339-40 
> black, brown, older (Winchell) II 695 
> w bones & Adamic rib II 193 
> born fr gods, universal concept I 323 
> born, grow, die II 443-4 
> cataclysms &, transition II 500n, 703 
> complexions of II 178, 227 &n, 249-50, 282 
> condensation of II 151 
> creation of II 86-108 
> cycles & I 642; II 330-1, 780 
> destroyed by fire, water II 725-6 
> differences betw II 103, 249-50, 607n 
> divine, our, sprang fr II 365 
> dying out of II 779-80 
> each, has its deva II 538 
> each, under a planet II 23-4 
> 
> 
> earliest, needed no elements II 160 
> early, boneless, ethereal II 149 
> early, had no egos II 610 
> early Lemurian, roots of mammals II 736 
> early, sinless, karma-less II 610 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> effects of isolation on II 425 
> elect, & highest dhyanis II 276 
> ethereal, incorporeal II 194 
> ethereal to material & back again II 697 
> every, adapted to surroundings II 46 
> every, exalts its deity II 507 
> 
> 
> evolution of, & embryo II 187-9, 659 
> evolution of, performed in Mysteries II 419n 
> 
> 
> extinct, near Tchertchen I xxxiii-iv 
> fifth, humanity & Mahabharata II 139 
> 
> 
> first, & Manu II 307, 311 
> first & second, not physical II 108 
> first, had three elements II 107, 113 
> first, origin of II 86-7 
> first, or "self-born" II 164, 198 
> first, sexless II 134 
> first speaking, or Ad-i II 452 
> 
> 
> first three, & three orders of mammals II 713-14 
> first two, disappeared in progeny II 609n 
> first two, knew no death II 609 
> first two, many-shaped II 635 
> first, were created, destroyed II 704 
> first, without fire II 107, 113 
> 
> 
> five, & four Adams II 457, 503-4 
> five [in Vishnu Purana] II 322 
> 
> fourth developed speech II 198-200 
> garments of, (Zohar) II 315 
> giant II 754-6 
> of half-human monsters II 192 
> hermaphrodite (separating) II 134 
> human, can breed together II 195 
> hybrid, left by third II 714 
> Indo-European, height of II 749 
> inferior, explained II 162, 249n, 425 
> inferior, not always older II 721 
> initiates know history of II 133 
> initiates veil information re early II 715n 
> inner senses atrophied in early II 294 
> intellect dormant in early I 210 
> intermediate, evolved II 275 
> 
> Lemuria's accursed, lived in jungles II 319 
> many, disappear without trace II 437 
> 
> mindless, some early, remained II 161-2 
> mixture of, makes new races II 444 
> more ancient than mammals II 56n 
> once an organism without organs II 154
> 
> 
> our, has reached fifth subrace II 471n 
> 
> 
> overlap each other II 433n 
> oviparous even now II 131 
> phoenix stands for, -cycle II 617 
> 
> polygenetic origin of II 168, 249 
> pralaya of a II 404 
> 
> predestination in history of I 641 
> primeval, huge, filamentoid II 151 
> primitive, may be old, relapsed II 721-2 
> primitive, was boneless I 583n 
> 
> 
> red & blue, destroyed II 192 
> relics of distant, will be found I 609 
> rise & fall of, & writing II 442 
> 
> savage & civilized, in all ages II 716 
> self-, sweat-, & egg-born II 30, 68, 116-17, 172-3 
> 
> seven, & seven rays II 191n 
> seven, born simultaneously II 1-12, 77, 329, 611 
> seven, in Bible II 747-8 
> seven, in Revelation II 565, 748 
> seven, in various religions II 617-18 
> seven, kept secret I xxxv 
> seven kings or seven I 241; II 748 
> seven, on Babylonian Tree II 104 
> seven rishis are II 139 
> seven zones & II 77, 91, 249, 607n 
> 
> 
> 
> sterility of, explained II 195-6, 780 
> superior & inferior, a fallacy II 425 
> Talmudists lost sense of forty-nine II 618 
> 
> 
> Race that never dies II 67, 275 & fn, 281-2
> 
> 
> three ethereal II 669 
> three-eyed men of third & fourth II 669 
> three great, only remain II 471n, 780
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Root-Race -- Third. See also Lemurians, 
> 
> adepts dwelt under pyramids II 351-2 
> Adi-Varsha (Eden) of II 203 
> agnishvattas incarnated in II 91 
> analogy of principles & II 254n 
> androgyne II 165, 172, 177, 197 
> animalistic, last portion of II 254n 
> animal man descended fr I 650 
> animals two-sexed during II 184 
> ape-like, but thinking & speaking I 191 
> ape's ancestor fr man in I 190 &n; II 184-5 &nn, 187, 262, 729n 
> architecture fr rishis of I 208-9n 
> arupa pitris incarnate in II 93-4 
> asuras, rudras incarnated in II 164 
> Atlantean conflicts w II 227n 
> Atlantean giants fr, females II 275 
> Australians descended fr II 199n, 328 
> 
> 
> awakening of mind in, karmic II 198 
> babes walked when born II 197 
> Bamian statues & II 340 
> began in northern regions II 329 
> begat its progeny II 267 
> bisexual II 135, 197 
> w bones II 172, 183, 193 
> bright shadow of gods II 268 
> built boats before houses II 399n 
> civilization drowned II 426 
> civilization higher than Greek, Roman, & Egyptian II 429-30 
> climate semitropical II 329 
> colored light yellow II 250 
> continent II 7, 8, 328 
> cross in circle or I 5 
> cyclopean structures of II 317 
> Daksha & II 183 
> deluge not a curse II 410 
> deluge story applied to II 140 &n 
> demigods of II 319 
> description of, at zenith II 171-2 
> destroyed twice I 439n 
> deva-man of, & 3rd eye II 302 
> dhyanis incarnated in I 188; II 47n, 165, 228 
> disappeared at end of Secondary Age II 714 
> divine instructors & kings of II 194, 198, 201, 318, 359 
> divine ones of, & kriyasakti II 636-7 
> Dragons of Wisdom adepts of II 210 
> Earth's waist, navel appeared for II 400 
> Easter Island statues & II 340 
> Eastern Africa submerged in II 327 
> egg-born (oviparous) II 116, 123, 165-6, 173, 177, 181, 197 
> endowed w mind II 47n, 89, 248 
> "eternal spring" ended w separation II 201 
> Eva (Hebrew) & II 129-30 
> fallen "Serpent" (wisdom) descends on II 230 
> fell in North & Central Asia II 763n 
> fell into generation II 609 
> fell into pride II 271-2 
> first intellectual race II 211 
> first lands frozen over at time of II 201 
> first physical race II 46, 156-7, 789 
> first really human race II 329 
> fought giant monsters II 9 
> generation of bronze (Hesiod) II 97 
> Genesis 3 & II 46n, 410 
> geological deluge ended II 313 
> giant, ape-like, astral II 688n 
> giants, monsters produced in II 192-3 
> gods of, male & female II 135 
> hermaphrodite (separating) II 30, 134, 167 
> hybrid races left by II 714 
> Ida legend refers to II 147-8 
> intermediate race produced by II 275 
> Jared symbol of elect of II 597n 
> Jurassic, appeared in II 156 
> Kabiri, etc, incarnated in elect of II 360 
> knew death only toward close II 609 
> kriyasakti used by II 173-4, 181 
> last remnant of II 220 
> last semi-spiritual race II 134 
> late, fell into sin II 319 
> lunar pitris build bodies of II 110 
> male, female born fr shells II 197 
> male Moon sacred to I 397 
> mammals fr man in II 186 
> man an animal intellectually until II 161 
> manasa pitris awakened I 180-1, 539n; II 525n 
> man's spiritual origins in II 165-6n 
> manushyas created woman II 140 
> 
> 
> mid-, eighteen million years ago II 156-7; I 150fn,,
> 
> 
> mind awakened in mid- I 180-1; II 254-5 
> mind-born & will-born II 156 
> mind-born sons of II 204 
> mindless at separation I 190; II 267 
> mindless, bred w animals II 184-5, 191-3, 201 
> 
> 
> Mysteries revealed to II 281 
> 
> nirmanakayas & II 94, 201 
> nomads, savages of II 318 
> 
> 
> oral records of fourth race fr II 530 
> origin of culture II 782n 
> perished before Eocene II 313 
> Popol Vuh re II 160 
> pre-tertiary giants II 9 
> produced unconsciously I 207 
> psycho-spiritual mentally II 298-9n 
> religion of II 272-3 
> reproduction, three methods of II 132, 197 
> Secondary Age & II 713 
> secrets of nature public in II 319 
> semi-human during first half of II 685-6 
> Senzar fr second race devas I xliii 
> separation ended satya-yuga II 201 
> Seth, Adam's third son symbol of II 469
> 
> 
> sexes separated before mind I 207; II 191, 198, 228 
> sex fr hermaphrodites II 177-8 
> sexual in later II 3, 125, 132, 167, 182, 609 
> sight at beginning of II 299 
> 
> 
> Sin of Mindless among II 184-5, 191-2, 683 
> 
> 
> solid after midpoint & Fall II 250 
> Sons of Will & Yoga among I 207; II 163, 173, 181, 199, 220 
> speech developed w mind II 198 
> sweat-born & II 67-8, 131-3, 148, 172, 177, 198 
> tau symbol of, up to Fall I 5 
> third Adam, man of "dust" or II 457-8 
> third eye of II 288-302, 306 
> third round & I 188-9, 190 
> thought transference II 199 
> three aspects of II 254n 
> transformation of sexes during II 147 
> two sexes during fifth subrace of II 715n 
> Vaivasvata Manu & II 148-9 
> Vasishtha-Daksha's sons in II 78 
> vehicle of Lords of Wisdom II 172 
> Venus under influence of II 24 
> Wondrous Being descended in I 207 
> Zeus divides, man (Plato) II 177
> 
> Root-Race -- Fourth. See also Atlantis (ean), Cyclopes
> 
> acme of materiality II 534 
> adepts of II 210, 351-2 
> agglutinative language of some of II 199 
> anthropoids fr late II 193, 195 
> arrogant & full of pride II 271-2, 760 
> astronomy imparted to, by divine king II 29 
> Atlas' daughters seven subraces of II 768 
> Atlas symbolizes II 493 
> black w sin, became II 227, 250, 319 
> born in Secondary Age II 714 
> brown & yellow giants II 227n 
> catastrophe thinned II 309, 724 
> causes of destruction of, (Enoch) II 534 
> children of Padmapani (Chenresi) II 173 
> civilization of, greater than ours II 429-30 
> conflicts of, w third race II 227n 
> continent of, belonged to Eocene II 693 
> cosmic gods & four elements I 464 
> cross out of circle symbol of I 5 
> cyclopean civilization gave way to II 769 
> daityas, giants of II 31, 151, 183, 276 
> deified men of third race II 172 
> deluge destroyed II 140, 144 
> deluge not a curse II 350, 410 
> descending arc ends at middle of II 180 
> destroyed in its kali-yuga II 147n 
> developed fr third race men II 334 
> developed speech II 198-200 
> door into human kingdom closed in I 182 
> duration of II 10 
> early, worshiped spirit alone I 327 
> Easter Island statues II 224-5, 316n, 326-7, 331 
> eleven buddhas only belong to II 423n 
> ethereal prototypes of II 9 
> Eye of Siva in II 302 
> first "truly human" race II 715n 
> fled to high mountains II 724 
> fourth Adam "fallen" II 457-8 
> fourth continent of II 8 
> Genesis 3 refers to early II 410 
> gibborim or II 279 
> golden-yellow race II 319 
> Hanokh (Enoch) gave wisdom of, to Noah II 532 
> height of, early Eocene II 433n, 710 
> inherited wisdom fr third race II 530 
> initiates made Bamian statues II 339 
> instructors of II 359 
> intelligence of, earthy & impure II 134 
> Kabiri incarnated in elect of II 360 
> karma gradually changed II 411 
> language is perfected in I 189 
> last of, invade Europe II 743-4 
> lion symbolizes II 533 
> magicians of, called dragons II 280n 
> Mahabharata re end of II 146 
> male heroes of, we worship II 135 
> mankind mostly fr seventh subrace of II 178 
> mated w lower beings II 284-5 
> middle of, man & globe grosser II 250-1 
> Neptune symb titanic strength of II 766 
> Nereus rules II 766 
> Noah symbol of II 597n 
> oral records of II 530 
> physical origin of later races in early II 165n 
> pioneers of, not Atlanteans II 323 
> pyramids & adepts of II 351-2 
> Rakshasi Bhasha language of II 199 
> records since beginning of I 646 
> red-yellow II 250 
> resorted to body-worship II 279 
> semi-demons of II 319 
> Seth-Enos II 134 
> seventh subrace of, mixed w Aryans II 743 
> shadows of pitris dominate to midpoint of II 110 
> siddhas of, & fifth race sages II 636 
> Sons of Wisdom & II 228 
> sorcery & androgyne Moon I 397 
> spirits of giant tabernacles of I 225 
> third eye & II 294, 302, 306 
> third subrace of, & records II 353 
> three-eyed in early II 294 
> transmitted four elements to fifth race I 342 
> two eyes perfected at beginning of II 769 
> two sexes in II 125, 173 
> Ulysses hero of II 769 
> unique I 182 
> Vaivasvata & II 140, 309, 313 
> Venus story in Puranas & II 30 
> war between, & fifth race initiates I 419 
> white & black magic began in I 192n; II 211 
> wisdom only thru initiation in II 134 
> Zeus reigns but Poseidon rules II 766
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Root-Race -- 5th. See also Aryan Race
> 
> adepts of II 210, 351-2, 384 
> adepts vs Atlantean sorcerers II 384 
> age of II 10 
> animal propensities in I 610 
> anthropoids will die out in I 184 
> 
> 
> arhatship at end of I 206-7 
> Aryan incorrect name II 434 
> in Asia II 280n 
> 
> 
> Atlantean deluge & II 144 
> Atlantean karma of II 302 
> Atlantis sank in infancy of I 650-1; II 147n, 350, 714 
> 
> 
> Bamian statue records II 340 
> bull symbolizes II 533 
> China one of oldest, nations II 364 
> colors of II 249-50, 351 
> continent of II 8-9 
> cradleland of II 204 
> decrease in stature of I 609; II 279 
> deified man of third race II 172 
> deluges in II 353 
> deluges of barbarians in II 742n 
> destruction of, (2Peter) II 757 
> 
> 
> divine kings of II 351, 353, 359, 436 
> 
> 
> early, greeted Venus-Lucifer II 759 
> earthly spirit of fourth strong in I 224-5 
> earthquakes & eruptions in II 307n 
> 
> family races of fourth subrace of II 433 
> 
> 
> fifth element (ether) & II 135 
> fifth subrace I 319, 471n 
> 
> 
> first appearance of II 395 
> first deluge of, cosmical II 353 
> first glacial period & II 144 
> first, second races & II 300 
> first symmetrical race II 294 
> 
> 
> fourth subrace of I 319; II 433 
> 
> 
> hearing limited at beginning of I 535n 
> history mostly of I 406; II 351, 444 
> idolatry, anthropomorphism in II 503 
> inflectional language of II 200 
> initiates wrote Rig-Veda II 606 
> intellectual replaced spiritual I 225; II 300 
> knowledge of writing & II 442 
> led away by preconceptions I 298 
> lunar-solar worship divided I 397 
> magicians called dragons II 280n 
> Mahabharata prologue to II 139 
> manasa period of races II 300 
> man helpless, scrofulous II 411 
> midpoint of subrace I xliii, 185, 610 
> mode of procreation will be altered I 406 
> Mysteries reestablished by II 124 
> not entirely Aryan II 429 
> 
> 
> now in kali-yuga II 147n 
> 
> 
> reincarnation tenets fr fourth race II 760 
> rescued fr last cataclysm I 273 
> Roman, Gnostic, Greek symbols of II 458 
> sages of, & fourth race siddhas II 636 
> 
> 
> Sanskrit & I 23; II 200 
> 
> 
> serpents redescended & taught II 355 
> skeletons nine-twelve feet explained II 293 
> some of, have reached adeptship I 206 
> sorcery in II 503 
> Tau cross & I 5 
> third race spirituality coming to I 225 
> tribes of, fought Atlanteans II 225 
> twenty-four buddhas in II 423 &n 
> Vaivasvata saved II 140, 309, 310, 313-14 
> Vaivasvata seed of, man II 146-7, 249-50 
> volcanic conflagrations will end II 307n 
> war between, & fourth race sorcerers I 419 
> we are now in II 140n, 434 
> White Head or, (Kabbala) II 705-6 
> will gradually change II 445-6 
> will overlap sixth race II 444-6 
> will transmit ether to sixth race I 342 
> wisdom dictated to, in Senzar I xliii
> 
> 
> 
> ==================================
> 
> 
> 
> Well, that is a lot to encompass - takes years of diligent and 
devoted study
> to make sense of all that is advanced from the ancient records. 
That is of
> course "history." 
> 
> 
> 
> Assurance may be first derived that it is NOT "SCIENCE - 
FICTION." The
> logic inherent in the whole curriculum does give this kind of 
assurance. 
> 
> 
> 
> Many of the "gaps" in scientific theorizing are filled.
> 
> 
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dallas
> 
> =====================
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message------
> 
> On Behalf Of pedro oliveira
> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 5:12 AM
> To: 
> Subject: Re: Fundamentalism, religion and reason
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Dallas,
> 
> Thank you for your posting. As I find it hard to absorb vast 
amounts 
> of information all at once, and because I am interested in 
inquiring 
> into the question of fundamentalism as deeply as possible, I would 
> like to ask you, if I may, for you to give us your comments or 
> interpretation of the well-known passage which you just quoted and 
> which I copy here:
> 
> "That for long ages, the "Wise Men" of the Fifth Race, of the 
stock 
> saved and rescued from the last cataclysm and shifting of 
> continents, had passed their lives in learning, not teaching. How 
> did they do so? It is answered: by checking, testing, and 
verifying 
> in every department of nature the traditions of old by the 
> independent visions of great adepts; i.e., men who have developed 
> and perfected their physical, mental, psychic, and spiritual
> organisations to the utmost possible degree. No vision of one 
adept 
> was accepted till it was checked and confirmed by the visions-so 
> obtained as to stand as independent evidence-of other adepts, and 
by 
> centuries of experiences." (SD, I, Summing Up)
> 
> I regard the above passage a core statement not only about the 
> origins of Theosophy as a teaching but also about the very soul of 
> religion. It seems to me that it is only when this vital spirit of 
> learning through checking, testing and verifying, with the 
wholeness 
> of our perception, the received traditions, weakens or dies that 
> dogmatism, intolerance and rigidity in spiritual matters arise.
> 
> May we have you thoughts on the above?
> 
> With warm regards,
> 
> Pedro
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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