Theos-Talk Archives (October 2006 Message tt00122)

MKR,

Yes,  I don't think Adyar people like Pedro Oliveira, Katinka H., etc., will be too much talkative about this.  They may be part of the ER or not, but there are means to lead non-members to silence, as the ones you mentioned below. 

Carlos. 


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Data:Mon, 9 Oct 2006 09:49:19 -0500

Assunto:Re: Theos-World G.Tillett & ER

> I have been around theosophical circles in India for several decades and
> during all that time I never heard about the rite.
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> The first time I learnt about it in Tillett's book and to this day no one
> has disputed what he had mentioned. Of course some light on the existence is
> shed by Internet maillist. One more instance of the power of Internet in
> disseminating info internationally!
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> On 10/9/06, carlosaveline wrote:
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> > Dear Friends,
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> > This text by G. Tillett, brought to us by Daniel (thanks, Daniel), is
> > useful.
> >
> > To this one should add that the "Rite" works as an "occult trap", a
> > political device to control the movement from within, something whose
> > existence most members of the Adyar Esoteric School (including third degree
> > pledged) don't even know about.
> >
> > I wonder why "historical researchers" like Katinka Hesselink and John
> > Algeo do not write about this clandestine ritualistic control of the Adyar
> > Movement, started in the 1910s/1920s and based on the clairvoyant fancies of
> > CWL.
> >
> > This is a major stumbling block in the way for the Adyar Movement to "go
> > forward to Blavatsky" -- and to truthfulness.
> >
> > Best regards, Carlos.
> >
> > oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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> > Egyptian Rite
> > May 26, 2005 06:59 PM
> > by gregory
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > This text, brought by Daniel (thanks, Daniel...), is iseful. To it one
> > should add that the "Rite" works as an occult trap, a political device to
> > control the movement from within.
> >
> > Having received a number of e-mails requesting further information on the
> > Egyptian Rite after my reference to it in a previous posting, it seems
> > more
> > efficient to post the following summary of part of a paper I am writing on
> > the
> > history of this group:
> >
> > The Egyptian Rite was developed between 1929 and 1930. Leadbeater planned
> > that
> > the Egyptian Rite would draw together the angels associated with Church
> > ceremonial, and those of Co-Masonic working, and in this he claimed the
> > encouragement and inspiration of the Master The Count, who is claimed to
> > have
> > assisted in the drafting of the rituals. The rituals were originally
> > compiled
> > by Wedgwood, since he was said to have a special relationship with The
> > Count.
> > However, Leadbeater did not like the results, and submitted them to
> > Arundale
> > for revision. The final work was said to constitute "the most powerful
> > occult ritual in the world".
> > The published ER Ritual was formally issued on Christmas Day, 1931,
> > bearing
> > the imprimatur of Mrs Besant as Grand Master.
> > The ritual of the Egyptian Rite begins with the three stages of the Temple
> > of
> > the Quest – Fire, Form and Life. By the conclusion of these it was
> > originally
> > taught that the candidate would be on Probation (in Leadbeater's scheme of
> > occult development). Various "mystic words" were communicated to
> > candidates in
> > the different degrees: for example, in the First Stage the word was Vir (=
> > vita igne renovator), in the Second Stage Fas (= forma animae serva) and
> > Via
> > (= vehimur in atum), and in the Third Stage Vita (= voluntas intus
> > transformatur amore). Likewise, various mystic signs were communicated to
> > the
> > candidate: for example, the Sign of Order (the right hand on the heart).
> > After completing the Temple of the Quest, the candidate is then ready to
> > advance to the fourth stage, the Temple of the Rose and the Cross. Once
> > accepted as the chela of a Master he can go on to the fifth stage, the
> > Outer
> > Temple or Temple of the Dawn, followed by the sixth stage, the Inner
> > Temple or
> > Temple of the Star. The sixth stage is "The entry into the Inner Temple
> > itself, the Temple of the Star, the service of which is restricted to
> > members
> > of the Great Brotherhood of Light – from the youngest Initiate to the
> > Masters,
> > Lords, Princes, Rulers of Light; nay, to the very King Himself. These are
> > the
> > Brothers of Light."
> > These are the degrees to be worked by the members, and above them is the
> > seventh stage, the Sovereign Sanctuary of the Masters of the Light, the
> > governing body of the ER (originally Besant, Arundale and Leadbeater).
> > Beyond
> > that is the Great Hierarchy.
> > Sri Ram sent a circular to all members of the 4th, 5th and 6th stages in
> > April, 1954, declaring that in future those admitted above the 3rd
> > stage "should not be presumed to be necessarily in the Occult stages to
> > which
> > these stages of the Egyptian Rite may be said to correspond." Sri Ram made
> > certain modifications to the ritual to reflect this change.
> > It is said that the current head of the ER, Radha Burnier, has closed down
> > all
> > but the Temple of the Quest.
> >
> > Dr Gregory Tillett
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> > Assunto:Theos-World Gregory Tillett on the Egyptian Rite
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> > > See:
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> > > http://theosophy.com/theos-talk/200505/tt00698.html
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