Theos-Talk Archives (October 2006 Message tt00151)

Hi Gregory,

I would be interested in knowing what Temple ES materials you are 
referring to? Thanks for any information.

Adelasie

On 11 Oct 2006 at 15:34, gregory@zeta.org.au wrote:

> Thanks to Adelasie - the Temple of the People website was impressive and
> very interesting. I knew the Temple continued but did not know whether the
> ES group that appears to have existed in it in the early days continued (I
> have some of its printed materials). Apparently not.
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> I note I omitted several other secret societies from my list:
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> (i) An inner group in the Order of the Star in the East - obviously no
> longer functioning.
> (ii) The Temple of the Rosy Cross - no longer functioning, although a
> vague remnant of it is found in the Ritual of the Mystic Star and the
> Krotona Service (both of which are barely functioning although not
> secret).
> (iii) A secret World Mother group, orignally working under Leadbeater, and
> claiming direct "succession" from the World Mother for the "ordination" of
> women in a parallel form to the ordination of men in the Christian Church
> - this still exists albeit in latent rather than active form. I know of no
> published reference to it outside my own writings and those of Dr Brendan
> French. It is not to be confused with the public World Mother Movement of
> Leadbeater and Rukmini Arundale, or of an equivalent public Theosophical
> movement based in the Netherlands.
> (iv) a quasi-secret Co-Masonic group claiming a succession from the Rites
> of Memphis and Mizraim which operated in Leadbeater's time - I do not know
> whether this is still active; it falls within my criteria because it was
> not open to Co-Masons generally.
> (vii) a break-away from the Egyptian Rite led by Herbrand Williams in
> England - I assume this is no longer functioning.
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> With regard to Steiner, at least one group (although publicly
> acknowledged) operates within the Anthroposophical Society. One other had
> been closed by Steiner but is said to operate separately in parts of
> Europe.
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> I do not know whether Bailey's Arcane School currently has an ES.
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> I would welcome any suggestions of additions to the list.
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> Dr Gregory Tillett
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