Theos-Talk Archives (October 2006 Message tt00161)

Daniel,

I don't think your question is anything but rhetorical,  but I take the opportunity to send you my greetings.

I hope the revelations about Adyar's ritualistic  power mechanisms are not depressing to you.


Regards,  Carlos. 


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Data:Wed, 11 Oct 2006 15:46:06 -0000

Assunto:Theos-World Carlos on: Secret Society versus Esoteric School

> Carlos, you wrote:
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> ...there is a difference -- a technical difference -- between a 
> secret society, strictu sensu, and an esoteric school.
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> An esoteric school (as a masonry, Archane School, etc.) is an 
> esoteric, selective group/institution, but not a "secret" one, since 
> its existence in itself is relatively well-known and public. Only 
> its membership is not public.
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> For instance, HPB wrote many pages about the Esoteric School in her 
> book "The Key to Theosophy". Every new member of the Adyar TS is 
> even today told that an Esoteric School exists, etc.
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> On the other hand, the Adyar "Egyptian Rite" is a "secret society", 
> indeed, in the sense that it tries to be completely unknown. No one 
> is supposed to positively know of its existence except its members. 
> Not even senior members of the Adyar ES, or "33 degrees" of 
> Theosophical Masonry....
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> So in light of this "difference" in terms, do you consider the ULT's 
> Esoteric School --- Dzyan Esoteric School [founded by Robert 
> Crosbie] --- a "secret society" like the Egyptian Rite or 
> an "esoteric school" like HPB's esoteric school of 1888-1891? 
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