Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00144)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, M K Ramadoss  wrote:

> Unfortunately, theosophical organizations and many of its
> leaders have not jumped at the opportunity that Internet has
> provided in making theosophy available to all.

It's because the leaders are too old. In America and Russia one person 
cannot occupy the presidential office for more than two terms, and I 
think it would be not bad to introduce this rule in the Theosophical 
Society too.
Yet it will not solve the problem, as majority of the members are also 
old. This tendence was already present as early as in the beginning of 
20th century.

By now several good theosophical sites exist, and most of the 
theosophical classics is already online. Nevertheless, it hasn't made 
theosophy significantly more popular. Maybe in the long run these 
sites shall attract more young people but now I don't see the marked 
difference.

By the way, the Founders used also the age-old methods:

"H.P.B.'s intense desire was to attract the attention of men of 
position to Theosophy. For this purpose she worked hard and succeeded 
eventually."
(A Reminiscence of H.P.B. by G. Soobiah Chetty)

I don't know, is anything made now in this direction. If not, it will 
clearly show that the problem is not in that the leaders are 
old-fashioned.