Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00230)

Carl, 


Tell us what is said there. Is it worthwile looking for it? I'm not at home.

If you have such a revolutionary statement, you could kindly help us bibliographically. 

Carlos. 


 

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Data:Sat, 04 Nov 2006 13:28:13 -0000

Assunto:Theos-World Re: HPB and Sat B'hai

> Again read: HPB on Freemasonry see "HPB Speaks, vol. I, chapter VII, 
> pp. 27-36".
> 
> Carl
> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "carlosaveline" 
> wrote:
> >
> > Carl, Tillett, Friends, 
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > OK. 
> > 
> > So HPB was an "honorary member" of the Sat Bhai, and this, as 
> early as 1877.
> > 
> > Honorary member is no active member; it means that a homage was 
> made to her. 
> > 
> > Not the only one -- as she had a diploma from "Adoption Masonry", 
> too. 
> > 
> > 
> > Honorary titles.
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards, Carlos. 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > De:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> > 
> > Para:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> > 
> > Cópia:
> > 
> > Data:Sat, 4 Nov 2006 07:12:20 +1100 (EST)
> > 
> > Assunto:Theos-World HPB and Sat B'hai
> > 
> > > In April, 1878, HPB and Colonel Olcott discussed this 
> possibility, and
> > > concluded that it would serve to restore "the vital element of 
> Oriental
> > > Mysticism" to the higher degrees. But there were objections from 
> Indian
> > > members of the TS, and the scheme was abandoned. However, both 
> HPB and
> > > Olcott were made Honorary Members of the Sat B'hai, on August 9, 
> 1877. 
> > > HPB was made a member of the sixth degree, level one, Arch 
> Auditor; the
> > > name of this degree and level was Rad, and, like the fifth and 
> seventh
> > > degrees, was open both non-Masons and to women. HSO was made a 
> member of
> > > the second degree, sixth level. Arch Courier; the name of this 
> degree was
> > > Garuda, and it was open only to Master Masons (as was the first 
> degree). 
> > > In Sat B'hai the first degree was the highest, and the seventh 
> the lowest.
> > > 
> > > The Royal Oriental Order of Sikha (Apex) and the Sat B'hai seems 
> to have
> > > been founded by an Anglo-Indian, Captain James Henry Lawrence 
> Archer of
> > > the Indian Army, but the organization of the Order was largely 
> of the work
> > > of Kenneth Robert Henderson Mackenzie (1833-86), author of 
> the "Royal
> > > Masonic Cyclopaedia" (1877), and a member of the TS. The first 
> public
> > > statements about the Order appeared in correspondence in "The 
> Freemason"
> > > in early 1871, however although great claims were made for its 
> antiquity
> > > and importance, and despite Mackenzie's efforts to establish it 
> as a
> > > working organization, it does not seem to have moved much beyond 
> being a
> > > plan. By January, 1879, Mackenzie had concluded that the Order 
> had
> > > finished.
> > > 
> > > The Sat B'hai was never adopted for use within the TS.
> > > 
> > > Information on the membership of HPB and HSO in Sat B'hai comes 
> from the
> > > archives of the Order which were (and, I believe, still are) in 
> the Yarker
> > > archives in London, where I had access to them.
> > > 
> > > Dr Gregory Tillett
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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