Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00282)

Carl,

Interesting subject, thanks. 

By "ES ritual", I guess you mean the procedures for the entrance of new members.  

ES meetings, in the Blavatsky system,  are basically meditation/introspection/study meetings.

>From my perspective, the important thing here is to see that the theosophical movement has always had some "selective" procedures, or esoteric levels, and so everyone who wants to undertand the movement and has respect for it should have respect for these  procuedures,  too (which are very ancient and traditional). 

Regards,  Carlos. 

De:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com

Para:theos-talk@yahoogroups.com

Cópia:

Data:Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:46:48 -0000

Assunto:[Spam] Theos-World Re: Ritual Initiations in the TS

> Dr Tillett,
> 
> There used to been (now sent to Pasadena), an old copy in Stockholm. 
> This is/was the property of the Swedish Section of TS Pasadena. The 
> library was closed last year, and they send away several documents 
> to Pasadena and the ritual was among them. If they have photocopies 
> of them are I not sure, but ask Mr. Herbert Edlund in Gothenburg. 
> But any way, they have them in Pasadena now. 
> 
> I was shown for some years ago one paper (from the papers above) 
> with a ritual from the early 1880's, and it looked very similar to 
> the later ES-ritual.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Carl Ek
> 
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, gregory@... wrote:
> >
> > In its early days the TS worked as a secret society. At a meeting 
> on
> > January 12, 1876 a resolution was passed: That in future the 
> Society adopt
> > the principle of secrecy in connection with its proceedings and
> > transactions, and that a Committee be appointed to draw up and 
> report upon
> > details necessary to give effect to such a change.
> > 
> > Thereafter, Fellows were admitted through a ritual initiation in 
> which
> > they were given passwords, grips and signs which they undertook to 
> keep
> > secret and by which they were enabled to recognize other members. 
> But
> > there was little practical effort to maintain secrecy, even though
> > applicants for membership signed a document in which they 
> pledged "to ever
> > maintain ABSOLUTE SECRECY respecting [the Society's] proceedings,
> > including its investigations and experiments, except in so far as
> > publication may be authorized by the society or council".
> > 
> > At the 1885 Convention the rules were revised, and the Objects 
> more or
> > less as presently held were adopted. The Initiation ceremony was 
> abandoned
> > "as giving rise to misunderstanding on the part of the public, and 
> the
> > form of obligation being repugnant to many." But the signs and 
> passwords
> > were retained.
> > 
> > Has anyone seen the texts of the ritual initiations from 1876-
> 1885? Or the
> > signs and passwords that were retained (until when?) after 1885?
> > 
> > Dr Gregory Tillett
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> E-mail classificado pelo Identificador de Spam Inteligente Terra.
> Para alterar a categoria classificada, visite
> http://mail.terra.com.br/protected_email/imail/imail.cgi?+_u=carlosaveline&_l=1,1162724051.968566.22228.caneria.hst.terra.com.br,5634,20031127114101,20031127114101
> 
> Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo E-mail Protegido Terra.
> Scan engine: McAfee VirusScan / Atualizado em 03/11/2006 / Versão: 4.4.00/4888
> Proteja o seu e-mail Terra: http://mail.terra.com.br/


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]