Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00521)

Dear Bill,
The dialogue is deteriorating rapidly here anychance we can breathe life back into theos fight?
Cass

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From: carlosaveline <carlosaveline@terra.com.br>
To: theos-talk <theos-talk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2006 1:22:49 AM
Subject: Theos-World Terry Hobbes & Caldwell









  


    
            Friends,



See below the fourth and last part of Paul Johnson's investigative report 

on Daniel Caldwell and his [possible] aliases. 



Carlos. 



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WHAT ABOUT TERRY HOBBES?



Monday, 13 Feb 2006, 

 

>From Paul Johnson on TERRY HOBBES 

 

ooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooo ooooooooo

 

 Hey,

 

On my first week in cyberspace I joined the newly-created theos-l, and

was soon greeted by a message from "Terry Hobbes" denouncing my self-

published book 'In Search of the Masters'  and promoting an "Open Letter

to Paul Johnson" that could be purchased from Daniel Caldwell for $8.

Here is my reply which includes the post from Hobbes:

 

http://www.theos- l.com/archives/ 199312/tl00105. html

 

This was disturbing because I had entered into correspondence with Mr.

Caldwell with the specific understanding that it remain private.  When

I posted to this effect, "Hobbes" then reported a "telephone

conversation" with Caldwell and related the content.

 

http://www.theos- l.com/archives/ 199312/tl00113. html

 

Compared to Green's, Hobbes's career in Theosophical cyberspace was

very brief, lasting only from late 1993 to early 1994.  However, many

years later he reappeared as author of an article on Caldwell's 

website:

 

http://www.blavatsk yarchives. com/latermesseng ers.htm

 

and like the articles written by Green, these share several 

Caldwellian features.  The theme is Caldwell's usual obsession, 

attacking various claimants to succession from HPB.  The style is 

his, again with large excerpts from primary sources, plentiful 

rhetorical questions, and a general hectoring tone.  Moreover, Google 

shows the email address used by Hobbes back in 1993-4, 

hobb@delphi. com, to have appeared online only in Theosophical 

discussions.  So this is another person whose existence is in doubt, 

and who might have been an alter ego for Mr. Caldwell.  While Hobbes 

was not nearly as nasty and confrontational as Green, the dishonesty 

and manipulation are even more striking in that Hobbes reported a 

conversation with Caldwell and engaged me in discussion under what 

now appear to be false pretenses.  It's quite amazing to consider 

that from week one in cyberspace back in 1993 I was being stalked by 

this Internet troll.

 

Unless, of course, there is a real Terry Hobbes in which case I'd 

appreciate confirmation of his existence.

 

Paul  [Johnson] 

 

 



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