Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00872)

Ben,

You've made quite a few points here.  I broadly agree with them, and 
of course I can't tell the future! It's always open to questions. 
 
What makes me feel that the denial strategies are "not eternal" is 
that as I see the last few decades of Adyar's historical evolution --
say, 1979-2006 -- and having studied the rest of it, I see that the 
whole set of denial mechanisms is, let's say, "making water", 
sinking, centimeter by centimeter (in such a slow pace that you 
would swear it is not taking place at all).   

The orchestra may still play, and desperately so, but the Titanic of 
Illusions has met its iceberg already. 

The Adyar TS is different from AMORC in that it has been much more 
open to debate, from its initial moments (1875-1891). 

If Adyar TS has several levels or layers of consciousness, then the  
highest of them is polarized around the philosophy taught by the 
Masters themselves, through Damodar, Subba Row, others disciples and 
HPB. 

Illusions, I guess, pass; the original inspiration stands,  and must 
be rediscovered once and again.  

On a more mundane analysis,I would say that since 1933-1934 and  up 
to John Coats, the last international president previous to Ms. 
Radha Burnier, Leadbeater and Besant were unquestioned as occult and 
clairvoyant authorities, and as the best-selling authors.  

Since 1980, R. B. has been slowly leaving CWL/AB apart and favouring 
Krishnamurti, whose "teachings" are not quite theosophical at all. 

The book market has nearly abandoned both CWL and AB while HPB books 
made great progress. Tillett's book also has had a silent impact 
which is much greater than its visible effects or "sucess". 

I tend to see this apparently slow historical trend by which the 
Adyar movement starts to take distance from CWL/AB ( 1934-2006 ) as 
a preparation for the next phase.  

The publication of the "HPB Collected Writings" by Adyar, for 
instance,  gives Adyar TS members an accepted source (with 
an "imprimatur", so to say) to authentic Theosophy;  and it may be 
used some time in the future. 

But, of course, history must be lived, and built, day by day. That's 
the best part of it. 


Carlos. 






--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Ben Scaro" <bscaro@...> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure why you think a public policy of denial in relation 
to 
> CWL would not be maintained - for a very long time.
> 
> I'm in a similar situation researching matters around the AMORC 
> founder HS Lewis who himself had a colourful and largely 
manufactured 
> history. 
>