Theos-Talk Archives (November 2006 Message tt00905)

Dear Friends,

The text below was  brought  by Chuck to Theos-talk last July 5th. Hopefully, some member of Theos-talk can clarify or expand on the data Chuck says. I would appreciate any commentaries -- and especially further bibliographical evidences. 

Regards, Carlos.  


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Wed, 5 Jul 2006 11:15:26 EDT

  
The notion of the Theosophical Society being one of the inspirations for the 
Nazis has a long history and unfortunately, to someone not truly aware of 
the nature of the Theosophical Society, a notion that can be made believable.

It is an embarrassing truth that Mrs. Besant was an admirer of fascism, 
particularly of the Italian variety and praise of Mussolini's Italy drips from 
the pages of the Adyar Theosophist during the 1920. In addition to that, 
Mussolini himself wrote an article for The Herald of the Star, the organ of the 
Order of the Star in the East, which was published in 1922.

During the 1930's, George Arundale made a number of public utterances 
praising Hitler, including one rather embarrassing comment in a 1936 issue of the 
Adyar Theosophist when he spoke of Hitler, Mussolini and Roosevelt as the 
three greatest leaders of the time. What Mrs. Roosevelt thought of this is not 
known.

Now, if you add to that the gobbledygook about root races that was floating 
around at the time (Jinarajadasa-First Principles of Theosophy, 1934,  I 
believe) you have one hell of a public relations problem.

The people who really don't like Theosophy have been using that stuff to 
beat the drum about Theosophy and the Nazis for decades. The latest book, while 
annoying, is nothing new.

Chuck the Heretic



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