Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00019)

Comparing Burnier's & Aveline's 
statements on "events long past" 

I find it quite fascinating to COMPARE the statements
and the reasoning behind the statements in the
following two excerpts from Radha Burnier and
Carlos Aveline.

First Radha Burnier's statement as given in July 2006
on this forum. She is writing about the Judge case
and the conflicts that occurred principally between
William Judge and Annie Besant.

Ms. Burnier wrote to Carlos Aveline:

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I do not see the point of reopening the Judge case and
using one's time and energy on events long past. Except for
a few people like you, nobody is preoccupied with past
affairs, because they are more focused with the work to
be done now.
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Now compare Burnier's statement with what Carlos Aveline
has written about the conflicts occurring between
Mr. Crosbie and Mrs. Tingley:

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In the long run, now we have many other things more
important than considering in a personalistic and gossipy
way the older-days difficulties between Pasadena TS and the
United Lodge of Theosophists.
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Notice that in both cases the case is made for things
MORE important NOW as opposed to "older-days difficulties"
and "events long past".

In the Judge Case Mr. Aveline never tires of saying that one
of the main issues is the attacks made against Mr. Judge.

And yet Mr. Aveline seems to show no concern for the attacks
made against Mrs. Tingley in the two principal histories written
by the editors of THEOSOPHY magazine. The 2nd edition of the history 
in question is still sold by the various ULT centers and I have seen
copies on the book tables of said groups.

Apparently whole generations of ULT students have been "conditioned"
to view Mrs. Tingley in the particular way she is described in these
Theosophy Company histories.

If Aveline is so concerned about the attacks against Madame
Blavatsky and Mr. Judge, I ask him if he is concerned about
the "attacks" made by the editors of Theosophy Magazines against
Mrs. Tingley?

Daniel
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