Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00330)

Friends, 

In two previous postings, sent today and yesterday,  I have discussed how Al Gore sees the future of our civilization. 
As the excess of carbon dioxide goes to levels ever higher, climate change has already started in large scale.   
Gore ideas had a 19th century anticipation in a book by William Q. Judge. 
See now what HPB wrote in "The Theosophist", in November 1879, on the direct relationship between deforestation and the end of civlizations.  

And then think how are the planet's forests now...

HPB says: 
"While every patriot Hindu bewails the decadence of his country, few realize the real cause. It is neither in foreign rule, excessive taxation, nor crude and exhaustive husbandry, so much as in the destruction of its forests. The stripping of the hills and drainage-slopes of their vegetation is a positive crime against the nation, and will decimate the population more effectually than could the sword of any foreign conqueror.  (...)  (...) We need only glance at the pages of history to see that the ruin and ultimate extinction of national power follow the extirpation of forests as surely as night follows day. Nature has provided the means for human development; and her laws can never be violated without disaster."  

Read all of her short article entitled "The Ruin of India" at the Pasadena TS website, clicking at  
http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/theosoph/theos2a.htm#ruin

Best regards,   Carlos. 


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