Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00811)

Dear Carl,

Here are some interesting links regarding your quest:

New Acropolis, an occult organization, accused in various countries 
of ties to the extreme Right
http://www.stelling.nl/simpos/acropole.htm

A Quantitative Study of Former Members of New Acropolis in France
http://www.cesnur.org/testi/Acropolis.htm

Story of an Emperor: Jorge Angel Livraga Rizzi Founder of New 
Acropolis
http://www.kelebekler.com/cesnur/txt/liv-gb.htm

The Theosophical Society's Position on New Acropolis
http://www.kelebekler.com/cesnur/txt/theosophy.htm

I am sending to you privately a copy of the Report on the EXPULSION 
FROM THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF Mr. Jorge Angel Livraga by TS in 
Argentina and of the Report on the NA by the EFTS officer.

It seems that as a young and active member of the TS in Argentina Mr. 
Livraga corresponded and met with Mr. Sri Ram, but that after his 
expulsion from the TS there was no contact any more.

Alleged infiltration of an NA member into the Theosophical Society in 
Yugoslavia and the fact that she was allowed to give lectures and to 
take important position in one of the lodges was the main formal 
reason for the removal of Charters of five lodges out of eight and 
removal of Diplomas of seven top officials of the TS in Yugoslavia 
from the part of the President of the Theosophical Society, Mrs Radha 
Burnier, what consequently led to the dissolution of the TS in 
Yugoslavia. There are some indications that this NA member is now 
working for the NA in Russia.

Warmest regards,
Anton


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Carl Ek" <carl.ek@...> wrote:
>
> I just read a short biography on the founder of New Acropolis, 
Jorge 
> Angel Livraga Rizzi, in which I found the following:
> 
> "In 1956 he founded the magazine "Estudios Teosóficos" 
(Theosophical 
> Studies), which was intended to make the works of H.P.Blavatsky 
more 
> widely known among university students, by comparing them with the 
> new scientific discoveries of the 20th century. In the following 
> year, on the instructions of the renowned theosophist Sri Ram, he 
> took this work a step further by creating "New Acropolis", an 
> Association intended to promote Philosophy among young people, 
along 
> the lines of the classical Schools of Philosophy, such as Plato's 
> Academy and the Neoplatonic School. "We realised that humanity 
> possessed an immense treasure of Wisdom, which had been hidden and 
> forgotten, and lay beyond the reach of young people. A Wisdom that 
> provides answers about the meaning of life and ways in which 
> society - the world around us - can be improved", he recalled on 
one 
> occasion."
> 
> From: http://www.acropolis.org.au/AboutNewAcropolis.htm
> 
> So the origin of this organisation is an "instruction" of N. Sri 
> Ram, they say. I have not seen this information before, so I under 
> if anyone here know something about this, and about the view of TS 
> Adyar on NA, then as well as today. And is this right? Was the 
> original idea Sri Ram's? I know that the founder was originally a 
TS 
> Adyar member, but not that he was in some way close to Sri Ram.
> 
> Thanks!
> Carl
>