Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00981)

2 Points for Tingley


    Here's something Blavatsky wrote about 
a "paraclete" possibly being sent or recruited 
before 1897 to save the Theosophical Society.  
This was in 1886, after her health was ruined 
by the Hodgson Report, she resigned as 
secretary, and in response to an article 
by Hartmann, "A Theosophical Fable," a 
fantasy about the TS, ("Harmonical Society") 
and its special "instrument" (HPB), in 
which he symbolically treats the TS at the 
time.  Tingley took over the Am. Society 
after Judge died in 1896 and was recruited 
by Judge.  A "paraclete" is someone that 
aids, comforts or rescues, and Tingley 
would fit that definition well as the best 
person to take over Judge's work, et. al, 
with her organizational skills, etc.  In 
commenting on Hartmann's fable, Blavatsky 
writes:


    "There now remains but one thing 
to be done, if the 'Harmonical' Society 
would be kept alive.

    "Let its President do as the 
ex-Corresponding Secretary _has_ done:  
depose himself before he is deposed by 
others, - and the Society will die a 
week later.  But let the Society - now 
dishonored because there never was real 
harmony in it but rather personal and 
individual selfishness - unite together 
at last and wait patiently and prepare 
thro' _active_ work for the advent of 
a _Paraclete_ who may yet be drawn to, 
and sent to them before the end of the 
cycle in (1897)."  (BCW, vol. VII, p. 54-B)


      Blavatsky said "no new messenger 
would be sent before 1975..." but a 
"paraclete" isn't the same as a "messenger."  
So this is evidence from HPB that someone 
like Tingley might be recruited by her 
school to help the society out, after 
her getting wrecked by the Hodgson Report, 
and after her death possibly.  Judge 
recruited Tingley.  Adyarites could apply 
this to Besant too.  Probably Besant and 
Tingly were the most notable potential 
"paracletes" HPB was refering to, before 
1897 and after Judge's death.


             - jake j.

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