Theos-Talk Archives (August 2007 Message tt00038)

Cass,
quite easy. It was one of HPB's successor in the esoteric 
guruparampara, who build a school and a known theosophical center.
Purucker once said, that this teacher has had the same occult 
knowledge as HPB had.
Why is such a big teacher unknown today among theosophists?
Frank
 

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Cass Silva <silva_cass@...> wrote:
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>   Who was it Frank?
>   Cass
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> Frank Reitemeyer <dzyan@...> wrote:
>           It is clear that Judge was no visible teacher and that 
Besant was no teacher at all.
> Theosophical history shows that a visible teacher who re-united the 
ES with the TS came back not until a seven years trial period after 
Blavatsky's death in 1891.
> One sign of the visible teacher who the building of a city and a 
mystery school in the West as fulfillment of HPB's highest hopes.
> Frank
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: danielhcaldwell 
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 8:13 PM
> Subject: Theos-World How did Judge & Besant view 
their "Successorship" in 1891??
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> How did William Q. Judge & Annie Besant
> view their "Successorship" in 1891????
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> I give BELOW relevant portions from the E.S.T. circular of 1891
> issued AFTER H.P. Blavatsky's death. These are the words of William 
> Q. Judge and Annie Besant to all members of HPB's esoteric school.
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> ... it is our duty, as the two selected by H.P.B. as her agents and
> representatives after her departure, to specially speak to each one
> of you respecting the duty laid on the School by her retirement from
> the visible control of its affairs. The future of this body depends
> on the way in which this test of steadfastness and loyalty is 
endured
> by the members collectively and individually....
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> Consider the position of the School: we are NO LONGER a band of
> students taught by A VISIBLE TEACHER; we are a band of students
> mutually interdependent, forced to rely on each other for our
> usefulness and our progress, until our very brotherliness in mutual
> help shall draw A VISIBLE TEACHER BACK AMONG US. H.P.B. remains one
> of our Heads though H.P. Blavatsky is 'dead,' and the Heads of the
> School have not withdrawn Their guidance in withdrawing the presence
> chosen to represent Them for a time on which we have rejoiced to
> lean. . . .
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> We who write to you claim over you no authority save such as she
> delegated to us. We are your fellow students, chosen by her - the
> Messenger of the Masters of Wisdom - as Their channels to the 
measure
> of our ability, during this period of darkness....
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> I call your attention to the words above that I have put in CAPS.
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> The above material has been extracted from my book titled
> ESOTERIC PAPERS OF MADAME BLAVATSKY, pp. 325-334.
> http://blavatskyarchives.com/hpbesotericpapers.htm
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> Daniel
> http://hpb.cc
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