Theos-Talk Archives (August 2007 Message tt00384)

> While all the fantastic effects described may be as they are
described, are
> not the effects of the rituals in other temples such as the
Buddhist, Hindu,
> Zoroastrian, Moslem, etc are equally fantastic and effective since the
> founders of the major faiths sure are fully knowledgeable of the
effects in
> the unseen world. So any comparative study will be informative and
> educational consistent with the 2nd object of TS.

You can read Some Glimpses of Occultism by CWL. And also there is
information in Hidden Life in Freemasonry. Sometimes I feel that some
religions like Hinduism have become defunct. For example in India
there are only remnants of Hindu religion. Also you will see that many
other religions have become defunct, just as civilizations become
defunct. I see a lot of life still in Christian religion. 

> 
> On the other hand, HPB who was in constant contact with the Adepts
and was
> responsible for the major epic theosophical works and writings, has not
> written about the occult forces in churches. One wonders whether
they were
> secondary to the primary mission of the TS?

HPB's writing could not include many occult things because of her
short life and circumstances that time did not allow elaboration. So
much more knowledge one finds in the writings of Leadbeater and
Besant. Writing on more topics was done later.
Anand Gholap