Re: Theos-World Re: TS - Elvira Carbonell & her letter to GC
May 25, 2008 04:54 PM
by mkr777
You are perceptive. I never thought of it!
mkr
On 5/25/08, MarieMAJ41@aol.com <MarieMAJ41@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> Perhaps not, but it may have been an inadvertent alluding to another
> [alleged] event in her life, during childbirth, when she [allegedly]
> experienced a near death experience. This [alleged] experience propelled her
> onto the stage she finds herself on today. Perhaps, not such a mistake after
> all.
>
> Mare
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mkr777@gmail.com <mkr777%40gmail.com>
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sun, 25 May 2008 6:39 pm
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: TS - Elvira Carbonell & her letter to GC
>
> When I first received the snail mailed letter from Betty Bland, from the
> diction, vocabulary and style, it was clear that someone with excellent
> command of English language must have drafted and/or edited it, because it
> was too good to be written by her. In closing lines of the letter quoted by
> Pedro states:
>
> "I am sending this to every Gen Sec. You may see lightening striking me!
> Feel free to share it with others. BB"
>
> When I looked at the word "lightening" in the dictionary, its definition
> is:
>
> Lightening:
>
> "the descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity, occurring toward the end
> of pregnancy, changing the contour of the abdomen and facilitating
> breathing
> by lessening pressure under the diaphragm."
>
> I am sure this is not what she meant!!!
>
> mkr
>
> On 5/25/08, prmoliveira <prmoliveira@yahoo.com <prmoliveira%40yahoo.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com><theos-talk%
> 40yahoogroups.com>, mkr777@...
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Does any one know about the current whereabouts of Elvira
> > Carbonell?
> >
> > I have been told by a non-Indian friend and long time resident at
> > Adyar, who is not a member of any Committee, that Elvira Carbonell
> > took up residence in Pondicherry after she left Adyar. According to
> > the same friend, Elvira also told some Adyar residents that she had
> > decided to stay in India and not to go back to the US because she was
> > convinced John Algeo would win the election.
> >
> > More recently an Indian member, from Bombay, wrote to me and said
> > that he had received an envelope from Pondicherry, but without the
> > sender's address on it. When he opened it, he discovered that it
> > contained a copy of Betty Bland's letter of 19 March 2008 on one side
> > of the paper, and on the other Radha Burnier's letter of 12 March
> > 2008. I have since been informed that this letter has been received
> > by a number of TS members in different parts of India. The envelopes
> > did not carry the sender's address on them, but had been posted in
> > Pondicherry.
> >
> > As far as I know, there is no TS Lodge in Pondicherry. The identity
> > of the sender of such letters remains unknown. However, whoever sent
> > these letters had access to addresses of a number of TS members in
> > India.
> >
> > I received a copy of Betty Bland's email message referred to above,
> > which contained the text of Radha Burnier's letter to the General
> > Council members (which was sent by air mail), on 21 March 2008 from a
> > friend in New Zealand. I reproduce below the opening information in
> > Betty's email:
> >
> > "----- Original Message -----
> > From: Betty Bland
> > To: Betty Bland
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 1:52 PM
> > Subject: International elections
> >
> > I am sending this to every Gen Sec. You may see lightening striking
> > me!
> > Feel free to share it with others. BB"
> >
> > Pedro
> >
> >
> >
>
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