Theos-Talk Archives (July 2008 Message tt00234)

Dear Anand,

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Anand" <AnandGholap@...> wrote:

> But there were some reasons why both of them
> did not openly say that WT project had failed. 

I think that Leadbeater knew for long ago that the project failed but 
had some secret reasons not to disclose it.
In "Masters and the Path" in the table where he enumerated the 
greatest spiritual efforts for each century he doesn't mention the 
coming of the World Teacher but the wide dissemination of "what we now 
call esotericism" (we nevertheless continue to call it esotericism).
Earlier, in beginning of 1914, he leaves India for Australia (the 
safest place for the rest of 20th century) and surprisingly, turns to 
the older forms, which seemed already abandoned: masonic and church 
rites. (In the earlier books he, while mentioning that they work, 
didn't seem to lay any emphasis on them, regarding them as the 
"fool-proof" form used to go safely through the bad times).
It seems that he somehow knew that period of world wars is 
approaching, the "brave new world" under the leadership of WT is 
delayed for indefinite time and the old forms and rites shall be for 
some time more in use.