Theos-Talk Archives (February 2009 Message tt00031)

Frank asked:

>From where to they have the names of the races? 

Govert:

Jinarajadasa obviously used it in his graph, and I have seen it used
by CWL. HPB might have given them a different name, though I have not
seen that. 

Question still is: Are AB & CWL in accord with HPB on this? 


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Reitemeyer" <dzyan@...> wrote:
>
> Govert wrote:
> 
> From the quotes below (the 'dead letter' interpretation) it looks like
> we are in Root-race 5 (Aryan), Sub-race 5 (Teutonic). Two quotes from
> HPB and one by 'Alpha' reflecting the understanding of a member. This
> understanding is also reflected in a little graph by Jinarajadasa,
> which some might call the Besant-Leadbeater interpretation, but might
> very well be in accordance with HPB. See:
> http://users.ez2.net/nick29/theosophy/lessons15.htm
> -------------------
> 
> Frank answers:
> Thank you, Govert, for the link to the graph of the Besant-Leadbeater 
> interpretation of the doctrine of the races.
> From where to they have the names of the races? From HPB?
> From their "Maha-Chohan"? Or from the Logos?
> 
> -------------------
> 
> Govert wrote:
> 
> If HPB contradicted herself, and if to save her from the charge of
> inconsistency by saying that some of her statements were blinds, in
> what way are we to reconcile these contradictions? How do we know
> what's a blind and what not? And if a contradiction is found and one
> of the statements therefore allegedly a blind, does that make the
> subject more important?
> 
> -------------------
> 
> Frank answers:
> 
> I hope, that HPB contradicted herself, as Europeans still greatest 
> metaphysicial - if not theosophist - Hegel says, that a
contradiction is 
> always the sign of the truth and th enon-contradiction the sign of the 
> untruth.
> How do we know? Simply by studying the mystery language.
> 
> I don't think that a blind comes always with a contradiction, but I
hope 
> that HPB used contradictions to make it easier for lay-chelas to
understand.
>