Theos-Talk Archives (February 2009 Message tt00108)

I have to admit that I am not a fan of Alice Bailey, in any way shape 
or form.  However, I took the time to read your references and found 
nothing there, in the oft chance that she might actually have come up 
with something useful.  Even Bailey is right, once in a while.

When I wrote the question up, I had a pretty good idea of what was 
being asked.  What you came up with as an answer in no way addressed 
the question.  You cannot give what you don't have.

I'm sure you mean well, but give up on trying to equate Bailey with 
Theosophy.  Bailey is full of dogmatic, unsupported assertions and 
the terms used are little more than free-association with some 
Sanskrit and psuedo Hermetic mysticism thrown in. 

Theosophy uses the method of compare and contrast, which is why the 
TS, historically has had objectives which encourage members to do 
their own investigating.  When HPB wrote Isis Unveiled and the Secret 
Doctrine, as well as the Key to Theosophy, and other books, she knew 
well enough that her readers would want to see the same sources that 
she did.  Many of those are easily available today for the inquiring 
reader to prove for themselves, as have I.

I do not oppose Bailey because she is not HPB, or because she left 
the TS, but because her methods and those which are encouraged by her 
followers are entirely and DIRECTLY antithetical to Theosophy.  
Cosmic Christs and Jesuses as future avatars are dogmatic assertions, 
born of a mind drunk on the desire to put JC/God into an idea where 
they were never present to begin with.

Joe



--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Duane Carpenter 
<monad_monad_monad@...> wrote:
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> From: Duane Carpenter <monad_monad_monad@...>
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 9:30:15 AM
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Re: 4th sub-race
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> Dear Joseph
> If you want to get some deeper insights into the Astrological key 
to the Secret Doctrine and the 7 keys that must be turned 7 times go 
to this website. There is also a wealth  of information  on the 
importance of cycles and numbers. This website is not for the 
beginner and demands a lot of focus to understand.
> This man, Stephen Pugh has spent an entire lifetime working with 
HPB's work.
> If you are closed off to the Alice Bailey teachings don't waste 
your time since he cross references both with excruciating detail and 
insights. His work is parreled with the works of a true  visionary 
artist Lynda Vugler and is a feast for the eye and soul for any 
artistic and architectural types.
> Sincerely Duane
> http://aksdp.net/
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> From: Joseph P. Fulton <jpfulton314@...>
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 2:42:03 AM
> Subject: Theos-World Re: 4th sub-race
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> One thing that puzzles me in the midst of all of this discussion is 
> the comments that HPB made in regards to the "Seven Keys" which 
must 
> be turned in order to understand the SD correctly. In this case, I 
> refer to specifically the key of astrology.
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> In the "Divine Plan", Barborka touched upon the Yugas and the 
> procession of the Equinoxes. Where is the astrological research 
that 
> validates the timing of the races / sub-races, etc.? The only 
> specific day that I recall having been specifically mentioned to us 
> is the battle in the Bhagavad Gita, along with its astrological 
> configuration.
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> Also, in relation to this question, any ideas on the relations of 
> Subba Row's article on the "12 Signs of the Zodiac" to the subject 
at 
> hand?
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> Thoughts?
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> Joe
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> --- In theos-talk@yahoogro ups.com, "Govert Schuller" <schuller@ .> 
> wrote:
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> > Dear all,
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> > 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
> > 
> > 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? Or is it possible that HPB was not able to
> > keep her globes, rounds, root races, sub-races, etc. straight 
> because
> > of the complexity of the matter and made occasional mistakes and
> > Theosophists upon finding contradictions, would jump to the 
> conclusion
> > that a blind was involved, even while it might have been a 
mistake.
> > Or, as anti-metaphysical commentators might charge, HPB's 
fantasies
> > became too complex for her own mind and she was not able to keep 
her
> > story consistent. Just thinking aloud. 
> > 
> > "I propose to show therefore, in my next, that as we are still 
only 
> in
> > the 5th subrace of the Parent race, and none of us shall live to 
see
> > the 7th?when things shall mend naturally?that it is just as well 
not
> > to hang our hopes on science, whether orthodox or semi-
heretical. "
> > (BCW VII, 70)
> > 
> > "At the close of every Root-Race there comes a cataclysm, in turn 
by
> > fire or water. Immediately after the "Fall into generation" the 
> dross
> > of the third Root-Race?those who fell into sensuality by falling 
off
> > from the teaching of the Divine Instructors?were destroyed, after
> > which the Fourth Root-Race originated, at the end of which took 
> place
> > the last Deluge." (BCW IX, 81)
> > 
> > "Since the life-wave reached globe D in this fourth round, four
> > root-races have run their course upon it, and the fifth root-race 
> has
> > reached its fifth subdivision or sub-race, of which we are part. 
> This
> > fifth sub-race is said to be preparing in America for transition 
or
> > transformation into the sixth sub-race: it is not entirely clear
> > whether we in the United States today belong to the seventh
> > family-race of the fifth sub-race, or to the first family race of 
> the
> > sixth sub-race. It seems certain that we are near the transition
> > point, unless there must be an intervening pralayic period." 
(ALPHA,
> > Path, December, 1892)
> >
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