Re: Theosophy, Blavatsky, and use of pseudonyms
Dec 22, 2010 04:16 PM
by jdmsoares
Dear friends,
Thanks MKR.
HPB was very critic on the use of false names and pseudonyms to attack
and launch unjust critics.
We still have a couple of theosophists using that tactics, not only in
internet forums but also on websites.
Some years ago, we had here on Theos-Talk, someone using this same
tactic. He was unmasked, thanks to the vigilance of some of the
participants.
By that time, K. Paul Johnson wrote excellent text about the practices
carried out by this kind of people:
David Green's crusade against the ULT
Direct link: http://theos-talk.com/archives/200602/tt00149.html
<http://theos-talk.com/archives/200602/tt00149.html>
Best regards, Joaquim
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR <mkr777@...> wrote:
>
> Theosophy, Blavatsky, and use of pseudonyms
>
> Typically people involved in covert activities and also those involved
in
> questionable activities hide behind pseudonyms for their own personal
safety
> and protection. Intelligence agents and many of the intelligence
> interrogators as well as those who employ â??harshâ??
techniques against bad
> guys commonly use pseudonyms.
>
> When theosophists start using pseudonyms, one is wondering why? What
are
> they afraid of? Blavatsky is the role model for theosophists. When
someone
> wants to write about Blavatsky or theosophy in todayâ??s world,
and uses
> pseudonym, one wonders what is going on?
>
> Theosophists in cyberspace have come across couple of theosophists
using
> pseudonyms. Some years ago, one of them was identified with the help
of
> Internet theosophists.
>
> Still couple more are there using pseudonyms and write about theosophy
and
> Blavatsky on Internet Forum(s).
>
> Recently, I was told by three independent sources, about the identity
of one
> of the pseudonymers and it happens to be a theosophist all of us know
well.
>
> If anyone has any more information about anyone in the theosophical
circles
> using pseudonyms, feel free to email the information to me at
> mkr777_at_gmail.com. Let us all out these hiding theosophists.
>
>
> MKR
>
> Tags: theosophy, Blavatsky, pseudonyms
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