Theos-Talk Archives (December 2010 Message tt00142)

It is hard to uderstand why some people object against using pseudonyms.
In final count, what matter is ideas and not personalities.

I find it a strange idea that Blavatsky "is the role model for
theosophists," but even if this is so let us keep in mind that she did
not shy away from using pen names (e.g., Radda Bai for her writings in
the Russian).

It is well known that Masters routinely used pseudonyms to conceal their
real names and identities.

Max


--- 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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