Theos-Talk Archives (October 1993 Message tl00025)

I just was opening up some books on Theosophy and came across the
following quote in "What is Theosophy?" (page 82.), one of the Point
Loma introductory manuals on theosophy:

  "Before concluding, it is desirable to repeat that Theosophy is
  not made up of bits of ancient religions and philosophies blended
  artfully with modern evolutionary ideas--a fabricated concoction.
  Theosohpy is the formulation of the wisdom of great Seers and Sages
  who penetrated ages ago behind the veil of Nature, spiritual,
  psychical, and physical. Partial revelations have been made from
  time to time and in various ways, but the full understanding has been
  always reserved for the few, as was demanded by the nature of the
  case.

    "The Secret Doctrine is the accumulated Wisdom of the Ages ... it is
    the uninterrupted record covering thousands of generations of Seers
    whose respective experiences were made to test and to verify the
    traditions passed orally by one early race to another, of the
    teachings of higher and exalted beings, who watched over the
    childhood of Humanity."
                           -- The Secret Doctrine

                                        Eldon Tucker
                                        eldon@netcom.com