Theos-Talk Archives (March 1995 Message tl00060)

>In message <1wei2c2w165w@actrix.co.at> theos-l@vnet.net writes:
>> John Mead <jem@vnet.net> writes:
>>
>> > another comment:
>> >
>> > the Kabbalah studies will regard the interpretation of
>> > that ancient knowledge and system..
>>
>> Since the Kabbalah falls squarely under the second object of the
>> Society, I think it should be allowed to remain on the list.
>> Same with any other religion or philosphy.  Perhaps, however, it
>> might be useful to relate it somehow to theosophy eg what HPB
>> said about it, etc.

>She goes on about it a great deal, both in _Isis_ and the SD.
>Trouble is, her comments are scattered all over the place.  It is
>clear she regarded it much more highly than the church :-).
>
>Alan.

Related to this, I have read from various sources that HPB
received a lot of input on the Kabbalah from one of the founders
of the Golden Dawn (MacGregor? ...its been a while and I'm not
sure if I remember the name correctly.) It would not have been
unlikely - the Theosophical Society and the Golden Dawn were
contemporaries, and a few senior members of each society were
members of the other.