Theos-Talk Archives (April 1995 Message tl00201)

[Keith P.] writes:

> I have many thoughts that are confused at this time, but I
think it is very important to make clear that many fundamentalist
Christians really believe that theosophy is a deliberate
conspiracy at creating a NEW WORLD ORDER (their term) with one
government and one "occult" (demonic for them) religion.

Theosophy is not a religion.  If the 1975 NY founders' objects
are quoted, then the nearest to this is "the study of
_comparative_ religion" [my emphasis].

> I mentioned this before and people ignored it, but I felt I
should bring it up again because one of the commentators about
the Oklahoma incident said that he monitored new age and
theosophical groups on internet.  We may laugh at them, but they
are out there and they are really dangerous nuts.

Unfortunately, the TS has in a sense encouraged the formation of
loony "fringe" type cults, some of whom may well _be_ dangerous
nuts.  Hitler and his cronies are known to have had a serious
interest and belief in a sort of "occultism." The Brit.  govt.
in WWII employed the astrologer Louis de Wohl [who was also a
devout Roman Catholic, BTW] solely in order to determine what he
thought Hitler's astrologer(s) would be telling Hitler - see
~Stars of War and Peace~ by de Wohl.

> ...  the notion of the Masters as controlling the INNER world
government is taken very seriously by many and could lead to a
type of inflation that we have a special connection to the "real"
(the Christians would say demonic or anti-Christ ) rulers of the
world <snip>

In view of the fact that Jesus effectively casts Satan in the
role of "Prince of this world" [according to the gospel accounts]
then they would probably base their case on this kind of
statement.  Unfortunately, there IS a suggestion of an "Inner
World Government" in some theosophical writings, which would fuel
just such conspiracy theories.  Some people of a theosophical
persuasion I have met in the past (whether TS members or not I
cannot now say) have firmly believed in the Inner World Govt.
notion.

You are right to be concerned Keith.  If I were the FBI, _I_
would monitor theosophical stuff on the net - and also
fundamentalist Christian material.

If theosophical folk continue to spell magic with an extra "k"
and appear to condone the practices of Aleister Crowley and
others of his ilk, then they pile faggots upon the pyre that the
fundamentalist nuts are perparing for all of us.

I can do little more than quote from a Christian source [Paul]:

"All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient."

Alan