Theos-Talk Archives (December 1995 Message tl00193)

>JHE
> He lives in Sedona Arizona now and has about 35 books to his
>credit which he primarily distributes himself:
> Depending upon how you use the word "theosophist" I'm not
>sure if it is an appropriate label for Torkom Saraydarian.
>He is
>the head of his own organization that is much more closely
>related to the Arcane School pedigree than to the Theosophical
>Society. On the other hand I consider AAB teachings to be
>represent another school of theosophy. But the Arcane School
>the Aquarian Educational Group and the Theosophical Society are
>very separate organizations. In one sense I would only use the
>term "theosophist" to apply to those very rare people who live a
>life of pure altruism--such as perhaps Mother Theresa. In the
>other hand for the word "theosophist" in context to an
>organization I would only apply it to members of the
>Theosophical Organizations. For instance CWL would be "a
>theosophist" but AAB would not be after 1918 when she left the
>TS to start her own organization. In this usage of the word I
>prefer the term "student of theosophy."

Thanks for the info you too Sy.

Of course I'm not sure as well whether to call him a theosophist.
For me what makes a true theosophist is indeed the amount of
pure altruism combined with the studying and practicing of
that tradition of Ageless Wisdom teachings. Where this tradition
starts or ends is not for me to tell.
Perhaps 'student of theosophy' is safer to use because it implies
more of a humbleness of the person involved.
Mmm it almost sounds hierarchical...
theosopher > theosophist > student of theosophy ;-

> I used to invite Saraydarian to speak on the Secret Doctrine
>at the Los Angeles Branch. I remember not agreeing with many of
>his interpretations But I never included or excluded speakers
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>based upon my opinion of their point of view yet they were
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>obviously well thought out and were based upon AAB's
>interpretations of the SD.

That's the spirit!

BTW a nice WWW-site also covering more of this 'neo-theosophy' I found at:
http://www.primenet.com/~wtmtn/index.html.

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