Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00955)

At 02:58 AM 4/23/96 -0400, you wrote:
>alexis dolgorukii wrote:
>>
>> At 11:49 PM 4/22/96 -0400, you wrote:
>> >Drpsionic@aol.com wrote:
>> >>
>> >> RW,
>> >> Great thunderbolts of Jupiter!  I thought I was foul tempered.
>> >> Calm down.  If this keeps up my screen will melt.
>> >>
>> >> Chuck the Barbarian MTI, FTSA
>> >> Heretic
>> >> Troublemaker
>> >
>> >I apologize to the group for allowing my rauch to get out of hand.  It is
>> >my belief that the esoteric or practical teaching of the ancient
>> >mysteries are valuable.  The theoretical teachings are important, but
>> >they're not the entire picture.
>> >In light of this can someone please tell how to find out more
>> >concerning the esoteric section of the Theosophical Society?
>> >
>> >Yours Truly,
>> >RW
>> >
>> >Let's try again. The Practical Esotericism of the Mystery School variety is
>> indeed very valuable, but the Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society
>> was only a place to receive such instruction and practice during the
>> lifetime of it's Adept Level Teacher H.P.B. When she died the successorship
>> was not determined as it should have been but rather it was gained through
>> political chicanery as an avenue to power. The so-called Esoteric Section of
>> the Theosophical society (and there are three which compete) is NOT a school
>> of practical occultism. It is not a school of occultism at all. It is simply
>> a place where deluded people study "dead letter" instructions allegedly
>> written by Blavatsky, but it doesn't matter who wrote them, without an Adept
>> Level person to interpret and demonstrate those teachings, they are
>> valueless.Since 1891 when HPB died, there has been absolutely no one of
>> either Adept or near adept status in the position of "outer Head" of the
>> E.S. I think Annie Besant was a conscious fraud, I KNOW her "eminence gris"
>> C.W.Leadbeater was a conscious and pathological fraud, and while SHE was
>> officially "Outer Head" he was the power behind the throne. He was Edgar
>> Bergen to her Charlie Mc Carthy. The people who followed in the office were
>> all trained and indoctrinated by CWL and so they were unfortunate dupes
>> rather than frauds. If you are looking for a valid mystery school try
>> elsewhere. But I wish you good luck. Any group which claims to be a "mystery
>> school" publicly isn't one! Any valid group has a full fledged Adept at it's
>> head or it isn't anything at all.
>>
>> alexis dolgorukiiThank you for your answer.  It certainly sheds new light
on the subject
>and I see what you mean now.
>
>LW
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