Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00046)

>Theosophical Society of Moscow
>Mr. Vladimir Popov, President
>Trehgorny val Street 2, app.49		
>123022 Moscow, Russsia
>FAX 011-7-95-205-2228
>
>							May 1, 1996
>
>Dear Theosophists, dear friends,
>
>Some of us who correspond on the Internet (theos-l@vnet.net and
theos-buds@vnet.net) would like to establish some contact with you. You have
been cut off for so long, and we would finally like to have an interchange
of ideas and some ties of friendship with you. You must be as eager to find
out about us, as we are to find out about you, after all this time of not
being able to communicate. We'd also like to know what is happening to you
just now, because the reports we get from our TV and our newspapers is that
life in Russia is pretty difficult.
>
>Also, some theosophical friends have told us that the Theosophical Society
Adyar is making it really difficult for you to join them. We can't remedy
that, but if some of you would like to correspond with us, or join us, we've
just started a very loose organization called Theosophy International.
Perhaps, for now we should just try to communicate back & forth, & then,
lateron, if some of you would like to join Theosophy International, you'd be
welcome. We think that the most important thing right now is to have an
interchange.
>
>Members of Theosophy International belong to The Theosophical Society, TS
Pasadena, United Lodge, Alice Bailey enthusiasts, and our Danish & Canadian
members have national  unaffiliated Theosphical Societies. One only needs to
agree to that one is in favor of the 3 theosophical objects, which we've
modernized a little. We correspond via theos-buds@vnet.net, or by ordinary
mail, which computer nerds call "snail mail". We don't have a chairman. We
don't charge dues. We do have a statement of intent. We are so young that we
haven't done anything much yet. Alan Bain, of Bristol, England, who dreamt
up Theosophy International has been putting some of the theosophical
classics on the computer; John Crocker is working on some introductory
Theosophy for beginners, and Rodolfo Don has started a home page on the
World Wide Web (that's a new part of the Internet).
>
>About a week ago, I received your Fax number and your address from Svetlana
Bakanova. I sent it out to the theos-l list which has about 80 members, but
I don't have any idea as to how many will respond, maybe only a few. A
number of them expressed an interest. Most of the theosophists on our list
live in the USA, but we also have a few in England, France, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Iceland, and Holland.
>
>I've also been in touch with Dick Slusser, who publishes the newsletter
"High Country Theosophist" from, Boulder, Colorado. He's contacted another
30 people, some of whom are publishers of little Theosophical newsletters,
and he's given them your address & FAX number. So now let's see what happens.
>
>I don't know whether you know that I've been corresponding with Sergei
Belkovsky for 3 or 4 years now. I've also been sending him books he can use
in his work. I'm hoping that some other members of this list will be willing
to help you out with items you can use, but that's something I can't promise
you. I don't know whether anyone else would, & I myself can't take on any
more financial obligations.
>
>Svetlana and Daniel Entin, with whom I've so far had a brief exchange, both
said that you have enough people who know English, so that we can correspond
in that language. We've been able to discover 2 Russian speakers so far, if
it becomes necessary. One is Dick Slusser's brother, and the other is Grady
Austin's step son. Dick & Grady are both Theosophists, but their relatives,
I think are not. It'd take a while for them to translate letters back &
forth. So if we can stay in Englsih, it'd be much quicker, but I wanted you
to know that we do have some people who know Russian.
>
>I'm going to give you my 2 addresses & the Fax number of the Summerfield
office. They said they'd receive any Fax letters you would send me.
>
> Liesel F. Deutsch
>214 Summerfield Village Lane
>Syracuse, NY 13215
>USA
>
>liesel@dreamscape.com ( but theos-l@vnet.net, and theos-buds@vnet.net will
reach me too, since I'm part of those mailing lists.)
>
>the local part of my Fax number is 315-492-3514
>
>with sisterly Love
>
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