Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl00367)

At 08:46 AM 5/6/96 -0400, you wrote:
>John,
>Don't be so sure about us being confined to this list.  Jerry S. and I both
>have a number of books in print that are read all over the world (even in
>Hungarian!), I am in the process of getting ready to publish Alex's tome and
>so forth.  The TSA powers that be have very limited control and while they
>may keep us from exercising any direct influence in the society, we have a
>readership which is far larger than the TS itself.  It is possible that while
>they may marginalize us in the society,  we may respond by marginalizing them
>in the world.
>
>Chuck the Barbarian, MTI, FTSA, M G of 5
>Heretic
>Troublemaker
>
>Question:

How can The Theosophical Society ever be any further marginalized than it
has managed to totally marginalize itself? The T.S. is about 99% irrelevant
now, and with Radha and John Algeo as "busy" as they are, it will soon be
100% irrelevant. In fact if it keeps on the way its going, and it will, it
will soon be far less than simply "irrelevant". This has always been the
most likely outcome and so I'm afraid there's little we can do besides
replace it with something that isn't "marginal" in any way.

alexis d.