Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl01058)

alexis>That article posted by Bee brown, and re-posted by Doss, is an
  indication that, (if she actually wrote it, and she probably did) that she
  was deadly wrong. The minute any person suspends their reason and
  intelligence to an absolute belief in the perfect correctness of anyone, God
  or Man, then, the human part of the equation is in deep trouble. Humans
  always get themselves into the most awful predicaments when they allow
  "faith" to suspend good judgement.


In general you are perfectly correct here. But before you judge too hastily
you should consider:

a) the content of the message in detail which I doubt you have.
   Where exactly does HPB asks people to suspend their reason?

b) the situation at that specific time: many dissatisfied students
   because they were not brought into communication with the Masters,
   to which you can add a suspicious and discontented Olcott
   (see Charles Ryan, HP Blavatsky and the Theosophical movement,Ch. XVII)
   and a host of other factors.

What do you know of the history of the Theosophical movement?
	
Martin