Theos-Talk Archives (October 1996 Message tl00084)

"...The spoken word has a potency... Because sound and  rhythm are
closely related to the four Elements of the Ancients; and because such or
another vibration in the air is sure to awaken corresponding powers,
union with which produces good or bad results, as the case may be. No
student was ever allowed to recite historical, religious, or any real
events in so many unmistakable words, lest the powers connected with the
event should be once more attracted."

"The Secret Doctrine" I 307


On Sun, 6 Oct 1996, Dr. A.M.Bain wrote:

> In message <Pine.OSF.3.90.961006161147.13772A-
> 100000@library.berkeley.edu>, Maxim Osinovsky <mosinovs@library.berkeley
> .edu> writes
> >Some others on this list who support the above mentioned discussion as
> >a good word game or just as a joke, may wish to remember that careless
> >language still creates karma commensurate with the literal meaning of the
> >words used and especially with the vibrations in the environment their
> >electronic speech may generate.
> >
> >I believe things like that should not go unchallenged, so I invite others
> >to contribute their opinions about it.
> >
> >Max
>
> "careless language still creates karma commensurate with the literal
> meaning of the words used and especially with the vibrations in the
> environment their electronic speech may generate."
>
> I challenge this as an *absurd* statement!  Your words read like those
> of a fundamentalist evangelist.  Explain to me, as an example of your
> claim, the *literal meaning* of the word "joke."
>
> Alan
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