Theos-Talk Archives (October 1996 Message tl00481)

At 08:00 AM 18/10/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Bee Brown wrote:
>
>> >       Speaking of which, do you (or does anybody else here) have any idea
>> >what the business with Pedro in Adyar was? What was the mysterious bylaw
>> >that Radha used? Did Pedro leave, or was he tossed? If so, then why?
>> >
>> >       Bart Lidofsky
>> >
>> >The way I heard it was that Pedro's wife was unhappy in India and had gone
>> home to Brazil and that Pedro felt one year away from his family was enough.
>> Conrad Jamieson, a recent resident from NZ has taken over the job. I would
>> doubt that he was 'tossed'. Why the negative reasons put forth for his
>> departure? Does that show a bias? He had his own reasons for going as far as
>> I understand.
>
>	Because of the rather cryptic way it was announced in The Theosophist;
>it simply said something on the order that Radha Burnier excercised some
>bylaw to replace Pedro with Conrad. Previously, the buzz had been that
>Pedro was being groomed to be the next president of the TS, so it
>appeared rather strange. If the announcement had said that, for example,
>Pedro was taking a leave of absence, or retired, or something like that,
>then there would have been no rumors flying around. As it was, the
>notice implied that Pedro was tossed by Radha, personally.
>
>	I had met Pedro, and heard him lecture. He's an extremely intelligent
>man, knows his stuff, and is a strong supporter of allowing multiple
>points of view. On the podium, he puts out an image that strikes me as
>contrastingly authoritarian, but I have been told (and accept) that it
>is a matter of cultural differences; American theosophical presenters
>tend to qualify using words like, "in my opinion", and "according to
>so-and-so", while Indian presenters tend to just present the material,
>and uses cues ingrained into Indian culture for qualification. I hope
>that if Pedro DOES go back into TS politics, his real personality shows
>through.
>
>	Bart Lidofsky
>
>He has also been around the circuit in NZ and we all enjoyed his talks. One
of our Wanganui Lodge members was at Adyar earlier this year to attend the
School of Wisdom and she told me about it so I can inquire a little further
as to what her impressions were about Pedro's standing at Adyar when she was
there. I understand she had a good chat with him.
Bee Brown
Member Theosophy NZ, TI.

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