Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00300)

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> From: Eldon B. Tucker <eldon@theosophy.com>
> 
> One thing from the quote above seems slightly funny. According to the
> definition, a theosophical liberal is someone who believes that people
> in theosophical office are so good, and people who are not in
theosophical
> office are so helpless without them, that big government is necessary to
> help them get by. And a theosophical conserative is someone who believes
> that the most important issue in theosophical politics is that, since
> power so easily corrupts, no one has too much power, preferring as
> decentralized and limited a government as possible.
> 
I've never associated theosophy with politics.  To me, a theosophical
liberal is one who is more open to including other teachings under the
umbrella of Theosophy, while a theosophical consertive has narrowed down
what is theosophical to a few books and teachings.  Most likely, the ones
they agree with.

-AEB