Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00950)

At 02:06 AM 1/31/97 -0500, you wrote:
>The LCC offers a set of teachings which are mystical. By its own definition,
>it's a gnostic church. Hence, it can't divorce itself from the Ageless Wisdom
>(theos-sophia). From the TS, yes, but not from esoteric Christianity. It was
>never meant to be a mainstream Church, either Protestant or Roman Catholic.
>What purpose would it serve if it were mainstream since there are so many of
>them as it is? The LCC is basically a wedding between Catholic sacramentalism
>and gnostic teachings. That is the essence of its uniqueness. If it abandoned
>its metaphysical teachings, it would lose its raison d'etre.
>
>I belong to the TS, ULT and TS (Pasadena). I'm an associate member in a
>rosicrucian group (not AMORC), a Sai Baba devotee and have (gasp!) all the
>collected works of Alice A. Bailey in my library of some 3,500 volumes on
>metaphysics and esotericism. I'm also in the LCC clergy. I  haven't been
>excommunicated yet nor do I expect to be! I've read some of the A.A.B books
>and but others of hers I'll probably never read. Just like I've read some of
>HPB but read more of those who followed in her wake in the TS (and as well as
>those were outside the TS like Steiner, Heindel, Clymer, Manly P. Hall,
>Aurobindo, Ramakrishna, Mouni Sadhu, Yogananda, etc., etc., the list goes on)
>And, huh, oh yes, even Jerry too (Enochian Physics, ISBN 0-87542-712-X)!  I
>have a tendency to gravitate more toward the models presented by CWL, Hodson
>and Taimni but that's just my predilection. Different styles, different
>emphasis. The point is I have the freedom to explore, like anyone else. There
>are clergy and laity who are martinists, rosicrucians, kabalists,
>theosophists, astrologers, TM-ers, and even alchemists besides those who are
>CoM-ers, ES-ers and all the rest of it. And there are some who are just
>clergy or laity who are not affiliated with anything other than the Church.
>No problema.
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>LunarPitri
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Are there any women priests and bishops in LCC?

MKR