Theos-Talk Archives (March 1997 Message tl00128)

At 02:43 AM 3/17/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>> Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 20:52:12 +0000
>> From: meta@vortex.is (Sveinn Freyr)
>> To: theos-l@vnet.net
>> Subject: Concerning the number of souls in evolution:
>> Message-ID: <19970315205212141.AAA195@ras111.vortex.is>
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>> Attention to: Jos Koetsier Cape Town RSA
>>
>> Are you referring to an article in a magazine, that you have at hand.?
>>
>> If so, -  is it possible to have a copy of this article.?
>> Or can you send this article over to the list.?
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Sveinn Freyr
>>
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>> >Date:          Thu, 6 Mar 1997 09:34:08 GMT+2
>> >From: "JOS KOETSIER" <JKOETSIE@EDUCATION.UWC.AC.ZA>
>>
>> >Concerning the number of souls in evolution: Unfortunately I don't
>> >have a source but I got a different number from a South Moluccan
>> >Theosophist in 1966. He quoted 60.000 million souls which were
>> >looking for incarnation on Planet Earth, which is about 12 times
>> >the numbers of souls which are in incarnation now.
>> >I'll ask people down here whether they know the source and I'll let
>> >you know. unless somebody else on the net has the answer in one of
>> >the next bulletins. Does your '600.000 million' only refer to Planet
>> >Earth or are incarnations on other globes also included?
>>
>> >With kind regards
>> >Yours Jos Koetsier Cape Town RSA
>>
>Bellville 17.3.1997
>
>Hello Svein,
>
>Unfortunately I still have no reference. I asked members of our
>lodge in Cape Town yesterday evening. But nobody knew the source. I
>will still keep on trying.
>As I said I only heard it from a theosophist from Indonesia (South
>Moluccans) and he told we this figure in 1966. I hope somebody on the
>net will have a clue.
>
>Yours
>Jos Koetsier

Hi

I inherited a book on Theosophy in which my dad had made a note (around
1954) about 600,000 million souls in evolution. I am still looking to locate
the source.

..mkr