Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl00950)

alexis dolgorukii wrote:
>
> At 11:49 PM 4/22/96 -0400, you wrote:
> >Drpsionic@aol.com wrote:
> >>
> >> RW,
> >> Great thunderbolts of Jupiter!  I thought I was foul tempered.
> >> Calm down.  If this keeps up my screen will melt.
> >>
> >> Chuck the Barbarian MTI, FTSA
> >> Heretic
> >> Troublemaker
> >
> >I apologize to the group for allowing my rauch to get out of hand.  It is
> >my belief that the esoteric or practical teaching of the ancient
> >mysteries are valuable.  The theoretical teachings are important, but
> >they're not the entire picture.
> >In light of this can someone please tell how to find out more
> >concerning the esoteric section of the Theosophical Society?
> >
> >Yours Truly,
> >RW
> >
> >Let's try again. The Practical Esotericism of the Mystery School variety is
> indeed very valuable, but the Esoteric Section of the Theosophical Society
> was only a place to receive such instruction and practice during the
> lifetime of it's Adept Level Teacher H.P.B. When she died the successorship
> was not determined as it should have been but rather it was gained through
> political chicanery as an avenue to power. The so-called Esoteric Section of
> the Theosophical society (and there are three which compete) is NOT a school
> of practical occultism. It is not a school of occultism at all. It is simply
> a place where deluded people study "dead letter" instructions allegedly
> written by Blavatsky, but it doesn't matter who wrote them, without an Adept
> Level person to interpret and demonstrate those teachings, they are
> valueless.Since 1891 when HPB died, there has been absolutely no one of
> either Adept or near adept status in the position of "outer Head" of the
> E.S. I think Annie Besant was a conscious fraud, I KNOW her "eminence gris"
> C.W.Leadbeater was a conscious and pathological fraud, and while SHE was
> officially "Outer Head" he was the power behind the throne. He was Edgar
> Bergen to her Charlie Mc Carthy. The people who followed in the office were
> all trained and indoctrinated by CWL and so they were unfortunate dupes
> rather than frauds. If you are looking for a valid mystery school try
> elsewhere. But I wish you good luck. Any group which claims to be a "mystery
> school" publicly isn't one! Any valid group has a full fledged Adept at it's
> head or it isn't anything at all.
>
> alexis dolgorukiiThank you for your answer.  It certainly sheds new light on the subject
and I see what you mean now.

LW