Theos-Talk Archives (April 1996 Message tl01062)

At 05:17 PM 4/24/96 -0400, you wrote:

>Just a little aside to this. Olcott says that The Society sprang from
>interest by some persons to study occult phenomena and the Theosophical
>Society was formed for this purpose.
>"The Brotherhood plank in the Society's future platform was, therefore, not
>thought of: later on, however, when our sphere of influence extended so as to
>bring us into relations with Asiatics and their religions and social systems,
>it became a necessity, and, in fact, the corner-stone of our edifice."
>
>Would this suggest that the Brotherhood bit was to start with was to overcome
>racist prejudices in the ordinary sense and not the deal with the spiritual
>oneness of all? This appears to have come later after the SD was written.
>
>
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>   Bee Brown
>   Member TSNZ,Wanganui Branch.
>   Theos Int & L
>
>Bee: That's extremely astute of you. I really think you are absolutely
correct on the subject of the motivastion of the people who founded Theosophy.

alexis dolgorukii
The Eclectic Theosophist