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ON PSEUDO-THEOSOPHY A Compilation from Theosophical Literature

Critiques of Besant and Leadbeater's "Neo-theosophy" as compared to originalTheosophy as presented by Blavatsy

Volume II

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Contents

41a - The Theosophical Society and Its Future - Farthing42 - Modern Idolatry - A.E.S. Smythe43 - More ccult !hemistry44 - "eo-Theosophy in "e# $ealand - %ones4& - The "e# Theosopy '(erse) - Mac*innon

4+ - lcott ,uoted - inner4 - n /esant0s eath - ryse4 - n The !lder Brother- Small4 - n T. S. 5eunion&6 - pen 7etter - rentice&1 - er(ersion o8 Teachings - ease&2 - sychic Sho#manship - $ir9o88&3 - The oint 7oma (ertures - :otchener&4 - 5eunion o8 the T. S. - il9s&& - 5e(ie#; Theosophy vs Neo-Theosophy- a(y&+ - #ecret $octrineTranslation in :ungary

& - Sentimentalism - il9s& - Smythe on Adyar& - Smythe on Arundale+6 - Spin9s0 lan - Endersnited in Folly - ayman2 - >nity o8 the Mo(ement - *ingsland3 - adia on 7ea(ing Adyar T. S.4 - hat is "eo-Theosophy? - Enderss? - 5oger+ - or9 o8 the T. S. - il9s


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%n Alice Bailey - A Study o8 the Arcane School o8 Alice /ailey - Enders


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/uddhism.This latterB although


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In the latter years o8 :../.0s li8e a signi8icant e(ent #as that Annie /esant #as#elcomed #ith open arms into the Theosophical Society


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editions). G see M 7B ppB &- /ar9er Edn.HThis is important in the light o8 !..7.0s later claims o8 an intimate and continued

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the ad(ent o8 an A(atarB #as not eCpected 8or millennia. In any case the se(erance o8 theSociety 8rom the Masters made such a 0coming0 into it eCtraordinarily unli9ely.

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that his manuscript #as considered so eCcellent as an eCposition that the Masters #anted it8or their archi(es.

It is di88icult to see #hy this should


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5egardless o8 the state o8 the SocietyB than9s to the Masters0 insistence and helpB andthe sacri8ices o8 :../.B the #orld and particularly the Society ha(e a (oluminous andauthentic Initiate-Master-inspired literature.

The Society itsel8 is no# a #orld-#ide organiJation o8 an idealistic and


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to #ould-


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@uali8ied to discuss TheosophyB say #hat it isB and recommend


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ac9no#ledged scriptural #ritings are


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:../.Masters (ein. There isB ho#e(erB enough to introduce the su


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policy o8 suppressing in8ormation uponB or discussion o8 any su


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supposed to rest. They 8orm indeed the (ery slender pegs on #hich to hang the


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any o8 his colleagues needed #hite-#ashing or gold-lea8ing. 5eal history has no


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r. /endit is a distinguished mem


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important that Mr. 7ead


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di88erent concept o8 his Qclair(oyance0. :e had a (i(id imaginationB andB gi(en a suita


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the centuries as another o8 the 8alse religions di(iding man9ind and leading to untold tragedy.e #ill shortly - pro


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the letter itsel8. I @uote;=There are many


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There is one more point in this eneral Secretary0s letter #hich is the lastcommunication recei(ed 8rom her. She saysB =these


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In Sidney /ay and #atch and pray 8or Alcy0s trans8ormation.From callo# youth to 7ord o8 Truth - ur !hrist


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2&3 S. th St.Bhiladelphia B a.B >.S.A.

-Canadian TheosophistB Aug. 144-----------------------

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ON %ES*NT9S DE*TH:

AU REVOIR8 Annie /esantB my 8riendB #hose soul has le8t its #orn-out


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This is a


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ardner0s


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gi(en to the study o8 :/ and The #ecret $octrineB to reassert the (alidity o8 the riginalrogram o8 the SocietyB and to set an eCample o8 this in practice. As a constructi(e 8ar-seeingstep to#ards the 8utureB de started #hat


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deli(ered at heatonB Ill.B in %ulyB 1&. This dealt #ith Theosophical reunionB mostly in thedirection o8 ma9ing the Adyar Theosophical Society the principal organiJation - a sort o8Theosophical po#er paramount. I replied


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7ead


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I suggest you 8ollo# my eCample and go to the #ritings o8 :../. direct it #ill


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S. Anthony #as conducting the /ishop to his


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past ha(e


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/ishop0s= mis8ortunes in handling them. This is a matter #e might discuss it lengthB


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cto


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sectarianismB and psychismB practised or promulgated under their o1n colors


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The ignorant and traditionally gulli


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9no#ing it #hose passion 8or the phenomenal ma9es them easy prey to the deceptions o8the astral plane.

This state o8 a88airsB #hile ne# to some peopleB has


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onesel8 the se(en8old constitution o8 any hierarchyB #ith its descending and ascending arcsB it


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on %uly 16. :e ma9es it (ery clear that he has not in(ited anyone


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this command o8 the Eternal Douth and are actually yearning to eCpress it.Since my nearly thirty years0 association #ith TheosophyB I ha(e emphasiJed the three

aspects o8 it; the Ancient isdomB the Acti(ity in ser(ing itB and the 7o(e to uni8y e(eryone#ho recogniJes its po#er and its Source and I ha(e e(er endea(oured to eCpresspredominantly the aspect o8 7o(e. And I can say that in the #hole time o8 my ser(ice to theSociety there has not


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It is a pro


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real 8reedom o8 thought and eCpressionB i8 criticism had


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depends./oth you and Mr. Spin9s appear to regard the eCistence o8 di88erent Societies or

roups #ithin a "ational Section to indicate a denial o8 /rotherhood. hat has this proposedunion to do #ith /rotherhood? It has e(erything to do #ith unity and so #ith strengthB


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Theosophy:)B it #as serialiJed in The Canadian Theosophist in 12. Nictor Enders


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:ungarianB and had made considera


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during his t#enty-se(en years in his lodge he had ne(er heard the &ahatma Lettersmentioned. /ecause the &ahatma Letters contro(erts so o


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respect him more i8 he #ould honestly state that he is not a theosophist in the MahatmasenseB


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Theosophical Society


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8rom my =88ice "otes= on pages 26-21 o8 the "o(em


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the #orld through Adyar.= The second purpose is =to act as a reser(oir 8or the special #or9 o8the Master the rince in Europe and America as 5egent o8 this administrati(e areaB etc.=ro#n-up men and #omen li9e Mr. :amerster may


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sponsor and encourage #ith one0s o#n in8luenee those things #hich it 8osters. Merelyadmitting to the classi8ication o8 =TheosophistB= and @uite outside the T.S. is su88icient o8 apersonal


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That split eCisted in (iolent 8ormB as Theosophical Notes has


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mystic e88ect in calling do#n outpourings o8 the i(ine po#er on people near and 8arB #hilethey


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it at allB or ga(e it


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o88ered 8or sale #hich #ill aid such studies. lans should


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n the other hand thought #as #ill8ully limited


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desolating ordeal and is only made possi


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and 8ile o8 humanity it is a tas9 8or the ran9s o8 the race. Spiritual truths are not only(alueless to the une(ol(ed


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!hurch as a =Theosophical !hurch= de8ending the esta


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- Canadian TheosophistB Sept. 1&1

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THEOSOPHIC* ECOO0Y - /oris de $ir9o88

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It is not our intention to imply that a clear cut distinction


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Theosophist= and that she care8ully censors each issue


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desires into the general good o8 all. And naturally true Theosophists #ill not mind gi(ing uptheir pretty picture


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In the 8ollo#ing letter 8rom Mr. 5ansom some o8 the con8usion o8 thought is e(ident.Mr. 5ansom saysB

36 a9eshott A(e.B:igh ateB 7ondon ". +B"o(. 2thB 1&1.

ear Editor =!anadian Theosophist=BI ha(e only ust seen your issue 8or Sept. 1&1B containing re8erence to an article I

#rote some time agoB entitled A Theosophical Church. Dour contri


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!atholicism. This e(il is inherent in the


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#as done on :is last coming.=All this #as leading up to the announcement that *rishnamurti #as the coming

Sa(iour. *rishnamurti thre# it all o(er


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that the &ahatma Lettersand the #ritings o8 :../. are the only authoritati(e #or9sB and thatmem


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the English !hurch 'your Episcopal)


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that o8 Isis #ith the in8ant child :orus - a88ording another instance o8 the practical solidarityand continuity o8 the agan !reeds #ith !hristianity.= G )agan and Christian Creeds.H

The utter inade@uacy o8 !hristianity in any 8orm to cope #ith the present #orld situationis o


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THEOSOPHY >e$sus NEO-THEOSOPHY

A comparison bet1een the Theosophy of + ) Blavatsy 1ith the "Neo-Theosophy"of Besant( Leadbeater and follo1ers

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- The :o# and hy o8 True ccult Study . . . . .- n :../. . . . . . .- "otes . . . . . . .- AE"IL

- =A !omparison o8 !.. 7ead


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8or a 8e# re8erence materials to chec9 @uotations. Than9s also to 5. 5o


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=hen #e spea9 o8 the deity and ma9e it identicalB hence coe(alB #ith "atureB theeternal and uncreate nature is meantB and not your aggregate o8 8litting shado#s and 8initeunrealities. e lea(e it to the hymn-ma9ers to call the (isi


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are +is peers" ,Annie Besant D C/ Leadbeater( !an: "hence# $o% an& "hither# ppG5H( G5F

"The sacrifice of the Logos lay in +is voluntary circumscribing +is infinite life in orderthat +e might manifest #ymbolically( in the infinite ocean of light( 1ith centre every1here and1ith circumference no1here( there arises a full-orbed sphere of living light( a Logos( and the

surface of the sphere is +is 1ill to limit +imself that +e may become manifest( +is veil in1hich +e incloses +imself that 1ithin it a universe may tae form That for 1hich the sacrificeis made is not yet in e;istence0 its future being lies in the 'thought' of the Logos alone0 to +imit o1es its conception and 1ill o1e its manifold life" ,Annie Besant(Ancient "is&o'( p GH6

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ON 2EI0ION

=I #ill point out the greatestB the chie8 cause o8 nearly t#o thirds o8 the e(ils that pursuehumanity e(er since that cause


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---------------Neo-Theosophy:

"Theosophy> As the origin and basis of all religions( it cannot be the antagonist of any0it is indeed their purifier( revealing the valuable inner meaning of much that has become

mischievous in its e;ternal presentation by the perverseness of ignorance and the accretionsof superstition0 but it recogni8es and defends itself in each( and sees in each to unveil itshidden 1isdom No man in becoming( a Theosophist need cease to be a Christian( aBuddhist( a +indu0 he 1ill but acquire a deeper insight into his o1n faith"


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ON BESUS *ND THE CH2IST P2INCIPE

=...let these un8ortunateB deluded !hristians 9no# that the real Christo8 e(ery !hristianis the achB the 0mystical NoiceB0 #hile the man .eshu#as


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Churches" , C / Leadbeater( The Inner Life 3( p 44

"3 believe 1ith many of the early Christians( that the /orld Teacher( named by themthe Christ( assumed at the stage of the ospel story called the Baptism( the body of adisciple( .esus( to carry on his earthly 1or at that time" ,Annie Besant( intervie1ed .an 4G(45FK by Associated )ress of 3ndia

"The historical Christ( then( is a glorious Being belonging to the great spiritualhierarchy that guides the spiritual evolution of humanity( 1ho used for some three years thehuman body of the disciple .esus That &ighty %ne 1ho had used the body of .esus as +isvehicle( and 1hose guardian care e;tends over the 1hole spiritual evolution of the fifth raceof humanity( gave into the strong hands of the holy disciple 1ho had surrendered to +im +isbody the care of the infant Church )erfecting his human evolution( .esus became one of the&asters of /isdom( and too Christianity under +is special charge( ever seeing to guide it tothe right lines( to protect( to guard and nourish it" ,Annie Besant( Esoteric (hristianity( pp5K-E

"/e have seen ho1 the man .esus( the +ebre1 disciple( laid do1n his body in gladsurrender that a higher life might descend and become embodied in the form +e thus1illingly sacrificed( and ho1 by that act +e became a Christ of full stature( to be the uardianof Christianity triumphing over death" ,Annie Besant( Esoteric (hristianity( p 46J

"Let us pray"uide us( % almighty 9ather( in all our doings( and from Thy heavenly throne send

do1n Thy holy Angel to be 1ith Thy people 1ho have met together to serve and to 1orshipThee Through Christ our Lord

"The phrase 'Let us pray' is a signal given by the celebrant to the people 1hen he isabout to say a prayer( and it is therefore time for them to neel for a considerable timethere 1as no 1ritten liturgy( and each celebrant filled in e;temporaneously the outline of theceremony as given by the Christ

"That Christ did give such an outline is certain from clairvoyant investigation" , C /Leadbeater( Science of the Sacra'ents( p 6E4W W W W W W W W W W W

CHU2CHES *ND P2IESTS

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"The clergy e;ist for the benefit of the 1orld0 they are intended to act as channels forthe distribution of od's grace 3n him also is vested the po1er to bless and to offer the

sacrifice of the +oly !ucharist The strength 1hich the priest brings do1n is not for himself(but for the floc 1hich is committed to his care #o there are t1o aspects of ordination - thegif t of the +oly host 1hich provides the *ey to the reservoir and the personal lin of theChrist +imself 1ith +is &inister The former of these is the official connection 1hich enables a

priest( for e;ample( to consecrate the +ost and to dispense absolution and blessing" , C /Leadbeater( Science an& the Sacra'ents( pp GH4 ( GH5

"ood ne1s comes from Australia The three movements there( 1hich 3 commendedto the special service of our members - the !ducational( the Co-&asonic and the %ld CatholicChurch - are gro1ing beyond e;pectation A church( one of the old landmars of #ydney( afine looing pile in stone( 1hich has the outside appearance of a cathedral has been

purchased for the %ld Catholic Church" ,Annie Besant( The Theosophist( %ctober( 454JW W W W W W W W W W W

A*%SOUTIONA *ND ACON#ESSIONA TH2OU0H A*POSTOIC SUCCESSIONA

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Leadbeater( Science an& the Sacra'ents#pp FJF( FJK

"But let no one suppose that the public absolution given to the 1hole floc is in any1ay less effective than private absolution( if the desire for rectification on the part of the1rong-doer is equally earnest and sincere 3n the Liberal Catholic Church auricularconfession is entirely optional( and its frequent and systematic practice is not encouraged(

since it is felt that under such conditions the detailed confession is apt to become a matter ofroutine( and its spiritual value in the life of the individual thereby defeated 9or all ordinarypurposes the general confession in the +oly !ucharist should suffice" , C / Leadbeater(Science an& the Sacra'ents( p J6W W W W W W W W W W W

VIC*2IOUS *TONE)ENT

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#here the author eCplains the real meaning o8 the #ord 0sacr0B 8rom #hich 0sacredB00sacramentB0 are deri(edB #hich ha(e no#


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=And no#B #hen so many o8 your sisters ha(e died and others still are dyingB #hile the8e# o8 the old sur(i(orsB no# in their second in8ancyB #ait


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Atma.= '*ey to TheosophyB p. 11)---------------------Neo-Theosophy:

"The fifth plane( the nirvanic( is the plane of the highest human aspect of the od

1ithin us( and this aspect is named by Theosophists Atma( or the #elf 3t is the plane of puree;istence( of divine po1ers in their fullest manifestation in our fivefold universe - 1hat liesbeyond on the si;th and seventh planes is hidden in the unimaginable light of od" ,AnnieBesant(Ancient "is&o'( p 4J6W W W W W W W W W W W

NE%U*2 THEO2Y

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similar to that o8 the earth. This isB at any rateB #hat the MASTE5S teach us.= ' Transactionsof the Blavatsy LodgeB pp. 113-14)

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"!ventually there comes a point at 1hich +e sends through it a ind of electrical shoc(1hich precipitates it into a lo1er condition of matter( so that instead of being a mereaggregation of atoms it becomes definitely a combination of them( usually a mass of glo1inghydrogen

"+ere 1e have the nebular stage( through 1hich various systems in our universe are atthis moment passing As our nebula revolved around its a;is it gradually cooled( contractedand flattened do1n( so that eventually it became rather a huge revolving disc than a sphere)resently fissures appeared in this disc and it broe into rings( presenting some1hat theappearance of the planet #aturn and its surroundings( but on a gigantic scale At a chosen

point in each of these rings a subsidiary vorte; 1as set up( and gradually much of the matterof the ring 1as gathered into this The concussion of the fragments generated an amount ofheat 1hich reduced them to a gas condition and thus formed a huge glo1ing ball( 1hichgradually( as it cooled( condensed into a planet" , C / Leadbeater( The Inner Life33( ppFK5-FEH

"Let us consider first the great nebula in %rion 3t is a chaotic mass of matter( in anintensely heated condition( millions and millions of miles in diameter The probable change(its ne;t step( 1e can construct in imagination as 1e loo at the nebula in Canes enatici Thenebula no1 has taen on a spiral motion 3t revolves( and its matter tends to aggregate rounda nucleus 3n course of time( the spherical mass 1ill flatten0 as it contracts( ring after ring ofmatter 1ill brea off from the cooling nucleus As millions of years pass( these rings of mattertoo 1ill brea0 each 1ill aggregate round some nucleus( and instead of a ring 1e shall have a

planet( retaining the original motion of the nebula( and revolving no1 round a central sun %rit may be that( 1ithout breaing into rings( the nebula 1ill thro1 off( as it 1hirls( outlying partsof itself( 1hich then condense and become the planets0 but in either process( the originalchaotic nebula 1ill have become an orderly solar system( 1ith a central sun and planetscircling round it lie the solar system in 1hich 1e live" , C .inara2adasa( First rinciples ofTheosophy#pp I-K G12H


#O2)*TION O# E*2TH CH*IN

=AgainB in the Se(enth 5ound on the 7unar chainB #hen !lass B the lastB @uits lo


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)*2S-)E2CU2Y TE*CHIN0S

=o to your 8ortepiano and eCecute upon the lo#er register o8 9eys the sevennotes o8the lo#er octa(e - up and do#n. /eginpianissimo $esen"o 8rom the 8irst 9ey and ha(ing

struc9 ?o$tissimo on the last lo1er note go


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5I"!I7ES1. Atma2. /uddhi 'or Spiritual Soul)3. Manas ':uman Soul)4. *ama 5upa 'Nehicle o8 esires and assions)&. 7inga Sarira

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"$r Annie Besant has proposed a set of names for the planes( so for future these 1illbe used instead of those previously employed A table of them is given belo1 forreference>G13H

Ne% Na'es: 4 $ivine /orld0 F&onadic /orld0 G#piritual /orld0 6 3ntuitional /orld0I &ental /orld0 K !motional or Astral /orld0 E )hysical /orld

Ol& Na'es: 4 Adi )lane0 F Anupadaa )lane0 G Atmic or Nirvanic )lane0 6 Buddhic

)lane0 I &ental )lane0 K Astral )lane0 E )hysical )lane, C / Leadbeater(A Te+t,oo of Theosophy( Grd !dition( 454J( p 64 G13H

"The various subtle bodies of man that 1e have no1 studied form in their aggregate1hat is usually called the 'aura' of the human being This aura has the appearance of an egg-shaped luminous cloud( in the midst of 1hich is the dense physical body( and from itsappearance it has often been spoen of as though it 1ere nothing more than such a cloud/hat is usually called the aura is merely such parts of the subtle bodies as e;tend beyondthe periphery of the dense physical body0 each body is complete in itself and interpenetratesthose that are coarser than itself0 it is larger or smaller according to its development( and allthat part of it that overlays the surface of the dense physical body is termed the aura Theaura is thus composed of the overlapping portions of the etheric double( the desire body( andin rare cases the buddhic body( illuminated by the atmic radiance" G14H ,Annie Besant(

Ancient "is&o'( p 45I


*T)* - *S SEVENTH P2INCIPE O# )*N

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Buddhi( the $ivine 3ntuition( and behind that( the Atma or the indomitable #pirit of od inman But the Atma( Buddhi( and higher attributes of the &onad( 'the #on in the Bosom of the9ather' The fundamental note of the Life of the Logos gives the dominant tone for the &onad(and the three attributes of the &onad( on the Adi( Anupadaa and the higher Nirvanic planes(mae the 'Chord of the &onad'" , C .inara2adasa( First rinciples of Theosophy( p 44H


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*ST2* %ODY'Linga-#arira in TheosophyB *ama-upain "eo-Theosophy)

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respecti(e degrees o8 consciousness and intelligence and to call them all pure Spirits #ithoutany o8 the earthly alloy 0#hich time is #ont to prey upon0 is only to indulge in poetical 8ancy.For each o8 these /eings either 1asB or prepares to


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plane o8 prime(al di88erentiation. It is di(ine in its higher and human in its lo#er condition...and a monad it remains at all timesB sa(e in "ir(anic stateB under #hate(er conditionsB or#hate(er eCternal 8orms. ...the M"A hasB during the cycle o8 its incarnationsB to re8lect initsel8 e(ery root-form o8 each 9ingdom. There8oreB the *a


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individuali8ation of the spirit( the incasing of it in form( and the spirit incased in the causalbody is the soul( the individual( the real man

"9urther( this outpoured life reaches the evolving forms not directly but byintermediaries The human race having attained the point of receptivity( certain great %nes(called #ons of &ind( cast into men the monadic spar of Atma-Buddhi-&anas" ,AnnieBesant(Ancient "is&o'( pp F4H-4G G21H


CONDITIONS DU2IN0 SEEP AINVISI%E HEPE2SA

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"/hile a man is 1hat 1e call alive and a1ae on the physical earth he is limited by hisphysical body( for he uses the astral and mental bodies only as bridges to connect himself1ith his lo1est vehicle %ne of the limitations of the physical body is that it quicly becomesfatigued and needs periodical rest !ach night the man leaves it to sleep( and 1ithdra1s intohis astral vehicle( 1hich does not become fatigued and therefore needs no sleep $uring thissleep of the physical body the man is free to move about in the astral 1orld( but the e;tent to

1hich he does this depends upon his development The educated man is generally able totravel in his astral vehicle 1herever he 1ill( and has much more consciousness in the astral1orld" ,C/ Leadbeater( Te+t,oo of Theosophy( pp K4-F

"The vast importance of the 1or 1hich They are doing( and the enormous amount ofit( mae it obviously impossible that They should tae up personal 1or 1ith individuals 3nthe cases 1here such 1or has to be done it is al1ays delegated to pupils The 1or of theinvisible helpers on the astral plane 1ould simply not be done unless there 1ere pupils at thestage 1here that is the best 1or they can do 9or those 1ho are acting as invisible helperson the astral plane there are no separate levels0 it is all one

"3n 3ndia the idea of service on the astral plane is not so 1idely no1n as in the/est" ,C/ Leadbeater( The Inner Life( ol 3( pp 45( 4EJ G22H

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=En@uirer;H In no caseB thenB do you admit the possi


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p 4E6 G24H


DEV*CH*N

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of soul-communion there0 the mental image of our friend is our o1n creation0 his form as 1ene1 and loved it0 and his soul breathes through that form to ours 2ust to the e;tent that hissoul and ours can throb in sympathetic vibration" ,Annie Besant( Ancient "is&o'( p 4IJ

"The fifth subdivision of *amaloa offers many ne1 characteristics +ere aresituated all the materiali8ed heavens 1hich play so large a part in popular religions all the

1orld over The happy hunting-grounds of the ed 3ndian" ,Annie Besant( Ancient"is&o'( p 44HG2+H


S/*NDH*S O2 APE2)*NENT *TO)SA

=...*arma is the guiding po#erB and Trishna 'in ali Tanha) the thirst or desire tosentiently li(e - the proCimate 8orce or energyB the resultant o8 human 'or animal) actionB#hichB out o8 the old #andhas produce the ne# group that 8orm the ne#


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physical permanent atom remains "The permanent astral atom bears e;actly the same relation to the astral body as that

borne by the physical permanent atom to the physical body At the end of the life in *ama-loa-purgatory - the golden life-1eb 1ithdra1s from the astral body( leaving it to disintegrate(as its physical comrade had previously done( and en1raps the astral permanent atom for itslong sleep A similar relation is borne to the mental body by the permanent mental particle

during physical astral and mental life" ,Annie Besant( A Stu&y in (onsciousness#pp KH(KI G2H

"A questioner sometimes ass> +o1 can these permanent atoms be stored up 1ithinthe causal body( 1ithout losing their physical( astra4( and mental natures( since the causalbody e;ists on a higher plane( 1here the physical( as physical( cannot be: #uch a querent isforgetting( for a moment( that all the planes are interpenetrating The triad forms a minute

particle 1ithin the causal body0 each constituent part of it belongs to its o1n plane( but as theplanes have meeting points every1here( no difficulty arises in the necessary 2u;taposition",Annie Besant(A Stu&y in (onsciousness( p KK G2H


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=7i8e is e(er present in the atom o8 matterB #hether organic or inorganicB conditioned orunconditioned - a di88erence that the occultists do not accept. Their doctrine is that li8e is asmuch present in the inorganic as in the organic matter; #hen li8e-energy is acti(e in the atomBthat atom is organic #hen dormant or latentB then the atom is inorganic... The 0%i(aB0 or li8eprinciple #hich animates manB


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e;periences in other 1orlds By these it remains unaffected( being incapable of responding tothem( and it sleeps through its long night in undisturbed repose + ) Blavatsy thro1s outa hint as to these 'sleeping atoms' ,#ee The Secret .octrine 33( E4H ,Annie Besant( AStu&y in (onsciousness#p KH G2H


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detail...= '&ahatma LettersB p. 144B V22)

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"$r /eller an +oo has a very useful article in our present number( to 1hich 3 dra1the attention of our readers As 3 have said in the Bulletin for 9ebruary( /It is 'are& ,y thestron) co''on sense# free&o' of thou)ht# tolerance an& open-eye& loyalty# %hich areso characteristic of the %riter*'


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o8 men. In "orthern /uddhism a 0ratye9a /uddha0 is a synonym o8 spiritual Sel8ishness.='oice of the #ilenceB p. 4) G31H

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principlesB that as a rule ta9e place a8ter the physical death o8 a(erage humanityB I remain as*oothoomi in my !go throughout the #hole series o8 "The last survivor of the oyal +ouse of aoc8i( no1n as the Comtede # ermain in the history of the eighteenth century0 as Bacon in the seventeenth0 asobertus the mon in the si;teenth( as +unyadi .anos in the fifteenth0 as Christianosencreu8 in the fourteenth - to tae a fe1 of +is incarnations - 1as disciple through theselaborious lives and no1 has achieved &asterhood( the '+ungarian Adept' of The Occult


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"orland no1n to some of us in the +ungarian body They live in different countries the &aster aoc8i in +ungary but travelling much" ,Annie Besant( The !asters#pp JH-F

"An accepted pupil is taen into his &aster's consciousness to so great an e;tent that1hatever he sees or hears is 1ithin the no1ledge of his &aster - not that the &asternecessarily sees or hears it at the same moment ,though this often happens but that it lies

1ithin the &aster's memory e;actly as it does 1ithin the memory of the pupil /hatever thepupil feels or thins is 1ithin the astral and mental bodies of his &aster 3f ( for e;ample(the pupil is 1riting a letter or giving a lecture( the &aster is sub-consciously a1are of the fact(and may at any moment thro1 into the mind of the pupil a sentence to be included" ,C /Leadbeater( The Inner Life3( p FE

".ust in the same 1ay the reat /hite Brotherhood has nothing to do 1ith therelations bet1een the &aster and +is pupil0 that is a matter solely for the privateconsideration of the &aster himself" ,C / Leadbeater( The Inner Life 3( p FE

"A &aster is a term applied by Theosophists to denote certain human beings( 1hohave completed their human evolution( have attained human perfection( have nothing more tolearn so far as our part of the solar system is concerned" ,Annie Besant( The !asters( pEG

"one day one of the &asters made a suggestion to me 1ith regard to a certain indof meditation 1hich 1ould evoe this force ,the undalini" , C / Leadbeater( The(haras( p JE G32H


THE HO, *ND ,HY O# T2UE OCCUT STUDY

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do the reader0s thin9ing 8or himB nor #ould the latter


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each o8 these religionsB and still hang on to some remnant o8 pure Theosophy in them #ithoutha(ing recourse to #ider teachings 8rom else#here. /ut to call himsel8 a !hristian orMohammedan '/uddhism can


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=elementally disassociated= into ions and #ith di88erent properties than gas in other aspects.Also =dar9 matter= o8 un9no#n properties is postulated


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G31H This 8ootnote in the original oice#as deleted 8rom T:,uest editions 8or manyyears along #ith hundreds o8 other alterations. See !clectic Theosophist31&2B VB pp. 2-3 I


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e(er heard her nameB let alone the name o8 the e(en more o


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ma9e progress along the path o8 holinessB to.. edition). Inanother contradiction along this lineB 7ead


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occultlyB #hile his second statement contradicts his 8irst (ie#point. 'In The &ahatma LettersBV23< and V2B one might see that the :indu race is less materialistically intellectualB


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personi8ies the 7ogos in The Charas


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=... all lanes o8 !onsciousness and all the rinciples o8 man are root-di88erentiations o8MA:ATB the 0reat rinciple0 o8 Mind o8 the >ni(erse 'the Third 7ogos o8 the #ecret$octrine.)= '!choes IIIB p. 316)

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one plane and passes on#ards to reappear on another plane.= =7aya Doga= could not


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The miseries and dangers spo9en o8 in the pre(ious chapterB do not appear to ha(e


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hilosophy alone and gi(e to the #orld #hat he #antsB


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natural state is alreadyB though unconsciouslyB in DogaB other#ise it #ould not eCistB eachconscious step up#ards is DogaB and there are many stages o8 such


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the Dogis #hen #e consider the nature o8 the !ha9ras and the @uestion o8 their (i(i8ication.According to Mr. 7ead


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di88erence #hich the reader #ill disco(er 8or himsel8B


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mastery o(erB etc. At the same time it points out that these 0po#ers0 are o &ystery of )iercing the #i;th Chara( er#al

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#O,E2S #2O) * NEO-THEOSOPHIC* 0*2DEN - :. ". Sto9es

The 8ollo#ing declaration 8ormed part o8 the e(idence in the Madras :igh !ourt !ase

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under oathB #ith the conni(ance o8 his parentsB thus placing himsel8 on record as a partner insuch criminal proceedingsB and


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'CriticB March 1&th).

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ta9en out o8 conteCt 8rom a letter 8rom :../. #ritten in urJ


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testingB= is #ith su


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men as e(idenced in that common octrine #hich all the great 5eligions and hilosophies o8the human race im


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intrinsic and inherent merits o8 said teaching or


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spiritual o8 human sel8-consciousness and de(elopment to#ard either direction occurs #ithe@ual #ithdra#al 8rom the other. The oicema9es this (ery clear in pronouncing; =... The Sel8o8 matter and the SE7F o8 spirit can ne(er meet. ne o8 the t#ain must disappear there is noplace 8or


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right to a 8airB impartial hearing and to an un


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and disappro(al o8 the riginal rogramme as


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I ha(e reeci(ed through your residentB Mrs. Ann 7eslie 5ogerB your 5esolution thatthe 7otus 7odge #ithdra#sits mem


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The EditorB

The Canadian Theosophist

ear Mr. /arr;5e8lection during the inter(ening months since my comment on the Alternati(e olicy

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distortions and corrupt ideas that are held


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,a"ia on lea>in' *"!a$ T+S+

&r /adia's easons

!;tracts from a Circular to +is 9ello1 Theosophists !;plaining /hy +e Left theTheosophical #ociety

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contains not one #ord against the pure teachings o8 %esusB


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message in hundreds o8 mem


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=In lea(ing the T.S.B I thin9 it my sacred duty to put on record one particular resultant o8my studyB re8erred to a


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many readers #ho ha(e not had occasion to consider the su


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possession. The only logical eCplanation 8or such an action is the psycho-pathological


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accepted as a chela #ith the #arning that he no# had an opportunity =to eCpiate the *armao8 his caste= - i.e.B the !hristian clergy. The details o8 his 8ailure in this tas9 are not 9no#n. Itlogically is in(ol(ed #ith a moral record #hich later 0caused scandals in the Society and theattention o8 courtsB and in(ol(ed con8essions


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cement that has held together 8or so many milleniumsB the scattered custodians o8 nature0sgrand secrets - our /rotherhoodB nayB our doctrine itsel8 - #ould ha(e crum


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=So 8ar my 8riendship 8or you remains the same as e(er - 8or #e ne(er #ere yetungrate8ul 8or ser(ices rendered.= 'p. 3&+.)

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in its initialB seemingly unimportant aspect./ut 9arma as dar9 on the parts o8 others #as looming in the distance. T#el(e years

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to#ard reco(ery. hat #as the other? It #as not descri


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Mo(ement the di(ider #hich separated the /la(ats9y Theosophists 8rom the lcottTheosophists those #ho held that the true o


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#ith a little e88ort #e could counteract and e(en clear a#ay #ithout much detriment tooursel(es. "ot so #ith the magnetism and in(isi


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This =sel8-sacri8icing= action consisted o8 re8using to allo# %udge to appear


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o88ered to the adoration o8 the LILth century lac9s e(ery @uality upon #hich man0s mind iscapa


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search to 8ind ne# and com8orting things #ithout gi(ing up old and com8orting things thecontinual attempt to splice truth to error. /ecause this attempt in(ol(es


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In 11&B Mathe# demanded that the theosophical priests in his church resign 8rom theSocietyB though he had ordained them on the understanding that they should continue theirTheosophical acti(ities. All o8 his clergyB eCcept an inacti(e oneB pulled out o8 the church 'no#9no#n as the !atholic !hurch o8 England) and 8ound themsel(es in the same oldpredicament - no


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All thisB together #ith se(eral paragraphs 8ollo#ingB constitute arguments 8or the (alidityo8 the 7.!.!. on the


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#hen guiltyB no anathema hurt the 8ormer #hen innocent.=A#ay 8rom us such an insultingB conception o8 di(ine ustice as that preached


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- say nothing. I8 he had seen a Mahatma he #ould not gi(e a li8etime to contradicting :im.There8ore he ne(er sa# anything #hatsoe(er. :is masters are noneCistent and to teach theydo eCist is to incur the *arma o8 deception and


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teaches man to depend upon priestsB upon godsB upon sacri8icesB - anything 8rom a goat tothe Son o8 odB on ceremonial magic called sacraments on saints and angelsB and e(enMastersB on anything


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outside the /rotherhood idealB a de8inite educational purpose and this did not consist indi(erting the Qpure stream o8 riental philosophy0 into !hristian theological channels.=

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propaganda. /oth the latter are more or less (eiled attempts to di(ert the pure stream o8riental Esoteric hilosophyB introduced to the est


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o8 INI"E 7NE '!ros) ' As in the oldest recian !osmologyB di88ering #idely 8rom thelater mythologyB Eros is the third person in the prime(al trinity; !haosB aeaB Eros. - S.. IB16)B the electric o#er o8 a88inity and sympathy= p. 1&&B no mention o8 FohatB 7o(eB orisdom. "eCt Mrs. /ailey says Fohat is =od= and re8ers to S.. IB 1+B


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=...the coming o8 :im 8or #hom all nations #ait.= =The Son o8 Man #ill again tread the high#ays o8 man and :is physical incarnation #ill


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doctrine and ne(er used


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An alleged eCtract in =StanJas o8 Jyan= style =From the Archi(es o8 the 7odge= is gi(enat pp. 4-B headed =The !oming A(atar.= The 8ollo#ing is a specimen o8 the 8lam


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In case the reader should 8ail to ma9e any sense o8 this gem o8 =magicB= he is told that=the terminology is in the nature o8 a


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#ord her o#n ipse di;it 8or e(erything. I am inclined to


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ans1ering them most effectively by the voice of an accredited messenger( declares onceagain in clear solid !nglish ') the Science o8 the Spirit hidden in the sutras.= 'Italics mine. -

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#hatsoe(er nation. It is the sacerdotal casteB the priesthood and the Churches. It is in thoseillusions that man loo9s upon as sacredB that he has to search out the source o8 that multitudeo8 e(ils #hich is the great curse o8 humanity and that almost o(er#helms man9ind. Ignorancecreated ods and cunning too9 ad(antage o8 the opportunity... It is priestly imposture thatrendered these ods so terri


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higherB and preser(e that #hich is created through the 8ire o8 the mid#ay point.= Mrs. /ailey eCplains this as 8ollo#s; =This meansB literallyB the control


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physical planeB all the centres are under complete control... the spiritual 1ill of the divine innerod is the main factor... The true initiate #ould


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T:E 5* F T:E SI5IT>A7 :IE5A5!:D F T:E 7A"ET

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and all accepted disciples #or9 at some aspect o8 one o8 these 8ields. Each disciple ma9eshis o#n choice as to #hat spiritual #or9 he engages in. This choice is a natural choice arising8rom the 8itness o8 things and his capacity #hich is put into action


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doctrine o8 interdependenceB o8 a planned and arranged conscious lin9ing and o8 thetransmission o8 energy 8rom one aspect o8 di(ine mani8estation to another - 8rom od in the0secret lace o8 the Most :igh0 to the hum


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human standards - the dramatic centre o8 Their li(esB as are most o8 us. hen They ha(ereached that stage o8 spiritual decentraliJationB They Themsel(es can then


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latonism and a 8e# other things is e(ident enough e(en to secular scholarsB let alone toaccredited agents o8 the Mahatmas /ut as to these Mahatmas - the payo88 comes on p.1&- .... =The #orld to #hich :e #ill come is a ne# #orldB i8 not yet a


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1hich the "/orld ood1ill" announcement is terminated. She actually spends pages on thegreat potency and po#er o8 this preposterous prayerB claiming that a8ter 1 months '14)hundreds o8 thousands o8 people #ere using it day


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8oolishly laid the emphasis uponpast incarnations and upon their reco(ery this reco(ery isincapa


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pre(ious materialB that the =orld Ser(ers= ha(e no organiJation on the physical plane


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9no#n to #rite themsel(es letters 8rom imagined lo(ers or great personagesB and there isnothing to pre(ent one o8 them #ith an riental compleC 8rom doing the same thing #ith =gi8ts8rom India.= 'Are her 8ollo#ers #illing to su


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hat sort o8 po#ers? The ones #hich come into the @uestion here are o8 telepathicsuggestion and e(en telepathic hypnosis. Telepathy is no# a respecta


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d#elleth in you?0 DetB let no man anthropomorphiJe that essence in us. 7et no TheosophistBi8 he #ould hold to di(ineB not human truthB say that this 0od in Secret0 listens toB or is distinct8romB either 8inite man or the in8inite essence - 8or all are one. "orB as ust remar9edB that aprayer is a petition. It is a mystery rather an occult process

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angels and !hrists - and =#ual *huls=. 8 all this the Mahatma saidB in the =rayagMessage= - .... =They may ha(e had in8luences around themB


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Spiritual Ego into the 7o#er Sel8 GTheosophyH inculcates the necessity o8 endea(ouring toele(ate onesel8 to the !hristos... state.= '3) The disco(ery and altruistic eCpression o8 ourinnate di(inity upli8ts each indi(idual and thusB (ery slo#lyB all o8 humanity.

!hannels such as /ailey are sincere and con(inced that their inner (oices and (isionsare real Masters. >nhappilyB sincerity is no protection 8rom delusion. In 14 Master *: #rote

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himsel8B #hich is ust #hat the !hurch has preached 8or hundreds o8 years. od0s la# #illsimply s#eep all o8 us up and a#ay to some su


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Masters. This preparation re@uires eCtensi(e reading and pondering on the occult technologyo8 this #orld0s political and social relationsB plus initiationB psychologyB telepathyB astrologyBhealingB the se(en raysB etc. :er


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Is the #orship o8 a ne# Trinity made up o8 the /lessed MGoryaHB >pasi9a G:/H andyoursel8 G/esantH to ta9e the place o8 eCploded creeds? e as9 not 8or the #orship o8oursel(es... The cant a


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t#el(e years #as editor o8 the La1 Times and a departmental ed-

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out#ard eCpressionB or the e88ect o8 the cause #hich is e(er concealed. ThusB speech is the7ogos o8 thought hence it is aptly translated


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ATHE PHENO)ENON C*ED SEF *CTIVITYA

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NIIB p.22. hat a contrast to the genuine StanJas in the S..B eg IB 3&;

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con8usion #orse con8oundedB containing such terms as =the magician= '8or #hose use theyare 8ormulated)B =Solar AngelB= =Egoic 7otusB= =the IlluminatorB= =the eye o8 the magicianB= =the

AgnichaitansB= =the AgnisuryansB= etc.

ESOTE2IC INTE2P2ET*TION O# COOU2

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/la(ats9y literature so 8ar as I am a#areB is =5a9ocJiB= re8erred to ante .....'See 3nitiation(+uman and #olarB p. &B and Cosmic 9ire p.4&&) . According to Mrs. /esantB he #aspre(iously incarnated as 5osen9reuJB /aconB St. ermainB and othersB only achie(ing

adeptship as =5a9ocJi= 'The &astersB pp. &-+. *rotonaB 11) :.. /la(ats9yB on the otherhandB calls St. ermain =the greatest riental Adept Europe has seen during the lastcenturies= 'Theos lossaryB p. 36B also p. 214 under =Mesmer=) See =In8luence o8 occultisman 5e(olutions= in our Buddhism the #cience of LifeB 2nd ed.B p. 116. FinallyB #ith re8erence to Mr. !rump0s remar9s 'anteB ....) on the application o8 the nameSanat *umara to the 7ogosB it may


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