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ON PSEUDO-THEOSOPHY A Compilation from Theosophical Literature

Critiques of Besant and Leadbeater's Neo-Theosophy compared to the originalTheosophy presented by Blaats!y"

Volume I

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Contents

1. Is Theosophy a Definite Philosophy? - Wilks2. The Akashic Records - B. Sc.. An Appeal - !lark". Ans#er to Besant - $artyn%. Basic Principles - &irkoff

'. Annie Besant - Prentice(. Besant)s *endetta - +.A.W.,. !andles in the Sn - Re/ie#0. !lair/oyance and $orality - e/y1. A !o3parati/e Stdy - Red fern11. !.W.. Astralian Scandal - 4ddin5ton12. ead6eater)s 7cclt !he3istry1. 7r Delded Brethren - S3ythe1". Doctrine We Pro3l5ate - &irkoff1%. So3e Propositions - 4nders6y1'. +ifty 8ears - Pls Ten - S3ythe

1(. The +ontainhead - Besant1,. 9enesis of a $ytholo5y - 4nders6y10. 7n 9od - $iddleton2. The :idden *oice - W.4. S3all21. :is $a;esty)s 7ppostion - Ro5er22. :odson !orrespondence2. :o# to S


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(. $ars and $ercry - The Path,. $ars and $ercry - Dalell0. $istaken @otions - 4.P.W.". The 4theric Do6le - +arthin5"1. Theosophy Tre and +alse - 4d5e

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IS THEOSOPHY A DEFINITE PHILOSOPHY?

It is the policy of the Adyar Theosophical Society to insist that Theosophy has nodefinite teachin5 or doctrines. This is #hat the leadin5 7fficials of the Society 3aintain andepect the 3e36ers to accept. Dr. Bendit for ea3pleC in the $arch 10'1 #cience $roup%ournalC ondonC specifically stated that Theosophy . . . is a thin5 #hich can ne/er 6e definedand one can ne/er say this is TheosophyC this is not) and later in the sa3e letter he refers to. . . #hat #e so often . . . and #ron5ly . . . refer to as the teachin5s of Theosophy). In a laterletter in the S.9.=. =ly 10'1C he #rites What I #rote 3oreo/erC I #rote as $eneral #ecretaryEitalics hisFC and to defend the line of the Society in this 3atter . . . e3phasiin5 that he #aslayin5 do#n and defendin5 the policy of the T.S. re5ardin5 the noneistence of any definiteteachin5 called Theosophy.

$r. Sri Ra3C or PresidentC confir3s this policy 6y statin5 in his openin5 re3arks to the,th Soth Indian !onference at AdyarC


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This is #hat the $ahat3as #roteC $..)s pa5e %1C We ha/e offered to eh3e thepri3e/al strata of 3an)s 6ein5C his 6asic natreC and lay 6are the #onderfl co3plications ofhis inner Self - so3ethin5 ne/er to 6e achie/ed 6y physiolo5y or e/en psycholo5y in itslti3ate epression - and de3onstrate it scientifically.

The Adyar clai3 that Theosophy has no definite doctrines has 6eco3e spre3elyi3portant 6ecase of the ne# dispensation in the T.S.C a co3plete re/ersal of policyC as a

reslt of #hich the 3e36ers are e/ery#here no# r5ed to stdy The #ecret &octrine andThe ahatma Letters. +or ' years the 3e36ers of the Adyar T.S. ha/e 6een led to stdyand proselytie @eo-TheosophyC the philosophical syste3 of A.B. and !.W..C #hich is lar5ely6ased pon their clai3ed clair/oyant researchesC in place of Theosophy.

@eo-Theosophy #as do6tless in/ented to pt for#ard a si3plified /ariant ofTheosophy for poplar cons3ptionC 6t this atte3pt 5ot ot of hand. The #hole effort of theSociety #as trned to#ard increasin5 3e36ership. TheosophyC the astereC sol-satisfyin5philosophy of the early daysC #as #atered do#n and 3aterialied to 3ake easy readin5. It#as distorted to pander to poplar pre;dice. It #as denatred so that its i3personal spirital/ales #ere forsaken for e3otional i3itations. Ths @eo-Theosophy #as esta6lished in the

Adyar T.S. and pon this teachin5 alone has the 3ass of the 3e36ership 6een nrtred thishalf centry. The #hole Society #as 5i/en o/er to @eo-TheosophyC apart fro3 reactionary3e36ersC #ho as indi/idalsC lod5esC and one @ational SectionC resisted this spplantin5 ofTheosophy 6y the ne#ly concocted @eo-Theosophy of A.B. and !.W.. In 4n5landC +ranceCIrelandC AstraliaC AstriaC 9er3anyC and !anadaC Eand Dr. StokesC al3ost alone in the HnitedStatesF 3e36ers fo5ht to epose and oppose this de5radation of Theosophy. So3e ofthese 3e36ers left the SocietyC findin5 their /ie#s refsed epressionG others - the 3a;ority -stayed inC the 6etter to fi5ht the e/il #hich had o/ertaken the Adyar T.S.C #ith the lti3ate ai3of reclai3in5 the Society for Theosophy - the 4soteric Philosophy of the Brothers.

:.P.B.)s 6ooks #ere 6ack-shel/ed and 3e36ers refsed access to the3 on the ecseof their 6ein5 too difficlt for the3. :er 6ooksC her na3eC practically disappeared fro3 T.S.lod5es and p6lications. @e/er #ere her 6ooks ad/ertisedC #hilst lar5e space #as reser/edfor @eo-Theosophical 6ooks of A.B. and !.W.. Rarely #as her na3e 3entioned. +or lon5periods The #ecret &octrine( )sis( The *ey to TheosophyC #ere not procra6le fro3 the AdyarTheosophical P6lishin5 :ose. At the sa3e ti3e the 3ass of the 3e36ershipC 3any ofthe3 3alcontents fro3 $ethodist !hrches #ho #ere told that Theosophy #ill 5i/e yo 6ackyor reli5ion for3ed the h5e 6ody of #illin5C 6lind follo#ersC han5in5 pon theprononce3ents of their Belo/ed eadersC and


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the interpretation of The #ecret &octrine 6y >atherine :illiardC or that of $r. 9. Bar6orkaC allthese and 3any 3ore shold 6e kno#n and realied as co33entaries all 3ore or lesscolored 6y the preconceptionsC if not 6y the psychic conceptionsC of the athorC pon theori5inal teachin5s of the Adepts. The stdent sholdC at all ti3esC kno# #hether he isstdyin5 TheosophyC or so3e co33entary ponC or /ariant of Theosophy.

@o#C #hen the 3e36ers for the first ti3e for half a centryC are 6ein5 trned to the

stdy of Theosophy itselfC e/erythin5 shold 6e fine? @ot so easily is 5reat ad/anta5e #onfor enli5hten3ent. They are also 6ein5 r5ed to stdy @eo-Theosophy firstC the reslt 6ein5that Theosophy and @eo-Theosophy #ill 6eco3e inetrica6ly 3ied in the 3inds of the3e36ersC a reslt 5reatly to 6e deplored. !onse


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i5ht a#aken and sti3late the indi/idal)s 3ore h3an


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And the incorporation of Spiritalists ideas re5ardin5 after death conditionsC is anotherthin5 #hich de3anded that Theosophy 6e institted to offset this tendency to#ardnecro3ancy. $..)s pa5e %C And lastly it #ill appear that the present tidal #a/e ofpheno3enaC #ith its /aried effects pon h3an tho5ht and feelin5C 3ade the re/i/al ofTheosophical en


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And +o, to ead ThemBy B .Sc.

The @o/e36er isse of &a,n contained an article in #hich $r. ead6eater)spretensions as a stdent of che3istry #ere ea3ined. It #as pointed ot that his dia5ra3srest on no ori5inal 6asisC and that his description of physical ato3s cannot 6e reconciled #ith

facts of recent disco/ery.Since the +e6rary isse of The .ccult eie,has co3e to handC #e are in a positionto esti3ate the /ale of $r. ead6eater)s alle5ed clair/oyant 3ethods of research in history.The paper in


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o6scre historiesC and #hatnotC and then pretends that he can hear and see and #ork ons6tler planes.

:e E$r. WadiaF also #rites decisi/ely $r. ead6eater kno#s net to nothin5 a6ot&oroastrianis3G he has not stdied ancient Persian historyC nor e/en persed the)Shahna3eh.) ERather odd on the part of a pro3inent 3e36er of a society professin5 tostdy co3parati/e reli5ionF

$r. :are proceeds to analyse $r. Wadia)s proof. In the first placeC he points ot thattho5h 3ch is kno#n thro5h re5lar sorces of the life of &oroasterC there are 5aps a6ot#hich infor3ation #old 6e 3ost #elco3e. $r. ead6eater)s accont is al3ost eactlyidentical #ith +irdasi)s #ritin5sC of #hich a translation fro3 the Persian #as a/aila6le after1,2C A.D. Ehence $r. Wadia)s #onder3entFG 6t in place of the ne# infor3ation #hich #eare entitled to look for fro3 the in/esti5ations of so 5reat a psychic athorityC $r. ead6eateroffers s a strin5 of petty lo/e affairs and psychic ad/entres too tri/ial to find their #ay intoseclar or reli5ios history.

The acconts #ere al3ost eactly identical. $r. Wadia o/erlooked the al3ost. Thediscrepancy #as noticed 6y Dr. :areC #ho points ot that $r. ead6eater has altered the dateEa6ot %%( B.!.FC to 6e inferred fro3 +irdasi)s chronicle of &oroaster)s ti3eC and placed it6ack a 3ere thosand years to 1%2, B.!.

:e reco5nised apparentlyC as others ha/e doneC that +irdasi)s chronolo5y #asso3e#hat nrelia6leC Hnfortnately the disco/ery does not see3 to lea/e 6een 3adepsychicallyC for $r. :are apadiaC a pios ParseeC affir3s that &oroasterE&arathstraFC the prophet of the ParseesC preached one of his earliest ser3ons nearly %years a5oC ths placin5 hi3 in the siteenth centryC #here $r. ead6eater disco/ers hi3.So far no har3 done - #e si3ply ha/e clair/oyant confir3ation of +irdasi)s historical factsand >apadia)s dateG 6t #hyC 7 #hy did Daris I.C the son of *ishtaspa Esee the !a3eoa6o/eFC take it into his head to ha/e the history of his fa3ily car/ed in three lan5a5es on therocks of $t. Behistan for orthodo historians to disco/er in or a5e Daris 3st 6e 6elie/ed#hen he


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To flatter and intri5e the leaders and leaderettes of the Theosophical 3o/e3ent.7nce inclded in the patch#ork /eil of ti3eC #o/en 6y $r. ead6eater)s cl3sy fin5ersC theyare in his po#erG they ha/e to accept the honors he sho#ers pon the3C and the positions ofdi5nity to #hich he appoints the3 in the hoary past and the distant roseate ftre. Those ofs #ho do not 6eha/e orsel/es #ill not find a place in the 5allery of i33ortals. )We kno##ho #on)t 6e thereC) says $r. ead6eater in his fnny little #ay.

$r. :are concldes his re/ie# #ith this salient para5raphAforeti3e #e sed to 6elie/e that #e shold 5i/e credence to those #ho can sho#that they ha/e kno#led5eG 6t no# #e are offered the topsy-tr/y notion that a special /aleis to 6e placed on ad3itted i5norance. AndC in conclsionC I #ish to state that I ha/e #rittenthis article in the interests of Tre :istoryC Tre TheosophyC and Tre 7ccltis3.

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AN APPEAL

In the early nineties of last centryC i.e.C soon after the death of $3e. Bla/atskyC thereoccrred a /ery definite slackenin5 of ener5y in the Theosophical SocietyC and a 5ro#in5/a5eness of ai3. The forces that had 6een la6oriosly concentrated and directed intodefinite channelsC fro3 this ti3e on#ard 6e5an to 6eco3e diffsedC dispersedC andC #ith adeclinin5 spirital ener5yC lost the3sel/es in a #elter of /a5eC e3otional psedo-philanthropic acti/ities. In other #ordsC the 3e36ers of the Society rapidly 6eca3e - andrecei/ed e/ery encora5e3ent to 6eco3e - #hat are no#adays aptly ter3ed Hplifters.

There #as still a 5ood deal of ener5y in the SocietyC it still had the 3o3ent3 of theori5inal i3plseC 6t this ener5y 6eca3e less and less spiritalC and 3ore and 3ore ka3ic. It#as deflected fro3 its ori5inal far-reachin5 prposes and di/erted into the tr6id channels ofpsedo-philanthropy #ith its ta#dry 6t e3otionally-satisfyin5 acti/ities. This prepared the#ay for a /erita6le psychic de6ach #hich soon per/aded the #hole SocietyC 3oldin5 itsotlook 6y 3eans of a ne# and 5ro#in5 literatre - a sort of hy6rid spiritalis3 #ith a li6eralse of Theosophical ter3s. The deleterios effect of this ne# literatre #as threefold. It #asCthro5h #idespread ad/ertisin5 and the r5ent reco33endation of tra/elin5 lectrersEthe3sel/es trained in the ne# TheosophyFC foisted on the 3e36ers of the 5ro#in5 od5esCand it ths at once o6scred the Society)s early relia6le literatreC and inoclated the #holeSociety #ith teachin5s in conflict #ithC and s6/ersi/e ofC the philosophy as ta5ht 6y $3e.Bla/atsky and her 4astern Teachers.

+rtherC 6y its psychic and e3otional appealC it dre# into the od5es a for3ida6lepercenta5e of i33atreC e3otionally n6alanced people - people #hose direst needs #ere aconstant e3otional and psychic sti3lsC and a detailed direction as to #hat they sholdreadC think and do. Sch direction #as ;oyflly and copiosly pro/ided for the3 6y theSociety)s ne# leadersG the psychic titillation #as spplied in fll 3easre and soonC as 3i5htha/e 6een epectedC Theosophy 6eca3eC in the eyes of intelli5ent peopleC a s6;ect forirre/erent 3erri3ent and a3sed conte3pt.

So3e of the a6lest scientific and literary 3en of this 5enerationC #hoC fro3 theirdecided spirital leanin5sC 3i5ht #ell ha/e 6eco3e po#erfl allies of this ancient philosophyCha/e had 6t passin5 #ords of derision for the de6ased /ersion of it #hich they encontered


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in the crrent Theosophical literatre. This is only one of the 3isfortnes #hich 6efell theTheosophical 3o/e3ent #hen the Parent Society #as di/erted fro3 its tre ai3s.

It 3st 6e conceded that after the death of $3e. Bla/atskyC the tide of ener5y flo#in5into the 3o/e3ent #as 6ond to slackenC and this for reasons #hich #ill 6e perfectly #ellnderstood 6y all stdents of the la#s of the occltC and need not 6e stated here. It #asno6ody)s falt that the 5reat dri/in5 force had ceased to flo# #ith its ori5inal i3pets this

#as ine/ita6le. Bt #ho shall 3easre the hea/y responsi6ility of those #ho thro5hpersonal a36ition allo#ed the3sel/es to 6eco3e the tools and a5ents thro5h #ho3 the far-reachin5 ai3s of the Society #ere frstrated and its teachin5s de6ased?

It is no easy task at the 6est for the stdent of Theosophy to #in to an ade


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Efor one reason or anotherF a6andon the Society. This sort of reasonin5 is a co33on 3istakeof 3any Socialistic and Htopian idealists - they postlate a condition #hich #hileEtheoreticallyF perfectly feasi6leC in actal h3an eperience ne/er is flfilled. The Society #illal3ost certainly contine to hold #ithin its 3e36ership 6oth the #ise and the i33atreC 6oththe honest and the insincereC 6oth the resolte and the /acillatin5C 6oth the self-reliant and thecon5enitally ser/ileC and #e 3ay confidently 5o/ern or actions accordin5ly.

The second defect of the reasonin5 ;st allded to is that e/en in the Ei3possi6leFe/ent of all the #isest and stron5est 3e36ers


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#e cannot 3eet this re


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6lacker colors than realityC or to thro# all 6la3e pon so3e one 6lack sheepC a /icti3specially selected. Sch a tre 3an as that #e #ill e/er protect and despite hisshortco3in5sC assist to de/elop the 5ood 6e has in hi3. Sch a one is s6li3ely nselfishGhe sinks his personality in his caseC and takes no heed of disco3forts or personal o6lo


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I #ill pass o/er the attack on Dr. StokesC of Washin5ton . :e #ill 6e


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think I shold ha/e told her so. I #as si3ple eno5h at that ti3e to sppose that she #ascon/ersant #ith all sch occlt 3atters. In one of her letters I ha/e seen a state3ent 6y$rs. BesantC that I asked her if $r. Wed5#ood #as an initiate. In this detail the President)s3e3ory is at falt. I 3ost certainly did not ask her. :er state3ent on the s6;ect arose fro3her epressin5 re5ret that $r. ead6eater - #ho3 she descri6ed as a hi5h initiate - sholdoccpy an inferior position in the !hrch to $r. Wed5#oodC #ho #as not an initiate.

This little 3isnderstandin5 6et#een $rs. Besant and $r. ead6eater #ill no do6tsee3 ni3portant to so3e of 3y readersC 6t to 3e it #as /ital. As eplained in 3y letter to$rs. Besant nder re/ie#C I cold ne/er 6e satisfied to accept $r. ead6eater)s nspportedstate3ents on s6;ects that I cold not check. While $rs. BesantC as an occltistC confir3edthe3 #ell and 5ood. I #as 5reatly disillsioned to find this fnda3ental di/er5enceC as $r.=inara;adasa neatly descri6ed itC 6et#een the t#o occltistsC and had to conclde - forreasons stated in 3y letter - that $rs. Besant #as herself dependin5 pon $r. ead6eater forher 3essa5es fro3 the inner planesC and #as satisfied to accept anythin5 he reported #ithot


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or 3ay not 6e clair/oyant he certainly is ntrthflC and he is no real friend to theTheosophical SocietyC as those #ho ha/e read his co33ents in the 5"#"T" Bulletin for thecrrent 3onth E$ayFC and kno# the facts on #hich he co33entsC #ill see.

Another factor in con/incin5 3e of the #ron5ness of thin5s as they areC is thepersistent 3anner in #hich the 7fficials deny factsC 3isrepresent and distort trthsC andstoop to all sorts of


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The keynote of the doctrines otlined 6y the 4soteric Philosophy is their ni/ersality.They apply e


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loo3in5 and she arri/ed #ith plenipotentiary po#ers fro3 President 7lcottC to fond a ne#SectionC in order to pro/ide additional stren5th for the anti-=d5e party. The AstralianTheosophists #ere already split into opposin5 factionsC 6t her 3a5nificent oratory and hersper6 5enis for or5aniation left the =d5eites a shattered re3nant. The /isit of >atherineTin5ley and her !rsade in 1,0( failed to re3o/e the Besant inflence. 7ne crios thin5#as that a police3anC present to 3aintain order at one of her lectresC #as so carried a#ay

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Re/ertin5 to $el6orne and 10, her 3ost 6rilliant efforts #ere restricted to 3eetin5sof the 4.S. She corrected or pronnciation of Sanscrit pass#ordsG she confir3ed s in thefaith that she #as the occlt 3othpiece of the White od5e. Bt her otstandin5 effort #asthe ni5ht #hen she rose dra3aticallyC ordered s all to pt a#ay or note6ooks and pencilsCand told s that the #ay #as 6ein5 3ade ready for so3e one of 5reater occlt statre toreplace her as the a5ent of the od5eC as the 7ter :ead of the 4.S. She said that this #old

6e Da3odar $a/alankarC #ho had disappeared into Ti6et 3ore than t#enty years earlier.EShe had n/eiled a portrait of hi3 in the Shrine Roo3 at Adyar on White ots Day of thatsa3e yearC in order that he #old 6e reco5nied on his retrn.F It 3ay 6e that she had 6eeni3pressed 6y a horoscope #hich had 6een p6lished a6ot 1,0'C #herein the Astrolo5erWalter 9orn 7ld ESepharialF had said that she #old die in the sitieth year of her a5eC thatthe 5olden /oice #old sink into silenceC that her lo/ely presence #old disappear in thes3oke of the fneral pyre. She #as #ithin days of her sitieth 6irthday #hen she 3ade thisstate3ent.

$any other 3e3ories co3e floodin5 in. I #as recei/ed at a pri/ate adience at theho3e of her da5hterC $a6el Besant-ScottC #here she #as stayin5. I #as 5ra/ely concernedo/er #hat has 6eco3e kno#n as the ead6eater case and so5ht her 5idance. Sheeased 3y 3ind and relie/ed 3y anieties - for the ti3e 6ein5. There #as 3ch in thisinter/ie# #hich cannot 6e recorded e/en no# #ithot a 6reach of faith. Bt it #ill 6e recordede/entally for stdents of a later periodC if I sr/i/e those others directly concerned.

$rs. Besant had chan5ed her attitde to $r. ead6eater nder crios circ3stances.After the stor3 6roke in 10'C the year I ;oined the T.S.C he had 6een li/in5


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had no confidence. There is no ti3e to rehearse the lon5 and sorro#fl storyC of hearts that#ere sickened 6y hopes deferredC of the collapse of an i3posin5 strctreC #hich inclded the3a5nificent A3phitheatre here in SydneyC #hich reslted in a total loss of fro3 (C to1C . . . The real sho#do#n ca3e in 102'C #hen $rs. BesantC nder the ae5is this ti3eof $essrs. Wed5#ood and ArndaleC annonced that the T#el/e Apostles for thereincarnatin5 $essiah had 6een selected. In SydneyC $r. ead6eater only heard of this #hen

it #as p6licied in The +erald of the #tar3a5aine. I ha/e 6een told 6y t#o 3e36ers of hisentora5e at this ti3e that his an5er #as titanic. :e said This is 3adnessG I kno# nothin5#hate/er of it and he #rote a frios letter to $rs. Besant repdiatin5 the #hole thin5. :erecei/ed in reply a ca6le in #hich $rs. Besant told hi3 that if he do6ted her #ordC that if herefsed to corro6orate #hat she had saidC it #old display sch a #ant of confidence in herthat her only corse left #old 6e to resi5n the Presidency of the T.S. As his o#n stats in the$o/e3ent #as entirely 6ased on her reha6ilitation in 10, and her s6se


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's. /es#nt3s Ven(ett#By +.A.W.

+or a cople of years past the President of the Theosophical Society has lost no

opportnity of sho#in5 her dislike of the Sydney od5e. What offended herC or arosed heranta5onis3 in the first instanceC is not kno#nG 6t pro6a6ly letters fro3 her Brotheread6eaterC and the inflence of $r. =inara;adasaC #ho 6eca3e /ery annoyed #ith theSydney od5e #hen he #as in Astralia in 102C fanned the pre;dice.

$rs. Besant arri/ed in Sydney last $ay ;st in ti3e to read the isse of Da#n for that3onth. Readers #ill re3e36er The ead6eater ie incident recorded therein. The trsteesfor the Sydney od5e 6ildin5sC $essrs. 46erle and $artynC areC 6y the po#ers /ested inthe3 6y their Deed of TrstC in the position of landlords. The T.S. od5e and all other sers ofthe pre3ises are their tenants. The Sydney od5e hasC of corseC the first callC and at oneti3e the 4.S.T. #as a s6-tenantC 6ein5 responsi6le to the od5eG 6t they #ere not /eryprofita6le tenantsC and the od5e so3e years a5o passed the3 o/er to the TrsteesC #hohired ot acco33odation to the3 at a prely no3inal rental. When the facts disclosed in Theead6eater ie article ca3e nder their noticeC the Trstees decided to 3ake a protest in theinterest of e/erythin5 sacred to the first o6;ect of the T.S. It is possi6le thatC as a 3atter ofeti


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3otion #as proposed 6y Senator ReidC and seconded 6y $r. T.W. $acroC President of theSydney od5e

After recitin5 the resoltionC $r. ead6eater contines )Dele5ates only #ere allo#edto /oteC and the 3otion #as carried 6y ,' to 1%. It is sin5lar to note that forteen of thefifteen dissentients #ere Sydney od5e 3e36ersC and that no less than se/en of the3 #ere9er3ans or Astrians.)

In the opinion of this 4ecti/eC co33ents of this natre nder3ine the #holeprinciple of Hni/ersal BrotherhoodC #hich constittes the first and 3ost i3portant o6;ect of theTheosophical SocietyC and creates 6ad feelin5 6et#een its 3e36ers.

This 4ecti/e frther deplores that 5rossly ntre state3ents shold 6e 3ade to anor5anisation of a secret natreC #hose 3e36ership is confined to T.S. 3e36ersC and 3akesp6lic the fact that $essrs. +inkerna5el and Ste33lerC the only 9er3an or Astrian 3e36ersa3on5 the Sydney dele5ates #ho /oted a5ainst the 3otion of confidence in $r. ead6eaterCare old and tried #orkers in the T.S.C and en;oy the fllest confidence and appro6ation of this4ecti/e.

That the fore5oin5 resoltion 6e for#arded to $rs. BesantC the 7ter :ead of the4.S.T.C and President of the Theosophical SocietyC #ith a re


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etre3eC and the re3ark /ery natral. The President see3ed indeed ;st a poor old ladyCan5ry and pi


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!o-$asonic Te3pleC Re5ent StreetC at '. p.3. on $onday netC the 22nd $ay. 8o arein/ited to attend.

>indly 6rin5 this paper #ith yo. 7nly those #ho ha/e the in/itation #ith the3 #ill 6ead3itted.

!. W. 4ADB4AT4RC !orrespondin5 Secretary.

At this 5atherin5 a5ain it is said $rs. Besant /oiced her #oes and decried the Sydneyod5e 4ecti/eC /o#in5 that the opposition to Brother ead6eater and Initiate Wed5#ood#ere only 6lindsC and that the attack #as really ai3ed at herself.

@et ca3e an order to all 3e36ers of the 4soteric Section to either lea/e it or theSydney od5e. This #as a real 6lo# to 3any #ho had 6een associated #ith the Sydneyod5e for 3any years. It 3eant the se/erin5 of tried and pro/en friendshipsC the 6reakin5 ofall sorts of pleasant ties and associationsC 6t there #as no help for it. The casal reader #illask #hy on earth shold free people take any notice of orders of this sort? +ree people $ydear sirC yo do not nderstand anythin5 a6ot occltis3C at any rateC a6ot that 6rand of itepressed 6y the 5reat Arhats #ho rle the 4.S. What 6ddin5 occltist cares for freedo3:e ai3s at initiationC and Arhat ead6eater holds the keys to a ne# hea/en and a ne# hell. Ifthe Arhat 6ade hi3 trn on his 3other or deny his father he #old consider the cost asnothin5 if the re#ard #ere a step to#ards a place in the ranks of ead6eater)s :ierarchy.

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the #hichC if treC #old render 3e totally nfit to hold any hi5h position in the T.S. They tookthe occasion of 3y /isit to Astralia to 6e5in a /iolent attack in the Sydney pressC at firstso3e#hat /eiledC 6t soon de/elopin5 into an open atte3pt to destroy 3y 5ood na3e. $r.$artyn and his fello#-trstee eclded 3y 4.S. ppils fro3 their 3eetin5-roo3 in the Sydneyod5e pre3isesC as an nsita6le 6ody to contine as tenantsC and 6ade the3 3ake otherarran5e3ents. This eplsion has 6een confir3ed 6y the 3a;ority of the 4ecti/e of the

od5e. I ha/eC thereforeC #ith 3y ppilsC had to seek another 3eetin5-place. In addition tothisC they contined attacks in a ne#spaperC #hich 5ladly opened its col3ns to anythin5#hich in;red the T.S.C aid e/en faked p the accsations a5ainst :.P. Bla/atsky in 1,,"Cfrther to discredit the Society as a #hole. All 3e36ers of the 4.S. are 6ond 6y their pled5eto spport the Theosophical $o/e3ent 6efore the #orld. While $r. $artyn clai3s in ap6lic 3eetin5 to fla5ellate and chastise it #hen it 5oes #ron5 - in his opinion and that of hisfriendsC I cannot reco5nise that attitde a3on5 3y ppils. Perfect and 3tal trst is thsdestroyed.

The attack on the i6eral !atholic !hrch is also non-TheosophicalC and places those#ho take part in it on a le/el #ith those #ho assail /iolently the Ro3an !atholic !hrchC or:indis3C or Bddhis3C or &oroastrianis3C or lsla3C or any other 5reat reli5ion. Sch attacksare contrary to the +irst 76;ect of the T.S.C and entirely i3per3issi6le in any 3e36er of the4.S. I a3 therefore callin5 on all #ho ha/e taken part in the3 to retrn E#ithin one #eek fro3this dateF to 3y A5ent for this prpose E$r. lan Da/idsonC Ar3idaleC Thrpp StreetC @etralBayFC all 6ooksC papers and doc3ents of all kindsC and any pictres they ha/e recei/ed aspled5ed 3e36ers of the 4.S.T.

In order to pre/ent constant conflict 6et#een the Sydney od5e and the 3e36ers ofthe 4.S. 6elon5in5 to it Eths perpetatin5 discord 6y co3pellin5 all 3y ppils to li/e in allat3osphere of hatred and nder the dty of constantly protestin5 a5ainst accsations le/eleda5ainst their Teacher and a5ainst her representati/e in AstraliaFC I call pon the3 to choose6et#een the 4.S. and the Sydney od5e of the T.S.C painfl as that choice 3ay 6e to the3.We 3st 5o for#ard #ith or #ork of preparation for the co3in5 of the World-TeacherC andpeaceflly se/er orsel/es fro3 those #ho ha/e the ri5ht to represent the Sydney od5e6efore the #orld. Its Trstees and 4ecti/e ha/e epelled sC as 4.S. 3e36ersC and nonecan ct hi3self in t#ainG so3e 2 3e36ers of the Sydney od5e ha/e 6een epelled as4.S. 3e36ersG they cannot re3ain in it in their character as T.S. 3e36ersC and 6e eposedto constant re/ilin5s as 3y ppils. Those #ho trst 3e as their teacher 3st lea/e the od5eand send notice that they ha/e left it. Those #ho do notC 3st send in their 4.S. papers. 7neco33nication or the other 3st reach $r. Ian Da/idson #ithin the #eek. $ake yor choiceCeach one of yoC in the $aster)s presence.

8or faithfl ser/antCAnnie BesantC 7.:.

In this letter $rs. Besant 3odifies her attitde to#ards the Sydney od5e 4ecti/eC

6t concentrates her 6itterness on $r. $artyn. $rs. Besant has had fe# stancherspporters than $r. $artynG 6t it is said to 6e characteristic of the President that she haslittle sense of loyalty to her friends #hen they can no lon5er 6e of se to herC and $r. $artynseriosly hrt $rs. Besant)s amour propre #hen he all nconsciosly disclosed to the #orldthe fact that she #as not sch an all-seein5 occltist as she #old like to 6e tho5ht. :e hassadly fallen in fa/or of lateC since he is 6la3ed for 6ein5 the case of +arrar)s confessionC thendi5nified retreat of Bishop Wed5#oodC and the sspicion that all is not ri5ht #ith Bishopead6eater. Bt all thro5h the last tro6los cople of years $r. $artyn see3s to ha/eco3e ot ri5htC and the other fello# #ron5C and there is an e/er-5ro#in5 con/iction that $r.


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$artyn only spoke #hen and #hat he kne#G not #hat he sspected 3erely. 7n the otherhandC $rs. Besant has #eakened her position in the Society 6y tryin5 to shield those #hoha/e 6een 6rin5in5 the Society into deser/ed disrepte.

The reference in $rs. Besant)s letter to $r. $artynC clai3in5 to fla5ellate the Society#hen it 5oes #ron5C is a little inaccrate a5ain. $r. $artyn #as addressin5 a cro#ded p6lic3eetin5 in the >in5)s :all on the s6;ect of The Theosophical #ociety: )ts 1riends and its

5nemies" The &aily Telegraph reported the lectreC and no do6t $rs. Besant)s co33ent istaken fro3 the follo#in5 etractI #ant to ask yo #ho3 yo re5ard as the ene3ies and #ho3 as the friends of the

SocietyC after #hat yo ha/e heard. I think I can ans#er for 3any of yoC that the ene3iesare those #ho #ish to se the Society for personal ai3sC and the friends are those #ho 5i/e ithonora6le presentation 6efore the #orldC and #hen it 5oes #ron5 #ill fla5ellate and chastiseit. A3on5 those friends I reco5nise the #ork of The &aily Telegraph. EApplase.F In doin5 or#ork #e 3st 5et a#ay fro3 all this ostentation and 6ack to si3plicityC for5ettin5 the fl33eryand pretence of sacerdotalis3C stri/in5 for the 5ood of the people on the co33on streetC andli/in5 a3on5 the3C not as saints or 3onksC 6t as 6rother #ith 6rother E:earty applase.F

$r. $artyn #ill no do6t ha/e /ie#s of his o#n a6ot 6ein5 richly re#arded. :isre#ards see3 co3in5 to hi3 fro3 the President)s penC fast and frios ;st no#G #hy nottry the effect of inflictin5 a little pnish3ent on hi3C that 3i5ht 6e 3ore 5eneros. Bte/eryone #ho kno#s $r. $artyn kno#s thatC he has ne/er ca3pai5ned a5ainst $rs. Besant.This is her #ay of sayin5 that people #ho do not trst $r. Wed5#oodC or $r. ead6eaterC ordo not accept the .!.!.C or the 7rder of the Star in the 4astC as hea/en-sentC are opposin5me. In no other #ay has there 6een any ca3pai5n a5ainst the President in Sydney. @either$r. $artyn nor the T.S. oyalty ea5e initiated the press attack. $rs. Besant 6ro5ht that onherself 6y her take it to the police attitdeC #hich it is no ea55eration to say al3oststpefied the p6licC and so affected an other#ise friendly pressC that the p6lic fnctions in#hich $rs. Besant participated #ere thereafter hardly 3entioned in the ne#spapers. The#ydney orning +eralddid not e/en send a reporter to any of the3C and the /isit #hich 3i5htha/e 6een a /ery sefl one fell as flat as a Shro/e Tesday pancake.

The follo#in5 letterC ct ot of the &aily Telegraph of =ne 2(thC sho#s that $rs.Besant #ent still frther in another articleC accsin5 $r. $artyn of ha/in5 initiated the &ailyTelegraphattack on the .!.!. and indi/idals connected #ith it. $r. $artyn)s repdiationCcopled #ith the state3ent of the 4ditor of that ne#spaperC isCappended

rs" Besant and r" artynSirC - :ere#ith I send a copy of the =ne isse of the Theosophical Society)s

Astralian official 3a5aine. The first article is contri6ted 6y $rs. Annie BesantC and Iparticlarly in/ite attention to its first para5raphC the last fe# lines of #hich read )Thesha3efl ca3pai5n on 3y collea5e has 6een #orked p in order to co/er the attack on3yselfC #hich 6eca3e o/ert thro5h the inflence of $r. T.:. $artyn o/er The &ailyTelegraph of Sydney.)

8o #ill necessarily 6e a#are that I ha/e no inflence o/er the policy of yor paper. Inthis connection $rs. Besant)s co33ent is rather h3oros. I a3 #ritin5 3ore particlarly toask yo to spport 3e in the fact that I had nothin5 #hate/er to do #ith the ina5ration ofyor ca3pai5n on $ay 1(. It #oldC I a3 sreC 6e easy for yo to ascertain fro3 3e36ers ofyor staff that I had not contacted any of the3 for se/eral 3onths prior to that date. With yorassistanceC I trst I 3ay 6e a6le to con/ince $rs. Besant that her state3ent is a falsehoodC#hen she #ill perhaps p6licly #ithdra# it. +ailin5 thatC and in /ie# of #hat I lately learnedCi.e.C that the &aily Telegraph5a/e p6licity to certain char5es entirelyC as it 6elie/edC in the


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p6lic interestC and ninflenced 6y any person otside of its staffC I can only conclde that$rs. Besant seeks to 3aintain her o#n 5ood na3e 6y p6lishin5 #hat she kno#s to 6einaccrate a6ot 3yself. 8orsC etc.C

T.:. $ARTI@

EThe &aily Telegraph fond that a state of affairs eisted in re5ard to the i6eral

!atholic !hrch and certain TheosophistsC of #hich it tho5ht the p6lic shold 6e a#areCand de3anded a fll in


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had 6een content to predict ftre 5reatness for the ladC he #old later ha/e 6een re5ardedas a prophet. InsteadC etra/a5ant clai3s #ere 3ade and in keepin5 #ith theseC the co3in5Teacher had to 6e lanched pon his career #ith #orld#ide p6licity and attended 6y retinesof :ierarchsC Initiates and Apostles - and #ith an or5anied chrch all ready to preach his5ospel 6efore he had e/en annonced it. ady 43ily #as in the heart of all this. She #asde/oted to >rishna3rti and in Candles in the #unshe tells the inner story of his a#akenin5

to 3anhood and pttin5 aside the 3ask of the 3arionette #hich had 6een speri3posedpon hi3.>rishna3rti repdiated the #hole ela6orate setp as soon as his 3atrin5

consciosness 6roke thro5h the #e6 of illsion #hich had 6een #o/en arond hi3. Thisrerishna3rti had 6een an ordinary 3e36er and not the lon5 acclai3ed WorldTeacher his #ords 3i5ht not ha/e raised a ripple on the s3ooth lake of co3placency #hichsrronded the i/ory to#er in #hich the Adyar Society d#elt. Bt the acclai3ed Teacher hadspoken and his #ords had a de/astatin5 effect. Thro5h his achie/in5 to freedo3C he hadena6led others to find freedo3 also. Thosands of 3e36ers #ho had 6een ca5ht p in thepsychic crrent #ithot thinkin5 of #here it #as carryin5 the3C a#oke fro3 the illsion. $anyresi5ned fro3 the Society or rishna3rti like a 3other and #ho fir3ly 6elie/ed that he #as the World TeacherC #as daedand strickenC 6t had the cora5e to sayC +ollo# the Teacher. She closed the 4.S. #hichCshe saidC #as no lon5er necessary no# that the Teacher had co3e. ater this #as re/i/ed atthe r5in5 of $r. =inara;adasa #ho felt that it #as a 3eans of discipline necessary for the3e36ers. That it #as also a 3eans of eercisin5 control o/er the 3e36ers 3ay ha/e hadso3ethin5 to do #ith his insistence.

While >rishna3rti is the central fi5reC 3any other persons appear in the 6ookC $rs.BesantC $r. ead6eaterC $r. 9eor5e ArndaleC $r. =inara;adasaC Bishop =.I. Wed5#ood andothers pro3inent in the SocietyC and they and their teachin5s) and re/elations) are portrayed#ith al3ost nai/e honesty 6y the athor. What #as done and said is


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7ne can only #onder #hy so 3any 3e36ers accepted #ith nthinkin5 credlity thea6srdities #hich #ere pt for#ard as Theosophy)C - and #hy their o#n co33onsense didnot alert the3 to the pettinessC ;ealoslyC desire for placeC po#er and 5lory and thepatholo5ical self-centred e5otis3 so ra3pant a3on5 those in po#er. ady 43ily had asincere affection and respect for $rs. Besant 6t o6ser/ed that she #as 6ein5 i3posed pon6y others and states that $rs. Besant ne/er did anythin5 6t confir3 #hat others told her

Eon psychic 3attersF. The athor)s first i3pression of $r. ead6eater E1012F #as that his5reat idea #as to a/oid 6ein5 6othered - he had no feelin5 and is only 6ored 6y sfferin5 andtro6le. ater she e/idently ca3e to ha/e 3ore respect for hi3C 6t sa# his #eaknesses.Speakin5 of the non-acceptance of >rishna3rti)s doctrines 6y $r. ead6eater and otherTheosophical leadersC she #rites . . . I think the reason for it #as that there #as no lon5erany place for hi3 or for the other T.S. leaders in >rishna)s teachin5. There #as no place in itfor fa/oritis3 or pri/ile5eC for po#er or cere3onyG no place any 3ore for interpreters) orpsychic re/elationsC and !.W.. ;st cold not let 5o of po#er e/en at the a5e of ei5hty-t#o.

ady 43ily herself is no# o/er ei5hty years of a5e and in the preparation of this 6ookshe #as assisted 6y her da5hterC $aryC #ho #as also in/ol/ed in 3any of the e/entsrecorded there. 7ne character #ho 3o/es thro5h the 6ack5rond of the 6ook is ady43ily)s hs6andC Sir 4d#in tyensC #hose letters re/eal hi3 as a 3an of al3ostsperh3an patienceC kindliness and nderstandin5 in his acceptance of ady 43ily)s t#entyyears of lon5 a6sences fro3 her ho3e and children and of her constant acti/ity and fe/erishecite3ent in her o6sessional desire for spirital ad/ance3ent).

Candles in the #unrecords the story of a 6li5ht #hich al3ost destroyed the Societyand #hose effects are still #ith s. These are part of the >ar3a of the Society and those #hoare 3e36ers of that Society 3st accept this >ar3a e/en tho5h they #ere not indi/idallyin/ol/ed. It 5oes #ithot sayin5 that this 6ook is a co3plete /indication of the attitde ofthose in !anadaC and nota6ly the late $r. A.4.S. S3ytheC for3er 9eneral Secretary and4ditor of The Canadian Theosophist( in their /i5oros protest a5ainst the actions andteachin5s of the leaders of those days.

This 6ook shold 6e circlated #idely a3on5 all 3e36ers of the Society. It #ill 6rin5frther ridicle pon the Society fro3 the p6licC 6t for the 3e36ers it #ill help to destroy the3yth of neo-Theosophy created 6y $r. ead6eater et" al. It re/eals #hat Theosophy is notand 6y doin5 so it 3ay inflence the 3e36ers to retrn to the stdy of the a5eless andnshakea6le Theosophy set forth in the ori5inal teachin5s of the $asters and :.P. Bla/atsky.

- D. W. B.

-Canadian TheosophistC @o/.-Dec.C 10%(

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"CANDLES IN THE SUN"

LThe follo#in5 co33ents on Candles in the #un#ere etracted fro3 an infor3al letterEnot intended for p6licationF recei/ed 6y a s6scri6er to the 3a5aine fro3 a friend #ho has6een a 3e36er of 6oth the Point o3a and the Adyar Societies and #hose years of #ork forTheosophy are indicati/e of his deep and heartfelt interest in the Theosophical $o/e3ent.M

This 6ook is a peep in to three distinct yet not nrelated thin5s the inner life of 43ilytyensC the story of >rishna3rtiC and the history of the Adyar T.S. and its relationship to>rishna3rti. A peep-inC 6ecase tho5h it 5i/es a /ery definite #hiff of at3osphereC it doesnot 6y any 3eans con/ey a fll pictre and is so sparsely doc3ented that no serios


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historian can take it as of 3ch #ei5ht or si5nificance fro3 that standpoint. @e/erthelessC it isi3portant in its #ay 6ecase the at3osphere ths preser/ed and transferred to the reader isathentic as far as the eperiences of the athor - and they cannot 6e


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associatesC and 6ecase of spirital pride that 3ade her #ish to appear as on ter3s of closeassociation #ith hi5h Spirital Bein5sC she per3itted the #hole or5aniation to 6e attacked 6ythe 5er3 of psychis3C resltin5 in a disease that has pro/ed #ell ni5h 3ortal to that 6ody.

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plane"And it is these lo#er /isionsC more frequently e6perienced because of their affinity to

elements in the ehicles of the inestigator not yet prifiedC that #ill 6e presented as the 3osts6li3e i3a5es of the hi5her #orlds. +or sch a clair/oyant is depri/ed of the hi5h 3orality#hich is the force leadin5 or 6odies 6y affinity to#ards trly spirital Bein5s. Depri/ed of thestandard of co3parison that these pro/ideC he #ill 6e the /icti3 of all the illsions of a #orld

that is the /erita6le 3otherland of illsionC for h3an errors are 6t the faint reflection ofthese. Since the sense of responsi6ilityC #hich is essentially 3oral in ori5inC #ill e


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sponsored the for3ation of the Society. :e 6eca3e a Bddhist and de/eloped clair/oyantfaclties. ater he took a leadin5 part in the de/elop3ent of the s3all 6t #idely spreadi6eral !atholic !hrchC of #hich he 6eca3e the second Presidin5 Bishop. $ch contro/ersyhas re/ol/ed arond the


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the Bodhisatt/a ideal 6efore e/eryone. The Arhat has #on his freedo3 fro3 the #heel of6irth and death and has earned @ir/anaG 6t the Bodhisatt/a is so fll of lo/e andco3passion for the rest of h3anityC en3eshed in the 3iseries that arise fro3 i5norance - thesoil in #hich the 6liss destroyin5 passions florish that he sacrificially fore5oes the @ir/anic6liss he has earned and is in a position to takeC in order to help others to 5ain their freedo3tooC and enter @ir/ana #ith hi3G and there can 6e 3any Bodhisatt/as. They tread a path of

1 sta5es and 6eco3e fll Bddhas. :inayanists apparently think it is only necessary for oneArhat to ndertake this #orkC at lon5 inter/als of ti3e.

------:.P. Bla/atsky recei/ed her essential trainin5 in Ti6et fro3 Adepts in the $ahayana

traditionC so natrally her #orks are per3eated #ith this presentation of the Aeonic Wisdo3Ctho5h she points ot that the sa3e fnda3ental trths ha/e 6een pt forth in 3any cltresand a5esC and she #as at 3ch pains to dra# attention to parallel conceptions nder theter3inolo5ies of all the 3a;or faithsC 3yths and 3ystery syste3s of the #orld. All had theiradepts nder /aryin5 na3es. $3e. Bla/atsky)s #ritin5s are not clearly syste3atied andindeed her prpose #as not to propond an orderly accont of the /ast co3pleities #ith#hich she dealtC 6t to #iden the 3ental and cltral otlook of her readers and pt for#ardprofond and intition-stirrin5 tho5htsC s55estin5 a li/in5 interrelatedness in natre thatdefies co3part3entalied cate5oriin5.

This is apparent in her eplanations a6ot !elestial or Dhyani BddhasC #hich 6rin5sthese 6ein5s into the field of li/in5 nderstandin5. Adi-Bddha is the ea66alistic ShekinahF e3er5esC and *a;radharaC the Spre3eBddhaC co3es into 6ein5 EBrah3anC the Ancient of DaysC the +irst o5osF. :e is n3anifestCfor dality has not yet happenedG yet fro3 his heartC *a;rasatt/aC the Dia3ond :eart EorBrah3aC Ada3 >ad3on or the Second o5osFC 3anifestation co3es into eistence andC sin5:ind ter3sC the pri3al polarity of Prsha and PrakritiC or spirit and 3atterC isC 6orn.

+ro3 *a;rasatt/aC the Second o5osC the se/en Dhyani Bddhas Ethe Se/enPra;apatisC the se/en Spirits 6efore the ThroneFC are 3anifestedC and the 7ne ife EPrshaFplsates thro5h the entire ni/erseC in all its 3yriad for3sC differentiated 6y thecharacteristics of the penlti3ate Dhyani BddhasC #ho 6y 3editation create sonsC theDhyani-Bodhisatt/as. In e/ery one of sC in or deepest sel/esC the 7ne ife is directlycontacta6leC 6t only thro5h the Dhyani Bddha fro3 #ho3 #e ca3e forth. The DhyaniBddhas are called AnpadakaC parentlessC #ithot pro5enitorsC 6t inherently #e also are

AnpadakaC for each of s is rooted in a Dhyani Bddha. The Bddhic po#er is latent in all ofsC and the de5rees of adeptship are sta5es of 6rin5in5 Bddhahood to fll 3anifestation inthe h3an 6ody.

The :3an or $anshi Bddha 6eco3es Anpadaka #hen his #hole personalityC3entalC astral and physicalC is synthesied in At3a-BddhiG then he has 6eco3e a*a;rasatt/aC Dia3ond-SoledC a fll $ahat3a.

There is a story of Bddha that 6rin5s ot this parado that #e are all potentialBddhasC 6t only 5reat stren5thC #isdo3 and co3passion can prodce a h3an Bddha.:e #as once asked #hat is the difference 6et#een a Bddha and a 3onkC and he replied thatin a Bddha there are ( BddhasC 6t in a 3onk there are 1 Bddha and ' 3onks

The #ork a 3an has to do to 6eco3e an Arhat is the disentan5lin5 of the psychic knotof personalityC the dissol/in5 of the illsory I 6orn of e3oto-3ental reactionsC and therestoration of kar3ic 6alance in his relationships. :e is then free of co3plsion to 6ereincarnatedG he is an ArhatC 6t he is not a $anshi BddhaC a h3an BddhaC one #ho has


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6ro5ht the fllness of the Bddha-natre into physical lifeC and he 3ay ne/er 6eco3e one.:e is free of co3plsion to retrnC he has freedo3 of choice. Se/eral alternati/es lie 6eforehi3C and a3on5 the3 are these threeG he 3ay enter @ir/ana as is his ri5htC as a PratyekaBddhaC a solitary BddhaC one #ho does not ndertake to teachG he 3ay cease toreincarnate 6tC as a @ir3anakayaC 6eco3e one #ho re3ains in toch #ith 3ankind on innerplanes as an inspirerC encora5er and enli5htenerC inflencin5 those #ho are aspirin5 to

no6ler li/in5 6y the po#er of tho5ht and lo/eG or he 3ay /olntarily retrn to earth liferepeatedly as an AdeptC a 3e36er of the hierarchy of 4lder Brethren #ho #ork for h3an#ell-6ein5 and li6erationC li/in5 in h3an 6odies thro5h #hich they 5et a direct prchasepon the affairs of this physical #orld. They are the h3an Bodhisatt/asC #ho are #orkin5 atthe task of 6eco3in5 h3an BddhasC $anshi Bddhas.

There are se/en sta5es of @ir/ana andC accordin5 to $ahayana teachin5C the fllnessof the Bddha natre 3anifests not alone in Pra;naC the intiti/e insi5ht of ill3inedintelli5enceC 6t in Pra;na copled #ith >arnaC the 5reat co3passion #hich 6la3es no onefor the i5norance of self-cased sfferin5C yet 3st of its o#n natre help those in schdistress to 6eco3e a#are of the cases in the3sel/es of their self-inflicted tor3ent.

So the perfection of a Bodhisatt/a incldes not only the fllness of Pra;naC #isdo36ased pon the kno#led5e of the nderlyin5 7neness of all lifeC 6t also >arnaC 6rin5in5a6ot the fll de/elop3ent of HpayaC the skilfl se of de/ices to 3eet the special needs ofeach one of 3ltitdinos indi/idalsC eactly at his o#n le/el of nderstandin5C and to select

;st the 3eans that #ill ena6le each one contacted to take his o#n net step 3ost had5a) or solitary rhinoceros . . . :e is far 6elo# a tre Bddha of !o3passion).

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in e/ery ne# re6irth of the $onadC or real Self. Whether or Dhyani Bddha presides o/eror lifeC and #e 5o or o#n s#eet #ay as the personality fanciesC E6t #hich so often trnsot to 6e 6itter or sorFC or #hether or life is 5ided 6y or Dhyani BddhaC depends #hollyon orsel/es. The spirital life consists in trnin5C for 5idanceC to the 5od #ithinC the:ea/enly +atherC the Dhyani Bddha fro3 #hich #e ca3e forthC and initiations are 6tpro5ressi/e realiations of that 5idance and its increasin5 presence in or li/es. The

AdeptsC says :.P.B.C ha/e each their Dhyani BddhaC their elder T#in-Sol)C and they kno#itC callin5 it +ather-Sol) and +ather-+ire). It is only at the last and spre3e InitiationCho#e/erC #hen placed face to face #ith the 6ri5ht I3a5e) that they learn to reco5nie it.

9ata3a BddhaC accordin5 to $3e. Bla/atskyC #as a direct 3anifestation of aDhyani BddhaC A3ita6haG that is to sayC not only had personality 6een dissol/edC 6t >aranaShariraC the reincarnatin5 e5o or casal 6odyC had 6een replaced 6y a celestial Bodhisatt/aCorC in other #ordsC his #hole natre #as 3er5ed in At3a-Bddh.) When 9ata3a Bddhatook the Dhar3akaya /estre he passed 6eyond possi6ility of re6irthC 6t his Bodhisatt/icre3ainsC his s6tler 6odyC is still present a3on5 the InitiatesC and #as sed to for3 the3iddle principles of Sri SankaracharyaC #ho #as not a reincarnation of BddhaC for the At3ic3onad #as different and the 6ody #as ne#C 6t the 3iddle principles #ere the hi5hlyde/eloped and preser/ed /ehicles of 9ata3a. These ha/e 6een sed for se/eral A/atarasand 5reat saints.

There is a certain o6scrity in :.P. Bla/atsky)s teachin5 a6ot the Bddhas and theRonds and Races. 7n the one hand she says that of the ( Trths) and Re/elationsC orrather re/ealed secretsC " only ha/e 6een handed to sC as #e are still in the "th RondC andthe #orld has had only " BddhasC so far. 9ata3a Bddha #as of the %th Race and$aitreya BddhaC the %th Bddha #ill 6e the last $essiah. The last of the A/ataras andBddhas #ill co3e in the (th Race at the cl3ination of the 9reat !ycleC after #ho3 theold #orld #ill 6e destroyedG 6t alternati/ely as e/ery ne# Root-Race at the head of aRond 3st ha/e its re/elation and re/ealersC - the net Rond #ill 6rin5 the %th Bddha.

Alternati/ely a5ainC of the ( Dhyani Bddhas % ha/e hitherto 3anifestedC and 2 are to co3ein the 'th and (th Root-RacesC and $aitreya Bddha is Bddha of the 'th Race.

The =ess !hrist of the 5ospel story is not a historical characterC accordin5 to $3e.Bla/atsky. 7ne of her Adept instrctors #as e3phatic a6ot this 6eyond possi6ility ofco3pro3ise. =ess he saidC is a spirital a6straction and no li/in5 3an of that epoch. . .the real !hrist of e/ery !hristian is the *achC the 3ystical *oice). The e/ents descri6ed astakin5 place a6ot to A.D. did not so happen. The 5ospels are a 6lend of astrono3ical3ythC initiation alle5ory and traditional lore of the teachin5s of =esch 6en PandiraC #ho li/eda6ot 1 B.!. The na3e =ess is an 4n5lish transcription of the 9reek IesosC #hich isa transcription of a co33on :e6re# na3e that is translated directly fro3 the :e6re# into4n5lish as =oshaC =ehosha or =esch. =osha !hrist #old therefore 6e ;st as correct as=ess !hrist.

=esch 6en Pandira #as an adeptC an initiate of the 45yptian 3ysteriesC a 3artyr forTrth. :e #as a Bodhisatt/a #ith a spirit of Bddha :i3self in :i3 #hich 3ay 3ean that he#as of the se/eral A/ataras and 5reat saints #ho ha/e 6een pri/ile5ed to se the 3iddleprinciples of BddhaC one of the se/eral #orld-refor3ersC a Sa/ior for his direct follo#ersC6t only a 5reat and 5lorios InitiateC for all the rest. . . The 9rop of disciples andfollo#ers attracted to hi3 6elon5ed to the sa3e Dhyani BddhaC StarC or +ather. . . C for asSt. Pal saidC one star differs fro3 another in 5lory. =ess kne# his +ather. I and 3y +atherare one he said. $y +ather is greater than I. I ascend nto my +ather and your +ather.Then shall the ri5hteos shine forth as the sn in the kin5do3 of their +ather. The ter3+ather has de5rees of si5nificance. To s the reincarnatin5 e5o 3ay #ell 6e the +atherC to


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the Initiate pro5ressi/ely his o#n 3onadic At3a-BddhiC the Dhyani Bddha fro3 #hich as a3onad he ca3e forthC or the Dhyani BddhasC the hea/enly parentsC collecti/ely andsynthetic-ally as the o5osC the Word. When as !hristians #e say or +ather #hich art in:ea/en #e o5ht to 6e trnin5 to the hi5hest focs of 5idance #ithin orsel/es that #e cancontactC and 9lorify yor +ather #hich is in :ea/en ad3onishes s to 6rin5 the hea/enly5lory of the +ather do#n to earthC Thy >in5do3 co3eC Thy #ill 6e doneC on earth as it is in

:ea/en. We are the prodi5al sonsC retrnin5 to or +ather #ith realiation of the folly of or#anderin5sC and the #ay #e ha/e cased or o#n 3isery that has also 3ade the 6rdens ofothers hea/ierG it is thro5h s that the 5lory of the +ather has to 6e 3ade 3anifest on earthCand I do6t #hether any of s #old like to clai3 that #e are doin5 a particlarly 5ood ;o6 of ityetG theosophical stdy helps those #ho are in earnest.

=essC ho#e/erC #as a 3an #ho ,as 3akin5 a 5ood ;o6 of it. :e #as transcendin5the state of !hrestosC the tri6lations and trialsC to 6eco3e !hristosC the anointed Iesos!hristosC =ess or =osha in #ho3 !hristos or the Bddha-natre #as 3anifest. To :.P.Bla/atskyC !hristos #as the Di/ine Principle #ithinC Bddhi-$anasC - or At3aC or the o5osC ora Dhyani-Bddha reflected in the spirit of 3an. . . Iesos !hristos #as therefore the 3an=ess 5lorified 6y the inner !hristos. !hristos) #ith the 9nostics 3eant the I3personalPrincipleC the At3an of the Hni/erseC and the At3a #ithin e/ery 3an)s solC she #roteC andshe


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point Was =ess a Son of 9od and Sa/ior of $ankindC ni


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sperh3an hei5ht of po#erC #isdo3 and lo/e cold 6e selfishC is fond in the eoteric6ooksC tho5h it is hard to see ho# it can ha/e arisen. :.P.B. char5ed 3e to correct the3istakeC as she hadC in a careless 3o3entC copied sch a state3ent else#here. $rs.Besant did not 3ake clear in this state3ent that the re.:. #ritin5 to $r. Sinnett contrasts Pratyeka 8ana #hich 3eans literally thepersonal /ehicle) or personal 45oC a co36ination of the fi/e lo#er principlesC #ith A3rita8ana #hich is translated - )The i33ortal /ehicle)C or the Indi/idalityC the Spirital SolC orthe I33ortal 3onad - a co36ination of the fifthC sith and se/enth. Bishop ead6eater 5a/ea stats to the Pratyeka Bddhas forei5n to anythin5 in Bddhist literatreC and far re3o/edfro3 the $ahayanist connotations of :.P.B. and the $asters. :e placed the3 at the ,thinitiationC parallel #ith the BddhaC 6t on the rlin5 rayC and he said there #ere of the3onlyC Sri Sankaracharya 6ein5 one. Whether or not sch hi5h offices eistC it is clear that thePratyeka Bddhas of :.P.B.)s teachin5 and the $ahayana are not the Pratyeka Bddhas of@eo-Theosophy.

The 3ost far-reachin5 of Bishop ead6eater)s teachin5s in this field that has no#arrant in :.P.B.)s #ritin5s is the identification of !hrist #ith the Bodhisatt/aC the ftreBddha $aitreyaC the %th Race Bddha accordin5 to hi3C the %th Rond Eor 'th or (th RaceFBddhaC accordin5 to $3e. Bla/atsky. Bishop ead6eater descri6es the ord $aitreya as inincarnation at the present ti3e in a !eltic 6odyC li/in5 in the :i3alayas. Bishop ead6eatersaid that the 6ody of =essC #as occpied 6y the Bodhisatt/a $aitreyaC #ho ta5ht thro5h itsin5 the Bodhisatt/ic re3ains of BddhaC as he still does and as in the case of SriSankaracharya. This 5oes frther than $3e. Bla/atsky #ho said that =ess #as aBodhisatt/aC #ith the spirit of Bddha :i3self in :i3. When Bishop ead6eater applied thena3e !hrist to the Bodhisatt/a $aitreyaC his #ords had far-reachin5 potency. It 5a/e a focsfor the forces of !hrist #orship and !hrist speriority - ass3ptionsC 6ilt in past centriesC tofse #ith this tho5ht of a spre3e World Teacher. In Bishop ead6eater)s syste3atiin5 ofthe hierarchyC $aitreya-!hrist is s6ordinate to 9ata3a BddhaC yet as :ead of all #orld+aiths he is 5i/en the na3e associated #ith !hristianityC and this has had po#erfl laterener5iation fro3 $rs. Alice A. Bailey. The #isdo3 of this has 6een fairly challen5edC tho5hon the other hand the act 3st 6e noted as an inflence con;oinin5 Bddhis3 and!hristianity.

Who #as this =ess #hose 6ody Bishop ead6eater says #as occpied 6y theBodhisatt/a $aitreya-!hrist? In his earlier clair/oyant reports Bishop ead6eater confir3edthat there #as no =ess-A/atar of a6ot - A.D.C and the tradition relates to =esch 6enPandira of c. 1 B.!.G nor #ere there 12 disciples. When #e ea3ine clair/oyantly the lifeof the fonder of !hristianity . . . #e can find no trace of the alle5ed 12 apostles he #roteGthis #as part of ni/ersal 3yth incorporated in the Bi6le storyG 6t the ori5inal =ess had6een confsed #ith an o6scre fanaticC eected in =ersale3 a6ot A.D. ater he #roteas tho5h he had for5otten this and took the 12 apostles for 5rantedOC LO This state3ent that!.W.. #as inconsistent #ith re5ard to the 12 Apostles has 6een challen5edC #hen a draft ofthis paper #as issed to friendsC and so far I ha/e not 6een a6le to ;stify itC tho5h feelin5sre that I did not inclde it in the paper in 10% #ithot 5ood e/idence. The reader sholdtherefore take it as ncertainC nless so3e other stdent can confir3 it #ith a precisereference.M descri6in5 =ess as ha/in5 6een 6aptied 6y =ohn the BaptistC follo#ed 6y the years) 3inistry of $aitreya-!hrist. The 5nostic idea


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@ile had #ith the 45yptians.The idea of the 6ody of =ess 6ein5 sed 6y the !hrist has 6een descri6ed as in

accord #ith the !erinthian 9nosticsC 6t they re5arded the o/ershado#in5 !hrist as one ofthe ( AeonsC and the chief of the3. Bishop ead6eater interposes an inter3ediate a5encyCthe ord $aitreya-!hristC #ho3 he re5arded as an a5ent of the Second o5osC *ishnC or theHni/ersal !hrist.

Bishop ead6eater #as also associated #ith the prophecy that Bodhisatt/a $aitreya-!hrist #as retrnin5 to teach in the present centryC pro6a6ly sin5 the 6ody of >rishna3rti.Dr. Besant annonced the co33ence3ent of :is 3ission in 102% and that there #old 6e 12disciplesC ( of #ho3 #ere na3ed and ' declared to 6e Arhats. It is only fair to say thatBishop ead6eater had nothin5 to do #ith this prononce3ent. :e #as in Astralia. Dr.Besant #as in 4ropeC and she 6lndered thro5h acceptin5C #ith insfficient criticaldiscri3inationC the psychic reports of certain collea5es. >rishna3rti dis6anded allor5aniations related to his spposed officeC and he sidestepped all


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6esto#ed a 3easre of re/elation pon h3anity and then #ithdre# to certain spiritalhei5hts to a6ide there and 5ide the affairs of h3anity. BddhaC he saysC #as a friend andppil of !hristian Rosenkret and participated in a conference at #hich it #as decided thatBddha shold take p #ork on $ars #here a certain prification #as neededG and Bddha#ent to $ars in 1'". Accordin5 to Dr. Steiner there #as =esch 6en Pandira #ho is theBodhisatt/a and #ill 6e $aitreya BddhaG he has reincarnated repeatedly and #ill co3e

a5ain in the 2th centry. So :.P.B. says =ess #as a Bodhisatt/aC ead6eater says theBodhisatt/a ta5ht thro5h the =ess 6odyC and Steiner says =ess #as the Bodhisatt/a.Bt says Dr. Steiner there #as also not only a =ess at the - A.D. period as

ead6eater says - there #ere t#o thenC and they #ere not o6scre fanatics. In this 3atter hesays $3e. Bla/atsky #as 3istaken. She #as the 5reat insti5ator. The sti3ls to occltin/esti5ation had to 6e 5i/en 6y the Theosophical Society.

:. P. Bla/atsky . . . #as the instr3ent for the 5i/in5 of the sti3lsG and she pro/edherself flly co3petent for her prpose . . . What $3e. Bla/atsky started is of deep incisi/ei3portanceC 6t ho# i33easra6le is all that she cold not acco3plish in that introdctory actof hers . . . The necessity of the !hrist-eperience #as co3pletely hidden fro3 Bla/atsky . . .:er task #as to point ot the 5er3s of trth in the reli5ions of the Aryan peoplesG theco3prehension of the re/elations 5i/en in the 7ld and @e# Testa3ents #as denied her . . . Ifthe sti3ls 5i/en 6y her in the Theosophical $o/e3ent is to 6e carried frtherC #e 3stattain to an nderstandin5 of the !hrist-4/ent. The early Theosophical 3o/e3ent failed to5rasp the reli5ios and spirital life of the 7ld and @e# Testa3entsG that is #hy e/erythin5 is#ide of the 3ark in this first 3o/e3entC and the Theosophical $o/e3ent has the task of3akin5 this 5ood and of addin5 #hat #as not 5i/en at first . . . 7ri5inally Theosophy onlyranked the historic =ess #ith other fonders of reli5ion. It ne/er occrred to Bla/atsky todeny the historic =essG tho5h she certainly placed :i3 one hndred years earlier. She didnot deny :is eistenceC 6t she did not reco5nie !hrist-=essG altho5h she insti5ated the3o/e3ent in #hich :e 3ay so3e day 6e kno#nC she #as not a6le herself to reco5nie:i3 . . . We /isalie :.P. Bla/atsky as the 6rin5er of a sort of da#n of a ne# li5htG 6t of#hat 5ood #old that li5ht 6e if it #ere not to ill3inate the 3ost i3portant thin5 that 3ankindhas e/er possessed A Theosophy #hich does not pro/ide the 3eans of nderstandin5!hristianity is a6soltely /aleless to or present ci/iliationG 6t if it shold 6eco3e aninstr3ent for the nderstandin5 of !hristianity #e shold then 6e 3akin5 the ri5ht se of theinstr3ent . . . 4/erythin5 is in corse of de/elop3entC incldin5 the spirit of Bla/atsky. :erspirit is no# #orkin5 in the spirital #orld to frther the pro5ress of the Theosophical3o/e3entG 6t if #e sit 6efore her and the 6ook she #roteC sayin5 We #ill raise a3on3ent to yo consistin5 of yor o#n #orksC - #ho is it that is 3akin5 her spiritearth6ond? Who is conde3nin5 her not to pro5ress 6eyond #hat she esta6lished on earth?We orsel/es We re/ere and ackno#led5e her /ale if e/en as she herself #ent 6eyond herti3eC #e also 5o frther than she did so lon5 as the 5race rlin5 the de/elop3ent of the #orldcontines to /ochsafe spirital re/elations fro3 the spirital #orld . . . et s endea/or to3ake orsel/es capa6le of preparin5 a field in the Theosophical 3o/e3ent in #hich thei3plse of Bla/atsky shall not 6e hindered Cand arrestedC 6t shall pro5ress to frtherde/elop3ent.

Accordin5 to Dr. SteinerC the t#o later =ess children #ere 6orn #ithin a fe#3onths of each other. The Solo3on =ess-child - that is the one 6orn in the Solo3on line -#as a reincarnation of &oroasterC #ho #as teacher of Pytha5oras and 5a/e p his etheric6ody to $oses and his astral 6ody to :er3es. The &oroaster-Solo3on =ess-!hild #ashi5hly talented 6t lia6le to err.

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tenanted 6y an e5o held 6ack fro3 pre/ios incarnationC a fra53ent of Ada3 forces ntainted6y earthly eperience and contact #ith the forces of Ahri3anC the e/il po#erG so @athan-=ess had an i33ensely lo/in5C self-sacrificin5 dispositionC si3ple and pre. At the a5e of 129ata3a BddhaC #ho had appeared to the shepherds as the an5el heraldin5 the 6irth of=essC per3eated the astral 6ody of this =ess #ith his forcesC and the &oroaster-e5o left theSolo3on-=ess 6ody and took possession of the @athan-=ess 6odyC so that at the a5e of 12

this =ess increased in #isdo3 and statre. This 6lendin5 of the =ess-Bddha-&oroasterforces co36ined to for3 a 6ody sita6le for the se of the $acrocos3ic !hristC and this!hrist-indi/idalityC no h3an e5oC entered the =ess-6ody #hen =ohn 6aptied it in the=ordan. +ro3 that ti3e =ess 6e5an to #ork 3iraclesG 6efore thatC he had 6een co3pletelyi5norant of his 3ission. This !hrist-SpiritC accordin5 to Dr. SteinerC #as Ahra $ada or*is/akar3anC #ho accordin5 to :.P.B. is one of the ( Rays of the $ystic Sn - or in other#ordsC the 3anifestation of a Dhyani Bddha. 9ata3a Bddha #as /ested #ith the po#erof *is/akar3anC said Dr. SteinerC 6t the @athan-=essC #ho recei/ed #ithin hi3self the!hristC #as not 3erely in/ested 6t anointed . . . filled and satrated #ith *is/akar3an.

There #ere 12 Apostles of the @athan-=essC says Dr. Steiner. They had pre/ioslyreincarnated as )the ( $acca6ean sons and the % sons of $attathiasC 6rothers of =das$acca6es. The 9ospels al#ays relate the trthC he saysG there is no need to


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There6y it #as possi6le for all the t#el/e #orld-conceptionsC reli5ios and scientific - andfnda3entally there are only t#el/e - to 6e 5athered to5etherC synthesied in 7@4. :is3ission #as to create a synthesis of the 12 strea3s of #isdo3 in the sphere of tho5ht andto 6rin5 forth the ne# i3plse #hich he cold then 6e


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the eercise of discri3inationG and in the co3radeship of a Theosophical od5e the trthseeker shold find pro5ressi/e help in discernin5 #hat is i3portant and #hat ni3portantC inlearnin5 to disenc36er the 3ind of 6eliefs and to lea/e ;d53ent sspended a6ot that#hich is sppositionary to hi3 ho#e/er factal it 3ay 6e to othersC or ho#e/er con/inced they3ay 6e of its trth.

We ha/e to train orsel/es to se do6t n6iassedly to test and pro/e that #hich is

presented to s for acceptance fro3 #hate/er sorceC so that #e 3ay a/oid the assi3ilationof errorG to 6e clear and tre in tho5ht and speech a6ot the /arios opinions and 6eliefsheld 6y 3e36ers and friendsC re5ardless of #hether #e orsel/es find 5ronds to accept thenor notG to decide #hich ideas that see3 pro6a6le #e #ill tentati/ely accept as 6ases foraction to pro/e 6y their #orkin5 and reslts ho# tre they areG to place the faith-po#er ofcon/iction nhesitatin5ly #here or o#n kno#led5e #arrants itG andC 6y the poise of freepersonal relations and a clear 3indC disenthralled of 6eliefs and #ar3thfl #ith 5ood#illC tocreate the conditions in #hich #e 3ay hearC harken to and heed the nerrin5 5idance of thespirit #ithin.

- Canadian TheosophistC +e6.C $arch-AprilC 10%%

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E($to'$#l Notes7The Theosophical #ociety has neer been and neer ,ill be a school of promiscuous

Theurgic rites" But there are do;ens of small occult #ocieties ,hich tal! ery glibly of agic(.ccultism( osicrucians( Adept's( etc" These profess much( een to giing the !ey to the2nierse( but end by leading men to a blan! ,all instead of the 7&oor of the ysteries"7These are some of our most insidious foes" 2nder coer of the philosophy of the 8isdom-eligion they manage to get up a mystical argon ,hich for the time is effectie and enablesthem( by the aid of a ery small amount of clairoyance( to fleece the mystically inclined butignorant aspirants to the occult( and lead them li!e sheep in almost any direction"7 - :.P.Bla/atsky

$rs. Besant has paid her epected /isit to AstraliaC and a5ain retrned to Adyar. $y/isitC re3arked the PresidentC to a ne#spaper inter/ie#erC on lea/in5C has 6een an interldein 3y #orkC and a /ery npleasant one. Astralian Theosophists #ill one and all re5ret thatthe /isit #as not en;oya6le to the PresidentC 6t they #ill also ha/e to re5ret that it 6ro5htlittle profit to the3sel/es. Perhaps less to the Society as a #hole.

It 3i5ht 6e 5athered fro3 the President)s re3ark that the /isit #as 3erely an interldein her #orkC that the interests of the Theosophical Society #ere secondary any#ay. That 3ayaccont for the nfortnate 3anner in #hich they #ere handled.

Arri/in5 in SydneyC $rs. Besant #as accorded a fine reception 6y 3e36ersrepresentin5 all factions. She ca3eC it #as hopedC and perhaps reasona6ly epectedC as apeace-3akerC and a ;dicial chief officerC #illin5 to se her office to pro3ote har3ony. Alas it


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7An )mmoral /erson"7$rs. Besant 5oes on to say that $r. ead6eater #as cleared of the accsation of

i33orality in the $adras !ort. That is si3ply the dia3etrical opposite of the trth. There#asC indeedC another and different char5e to #hich I #ill not alldeC /i.C 3iscondct to#ardsthe 6oys too indecent to 6e 5i/en orallyC and therefore #ritten do#n for the !ortEThe Ti3esF. It #as that other 3iscondct alone #hich $r. =stice Bake#ell fond had not

6een esta6lishedC #hile in the sa3e sentence he pts the indeli6le ;dicial sta3p pon $r.ead6eater that fro3 his o#n e/idence he is certainly an i33oral person.

rs" Besant's Bro!en /ledge@etC $rs. Besant says that she 3ade no stiplation 6efore partin5C #ith the 6oys

that they shold not ha/e anythin5 to do #ith $r. ead6eater. $rs. Besant says that she hasnot The Ti3es 6efore herG 6t there 3st 6e so3e error in the in5)s :all speechC #hich her chair3an has praised for its fairnessC she traced the


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eperi3ents of hi5her persons Ea/oidin5 the dan5er of i5noranceF thro5h ad3iration to;ealosy and finally hatredC and saidC I point this ot 6ecase of the present crel persectionin re5ard to the i6eral !atholic !hrch.

Trial by /ublic eeting"$rs. Besant says that she does not 6elie/e in trial 6y p6lic 3eetin5. 8et it #as 6y ;st

sch a trial at the >in5)s :all only a #eek a5o that $rs. Besant procred the conde3nation of$r. ead6eater)s accsers #ithot e/idenceC his na3e 6ein5 adroitly 6racketed #ith hers inan epression of confidence.

I therefore #ithdra# nothin5 of #hat I ha/e #rittenC 6t I #ill add instead that $rs.Besant)s letter carries her 6eyond the sppression of trthC a5ainst #hich I first protested.These so36re facts stand ot

1. $rs. Besant)s chief collea5e here stated as late as 101 in open !ort that he still6elie/ed in teachin5 detesta6le /ice to 6oysC #hich he had pre/iosly ta5ht the3.

2. An 4n5lish ;d5e for this reason declared hi3 to 6e an i33oral person.. $r. $artyn accsed $r. ead6eater of 6ein5 still #hat the 4n5lish ;d5e said of hi3C

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adherence to the ori5inal 3essa5e of Theosophy.They are a#are that there is a fnda3ental and irreconcila6le difference of approach

6et#een the re/elations 5i/en ot 6y $r. ead6eaterC and the teachin5s of the $asters andtheir a5entC :.P. Bla/atsky. In St. Pal)s #ordsC the first is of the earthC earthyG the second isthe ord fro3 hea/en. In the opinion of 3any stdentsC $r. ead6eater #as a psychic #hone/er ad/anced 6eyond the li3its of lo#er psychis3C the plane of astral for3sC s6tle and

illsi/e. It is tre that his 6ooks epress 3any ealted idealsC 3any no6le teachin5s - it #old6e i3possi6le to #rite on Theosophy #ithot carryin5 for#ard so3e parts at least of the$essa5e - 6t his en5rossin5 interest #as in psychis3. :is 3ind #as not 3etaphysicalG#here :.P.B. and the $asters spoke of a6stract PrinciplesC $r. ead6eater sa# only3ar/elos Bein5sC 5odsC de/asC ele3entals and the likeG #here they presented the ancientdoctrine of the di/ine self #ithin the shrine of the heartC and stated that the 5reat #ork of 3an#as to realie that di/inity 6y self-i3posed disciplines of prification and aspirationC $r.ead6eater on the contrary conseled the se of cere3oniesC the 6rnin5 of incenseC thein/ocation of astral 6ein5sC the perfor3ance of 3a5ical rites to control eterior forces. The3any differences 6et#een the t#o attitdes ha/e 6een the s6;ect of articles andC 6ookletsand #e do not #ish to enlar5e pon ea3ples here.

The freedo3 of epression and 6elief #hich the Society 5arantees to all its 3e36ers5a/e $r. ead6eater the ri5ht to hold his pecliar opinions and to state the3. Hnfortnatelythese opinions ha/e co3e to 6e re5arded as athoritati/e 6y the 3a;ority of the 3e36ers ofthe Adyar Theosophical Society. They are re;ected 6y the 3e36ers of the other TheosophicalSocieties and 6y the steadily 5ro#in5 n36er of Theosophists #ho are not affiliated #ith anySociety. The n36er of these is 6ein5 increased 6y stdents like $r. BarrattC #ho feel thatthey shold not re3ain in an or5aniation #hich calls itself theosophical and yet has 3o/edso far a#ay fro3 the ori5inal sorce of Theosophy.

We are therefore 5lad to p6lish $r. Barratt)s letter in the hope that it #ill encora5eother 3e36ers to take tho5htG to 5o 6ack and reread #ith 3ore critical eyes the 6ooks#hich they ha/e accepted heretoforeG if pon a detached re-ea3ination they find the3 nolon5er satisfyin5C then to trn to the 5reat sorce 6ooks of TheosophyC The ahatma Letters(The #ecret &octrineand other #ritin5s of :.P.B. to disco/er for the3sel/es #hat Theosophyreally is.-------

The 4ditorCThe !anadian Theosophist.Dear $r. 4ditorC

:a/in5 recently 6een in/ited to ea3ine 4d#in D. Ba66itt)s 6ookC The /rinciples ofLight and ColorC @.8. 1,(,C I fond that the ead6eater clai3s to ori5inality in the 3atter ofato3s ha/e no fondation in sincerityC and the dia5ra3s displayed in .ccult Chemistry( 1irst/rinciples of Theosophyand other #orks are direct pla5iaris3s fro3 the #ork of $r. Ba66itt.

I ha/e #ithdra#n fro3 sch a fake setp of the real Ancient Wisdo3 in dis5stC andprefer to keep a#ay fro3 any sch societies) to condct 3y stdies of the ori5inal #orks ofthe $asters and :.P. Bla/atsky aloneC and free fro3 sch a 6efddled 3ess. Perhaps yo#old like to


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:e 3ade the appropriate effortC and e3er5ed fro3 it sayin5 the 3olecle in


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#old 3ean ro5hly that an ordinary h3an hair #old contain 1C in its #idth.Try to i3a5ine this 3inteness 6y di/idin5 a hair into t#oC forC ei5htC siteen and so on

ntil a thosandth of it is reached. Di/ide this a5ain 6y tenC and a5ain 6y tenC and then one#ill ha/e arri/ed at the sie ead6eater clai3s to see clair/oyantlyC yoC 6y the #ayC can onlyi3a5ine this sie if 5enis rei5ns #ithin.

All this 3ay 6e possi6le in an adeptC 6t in a later series of ea3ples #e can sho#

ead6eater contradictin5 the Adept teachin5 itselfC and one feels stron5ly that he affects toeercise a faclty #hich really is possi6le at a le/el of real and esoteric proficiencyC 6t #hichhe is 3erely affectin5 to nderstand in order to i3press the incredlos.

Therefore the #hole point in e/okin5 an i3a5inati/e 5rasp of sch 3intenessC onehndred thosandth part of the #idth of a sin5le hairC is to 3ake ready for otherC and 3orea#k#ard co3plications #hich #ill lti3ately cancel ead6eater)s techni


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necessary to state #hat #e 3ean 6y the phrase. Any 5aseos che3ical ato3 3ay 6edissociated into less co3plicated 6odiesG these a5ain into still less co3plicatedC etc. - theforth dissociation 5i/es the lti3ate physical ato3

Ths #e ha/e arri/ed at final certainty that this lti3ate physical ato3 is the one #hichin the earlier eperi3ents #ith Sinnett #as fond


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We can dis3iss ead6eater as a fakeC and to


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etc. @o sch scientific 3odesty inflenced $r. ead6eater - he sa, the ato3C and not onlythe ato3C the 2% 3illionth part of an inchC 6t also sa# all the infinitely s3aller 3intiae of itsspirals and spirillae.

It is nfortnate that the 6ook has 6een re/i/ed and that it #as p6lished 6y TheTheosophical P6lishin5 :ose. +or the sake of the reptation of the SocietyC the ad/ertisin5of the 6ook in repta6le scientific ;ornalsC sch as @atreC shold 6e discontined forth#ith.

- Canadian TheosophistC Sept.C 10%

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OU& DELUDED /&ETH&EN

Who a3 I to speak of a fello# stdent as delded? That is a


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and reinstated hi3C and placed herself nder his tition? Was she delded #hen sheannonced a World Reli5ionC or #hen she #ithdre# it? 7r #as she delded #hen sheannonced a World Sa/ior or #hen she ac.C one RichardsonC #ho delded Dr. =.D. BckC one of the shre#destC solidest andcle/erest of 3enC and 6ro5ht a6ot his financial rin and distressfl death. T.>. is thes6;ect of The +igh omance(a no/el 6y one of his /icti3s #ho left Theosophy for hisinstrctions and finally landed in the Ro3an !atholic !hrchC a fre


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toleranceC they thinkC to let hi3 do so. This is one of the 5ra/est 3istakes of i5noranceC forone cannot concei/e of any personC kno#in5 the dan5erC sittin5 ar3a is not to 6e elded 6y sophistical ecses or fancifl preferencesC nor 6yi5norant pre;dice. All these considerations are #ei5hed in the ri5idC eternal =stice of theHni/ersal $ind. It accepts no ecses and cancels no responsi6ilities. !onsiderin5 all thisC#e 3ay #ell ask nder #hat delsionsC nder #hat te3ptationsC nder #hat #eaknesses of3ind or te3pera3ent or 3any leadin5 officials are led to act like 3orons in direct oppositionto all the #arnin5sC instrctions and traditions of the period of the Society)s eistence fro31,(% till 1,01. +ortnately the literatre of that period still sr/i/es and those #ho areearnestCand sincere can readily infor3 the3sel/es of the trth of #hat has here 6een said.The #orld 3ore than e/er needs the re3edies the $astersC and their 3essen5er $ada3eBla/atskyC ehi6ited. $ore than e/er 3st #e apply the3 to orsel/es and 3ake the3 kno#nto those #ho are ndelded eno5h to listen.

- A.4.S.S.

- Canadian TheosophistC $ay 1%C 10"


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!THE DOCT&INE 6E P&OUL.:. in 1,,1C it is athoritati/ely stated Thedoctrine #e pro3l5ate 6ein5 the only tre oneC 3stC spported 6y sch e/idence as #e arepreparin5 to 5i/e 6eco3e lti3ately tri3phant as e/ery other trth.

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6E A5E SOE P&OPOSITIONS

An nhappy letter fro3 a neo-theosophist has frther sti3lated tho5hts #e ha/e6een ha/in5 a6ot #ays and 3eans of 5ettin5 these isses ot into the open. There are t#o3ain points on deck the philosophies of neo-theosophy as schG and the personal characterof ead6eater. They are interrelatedC 6t can 6e handled separately.

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=ne (C 1022G state3ent of the head of the !ri3inal In/esti5ation Depart3ent to theInspector 9eneralG co33ent 6y the latterG state3ent 6y the !ro#n Solicitor. EIn this hearin5Cthe precedin5 3aterialC incldin5 the 3intes of the 7lcott !o33ittee of 10'C and othere/idenceC cold not 6e placed in e/idence. The in


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- E*ictor 4nders6yCF Theosophical NotesC =neC 10%'

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FIFTY YEA&S - PLUS TEN

Ten years a5oC that isC at the cele6ration of or +iftieth yearC the =6ilee of theTheosophical SocietyC the precedin5 fifty years #ere 6roadly eploredC and /arioss33in5s-p of pro5ress 3ade in the 3eanti3e #ere rehearsed. The period #as re/ie#edin its relation to reli5ionC philosophy and scienceC and the inflence or effect of Theosophy onthe tho5ht and achie/e3ents of the ti3e #as esti3ated. It is scarcely necessary to repeatthose sr/eys at the present ti3e. $ore to or prpose is it to re/ie# the last ten years andto 5lean fro3 the3 #hat has 6een the sccess or other#ise of the. Theosophical $o/e3entdrin5 that ti3e. At the sa3e ti3eC it #old do no har3 to read the @o/e36er and Dece36erC102% isses of or $a5aine.

7r faces shold ordinarily 6e set for#ardC 6t #e cannot esti3ate or ad/ance ecept6y a 6ack#ard 5lance. We 3ay take the last ten years as a contrast #ith those ideals #ith#hich #e ha/e 6een spposed to 6e 5idin5 orsel/es for the last sity years. It is no slr tosay that #e ha/e failedC 6t it is a distinct reproach to find that #e ha/e deli6erately failedCthat #e ha/es ne5lected the lessons that ha/e 6een ad3inistered to sC and that #e aresettin5 ot to repeat the 3istakes #e ha/e already 3ade.

We s33ed p the 5reater of the errorsC in 7cto6erC 10. There #as the i6eral!atholic !hrchC to #hich #e #ere all epected to 6elon5 as an or5aniation prportin5 to 6ethe pro;ect of the $ahat3as. It #as read ot of the Society after repeated protestsC and no#President Arndale says in his last 6ookC 1reedom anal 1riendshipC - Definite or5aniationssch as #e ha/e had in the i6eral !atholic !hrchC or in the 7rder of the Star in the 4astCcannot 6e per3itted to fnction #ithin The Society. They are 6est otside itC for their o#nsake and for the sake of The Society. That is an ecellent and lo5ical conclsion. Then #ehad an: 8hence( +o,( and 8hitherC #ith its 6o5s calclations and propheciesC and theLies of AlcyoneC sho#n to 6e alto5ether a fradlent co3position. 8et these 6ooks are stillco33ended and listed as athoritati/e tterancesC 3isleadin5 thosands of readers as to thetre ai3s of Theosophy and its direction. Then #e had the World Teacher and Se/en ArhatsCthe first of #ho3 has repdiated his office and fnctionsC and the Arhats ha/e 6een deserted6y so3e and no lon5er assert their identity. In A5stC 102%C $rs. Besant annonced at733en in :ollandC 6y co33and of the >in5 of they World. $r. !.W. ead6eater 6ein5ndo6tedly the channel of the procla3ation that $r. >rishna3rti #as the /ehicle of or ordand Sa/iorC #hoe/er he 3i5ht 6eC and that $rs. BesantC $r. ead6eaterC $r. =inara;adasaCDr. ArndaleC $r. 7scar >ellerstro3C $rs. ArndaleC and $r. Wed5#oodC #ere ArhatsC andaccordin5 to the Theosophical 9lossaryC deser/in5 di/ine honors. $r. >rishna3rtirepdiated all this s6seellerstro3 also #ithdre# fro3 sch a36itios clai3s.Three others are dead. We still a#ait the decision of the sr/i/ors. Then #e had the 5reat

Arena 6ilt at SydneyC AstraliaC #ere the World Sa/ior #as first to appear. That drea3 hasalso fadedC and the Arena has 6een sold. All these thin5s ha/e 6een repdiated or sho#n to6e ntrst#orthy and falseC 6t their athorC no# deadC the 3i5hty and re/ered St. !harlesead6eaterC to


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thatC 6t in a plan to preach #hat $r. Arndale calls Strai5ht TheosophyC these 6ooks are setforth in the forefront of lists of 6ooks spposed to present strai5ht Theosophy to those #ho6y and read the3. And this is the record of The Theosophical SocietyC AdyarC in the last tenyears.

We 3ay 6e asked to eplain ho# sch errancies arose in a Society like that #hich$ada3e Bla/atsky 6ro5ht into 6ein5. We 6elie/e there is 6t one eplanationC and that is

that $r. ead6eaterC like 3any others in the early $o/e3entC and 3any e/en no#C did not6elie/e in the $asters #ho #ereC as :.P.B. statedC the real sorce of the Wisdo3 #hich sheindited in The #ecret &octrine"

That is to say that in the years follo#in5 the death of $ada3e Bla/atskyC there had5ro#n p a3on5 the leaders of tho5ht in The Theosophical SocietyC a dis6elief in the$ahat3asC in the /erity of $ada3e Bla/atsky)s #ritin5sC and in the actality of the a# of>ar3a.

9eor5e R.S. $ead #as one #ho professed sch skepticis3. $r. A.P. SinnettC chosen/ice-president of the SocietyC follo#ed after stran5e 5odsC and 6roke a#ay alto5ether fro3$ada3e Bla/atsky)s teachin5sC as 3ay 6e seen in his later 6ooksC and his posth3os/ol3e in #hich he clai3ed to 6e the real fonder of the Theosophical Society. *ariosphases of psychic phantas3a5oria #ere s6stitted fro3 the ti3e of the death of !ol. 7lcottCand in the last ten years the re/elations that #ere handed ot at Adyar 6eca3e a6srd intheir fre


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ha/e e/en 6een false to or o#n recordC and all that is #orth#hile in co3rades past and 5oneis to 6e left officially to o6li/ion. In Dr. Arndale)s s33in5 p of those to 6e re3e36ered inthis ;6ileeC he can only re3e36er Bla/atskyC 7lcottC BesantC S66a Ro#C Sinnett andead6eater. Blessed 6e all these for any 5ood they 3ay ha/e done or so5ht to doC 6t let snot ealt the3 o/er the e/er-present $asters and their faithfl ser/ants and soldiersC like=d5eC :art3annC Tookera3 TatyaC $rs. Patience SinnettC 9.R.S. $eadC =a3es $. PryseC

!harles =ohnstonC 9eor5e W. RssellC Dr. =.D. BckC Dr. Aleander WilderC :er6ert Brro#sCDa3odarC Bha5a/an DasC Archi6ald and Bertra3 >ei5htleyC $a6el !ollinsC =lia !a3p6ell*erplanck >ei5htleyC !ontess Wacht3eisterC Willia3 >in5slandC Dr. Wynne Westcott anddoens of others in IndiaC 4rope and A3ericaC self-de/oted and loyal to the $o/e3ent asthey nderstood itC #ho so5ht no distinctionC 6t in re3e36erin5 #ho3 #e do honor toorsel/es.

@or shold #e perpetate the heresy of separateness 6y alle5in5 that oror5aniation is the only channel of tre Theosophy. :.P.B. told s that there #ere si otherschools of occltis3 and that ors #as as near to the White od5e as any of the others. Bt6ein5 near to the Ideal is a place of dan5erC if #e do not seek to e36ody it in orsel/es. Andto assert that #e are the only people #ho approach it is to de/elop a phase of personality ande5otis3 that is and al#ays has 6een fatal to spirital 5ro#th. We still ha/e to learn the lessonthat =ess so pointedly ta5ht - that he #ho #old seek to sa/e his psyche Esol orpersonalityF #ill lose itG 6t he that #old lose the psyche for the sake of the SelfC the!hristosC #old ha/e aeonian life. ater de/elop3ents in The Theosophical Society ha/e ally6een in the direction of accentatin5 the personalityC the psycheC and #e ha/e so5ht andfollo#ed psychic po#ersC and psychic ac


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of the poor and despisedC the lo#ly and the oppressed to take care of the3sel/es and theirhereafter as 6est they kno# ho#? @e/er Rather perish the T.S. #ith 6oth its haplessfonders than that #e shold per3it it to 6eco3e no 6etter than an acade3y of 3a5icC a hallof occltis3.

A5ainst this plain #arnin5 #e ha/e for5otten the s3all old path stretchin5 far a#ay.Bt it is not too late in the forty years of or centry yet left to sC thro5h toil and strifeC

thro5h 6attle and 3rder and sdden deathC thro5h all the chances and chan5es of ordistracted li/esC still to hold hi5h the 6anner of BrotherhoodC still to treasre in or hearts thekno#led5e that the $aster Sol is oneC tho5h of Teachers there are 3anyC still to dedicateorsel/es to the ife that tri3phs 3ost no6ly on the Path of Sacrifice.

Therefore #e say Re;oice in the $aster al#ays. And a5ain #e sayC Re;oice.

- A. 4. S. S. 33#mythe44

- +ro3 Canadian TheosophistC @o. 1%C 10%

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!THE FOUNTAINHEAD!

@o# the Theosophical Society has no creed. It is not !hristian nor BddhistG it is notTheistic nor AtheisticG it is not $aterialist nor Spiritalist. It e36races 3en of all creeds andof none. Does anyone reco5nie the Brotherhood of all 3en? Then to hi3 its doors are fln5#idely openC and the clasp of Brotherhood is offered. @one 3ay challen5e his ri5ht of entrynor 6id hi3 stand aside.

Bt Theosophy is a 6ody of kno#led5eC clearly and distinctly for3lated in part andproclai3ed to the #orld. $e36ers of the Society 3ay or 3ay not 6e stdents of thiskno#led5eC 6t none the less it is the sre fondation on #hich the $asters ha/e 6ilt theSocietyC and on #hich its central teachin5 of the Brotherhood of $an is 6ased. WithotTheosophyC Hni/ersal Brotherhood 3ay 6e proclai3ed as an IdealC 6t it cannot 6ede3onstrated as a +actC and therefore Theosophists are needed to 5i/e sta6ility to theTheosophical Society.

@o# 6y Theosophy I 3ean the Wisdo3 Reli5ionC or the Secret DoctrineC and oronly kno#led5e of the Wisdo3 Reli5ion at the present ti3e co3es to s fro3 the $essen5erof its !stodiansC :.P. Bla/atsky. >no#in5 #hat she ta5htC #e can reco5nie fra53ents ofthe sa3e teachin5s in other #ritin5sC 6t her 3essa5e re3ains for s the test of Theosophye/ery#here. As #e learnC #e /erify so3e of its 3ore ele3entary portionsC and so - if need 6e- #e 3ay increase or confidence in the $essen5er. AlsoC it is open to e/ery stdent only toaccept as he /erifiesC and to hold his ;d53ent in sspension as to anythin5 that does notappro/e itself to his reasonC or as to all that he has not yet pro/en. 7nlyC none of s has anyri5ht to pt for#ard his o#n /ie#s as TheosophyC in conflict #ith hersC for all that #e kno# ofTheosophy co3es fro3 her. When she says The Secret Doctrine teachesC none can sayher nayG #e 3ay disa5ree #ith the teachin5C 6t it re3ains the Secret DoctrineC orTheosophyG she al#ays encora5ed independent tho5ht and criticis3C and ne/er resenteddifferences of opinionC 6t she ne/er #a/ered in the distinct procla3ation The SecretDoctrine is so and so.


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Theosophists ha/e it in char5e not to #hittle a#ay the Secret Doctrine for the sake ofpropitiatin5 the !hristian chrches that ha/e for5otten !hrist any 3ore than they 3ay #hittle ita#ay for the sake of propitiatin5 $aterialistic Science. SteadilyC cal3lyC #ithot an5er 6t#ithot fearC they 3st stand 6y the Secret Doctrine as she 5a/e itC #ho carried nflinchin5lythro5h the stor3s of #ell-ni5h se/enteen sccessi/e years the torch of the 4astern Wisdo3.The condition of sccess is perfect loyalty.........

- $rs. BesantC 7cto6er 1,01.

- Canadian TheosophistC @o/. 1%C 10",

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THE D77RQ. PS8!:I! P:4@7$4@7$ A@D @47-T:47S7P:8

I. Ho#=.

The Canadian Theosophist(7cto6er 1%thC 10%C printed the follo#in5

The follo#in5 letter relates to the 6ook .ccult Chemistry(a re/ised edition of #hich#as p6lished 6y The Theosophical P6lishin5 :oseC AdyarC in 10%1. We had fondly hoped- 6t in /ainC as it trns ot - that this 3aterial #old ha/e re3ained


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is a deep stdent of The #ecret &octrineC a stanchC otspoken spporter of :.P.B.C and annco3pro3isin5 opponent of the lo#er psychis3 #hich has per3eated the TheosophicalSocietyC Adyar. The Society can

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