Theos-Talk Archives (August 1999 Message tt00044)

>Theosophy is not
>compatible with egalitarianism, because throughout history it has assumed
>that there are men (and women, occasionally, like HPB) who have special
>powers of spiritual insight unavailable to the mass.  I therefore conclude
>that Theosophy itself cannot be utopian. Indeed it points in the other
>direction, for utopianism assumes the perfectability of man and places
>worldly considerations before things of the spirit.

Thanks for the comments Aiden! I'm also new to the list. I think if you
check the history books of the early theosophical movement you will see
prison reform, anti capital punishment,  the first peace march organized in
San Diego in the early stages of WWI were organized by theosophists...The
social service projects I referred to have been going on for some time now
successfully ran by anthroposophists... Rudolf Steiner as well as  Annie
Besant were socialists... Check it out. If we really want obscurity let's
be elitists! - Art


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