Theos-Talk Archives (August 2001 Message tt00068)

Just for the record I would like to say that no positive purpose is 
served by a statement such as the one quoted here. This is an 
example of the force that tries to keep Theosophists separate, to 
sabotage the work of bringing to the consiousness of humanity the 
unity of all existence. It is the opposite of the teachings of HPB to 
attack those one's fellows revere and follow. It is the opposite of 
the teachings of HPB to assume some platform of authority about 
occultism. It is the opposite of the teachings of HPB to judge 
anyone, much less those who struggled to bring the theosophical 
movement to birth and growth in its early years. Freedom of speech 
is a wonderful thing, and I have no desire to curtail it. But anyone 
reading statements such as those quoted here should also have an 
opportunity to see them for what they are. Conscious or not, they 
are egregious attempts to destroy what the theosophical movement 
has been able to accomplish. When the world is in such sore need 
of examples of unity of thought and action, why do we waste our 
precious time and energy on divisive sophistry and destructive 
separatism?

Adelasie

On 7 Aug 01, at 11:48, Frank Reitemeyer wrote:
> Frank:
> Teacher in the real theosophical understanding means someone who was
> trained by the Masters and later on sent out in the world to a certain
> class of students to perform a certain task. After HPB's dead there
> were a number of lays which were never trained by the Masters, but
> lived under the false impression they were the chosen ones. To name
> but the most known persons who were working with false authority, or
> as GdeP expressed it were working on the left magic path, claiming
> frequent communications with the Masters, receiving their orders and
> continue the work of HPB were: Hartmann, Steiner, Crosbie, Bailey,
> Besant, Leatbeater, Conger.
>