Theos-Talk Archives (December 2002 Message tt00547)

This is part two of my explanation. Paul has said, "it does not appear that anyone is interested enough in Theosophy to want to take it over, undermine it, infiltrate it, etc." I would agree with this, except possibly with the undermine it part, and also with some other comments in your message, along the same line. Brian was interested. Sometimes people get caught up in material and sucked into it. In the bulletin board format, which is my special subject of study, everything can become greatly exaggerated, for several different reasons, which I will go into sometime, maybe. If you are on a list writing messages everyday about a subject and defending your position etc., it can sort of take on a life of its own. (By the way, has it ever occurred to you that this is what happened with people accusing you, it sort of took on a life of its own, not as with Brian, who was probably psychologically identified, but in a physical sense,and though this idea may seem far fetched, there is a certain interesting biologist (ask Leon) who has presented a theory called "morphic resonance" which may in some ways support this idea).

To continue, if you will read post 9581. by Bhakti, written on December 10th, you will find, nine paragraphs from the end, certain material, which indicates that one person, at least, and actually two, if we include Brian, who brought Bhakti to these boards, believe that Theosophy has had an extremely detrimental effect on western society. I have already replied to this message in post 9590 ("To Bhakti"). He makes an interesting case for his hypothesis, and I would even agree, but it is all skewed, as I said in my message, as he does not mention the beneficial effects of the influence of Krishnamurti, which also came out of this. I also suggested that "the die is cast" regarding Theosophy and that is is probably a movement that has already fruited. It is sort of poring from the empty into the void to try to undermine it now. In other instances, such as Jeffrey Masson, a Gurdjieffian named Peter Swales and many others attempting to strike a blow to Freudian Psychology, it is an entirely different story, as Freudian (and Jungian) psychology is continuing to have a pervasive and negative influence upon society, and this would be an interesting subject for someone to write a book about, as ultimately, the models of psychology are both authoritarian and IDEALISTIC, and will not lead to the solving of the problems of humanity, but are making things much worse than they already are.

Anyway, if someone, such as Brian/Bridgitte (because he is so identified) perceives that the movement is at present time much more influential than it actually is, he would have a legitimate reason to try to undermine it. And now we come to Bridgitte's pseudonym, which is very interesting, and is a little bit of the circumstantial evidence, which will begin to explain how I came to make the error I did about you, Paul, which I hope you will forgive me for. I will continue this in part 3. Sincerely, Wry


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