Theos-Talk Archives (May 2003 Message tt00278)

Gregory, you wrote:

"I can only assume that . . . the ULT placed such emphasis on there 
being no organization, no leadership and no authority within the ULT 
(not, of course, the case in fact) that the acknowledgement of an 
inner group would have been too threatening and would have UNDERMINED 
the PUBLIC CLAIMS . . . ." Caps added

I think this is very true especially in light of the FOLLOWING 
articles written by the editors of THEOSOPHY magazine. In these 
articles [and the 2 histories (1925 and 1951) by the same editors] 
the esoteric sections and claims of Besant, Tingley and others are 
severely criticized. But few readers of this critical material were 
aware that these anonymous editors ALSO were making esoteric claims 
and actually had their own esoteric school based on certain claims of 
Crosbie.

Daniel


(1) The Theosophical Movement (34-part series) (January 1920, to 
October 1922)
http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/TheTheosophicalMovement-Series/
(2) The Rising Cycle (13-part series) (October 1926, to October 1927)
http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/theosophicalmovement/ 
(3) Aftermath (10-part series) (January 1935, to October 1935)
http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/AFTERMATH-10-PartSeries/