Theos-Talk Archives (July 2003 Message tt00246)

I forget which movie company made it, but there was a film called 
CAPRICORN ONE or something like that which showed how the moon 
landing was filmed in a movie studio in California. I saw the so 
called Lunar Lander at the Smithsonian Museum and it obviously has 
not been anywhere, let alone to the moon. You have to be careful 
with whom you discuss this, though. Some fellow approached one of 
the "astronauts" a year or so ago and asked him politely about the 
moon landing and got assaulted for his trouble. Apparently 
this "astronaut" has been living off this laurel for years and is 
very sensitive about people prying too deeply into his claims.

It makes one wonder about some of the other claims that have been 
made. How much is real and how much fake?


--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Reitemeyer" <dhyana@w...> 
wrote:
> There are inquiries what Theosophy says about the recent discussion 
whether the Apollo moon landing really happened or was rather staged 
by Walt Disney Inc. in Hollywood and/or Area 51.
> Although many California theosophists (mainly from the former Point 
Loma area) has had close relationships with astrophysicists and to 
Mount Palomar I was not able to dig out much theosophical 
information, except two and would like to share them here for the 
benefit of others which are interested in this topic or have to 
answer equal inquiries:
> 
> 1. Boris de Zirkoff inserted in his edition of the "Secrete 
Doctrine" many NASA photos to illustrate the wide ranging and 
anticipating importance of HPB's major work. But he included not a 
single photo from the Moon landing, although the moon as the parent 
of the Earth plays an important role in HPB's Cosmogenesis and in the 
1970's when BdeZ edition appeared the Moon landing was the sign for 
successful, intelligent scientific progress. So why no moon landing 
photos inserted?
> 
> 2. De Purucker told a private class around 1927 the following, 
which could be regarded in the aftermath as a warning:
> "What we see when we look up into the starry spaces is the astral 
body, the kama-rupa of the physical moon that was, aeons and aeons 
ago, which physical body is now disintegrated into impalpable cosmic 
dust. We perceive this kama-rupic phantom, because our physical earth 
is one subplane higher than that on which the physical body of the 
moon was. Were our scientists by some magic to be transported to the 
moon, even though they would be able to see it almost as clearly as 
they see our earth, I do not believe they would find it easy to walk 
about on its surface, for it is not quite hard enough for easy 
walking." 
> 
> Source: http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/fso/fso7b.htm#moon
> 
> [German translation: "Quelle des Okkultismus", München, 
Theosophical University Press 1986, Band 3, S. 144.]
> 
> Perhaps others have addition theosophical material pro or con the 
Moon landing topic.
> 
> Frank
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