Theos-Talk Archives (August 2003 Message tt00135)

Hi all,

Though the material offered here is of value in studying theosophical 
history, it is far from impartial. It defends W.Q. Judge at the 
expense of Annie Besant consistently. Unfortunately not many of Annie 
Besant's friends have taken it upond themselves to defend her, but 
that does not mean that Judge was guiltless. Nor does it mean that 
the TS is supposed to be the Blavatsky and Judge admiration society 
that one might think it ought to be after reading the below (if one 
can get through it - personally I could not get through the book 
based on this, but I read enough to feel I should say this.) A good 
biography of Besant has yet to be written, I think (if somebody knows 
one, I would be very grateful). This should include the Judge affair, 
the Krishnamurti controversy, the Wadia-story etc. Perhaps a book on 
that part of theosophical history, from a more impartial perspective 
than 'The Theosophical Movement' should be written. 

Katinka 

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, Compiler <compiler@w...> wrote:
> I hope that many readers, especially
> newcomers to theosophy, will find these
> three series of articles from THEOSOPHY
> magazine to be very informative and useful:
> 
> (1) The Theosophical Movement (34-part series: 1920-22)
> (2) The Rising Cycle (13-part series: 1926-27)
> (3) Aftermath (10-part series: 1935)
> 
> They are found in this link that goes to the
> 14th of 18 sections found on the "Additional"
> articles index page of my WisdomWorld.org web site:
> http://www.wisdomworld.org/additional/index.html#14
> 
> Dear newcomers to Theosophy:
> 
> I sincerely do hope that my web site offers
> a well-rounded overall view of Theosophy and
> the Theosophical Movement.