Theos-Talk Archives (March 2004 Message tt00323)

In a message dated 03/15/04 10:41:20 AM, global-theosophy@adslhome.dk writes:

>Hallo Bart and all,
>
>My views are:
>Allright.
>
>I think HPB was talking about what we today could call the Zionist Jews,
>when she called the Jews an Artifical race (Secret Doctrine vol2. p. 471).
>Did that help ?


No much. Since HPB was probably referring to the mistaken concept that many 
anti Semites have (of which there must have been many around her at that time) 
-- that the Jews are a race. 

It leads me to believe that she was more equal minded about the Jews than 
most of the theosophical and pseudo theosophical leaders and bigots that came 
after her -- since her only beef was how they may have mistakenly (or through the 
machinations of some of the crafty priests like Ezra) mistook or distorted 
the true mystery teachings. Accordingly, I don't think there is any bases for 
blanket Anti Semitism in HPB's writings -- like the racist policies of Nazi 
Germany -- since she recognized the true Hebrew Kabbala as being equivalent with 
the Gupta Vidya or Secret Doctrine, and I'm sure there are myriad's of Jews 
and non Jews today who understand and follow those teachings. It's only the 
Jesuits of the Catholic Church who promoted that racial oriented hatred of Jews 
in the first place -- after they couldn't exterminate them all during the 
Inquisition. 

LHM 

>
>from
>M. Sufilight with peace and love...