Theos-Talk Archives (April 2004 Message tt00488)

> From: Bart Lidofsky <bartl@sprynet.com>
> Reply-To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Theos-World MAGICK OR MAGIC ?
> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 12:39:49 -0400
>
> Ali Hassan wrote:
> >>	After Joey "The Count" Balsamo got tossed from the courts of Europe,
> >>the line between stage magic and real magic became more clearly
> >>delineated.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure Blavatsky stated in the last years of her life, that
> > Balsamo was in no way related to Cagliostro, if that's who you're 
> referring
> > to.
>
> 	I've read what Blavatsky wrote about Cagliostro (yes, that's the one
> I'm talking about). Remember, her information was largely second hand;
> he was long gone before she was born. At best, he was a mystic who used
> magic tricks to get attention (stage magic, that is; see why it's useful
> to differentiate between magic and magick?).
>
> 	Bart
Her information was second-hand? Is this the chutzpah-talk@yahoogroups list?
You're the one with second or third or fourth hand information.... She 
supposedly had better sources, or theosophy is a farce. Yes? No?

According to what I've seen and read, Cagliostro was the "main" disciple of 
le Comte St. Germaine, and a bit more than a mystic who used magic tricks to 
get attention. He attracted as much negative publicity and enemies and 
scurrilous gossip as HPB did, interestingly enough. Unless, of course, 
that's all you see HPB as, also, a mystic who used magic tricks.

regards-

Ali

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