Theos-Talk Archives (June 2004 Message tt00195)

Leon, 

I love your "take" on the cup and saucer but I do have a question.

First, I quote the relevant part of your post and then
follow that with a question.

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As for materialization's... It may be possible to 
bend light by the powers of mind and will, and 
project a visualized image of an object to appear 
as a hologram -- which could be taken for the 
real thing. But I seriously doubt that anyone, 
including those on the level of a Master 
occultist, could actually manifest a physical 
cup that someone can drink out of, or 
dematerialize such a cup and re-materialize 
it at a remote location. Such an improbability 
could apply to any item that achieved its form 
or structure from logical human design
and engineering aided by scientifically 
sound chemical and physical manufacturing processes.

If you carefully read "all" the writings of 
HPB (as I have) you will find that she has consistently 
denied such possibilities and has said that all such
so, called "Magic" or mysterious appearances and 
disappearances cannot have supernatural causes, and 
are based simply on the proper application of
"glamour"... That is, manipulating the mind of 
the viewer rather than the actual forces
that make up the objects themselves.

It therefore becomes quite evident that all 
this talk of actual teleportation of real objects 
and their dematerialization and materialization is 
just a lot of speculative whistling in the wind, 
and a waste of time... As is all talk
about apparently "miraculous" occurrences based 
on blind belief, or on supposition without direct 
evidence of the processes involved along with the
knowledge of the logical scientific principles behind them.
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So Leon, what are you telling us about the cup and saucer
at the picnic? Are you saying that no real physical cup and
saucer was ever dug up by Mr. Henderson? Are you telling
us that what they thought was a real physical cup and saucer 
was ONLY a mental "hologram", a thought-form you might say?

A clarification of this would be appreciated.

Daniel