Theos-Talk Archives (March 2005 Message tt00668)

--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, gregory <gregory@z...> wrote:
> I would be very interested in a list of the "many top scientists
> who have praised Occult Chemistry" and the "Books also published
> on it with praise" - preferably books published by recognized
> scientists and reputable academic publishers.

Is The National Enquirer a "reputable academic publisher"? He has 
been praised to the skies by theosophists, some of whom fancy 
themselves to be scientists.

One thing that should be said is that Leadbeater's drawings bear an 
odd resemblance to sketches of electron orbitals in textbooks on 
quantum mechanics. Thet is relevant because Leadbeater published his 
book long before quantum mechanics was founded as a science. What 
weakens its significance is the fact that some of us question whether 
it makes sense to make drawings like this, given that quantum 
mechanics is supposed to describe subatomic reality in non-
phenomenological terms, and also the fact that Leadbeater refused to 
put his great clairvoyance to any sort of empirical test analyzing 
even the simplest chemical compounds psychically. If his admirers 
are going to persist in insisting his stuff be taken seriously, and 
they have indicated that they are, they should prove their sincerity 
by replicating his experiments and subjecting their own clairvoyance 
to the empirical tests which Leadbeater refused to consider. The 
Amazing Randi has promised to make them wealthy if they can 
demonstrate that this phenomenon is real so they cannot plead that 
they have no incentive. If they replicate the experiments 
successfully, the skeptics will fall silent. I have never been able 
to hold my breath tht long, so folks, please get with it.