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Statements by Coats (II)

Nov 11, 2006 06:19 AM
by carlosaveline


Friends, 

I forgot to mention that around 1975 and for a few years after that HPB was much more read in the Adyar TS.  I saw that examioning the collection of "The Theosophist". 

Also, the publication of the "Collected Writings" well into the 1980s helped a lot. 


Carlos. 


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Assunto:Theos-World Re: Statements by John Coats

> Friends, 
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> Daniel quotes John Coats: 
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> " 'The percentage of members, who have not as yet ever read any books by H.P. Blavatsky is regrettably high.' The Theosophist, Feb., 1975"
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> Coats words are still true today, as long as the Adyar TS is concerned. 
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> Leadbeater/Besant are falling, J. Krishnamurti and Bailey perhaps on the rise (Bailey in some areas only); HPB is at the same level or rising very slowly (in the Adyar TS.)
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> This is what I can report, from my fields of observation. 
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> (Yet, even a superficial contact with the basic theosophical concepts will help much -- and prepare for a deeper view of Theosophy in people's next lives. For -- everything has to have a start in some lifetime...) 
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> Coats was an open mind. 
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> Carlos. 
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> Assunto:Theos-World Two Statements by John Coats
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> > I give below two statements made in 1975
> > by the late John Coats, President of the
> > Theosophical Society (Adyar) from 1973-1979.
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> > "The percentage of members, who have not as yet
> > ever read any books by H.P. Blavatsky is
> > regrettably high." The Theosophist, Feb., 1975
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> > "There's a great need for the deepening of the
> > individual member's understanding of theosophy.
> > A lot of people skate superfically over the
> > surface of theosophy without really going into
> > it in depth." The Theosophist, Dec. 1975.
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> > Daniel
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