Theos-Talk Archives (December 2006 Message tt00796)

I just read a short biography on the founder of New Acropolis, Jorge 
Angel Livraga Rizzi, in which I found the following:

"In 1956 he founded the magazine "Estudios Teosóficos" (Theosophical 
Studies), which was intended to make the works of H.P.Blavatsky more 
widely known among university students, by comparing them with the 
new scientific discoveries of the 20th century. In the following 
year, on the instructions of the renowned theosophist Sri Ram, he 
took this work a step further by creating "New Acropolis", an 
Association intended to promote Philosophy among young people, along 
the lines of the classical Schools of Philosophy, such as Plato's 
Academy and the Neoplatonic School. "We realised that humanity 
possessed an immense treasure of Wisdom, which had been hidden and 
forgotten, and lay beyond the reach of young people. A Wisdom that 
provides answers about the meaning of life and ways in which 
society - the world around us - can be improved", he recalled on one 
occasion."

From: http://www.acropolis.org.au/AboutNewAcropolis.htm

So the origin of this organisation is an "instruction" of N. Sri 
Ram, they say. I have not seen this information before, so I under 
if anyone here know something about this, and about the view of TS 
Adyar on NA, then as well as today. And is this right? Was the 
original idea Sri Ram's? I know that the founder was originally a TS 
Adyar member, but not that he was in some way close to Sri Ram.

Thanks!
Carl