Theosophy News Worldwide 4th Quarter 2014

Dear friends of Theosophy,

hopefully you got a good start into the new year, but before we go ahead, let's throw a glance backwards.

Beside the 139th anniversary celebration of the founding of TS on November 17, also the 139th annual Convention of TS Adyar occurred at the end of the year and in the video-section you'll find many videos of that event, which was also live-streamed through the web, well done!

Maybe because of the weather, in this quarter were written as many articles as never this year on theosophical websites. I for myself working on "Plasma-Cosmology", a very interesting field of science, that prove the theosophical cosmology, unbelievable but true!

Last but not least, with the theme of the quarter, more of awkwardness then importance, we have a look at a sometimes weird dispute within the TS Adyar. I named it "Justified criticism or a malicious feud?".

And now I wish you a healthy and happy new year and an interesting reading. So far...

with kind regards from Germany

Steven Otto
Editor of Theosophy World News

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In this drama there are two main participants, on the one side, Dave Marsland and his Website Dave's Theosophy Newsboard with some subdomains, in some way supportet through the Yahoo Group "Theos Talk" and Manjeri K. Ramadoss within this group. Both, Mr. Ramadoss and Mr. Marsland, publishing critical Posts about TS Adyar since years, f.e. about irregularitys of the presditents Election, membership-cancellations,legal disputes, felled trees, a "cow issue" also here and so on with many messages to each issue, sometimes also reflected in important indian newspapers, f.e. see here for a legal disput in "The Times of India" or here for the "tree-issue" in "The Hindu".

As follows a few more posts from Mr. Marsland from this quarter and look here for an overview of the latest messages in Theo's Talk

• Crumbs from the High Table That's how the Ballast is kept informed
• It's in the News: A press report on the Presidential Election
• Don't Expect Much From the General Council on December 25th
• Adyar Jackboot
• Adyar Rumbling Gets Louder
• Duty of Care
• Reply to open letter written by Jan Nicolaas Kind
• Summons To Adyar
• Two Four Six and a Quarter Will Mr Boyd Prove There Was No Slaughter?
• Carry On Up The Adyar
• Inaccuracies? How many trees were chopped down?
• Lumberjack Boyd Or Sleeping President
• Staying Silent: News of an enquiry by the Indian authorities makes Tim Boyd and the General Council look vulnerable.

On the other side stands the TS without (so far I know) any direct response of this writings, except of the "Tree-issue" see here a press-release from TS Adar, which is an answer of the related article in "The Hindu", see above, even if it's directly adressed to the TS. And so Mr. Jan Nicolaas Kind take the ring against the accusation or more exactly against Mr. Marsland with some articles posted on his website Theosophy Forward and on his Facebook-Group (UPDATE: Mr. Kind told me, that this articles switch offline soon, see also his "MKR is out"-statement below, except of the open letter, that is also hosted on Mr. Marsland's site):

• DAVE MARSLAND, YOU HAVE A SERIOUS PROBLEM! Open letter, written by Jan Nicolaas Kind or on FB
• Editorial – Am I in the Wrong Movie?
• Don't feed the Trolls or on TF
• Editorial – The Rambling Moderators Rave On.

And also this statement:

"MKR IS OUT! The TS-Adyar is doing very well because we see that MKR, the internet troll from San Antonio Texas, with the international convention approaching has stepped up his activities vomiting one false accusation or insinuation after the other all over his bla-bla site. This grapevine moderator is breaking his own shameful record, but unmistakably proves that there is a lot of Light, because when there is Light, darkness also appears; it is an easy to understand Theosophical principle. As from January 01, 2015 MKR will be out! All relevant articles mentioning his name or site will be deleted from Theosophy Forward. Let’s put Theos talk out of its misery!" Posted on Theosophy Forward FB-Group on December 19, 2014 from Mr. Kind.

I have to exclude myself completely from this drama. Should everyone make his own opinion about it. And so I will end this (at least) here, with a quote from Adolph Knigge (1752 - 1796), a german lawyer, civil servant and satirist, who said:

"The truth is always in the middle, and one man's speech is no man's speech, because both sides we must always listen."

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Quote: "It is for the latter [the personalities] to cling to it; and thus partaking of its [Monads] divine nature, obtain immortality." H. P. Blavatsky, SD:I:175

News and Articles on "OFFICIAL" SITES (TS)

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_{The TS Adyar}

Foundation Day will be celebrated on Monday, 17 November 2014 at 5.30 pm in the Headquarters Hall, Adyar
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_{The TS Adyar}

This year we offer the opportunity to watch the talks on YouTube
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_{Moscow Theosophical Society (Chairman of The Board of Trustees of H.P. Blavatsky & her family Miseum Center, President of the theosophical lodge Anahata)}

See attached the photographic report and about the 2nd Volunterring Decade in the Museum Center of H.P.Blavatsky & her family which was conducted on 12-21 August 2014 and the information from its Board of Trustees .
Fotos, Video (Youtube)

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_{The TS Adyar Indian Section}

Three new issues of "The Indian Theosophist Magazine"
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_{TS Adyar in America}

For over 130 years The Theosophical Society in America has been actively promoting our Three Objects, creating the foundation for a brotherhood with no distinction, a deep respect and interest for all religions and the quest for self-knowledge.
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_{TS Adyar in America}

See the video-diary of Mr. Boyd, October and November 2014
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_{ULT LA}

with different postings, mainly quotes from HPB, WQJ and RC
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_{Northwest Branch of The TS Pasadena in America}

The Newsletter of December 2014 – Vol. 17 Issue 10, with "Sun of Compassion" and "Plant Intelligence – I".
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_{The TS Point Loma - Blavatskyhouse The Hague}

We are glad to present to you the third issue of 2014.
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_{The TS Point Loma - Blavatskyhouse The Hague}

The Theosophical Society Point Loma - Blavatskyhouse has complemented its online literature with the books of Katherine Tingley.
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_{TS in the Philippines}

Here for the first time is the comprehensive collection of all known articles written by Geoffrey Hodson, one of the most prolific and inspiring theosophical writers and lecturers of the 20th century.
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_{TS in the Philippines}

Former Senator Leticia Ramos Shahani (above, right) was the guest speaker at the National Convention of the Theosophical Society in the Philippines.
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_{The TS (Pasadena) Australasian Section}

National and International Theosophy-News and much much more..
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_{The TS New Zealand Inc}

This is an interesting Interview with Tim Boyd, the International President of the Theosophical Society conducted by Miss Tran-Thi-Kim-Dieu, the National President of the French Section.
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_{The TS New Zealand Inc}

Talk by Dorothy Bell from Australia, guest speaker at the Theosophical Society in NZ Convention in January 2014.
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And News and Articles on other THEOSOPHY-RELATED SITES

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Theosophy Forward

• Theosophical Knowledge and the Path of Understanding
• Madame Blavatsky and the Seven Archival Mysteries – part one
• Theosophy, Esoteric School of, by H. P. Blavatsky
• Karma as Habit of Nature
• In The Light Of Theosophy
• Human Regeneration — part five
• Cleansing the mind
• Western History in the Light of the Seven Rays
• Voice of the Silence 14 (verses 196-214)
• L. Frank Baum and Theosophy — part four
• Wonder Woman and Theosophy
• The Story of Count Prozor
• Blavatsky: Mystic and Occultist
• Editorial – Am I in the Wrong Movie?
• Thoughts to remember
• Mini-Interviews Renee Sell
• Mini-Interviews Robert Pullen
• Mini-Interviews Ingrid Eberhard – Evans
• Mini-Interviews Alice Bouwland
• Mini-Interviews Jon Knebel
• Mini-Interviews Halldor Haraldsson
• Mini-Interviews Gloria Arévalo de Gauggel
• Good News from the Theoscience Project
• Good News from Argentina
• Good News from the Dutch section of the TS Adyar
• Good News from Slovenia
• Good News from the European School of Theosophy
• Good news from the TOS
• News from International Secratery - TS Adyar

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Theosophical Order of Service (TOS)

• December Newsletter Issue 33
• Welcome to our latest TOS Group – in Ukraine
• A Conversation with Nancy Secrest

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Blavatsky News

• Blavatsky News December
• Nehru and Theosophy
• Blavatsky and the Harlem Renaissance
• Blavatsky and the Nazis
• Blavatsky News November
• Blavatsky in Utah
• Dane Rudhyar and Blavatsky
• Anagarika Dharmapala

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Erica Georgiades

• The Impersonation of god Tezcatlipoca – An Abominable Aztec Ritual
• Sacred Places – The Minoan Peak Sanctuaries

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TheosophyWatch.com

• A Healthy New Year: Recognizing the World as a Living System
• Soul Mates: an Irresistible Past Life Impulse
• Childhood Memories of Having Lived Before
• Separation Syndrome: Letting Go of Disposability Consciousness
• The Earth does not Revolve around The Sun
• The Bearers of Truth Across the Ages
• Amazing Animal and Human Encounters
• Be Cruelty Free, with a Universal Compassion for Life
• How to Get Unstuck from Your Illness
• Halloween: the Eternal Spiritual Fire
• When Spirit and Matter Clasp Hands
• Who, What, Where is GOD?
• The Astral Matrix, Our Virgin Mother
• Love Makes You Available to the Presence of God

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Book of Dzyan Research

• The Sacred Four and the Emanation of the Primordial Seven
• Mahāyāna-sūtrālaṃkāra: A Review
• Fohat and Devī Prakṛti
• Sanskrit Texts Listings

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Esoteric-Philosophy.com

• Inner Guidance and Inspiration in True Discipleship
• The Best Victory Must Be Won in Silence, Long Before It Becomes...
• The Wordless Dialogue of Feelings, in the Ocean of Human...
• What Can Happen If a Sacred Teacher of Our Mankind Suddenly...
• There’s a Price to Pay for Attaining Wisdom
• All Forms of Life Follow The Same Universal Laws
• Transcending the Pendulumlike Movement Between Pleasure...
• Examining the Annual Cycle of the Soul
• A Few Reasons to Form a Healthy Mental Image of the Next...
• A Discourse to One’s Own Immortal Self
• The Long Life of a Spiritual Soul
• To Be Restrained, Liberal, Merciful, This Eliminates Selfishness
• H.P.B. Was the Thread Linking the Ancient Eastern Wisdom...
• A Non-Bureaucratic View of the Esoteric Movement
• From the Holocaust to the State of Israel
• A Spirit of Calm and Wisdom and Maturity
• Three Central Factors Along the Path to Wisdom
• A Few Basic Rules for True Discipleship
• Since There Is No Need to Pretend That We Do Not Do So
• The Self-Humiliating Prophet Adored By Rome Does Not Exist in...
• Observing the Sacredness of Daily Life
• Every Mental Activity Is Electrical In Its Nature
• A Daily Attitude That Prepares Eternal Bliss
• HPB Explains the Name of Her London Magazine
• There Must Be an Open Mind, a Pure Heart and An Eager Intellect, Before Attaining to Wisdom

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Sons of Fire

• Sensation: Modern physics proves theosophical cosmology!
• The misunderstanding of the main objective of the TS
• In Memory of Vernon Harrison

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Blavatsky Theosophy Group UK

• The Personal Self in the Light of Theosophy
• Blavatsky defeats an Atheist
• What is a Chohan?
• Trimurti - The Hindu Trinity [by H.P. Blavatsky]
• Theosophy warns against Ceremonial Magic
• Can there be Unmerited Suffering?
• The Theosophical Society is Disloyal to Theosophy
• The Question of G. de Purucker
• The Pseudo-Occultism of Alice Bailey *[by Alice Leighton Cleather
• The Permanent Astral
• The Mysterious Todas of India
• The Mandukya Upanishad
• The Fake Photo
• Photos and Pictures of The Masters of Wisdom
• The Study of The Mahatma Letters
• The Daily Initiation [by William Q. Judge]
• Some Facts about Adeptship* [by the Master K.H.]
• Prana, Tiredness, and Sleep
• Our Sun and The True Sun
• My Truth, Your Truth, or THE Truth?
• Mediumship and Mediatorship* [by H.P. Blavatsky]
• Heredity - A Karmic Effect
• Darkness and Light
• Astral Travel of a Tibetan Lama* [by H.P. Blavatsky
• Adepts and Politics [by H.P. Blavatsky]
• Should Theosophists get involved with Tibetan Buddhism?
• Original Theosophy and Later Versions
• The Many Missing Texts of Esotericism [by H.P. Blavatsky]
• The Importance of Supporting Evidence
• The "God" Question
• A Brief Discourse on the Paramitas [from the Srimaladevi Sutra]

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Quote: "Nevertheless, personal immortality is conditional..."
H. P. Blavatsky, Secret Doctrine Vol. III, p. 510, On Exoteric "Blinds" and "The Death of the Soul"

Some News and Articles more or less about Theosophy

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_{Indian Express}

The 139th International Convention of the Theosophical Society began in the city on Friday, with delegates from several countries arriving at the headquarters in Adyar.
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_{The Nation}

A close look at the lives of Colonel H Steele Olcott and Mary Mikahala Foster
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_{Times of India}

It may be an interesting coincidence, but the fact is that two Biharis from, what Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi loves to call,..
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_{The Hindu}

K.V.S. Krishna on panoramic journeys on the Adyar bridge, the wild expanse of Besant Nagar, and lessons with Maria Montessori.
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_{The Hindu}

Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895-1986) continues to engage the minds of the young and the old alike as a fascinating thinker of his times and beyond.
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_{Ancient Origins}

It viewed theosophy in an occult sense, and was perhaps the first written work to do so. Prior to the Arbatel, theosophy was generally used as a synonym for theology.
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_{The Telegraph}

The artist, celebrated in today's Google doodle, created the world's first truly abstract paintings
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_{The Wall Street Journal}

Elsa Schiaparelli embodied French fashion, turning women into witty totems of transformation and escape.
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_{The Brooklyn Rail}

It was also a headquarters for the Theosophical Society which taught Annie Besant’s theory that the mind created abstract “thought forms.”
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_{Dzyan Theosophy}

Early Theosophists: Encouraged To Develop Their Own System.
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_{The Telegraph}

If the funds can be raised, a statue of the Mahatma will stand in Parliament Square
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_{Indian Express}

There is a saying, “When god blesses you financially, don’t raise your standard of living. Instead, raise your standard of giving.”
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_{The Free Express}

The book is divided into three parts, one dealing with governance of India under Company rule, another on India’s progress between 1858 and 1947 and the last on Indian influence on western life and culture, a fascinating picture by itself.
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And some critical, false or unjustified News and Articles (more or less) about Theosophy

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_{Arte Fuse}

Damage Mrs Tingley's and Theosophy's credibility...
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_{The Gurdian}

brings Theosophy in context with Spiritism...
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_{Times Higher Education}

brings Theosophy in context with Ghost's...
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_{Smithsonianmag.com}

brings Theosophy in context with a Murder...
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_{Wunc 91.5}

Describes the Theosophy inspired Alexander Scriabin as totaly mad...
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_Patheos.com

brings Theosophy in context with a selfmurder...
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_{Renew America}

Calls Theosophy a satanic esotericism...
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_{Renew America}

Holds probably HPB for the Devil...
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Quote: "Ethics are the soul of the Wisdom-Religion... Theosophy has to inculcate ethics... a true Theosophist must put in practice the loftiest moral ideal." H.P. Blavatsky in "The Key to Theosophy"

_{The TS Adyar}

This year we offer the opportunity to watch the talks on YouTube
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_{TS Point Loma Blavatskyhouse - TS Berlin}

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_{TS Adyar in America}

October and November 2014
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_{José Rubio Sánchez}

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_{Victor Ball, Theosophy}

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_{ULT Bethesda}

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_ice

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_{Voa Kondo}

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_{ULT Bethesda}

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_audiobooks

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_{ULT Bethesda}

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_{ULT Bethesda}

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_{ULT Bethesda}

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_{Universal Theosophy}

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_{Edwin Fox}

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_{ULT Bethesda}

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_{ULT Bethesda}

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_{Frank Savage}

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