Dear Friends,

“The Aquarian Theosophist” has 18 pages and is available to the readers.

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April edition opens with a dialogue across the ocean of time between ULT associate Steven Levy and William Q. Judge – through Judge’s writings.   It goes on with a 1885 theosophical collection of Jewish Aphorisms, and a Sufi tale written down by Hazrat Inayat Khan.

 Dr. N. C. Ramanujachary, the vice-president of the Adyar Society inIndia, examines the first letters from a Mahatma to A. P. Sinnett.  John Garrigues discusses how to read “Between the Lines” while studying the theosophical classics. The edition reports on the 2012EuropeanSchoolof Theosophy, in theNetherlands, and discusses the right relationship between Masonry and the Theosophical Movement.

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Dear Readers

Today we are about to enter that special period in the esotericist’s annual calendar, the 19th February.  It’s a time in which certain influences,  much revered by the Buddhists as the birthday of Padmapani (both our higher mind as also an Avatara or Bodhisattva of a great ‘Buddha’) and in China, where he or it becomes, in its female aspect, Kwan-yin,  she ”who assumes any form, at pleasure, in order to save mankind.”  (The Secret Doctrine ii 178-9).

What these beings are in actuality is most easily grasped by a sound intuition informed by deep study of the great religious texts of antiquity WHEN decoded by those most reliable  of “keys”, the ones given by the original Theosophical pioneers in the 19th c.

It is taught these inner forces (shall we also call them thought-forms?) have sway over certain parts of our psychic and spiritual nature… if we can but tune ourselves to them and so feel their effects.

So with the certainty of the goodness of these times we commend to you this last issue of the AQ to be edited in London UK, and so draw the attention of our faithful readers to a change in editors, as published yesterday.  You’ll see the details under the tab at the top, click on “New editorship…”

Under the new editors we will no doubt  see new perspectives, but also with the same focus on the things that really matter BEHIND the world’s news, as interpreted by the magic touchstone or ‘formula’, that of man being a reflection of the Cosmos… and thus his seven-fold constitution and powers also matching those in greater nature.  It is this which underpins that deep and almost universally held belief in the great unity - on the inner plane of life if not always on the outer ones - of all men, animals and matter also, in its holistic sense.

Well, we wish you enjoy this edition: there are some good stories, see especially the ones on the practical application of these ideas in the work of “Compassion in World Farming USA’s” great initiative on chickens in Georgia (p 7), and the letter (not wholly unconnected to that story?) illustrating what is pseudo-Theosophy and what it is not, on p 8.

Print off a copy, take it with you on your travels, pass it on to others of like mind and sympathy.   We need have no concern  whether such a thoughtful (and well-judged)  act opens a door for them or not, “having done our best we leave the rest”.

Life being, what it is go on with confidence and fine discrimination… you never know what is around the corner.

The Editors

Real Ethics In Daily Life                                      p  1
Chennai Monument to Helena Blavatsky    p 3
How Gratitude is Good for Your Health      p 3
A Prophecy On The Roman Church              p 4
Homeopathy: Medicine for the 21st Century  p 6
Shocking Scenes Exposed                                 p 7
Uranus – a New Start                                            p 7
Where it goes awry!                                             p 8
A New Year message from Haiti                     p 8
WISDOM IN ACTION                                        p 9

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The new editorial team are those at www.TheosophyOnline.com, www.Esoteric-Philosophy.com and www.FilosofiaEsoterica.com and we wish them all well in the new phase of this e-zine.

Finally, our thanks go to our contributors and we hope you will continue to do so, by challenging, enlightening and adding to the AQ in a constructive dialogue.

This issue brings a selection of some of the best articles to pass over your desks and those of the Editors, and so comes with a warm thanks to all who contributed.

Don’t miss the short piece on Optimism below, nor the superbly illuminating second part of “Buddhist Meditation” that follows from May, a reprint from the ever-fresh Theosophical Movement magazine of Mumbai, India.

There the claim is made that when this system is practised and has become ”a firm foundation of one’s character, eleven advantages can be expected: One sleeps at ease, wakes up at ease, sees no bad dreams, he is dear to men, he is dear to ghosts, and is protected by the gods. Also, he is not affected by fire, poison and sword. He is able to concentrate his mind quickly, his features are serene, he dies un-bewildered, and even if he may not penetrate any further, he is one who goes up to Brahmaloka or Brahma’s world”

….  such are the effects of adopting such an outlook of “loving kindness”.

Sceptical about reincarnation? Then you may like to read an impartial review of the work of the late, most genial Dr Ian Stephenson by the then Editor of the Washington Post, on the meticulous way he documented evidences of recovered past-life memories in children…. on p 2.

There’s much more besides these gems, here is the index:

Optimism                    1
Reincarnation                      2
On Buddhist Meditation        3
Modern Universities Belong to Middle Ages         5
Eastern thinking puts no blame on a creator         7
Scholars seek to correct ‘mistakes’ in Bible            8
Correspondence                                                           11
Avaaz hits 10 Million!!!                           11
The Indigenous Grandmothers               11
Serbian man becomes ‘human magnet’   11
Wisdom in Action : “Speaking of Adepts”              12

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So we encourage our readers to a take a little time out, print off a hard copy, and settle into some contemplative reading…  and do pass it on to others when you’re finished.

Yours ever, The AQ Editors

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Optimism

The question of optimism in Theosophy should be examined.

It must be clarified that theosophy – as every true philosophy- is about happiness. Thus a natural optimism emerges from the perception that inner (not apparent) happiness or bliss is the natural result of life, when life is lived in a correct way.

The noble eightfold path is in fact the path to happiness or nirvana.

Theosophy can only be seen as the path of woe from the point of view of lower self, which is illusory.

True, suffering is part of life.  No doubt about that.  This is so because life implies illusions and therefore brings about pain and frustration for those vehicles or principles that move at the level of illusion.

Dukkha, pain or suffering , and more literally “insatisfaction” or affliction, is the first noble truth of Buddhism. 

This is so because it is the starting point of the path towards happiness, bliss, liberation, nirvana.

Therefore Optimism in theosophy does not deny probation or suffering. Just the opposite. It enables us to understand tests and frustration, and to learn from them.

True optimism does not distort facts in the vain hope to deny suffering or confirm one’s naïve expectations, pet illusions or vain attachments.

Optimism in theosophy consists in recognizing the fact that for each pain there is a lesson, and often more than one; and that these lessons can be learned in a conscious way, if one sincerely looks for the causes of suffering.

There is no naïve idealization in true Optimism.

Any lasting Optimism is based on Discernment.  Optimism is that confidence in Life that makes one live in peace amidst the perspective of natural disasters that may significantly reduce human population, with no exceptions granted to ourselves or our friends.

True optimism can appear to be severe because it is deep and therefore does not have to appear on the surface for everyone to see and supposedly applaud.

Optimism, or confidence in the Future, is a deep source of the feeling and of the understanding that sustain long-term self-sacrifice.  One needs to have true optimism to make a vow to dedicate one’s life to an ideal, and also to be loyal to such a vow, leaving aside any expectations for short-term and illusory results, including avoidance of personal pain.

Optimism in esoteric philosophy is therefore the ability to see and to get in harmony with the essence of Life, for essence is the territory of Law, and Law is both the vehicle and the source of bliss.

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Welcome to the May Supplement in which you will find all the letters written to the President of the TS Adyar in support of the campaign for Justice to be done in the “Judge Case” – this comes together with an article describing practices in “Buddhist Meditation”, published in two parts starting this month.

Happy reading – here’s the index, and just click on the link below to download the PDF.

And do have a look at Radha Burnier’s reply to these letters . . . . . . . . .  on p 4

Justice to Judge Letters 2011 …………………… p 1

ON BUDDHIST MEDITATION ……………….. p 2

The 2011 Letters on Justice and Ethics……….. p 5

Resources at on-line groups ……………………… p 19

Commentary on the 2011 Letters to India …… p 20

For those who can’t wait till the next instalment, the complete article on Buddhist Meditation is available at http://www.ultindia.org/tm_magazine/TMJune2011.pdf

The conference season is once again upon us, and if you attend these things and are going to the ITC (http://www.theosconf.org/) in California (from 11th to 14th August) here’s a greeting and best wishes for an enjoyable event – it’s not so often one has the opportunity to meet with so many like minded fellows!

Yours always,

The AQ Editors

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Extract from   The Past and the Future

                           by Radha Burnier

Recently several letters have been addressed to the President asking that justice be done to Mr Judge.  About one and a quarter centuries have passed since he was prominent among members.  There are some who favour the actions that he took, and others who do not; are we going to make a judgement on behalf of all the members at this point?  Is this really feasible?  The decision in favour or not, will be only on paper, and people will continue to think of what is possible as they wish and see.  The Society cannot regulate this, and is not called upon to do so.

So, the best thing is to discriminate to the extent that our own intelligence lets us, which may be right or wrong.  What does it matter to others?  Since one cannot shape, or want to shape, what other people think, the Theosophical Society cannot, after one hundred and thirty years, decide what its members should see or think about past happenings.  There is the case of C. W. Leadbeater, who I think was much misunderstood and maligned.  Others may think he was a bad character.  Will our thinking change what he was?  There are many people who, being human, had faults and weaknesses.  By finding out what exactly was the matter, it helps neither them nor us.  Our present attitude towards things is what matters, not the conclusions we may make about what people in the past did.

[ There is a comment in response to this reply on page 1. ]

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With the changes around the world – from the struggle for self-determination and freedom of thought of the ‘Arab Spring’ revolts to the climatic and geographic upheavals – we perhaps forget that children will make our future as much as we theirs.  On our return we’ll inherit the results of those intervening generations, for better or for worse.

So this quarter’s AQ starts with a review of the plight too many of the world’s children, the possible causes, and gives practical advice on overcoming them… and p 10 finishes with the new French film ‘BABIES’, a documentary about four babies’ lives on four continents – well worth a look at the trailer.

We are pleased to report on the ever-swelling ‘Justice for Judge’ annual letter writing protest, on p 4 – if you aren’t one of those who wrote this year, do think about it – we’ll send out reminders March next.  We remain convinced of the need for mutual recognition of the work of WQJ by all parts of the movement if it is to regain its vitality and coherence.

For those living in the US, researcher Dr Sheldrake has launched a new mobile phone Telepathy Test on p 7 and is looking for volunteers – if you have someone you share a close link with do try it… and you get paid for your work!

There are many other items of interest – happy browsing,

The AQ Editors 

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The Pollution of the Soul & its Cure          p 1
‘Sunshine vitamin’ for cancer patients      p 3
The 2011 Letters to India                                p 4
Alchemy in Agriculture                                    p 5
Water remembers… but only for certain people p 6
Keely’s discovery depended on his ‘ether’   p 6
Mobile Phone Telepathy Test                           p 7
Publishing news from TS Pasadena                p 7
Internet and the Movement                               p 7
Parallels Between Rome and America           p 8
Building Global Democracy?                             p 9
The History of the TS in Canada                      p 9
Theosophy Conference 2011                             p 9
WISDOM IN ACTION                                          p 10
Born to Four Different Worlds                          p 10

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May ’11 AQ: The Pollution of the Soul & its Cure

From a correspondent in Vienna, Austria

“Let us roll back the stone of matter from the door of our own inner sanctuary and resurrect the Spirit crucified in us!”

I have just read the Unicef Report from March 2011 and have been shocked about the information therein. 
*  There are 143 million underweight children under five years old;
*  About 100 million children do not attend the elementary school;

*  About 9 million children are fugitives in their homelands because of armed conflicts;
*  About 2 million children are HIV infected.

 An enormous quantity of goods and medicaments are necessary to provide the children with the most needed things: tablets against water pollution, mosquito nets, pencils, exercise books, blankets, sugar-salt mixtures against diarrhoea, peanut butter for deficiency diseases, vaccine against measles etc. This is only an excerpt from a long list of needed goods.

 It must be done all we can to improve the life conditions of those children and their families. There are many international organizations for emergency aid.  Especially we theosophists are responsible that we hear every cry of help.

In The Voice of Silence, 14, we can read, 

“Let thy Soul lend its ear to every cry of pain like as the lotus bares its heart to drink the morning sun.”

However, if we want to wipe out the roots of the misery we must try to find out the main causes for it.

Presently autonomy of the man is the mainstream in the Western World.  The life is short and he should have as much as he can in his life. He has to do all he can to reach this goal. Nobody else is allowed to prevent him from satisfying his passions and desires. As long as we have stored such thoughts in our “thinking machine”, nothing can really be changed.
However, we have the power to choose, to make changes, to weed out these selfish ideas and to store ideas in the fields of charity, justice and harmony. In Raja-Yoga or Occultism, 59, we find the following statement,

“This ‹Mind› is manas, or rather its lower reflection, which whenever disconnects itself, for the time being, with kama, becomes the guide of the highest mental faculties, and is the organ of the free-will in physical man.”

Theosophy makes a point of the fact that Kama (Principle of Passions and Desires) is not caused by the body but is a principle in itself. It is the balance principle from which the ways go up or down.

Marriage is one of the cornerstones of the society of the Western World. However, the legislation is treating more and more marriage as equivalent with other forms of living together. Therefore, marriage is increasingly devalued.

To be married is a decision for the whole life.  Many people are not willing to make such a decision today. To have a happy marriage for the whole life is only possible if there is true love between both partners.
Presently we are differentiating between sexuality and reproductive instinct. The sexuality is separated of the soul. The man wishes to satisfy his sexual desires and no one is speaking of true love.  He considers marriage as an obstacle for fulfilling his sexual desires.  To have a child is considered as a reduction of his personal freedom.

Thy striving of the autonomous man is the cause that he is saying, “I do not want to be loved.”  To be loved means to be dependent on somebody.

In the U.L.T. Pamphlet No. 35, Title Page, we find the following words,
“Educate! Educate! The children are our salvation. Just as the student of occult nature can imbue the new atoms of his body which momentarily replace the old ones, with less vicious tendencies, and thus regenerate himself by moral alchemy and attain the  ›Elixir of Life‹, so can a nation work its own regeneration by educating the new atoms of its national body, its children.”

 
In the Western World, we are crusading against the pollution of the environment. This is understandable and we are entitled to do that. However, we do not admit the pollution of the soul. We defend with a completely wrong meaning of liberty everything of our animal nature.

As long as we do not fight against the pollution of the soul the pollution of the environment will go on and on. The man must recognize that he must control the principle of passions and desires with all his power. If he does not understand the importance of the soul’s ecology he will not be able to stop the pollution of the earth.

We are living in a cycle of transition. Everything in religion, philosophy, science and society is changing rapidly. The humanity must learn to manage these changes. Theosophy can help that we do not lose orientation. We only have to apply the Ancient Wisdom in our daily life. The wounds of our souls and Earth can be healed when we are using the Doctrine of Theosophy.

“Theosophy gives a clear and well-defined object, an ideal to live for, to every sincere man or woman belonging to whatever station in Society and whatever Culture and degree of intellect. Practical Theosophy is not one Science, but embraces every science in life, moral and physical.”  (U.L.T. Pamphlet No. 1, 7)

 
There is only the importance of the market in the economics of the Western World. The states are spending more and more money but are going systematically bankrupt. We are living in a network of fictions. This process cannot go further on.

If we want to correct this process, it will be necessary to develop the ability of reducing our desires. This ability cannot be prescribed from governments. Each of us has to learn that we cannot have all materials things. Therefore, it will be necessary to reduce our present standard of life.  The material desires will have to stay more and more in the background of our lives.

We have to root out our selfishness.  Charity and universal brotherhood is the only solution for our own future and the future of the humankind.  To realize this goal will be the challenge of the Western World.
In The Key to Theosophy, 229, by H.P.Blavatsky, we can read,

“To seek to achieve political reforms before we have affected a reform in human nature, is like putting new wine into old bottles. Make men feel and recognize in their innermost hearts what is their real, true due to all men, and every old abuse of power, every iniquitous law in the national policy, based on human, social or political selfishness, will disappear of itself.”

 
It is evident in the Western World that many have experienced a return of interest in spiritual knowledge, in studies of the inner nature. The bookshops are full of esoteric literature. This is undoubtedly the return of a cycle of interest that has brought back individuals who in past lives took part in these studies or in the Theosophical Movement or some related work.  This interest should not be ignored, as the “right time” may not come again for a long time.

These are only some of the most important problems we have in the Western World. Worldwide we have the problems of drug trade, prostitution of children and slavery trade in the development countries and especially in Africa we have the use of children for soldiers. How can we help to solve all these problems? Each of us has not to go to one of the development countries. Let us observe the cycles of our own little world, planting and harvesting at the proper time.
In The Esoteric Character of the Gospels, 2, we find the statement,

“Christ – the true esoteric SAVIOUR – is no man, but the DIVINE PRINCIPLE in every human being. He who strives to resurrect the Spirit crucified in him by his own terrestrial passions, and buried deep in the ‹sepulchre› of his sinful flesh; he who has the strength to roll back the stone of matter from the door of his own inner sanctuary, ha has the risen Christ in him.”
“Let us roll back the stone of matter from the door of our own inner sanctuary and resurrect the Spirit crucified in us! Let us start our work helping and teaching our neighbours friends and others Theosophy. Let us try to lead them on the right path. Let us do our duty as we see it and resign all personal interest in results. The motive marks the line between black and white. Good motive and ancient wisdom might go hand in hand.”

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This edition of the AQ leads with the campaign for justice to be done in the case of the defamation of William Q Judge’s name.   

As many will know, Judge was one of the principle founders of the 1875 Theosophical Society and a close co-worker with Mme Blavatsky.   But after Mme Blavatsky died he was accused of “forging messages from the Mahatmas” (see theosophyonline.com), whilst no substantiating evidence has ever been produced that could support such charges.

Perhaps you are one of those who have in past years written to our brothers and sisters at the TS in Adyar asking for a change of policy on this historic injustice?  The details of this year’s call to action starts on page 1.  It may now seem a distant and remote issue from our lives in 2011… but don’t let it pass you by too quickly! 

Many students of the philosophy remain firmly convinced that the rejuvenation of the theosophical movement as a whole hinges on this issue …  and this is not, as may seem at first sight some loosely thought through statement, but an observed effect of group dynamics and psychology.  Where there is disunity and factionalism there is weakness and division… where there is unity and co-operation there is strength and vitality.  HPB has written much along these lines, as is known to those familiar with her writings.    Have a  look at the article on p 1 and the links there – and we hope you’ll feel able write to the TS at Adyar with any constructive comments, or leave them at the bottom of this page. 

This is a grass roots movement – with many supporters of WQJ among TS members – and as it’s only right that the leadership should be made aware of these feelings, so if you feel it’s appropriate please do copy your letters to the local TS centres and the National Presidents.  

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We also include in this edition a new piece on earthquakes, written in January by an Italian scientist with some interesting views on earthquake prediction – something current in the light of the recent events in Christchurch NZ and in Japan.   

“The forecasting of earthquakes – a feasible goal” is on p 3: it’s followed by extracts from an article by Mme Blavatsky on the remarkable predictor of earthquakes and volcanoes, the 19th c. seismologist Dr Falb - ”Volcanoes & Earthquakes: seeing them coming” is on p 5.  

There is a “Report on The H.P.B Defense Fund – 2011″ on p 6 which provides an update on the project to address the issues around the controversial 2003 Quest edition of published “letters” of Mme Blavatsky – what has become clear to many is that some of the letters (as many as one in every five?) were not written by her at all.  It’s followed by an AQ Editorial comment on p 8.  

These are all the news and articles inside:  

Celebrating “Justice to Judge” in 2011         p 1
The forecasting of earthquakes – a feasible goal     p 3
Volcanoes & Earthquakes: seeing them coming      p 5
Report on The H.P.B Defense Fund – 2011       p 6
The Letters of H.P.Blavatsky       p 8
The Sphinx & the People Egypt’s Revolution    p 9
News Release from Rupert Sheldrake Online   p10
Animals can tell right from wrong    p11
Music and the Paranormal    p 11
B.P.Wadia on the Inner Work     p 12
Haiti ULT celebrates WQJ’s life    p 12
Californian ITC Conference 2011     p 13
WISDOM IN ACTION    p 14
Protest Success: “Cows Belong in Fields”   p 14
WQJ’s “The Path” 1886-96 available on-line      p 14  

We wish you happy reading – please do print off a copy or two and pass them around your Lodge, study group or to like-minded companions, as  efforts will sooner or later bear their fruits.

With sincere good wishes to all our subscribers for the coming period, 

the AQ Editors in LA USA, London UK and London Canada.  

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Celebrating “Justice to Judge” in 2011

The Sixth Year of Letters to Adyar with other activities also taking place

For the sixth time since April 2006, independent students from various countries will be sending on 13th April 2011 a number of open letters to the President of the Adyar Theosophical Society, Ms. Radha Burnier.  

They will be asking her to help stop a century old injustice by re-examining  the Adyar “Case” against Mr. William Q. Judge. Those who have an interest in the future of the theosophical movement are invited to join the initiative, which is a celebration of its dynamic unity.   

Restoring justice with regard to William Judge does more than showing that Adyar Society cares about Ethics and Truth. It gives a large portion of the movement a better chance to benefit from the example of Judge’s life and from the wisdom present in his books. It opens the way to a more intense life of the theosophical effort, by promoting a better knowledge of  its history and by destroying the illusion of separateness.
It stimulates the perception that the movement as a whole is in fact one single magnetic field; that such an aura or energy-field has a center; and that its living center is related to the “blood” – the skandhas and magnetism donated by its main Founders.   

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William Q. Judge showed the importance of a non-bureaucratic view of the theosophical effort. The ultimate center of the visible movement is no outer authority. It is in the heart and mind of each student who’s able to understand its goal and its dharma, and who has a profound respect for its sources of inspiration. Such sources are alive, and they are active in the center of the magnetic field of the movement. The action of promoting respect for the founders increases both individual and collective connection to the source.  

It also makes it possible to attain a better vision of the future unity of the movement.  The building of a lasting and true unity depends on the fulfilment of its Dharma.  

This unity won’t be obtained by the practice of outward social courtesy between shells and personalities, nor by blind obedience to this or that “leader” and “authority”. It will be built by facing reality and discharging the movement’s duty towards mankind, which still remains “the great orphan” these days.  

Although the open letters campaign has no attachment to short term results, it acknowledges that progress has been made since 2006.  More specifically in the last two years,  the campaign has started to become an increasingly  multidimensional process. There has been a growing decentralized response from members of the Adyar Society. Several  regional and online initiatives related to William Judge and to the unity of the movement have taken place in different countries around  mid-April, involving members, websites and  lodges of the Adyar Society, and including talks, seminars and online publications.    

The 19^th century process of persecution against Judge within the Adyar Theosophical Society is extensively documented in the book The Judge Case, by Ernest Pelletier and in other books.  

The accusations were based on a campaign of rumours. They seem to have been used as a tool by those who aimed at attaining political power within the organization. No actual, valid proofs were ever presented against Judge. The Judicial Committee appointed to examine the matter declared it could not decide on the issue.  

Every letter in defence of William Q. Judge should be as widely circulated as possible among one’s friends and co-students, or in publications in one’s local language, so that the vindication of Judge takes place at the grass-roots level,  as long as the international leaders of the Adyar Society are unable to act.  These letters stimulate the movement’s ability to learn from its own mistakes. They help people realize that it is a privilege and a blessing to defend the Founders every time they are unjustly attacked, whether from within or from without the theosophical movement.  

Each in his or her own way, style and words, students will suggest for the sixth time next April 13th that Adyar should publicly admit that Judge was innocent of any wrongdoing – or else open the Adyar Archives and show any existing proofs of his mistakes.   

 The agenda includes some celebration. The letter-effort takes place by April 13, which is Judge’s birthday.  Yet as Judge donated his life to the movement, it is the movement  itself -  in its ever-renewing unity and diversity – that is actually being celebrated by these letters and related activities.      

E-mail messages and phone calls to Adyar are good ideas as additional means of expression; but  it is felt that the efficiency of an air mail letter is greater. Envelopes must be addressed to  

Mrs. Radha Burnier, President           The Theosophical Society       Adyar, Chennai        600 020, India.  

Whenever possible,  signed copies of the letters to Adyar should be sent by air mail to the address indicated below. Ms. Radha Burnier sent  kind answers to some of the letters.  

The  correspondence to Adyar has been discussed in previous editions of “The Aquarian Theosophist” and other theosophical magazines.  Special sections with articles on this topic can be found at the websites:  

www.TheosophyOnline.com       www.Esoteric-Philosophy.com        www.FilosofiaEsoterica.com  

Those interested in obtaining more information may also write to  lutbr@terra.com.br   

Air mail contact:  Carlos Cardoso Aveline, Caixa Postal 5111,  Ag. Brazlândia, CEP 72.705-970, Brasília, DF, Brazil. 

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Welcome to the AQ for November – January ’11.  There is much of interest inside – among the contributions we especially recommend the articles: 

• “Who are the Nirmanakayas?” on p 1 which throws some light on the “mysterious brotherhood” of Adepts and Masters behind the movement;
• the piece on a remarkable mesmeric healer, the gentle Braco from Croatia on p 7, 
• and an important one “On the Philosophy of Eating” on p 8 about the right attitude to take while preparing food and eating: it is said we are surrounded by a swarm of elemental lives, some good and some antagonistic to man, attracted to us in relation to our attitude… and
• despite the poor conditions and trials they are going through there is good news from Haiti about a group of Freemasons who have started a Theosophy study group on p 13. 

Messages of the Stars ……………………………………………… 4
Wiki article on H P Blavatsky …………………………………. 12
CORRESPONDENCE …………………………………………….. 13
Questions over George Washington’s vision? ……………… 14
Orpheus (Arjuna) visited the Antipodes …………………….. 15

This comes to you with best wishes for the coming year, 

 Yours fraternally,

the AQ Editors in LA USA, London UK and London Canada.

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Who are the Nirmanakayas?

“Master” is a word used by early students in the T.S. to designate their mentors:  members of the Brotherhood of Adepts.   It is not to suggest any abasement, slavery or servitude by an individual student to “authority.”  It was used as a mark of gratitude, and respect for the fact that there are those, who like the professors in a University, have studied, and learned what Nature can teach and these have delayed their advance to present to us the facts they have verified.  

 All that is to be learned or studied is already in Nature.  We have access to its deepest and most remote “secrets” because we are already One with It. 

The service of others, especially those who know less than we do, or have lesser advantages, is a necessary aspect of personal self-evolution.  The “perfection” (or graduation) that can be achieved in any system of Worlds or on any of the “Globes,” depends on a voluntary compliance with evolutionary laws that are the same for all.  

There is a “rebellious spirit” in most humans, which, at this stage, objects to this.  Or, objects to the use of the word “master.”  On analysis, this may be found to arise because the word is known to have been used in a distorted manner, to abuse the innocence of an inquirer.  This psychological fact (of in­stinctive resistance) ought to be examined impartially, just as why it should be that some accept unquestioningly, the imposition of claims of “authority.” 

“The Masters are the great Guardian Wall… They have control over the minor beings and the minor forces of nature and can hold back catastrophes that would crush us, coming on unchecked from the kingdoms below us, visible and invisible, where in our ignorance we have aroused many inimical forces…. They can control climatic conditions and other material interferences, which might badly affect the right side, that They do. 

 ”those guardians of the primitive divine revelation… had solved every problem that is within the grasp of human intellect, were bound together by a universal freemasonry of science and philosophy, which formed one unbroken chain around the globe.”   from Isis Unveiled, Vol. 1, Pages 37-8. 

See also “A Great Master on the TS” p 2, “Tsong-kha-pa’s reforms” on p 2 and A.P.Sinnett “On the Mahatmas” on p 3. 

“The astral life of the earth is young and strong between Christmas and Easter.  Those who form their wishes now will have added strength to fulfill them consistently.”