The
Theosophical Notes was a periodical
published in California by Victor A. Endersby and his wife Frances. It was
issued monthly from 1950 until 1978, and in September 1963, he published a
study about Alice Bailey that below I transcribe the text.
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THEOSOPHICAL
NOTES
Special Paper, September 1963
A STUDY OF THE ARCANE
SCHOOL OF ALICE A. BAILEY
Compiled by the Editor of Theosophical Notes
Contents
Foreword by the
Compiler……………………………………...……1
Introductory Note by J.C.
Miller……………………………………..2
Preface by Alice Leighton
Cleather and Basil Crump…………...3
Notes on "A Treatise on
Cosmic Fire"……………………………..7
Additional Notes by Alice
Leighton Cleather…………………….13
Notes on "Initiation, Human
and Solar" - A.L. Cleather………...16
An Advertisement of World
Goodwill……………………………..26a
"The Reappearance of the
Christ" - Review by the Compiler
31
The Bailey Career by the
Compiler……………………………….39
God and Prayer by the
Compiler………………………………….43
(The above are interspersed with comments by the Compiler.)
This document is composed by two
parts:
1)
The first part is the study about Alice Bailey made by Alice Leighton Cleather
and Basil Crump (p.2-22), to which Victor Endersby added a foreword (p.1) and
additional notes (p.23-26).
The
foreword says:
The following is a rather laborious task, undertaken by request in
response to a need, and it is one more likely to earn brickbats than roses.
The compiler has no brief for Mrs. Cleather and Mr. Crump personally. In
fact a good many years ago he had a rather brisk spat with Mrs. Cleather on
another matter. However, both these writers were capable students of their
subject, and their comments are documented.
There was something of a problem in how to set up the numerous notes by
the compiler which were necessary. As placing them in footnotes would have been
very awkward because of the lengths, they have been interspersed between the
subjects. This involves the necessity of keeping the book open at two pages at
once, which is inconvenient but seems to be the best we can do. It would not
bother a real student of a matter which is very important, and our work is done
only for the sake of real students.
We do not know how many readers want this; if desired, copies may be
returned and if in good condition, no charge will be made for them. We suggest,
however, that even if you are not interested in the Bailey cult, a considerable
amount of information of other value is contained in the work. The case in hand
is the best illustration we know, of the manner in which cycles of Theosophical
effort degenerate into personal religions leaving only a small nucleus as the
seed of the next effort. This study is dedicated to the members of the next
"nucleus".
The
study made by Alice Cleather and Basil Crump, more the Victor Endersby
comments, you can read here.
2) And
the second part is composing by four articles wrote by Victor Endersby:
- An Advertisement of World Goodwill (link).
- Review of "The Reappearance of the Christ" (link).
- The Bailey Career (link).
- God and Prayer (link).
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