Annie
Besant was the second international president of the Theosophical
Society Adyar, and the attitude that Alice Bailey had towards Annie Besant is
contradictory, since on the one hand Alice Bailey complained about the
tremendously authoritarian behavior that Annie Besant had, which
motivated Alice Bailey and her husband Foster Bailey to resign from the Theosophical
Society.
And in this aspect Alice Bailey was right, since many other Theosophists also complained about Mrs. Besant's terrible behavior.
But
on the other hand Alice Bailey speaks very glowingly in her books about
Annie Besant, and to demonstrate it to you, below I give you some
examples of this:
- Annie Besant in one of her works gives the following exceptionally clear definition.
- Annie Besant, in her book "Avatars" (which some of us consider the most valuable of all the books she has written because it is one of the most suggestive).
- It is not easy to explain this clearly, but a study of the diagram that appears in the book “A Study on Consciousness” by Annie Besant may be useful to clarify some difficult points.
- As Dr. Besant so skillfully puts it.
- Annie Besant, in an illuminating passage, says:
- Annie Besant in her book “Study on Consciousness” tried to prevent materialism from emerging in its pages, giving a true vision of the truth.
- I remember the first book I commented on, it was the great work of Mrs. Besant: “Study on Consciousness”.
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The second initiation always involves as a precedent, a useful and
consecrated life, and a manifest determination to enter the field of
world service. There must also be humility and express the knowledge of
the divinity that exists in all men. None of the so-called initiates of
the Theosophical Society (except Mrs. Annie Besant) conformed to these
requirements.
- The indebtedness of the world to Mrs. Besant for the work that she did in
making the basic tenets of the Theosophical Society teaching available to the
masses of men in every country, is something that can never be repaid. There is absolutely no reason why we
should overlook the stupendous,
magnificent work she did for the Masters and for humanity. Those who have during the past five years so
violently attacked her seem to me of no more importance than fleas attacking an
elephant.
As
you can see, Alice Bailey is very reverent towards Annie Besant, and in
fact Alice Bailey frequently cites Annie Besant in her work, which
indicates that Alice Bailey considered Mrs. Besant to be a scholar and
reference for esoteric and spiritual knowledge.
But
in this aspect Alice Bailey is very wrong, because Annie Besant was
very ignorant, to the extent that Mrs. Besant
did not realize that what Charles Leadbeater taught is full of errors
and lies. And since she has incorporated these liars
into her teaching, Mrs. Besant's books are not a reference because they are
also full of these falsehoods.
But
on the other hand, Alice Bailey did realize the immense control that
Charles Leadbeater had over Annie Besant since in her unfinished
autobiography she noted that:
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The Theosophical Society was invaded by a strong phase of psychism was sweeping through the society due to the
psychic pronouncements of Mr. Leadbeater and his extraordinary control over
Mrs. Besant.
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