(Below is the text of the email message sent by Mary Anderson,
International Secretary of the TS (Adyar) conveying the results of
the 2008 Presidential Election. PO)
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2008
Under the authority of the Executive Committee of the Theosophical
Society, I hereby certify that, in accordance with Rule 10 of the
Rules and Regulations of the said Society, the Election Committee
appointed by the Executive Committee counted the results of the
voting communicated to the International Secretary by the General
Secretaries of National Societies and Sections, Regional and
Organizing Secretaries, Presidential Representatives and the votes of
Lodges and Fellows-at-Large attached to Headquarters. The Executive
Committee checked them and declared the result as follows:
Dr John Algeo 4,323 votes
Mrs Radha Burnier 8,560 votes
Mary Anderson
International Secretary
***
In accordance with the requirements of Rule 10 of the Rules and
Regulations of The Theosophical Society and the results of the voting
shown above, which have been checked by the Election Committee and
the Executive Committee, Mrs Radha Burnier is hereby declared re-
elected President of the Theosophical Society for a further term of
office from 17 July 2008.
(Below is the text of the email message sent by Mary Anderson, International Secretary of the TS (Adyar) conveying the results of the 2008 Presidential...
Amen and Halleluiah. May she preside in peace. ... From: prmoliveira <prmoliveira@...> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:11 pm ...
We just had a well fought democratic election - one member = one vote. Once you accept Democracy, you have to abide by its results and get on with furthering...
mkr777@...
Jul 21, 2008 8:48 pm
Thanks Pedro for taking the initiative to distribute the election results on theos-talk. Also this is a land mark in that it is the first time ever that the...
mkr777@...
Jul 2, 2008 5:01 am
Well, that takes care of that! Now we can get back to fighting about Leadbeater and Krishnamurti like good Theosophists. Chuck the Heretic ...
... like good Theosophists. ... Talking about fighting, take a look at what HPB describes as "weapons" of a good Theosophist: "Be what he may, once that a...
... independent ... seeker ... the ... HPB ... Anand, She is describing her view of what a Theosophist is: "an original thinker, a seeker after the eternal...
... Pedro, When HPB said " independent thought--Godward ", it means she accepted that God exists. This acceptance can be a belief or it can be because of...
... About existence of God, there are many different writings in the TS. Mahatma Letters, Blavatsky's writing, Annie Besant, C.W. Leadbeater. When students...
Students of Madame Blavatsky's writings and the teachings of Mahatmas KH and M as found in the Secret Doctrine and the Mahatma Letters may well have different...
Dear Anand, The following passage from HPB may throw some light on which she meant by 'godward'. "Eastern philosophy rejects the idea of a personal and...
Here is a good discussion in the Key to Theosophy on God: ...
mkr777@...
Jul 2, 2008 12:28 pm
... Pedro, When HPB said " independent thought--Godward ", it means she accepted that God exists. This acceptance can be a belief or it can be because of...
Thanks for the results! In addition, it would be interesting if there would be possible to complete the Election Results with the following information: total ...
Frank, I have a couple of Links you would be happy to know about: The now public International Trace Service with over 15 million Nazi Records ... The United...
... Surely she acknowledged existence of historical Jesus, who was nevertheless a somewhat different person from that which was pictured by the church myth. ...
To be correct, she did not acknowledge the historical existence of Jesus, but rather that Jesus was created as a type figure based on a historical adept named...
... pictured ... The David Pratt article is very interesting. Thank you. Madame Blavatsky wrote an answer to this in the Theosophist of 1883. On a quick...
Or create a better TS or call it something else. For instance like "The Truth Society". ... From: mkr777@... To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday,...