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Besant Lead Beater Letters Full 2
Besant Lead Beater Letters Full 2
possible
be made known
(Sd.)
ALBXANDAR FULLERTON,
General Secretary,
American
Section,
FRANK
Asst.
HELEN.
American
ELIZABETH. M. CHIDESTER,
Asst.
Corresponding Secretary,
Section, Esoteric Section,
American
To
this
Mr. Leadbeater
:
at
once replied
in
MY
DEAR FULLERTON,
I
have
received
the
it
Knothe, Mrs. Dennis and Mrs. Chidester. Fortunately with Mrs. Besant, arrived while I was staying
room and discussed it came before hers. She concurs my copy with me in thinking it best for me to answer it by explaining to you the principle underlying my action and
and
I
at
with her as
commenting upon the particular cases adduced. I hoped that my friends in America know me well enough not to attribute to an immoral motive anything that I do^
then
is
entire frankness
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The
specially
hopeful and younger members and preparing them for Theosophical work has been pnt into my charge. Possibly
the fact that
I
trainin g of
my
life
(originally of course
this
on
one reason
for
because of the ex
perience
I
it
As a
whole question of sex feeling is the prin cipal difficulty in the path for boys and girls, and very much harm is done by the prevalent habit of ignoring the The subject and fearing to speak of it to yonng people. first information about it should come from parents or
that the
friends, not
know
always
from servants or bad companions. Therefore, speak of it quite frankly and naturally to those
trying to help,
whom I am
familiar with
me
to
make
it
dealing with the difficulty are two. A certain type of boy can be carried through his youth absolutely virgin and can pass through the stages of puberty without being
troubled at
few.
their
all
by sensual emotions
The
con
of huge sequently most undesirable thought- f onus which perpetually react upon them and keep them in a condition of. emotional
surround
themselves
with
masses
ferment.
ling
These thought-forms are the vehicles of appal mischief since through them disembodied entities can
and constantly do act upon the child. The conventional idea that such thoughts do not matter so long as they do
not issue in overt acts the
is
of cases of
effect
and have
traced the
which
produces
in after-life.
In this country O
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India the much-abused custom of early marriages prevents
.
all difficulty
on
this score.
(Mr.
Leadbeter here
enters into
for
it
details
of
"
This
for
^rouble
"
and
of his
remedy
which
are not
fit
publication)
I know this is not the conven Proceeding he says tional view but it is quite true for all that and there is no
:
comparison in the harm done in the two cases even at the time quite apart from the fact that the latter plan avoids
the
danger of
it
later on.
women or bad boys You may remember how St. Paul remarked
entanglement with
of all to
that while
was best
remain
possible,
celibate, in the
rare
cases
where
that
to
was
for
the rest
it
was
distinctly better
lust.
Brought down to the level of the boy, that is practically what 1 mean and although I know that many people do not agree with the view, I am at a loss to understand how
any one can consider it criminal especially when it is remembered that it is based upon the clearly visible results
of the
it,
two
lines of action.
A
.
principally on the ground that the habit might degene rate into unrestrained. but this danger can be readily
.
avoided by
that
effects
explanation and it must be remembered the average doctor cannot see the horrible astral
full
of perpetual
position,
let
desire.
general
cited.
me
turn
the
particular cases
Particulars concerning the two boys who had confess ed certain things to their mothers that they alleged to have taken place while they were in the charge of Mr. Leadbeater, are here given and these particulars are unfit
for publication. In
speaking of the
first
119
admitted that he tried one experiment and only one and
that he did mention
to the
is
frequently promoted by the The second currents, but that they needed regulation. boy, he stated, had entered into undesirable relation with
motion of those
a person designated
"
"
and
and
to
the
ascetic.
Later on
him and
and
and then Mr. Leadbeater gave him cer advke which he considered under the circumstances
I
;
signatory of
the
document
how much
of
it
you can repeat to the ladies concerned is for you to decide. shown it to Mrs. Besant as I shall do any other I have correspondence that may ensue, for I have no secrets
from her.
arisen
I
am. very
that
trouble has
and
of
mine,
however
j
well
I
the cause of
friends have
it.
can
this
only
that
when
ray
read
perfectly frank
me
of
the
criminality which
still
seems
guilty
to suggest,
even
in
think
me
of
an error
judgment
Mr. Dennis announces his intention of returning un opened any letter from me, which seems scarcely fair, as
I
is
usually allowed
to state, his
But since he prefers to close all communication with me, it is not for me to ask him to reconsider his If he later becomes willing to allow decision. correspon
cases.
dence with
his family to
be resumed
am
always ready on
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my
side,
change
Yours
my
affectionate feeling
towardsjall
members.
erver
most
cordially,
(Sd.)
C.
W. LB*DBBATER.
in
P. S.
letter.
see thatjthere
is
one point
Mrs. Dennis
to a conversation
on which I^have not commented her reference on the necessity of fpurity for aspirants
development and to the fadl that (for a certain stage of it) one life without even a single lapse is required. It is of course obvious that the lapse mentioned meant
for occult
connection with a
woman or criminal
relations with a
is
man
all
body
of
my
letter,
it
misunderstanding
is
me
to
say this
in
so
many words, so please paste this slip at the foot of on the subject.
my
letter
to
Mrs. Dennis
MY
Your
think
best
I
letter
causes
me some
grief
and
anxiety,
and
by perfect plainness
Mr. Leadbeater
is
very intimately
known
to you,
and
you have had definite experiences in connection with him on super-physical planes you know something of his re
;
lations there,
and the
wrong
doing.
All this
trial to
must not
which you