tktt: Why, Then, Is There So Much Prejudice Against The T.S.?

"Enq:  And what led the S.P.R to take the field against you? You were both pursuing the same line of study, in some respects, and several of the Psychic Researchers belonged to your society.   Theo:  First of all we were very good friends with the leaders of the S.P.R.; but when the attack on [...]

tktt: Why, Then, Is There So Much Prejudice Against The T.S.?

"Enq:  For what, and since when, do the Spiritualists hate you?   Theo:  From the first day of the Society's existence. No sooner the fact became known that, as a body, the T.S. did not believe in communications with the spirits of the dead, but regarded the so-called "spirits" as, for the most part, astral [...]

tktt: Why, Then, Is There So Much Prejudice Against The T.S.?

"Enq:  Cannot you give more details about these, so that I may know what to answer when asked - a brief history of the Society, in short; and why the world believes all this?   Theo:  The reason is simple. Most outsiders knew absolutely nothing of the Society itself, its motives, objects or beliefs. From [...]

tktt: Why, Then, Is There So Much Prejudice Against The T.S.?

"Enq:  If Theosophy is even half of what you say, why should there exist such a terrible ill-feeling against it? This is even more of a problem than anything else.   Theo:  It is; but you must bear in mind how many powerful adversaries we have aroused ever since the formation of our Society.   [...]