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Correlations Between Spiritual Developments and Historical Events in the Second Millennium.

The Principal Events

Spiritual Event I

The Centennial Effort of 1875, Occult revival in the West, founding of the Theosophical Society (TS).

Spiritual Event II:

Opposition to the TS.

Spiritual Event III:

Expectation and Coming of a Great Teacher. Founding of the Order of the Star in the East.

Spiritual Event IV:

Opposition to the Coming

Spiritual Event V:

Collapse of the Project in 1929.

Spiritual Event VI:

Contingency Plan with Guy Ballard 1930-1939.

Spiritual Event I and the Principle of the Centennial Effort

Spiritual Event I:

The Centennial Effort of 1875, Occult revival in the West, founding of the TS.

Historical Consequences:

Influence of TS on art, spirituality and politics etc., long-term expectation, New Age.

Spiritual Precedents:

a) 1075, b) 1175, c) 1275, d) 1375, e) 1475, f) 1575, g) 1675 and h) 1775.

Historical Consequences:

a) the Crusades, b) Gothic Renaissance, c) High Middle Ages, d) Rosicrucian Underground, e) Italian Renaissance, f) English Renaissance, g) Scientific Revolution, h) Political Revolution.

Spiritual Event II and the Principle of Point-counter-point I

Spiritual Event II:

Opposition to the TS.

Historical Consequences:

Vilification of the TS, intrigues against the TS., etc. Indirect opposition.

Spiritual Precedents:

Organized opposition to the Centennial efforts.

Historical Consequences:

Papal Inquisition and Albigensean Crusade (1209-1344). Society of Jesus and the Counterreformation (1540-1773). Witch-hunts. Order of Illuminati and the French Revolution (1776-1785). Karl Marx and the Socialist Revolutionary Movement (1848-1918). Chemical counterfeit Enlightenment of the counter culture (1955-1996).

Spiritual Event III and the Principle of the Messianic Impulse

Spiritual Event III:

Expectation and Coming of a Great Teacher 1892-1925.

Historical Consequences:

Founding of the Order of the Star. Optimism in International Affairs 1925, Spirit of Locarno. Attention from Press etc. Going Public big-time.

Spiritual Precedents:

Krishna, Buddha, Jesus. Messianic Prophecies in Old Testament, others.

Historical Consequences:

Overt Ministries, founding of religious movements, and whole civilizations

Spiritual Event IV and the Principle of Point-counter-point II

Spiritual Event IV:

Opposition to the Coming by the Dark Force. Steiner and others.

Historical Consequences:

Founding of the Anthroposophical Society. World War I (1914-1918).

Spiritual Precedents:

Opposition to Krishna, Buddha and Jesus.

Historical Consequences:

Slaughter of 20.000 babies in Krishna's days. Killing of all babes in Bethlehem in about 4 BC.

Spiritual Event V and the Principle of Failing the Test

Spiritual Event V:

Krishnamurti's defection from the Masters in ca. 1927. Collapse of the Project in 1929.

Historical Consequences:

Crash on Wall Street, Depression, Rise of Nationalism, Militarism and Fascism, International Crisis, Military Aggression, Total War 1929-1945.

Spiritual Precedents:

a) Arrogance of the Templars. b) Political overreach by Rosicrucians in Bohemian adventure: Frederick of the Palatine going for the crown of Bohemia. c) Political ambitions by the Masons.

Historical Consequences:

a) Calamitous fourteenth Century: Hundred Years' War 1337-1475 and Bubonic Plague 1347-1354. b) 30-year War 1618-1648 and witch-hunts. c) French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars 1789-1815.

Spiritual Event VI and the Principle of the Contingency Plan

(in some cases same as Centennial Principle)

Spiritual Event VI:

Contingency Plan with Guy Ballard 1930-1939.

Historical
Consequences:

Moderating of Karma, Keeping the Flame till next effort in 1975.

Spiritual
Precedents:

a) Christian Rosencreuz after Gothic Renaissance. b) Descartes, Locke and Newton after Rosicrucian Renaissance. c) Blavatsky after the Enlightenment.

Historical
Consequences:

a) Rosicrucian Renaissance 1475-1618. b) Age of Enlightenment 1637+1900. c) New Age 1875-1996.

Abbreviations:

BCW

Blavatsky Collected Writings, 14 vols

IU

Isis Unveiled by Blavatsky

HPB

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

EB

Encyclopaedia Britannica (1975)

TS

Theosophical Society

K

Krishnamurti

 

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