The Fire and Light
of Theosophical Literature
Robert Kitto
Robert Kitto
Discrimination
is often considered to be the first quality of the spiritual life. Ultimately
this manifests as the awareness able to distinguish the Real from the Unreal
but in the early stages of the spiritual quest we must develop sufficient
skills to separate truth from fabrication.
There are more paths of error than we may
first realise and contemporary spirituality is rich with embellishments ranging
from pointless frippery to the downright false.
Carlos Cardoso Aveline’s “The Fire and the Light of Theosophical Literature” (The
Aquarian, 2013) is a timely book for the New Age. A passionate argument is made
for the principles of Truth, and in particular for the Universal Principles
enshrined in Theosophy as presented by the founders of the modern Theosophical
movement.
It is a necessary and searing critique of
the numerous ego-mongers who “reformulated” these eternal truths; and
regrettably continue to do so. Aveline,
with his refreshingly plainly spoken style, pulls no punches in this succinct,
clearly laid out and accessible criticism of later inauthentic and erroneous
embellishments.
This is an important book for Theosophists
and lovers of truth trying to separate the wheat from the chaff in Theosophy.
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Robert
Kitto is a long standing member of the Theosophical Society (Adyar) in the
United Kingdom. He was a Lodge President and in 2002 became a Trustee of The
Blavatsky Trust.
The
above note was first published in the August 2014 edition of “The Aquarian Theosophist”.
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See here the 1m30s video “The Healing Chain Reaction”, with a
fragment from “The Fire and Light”:
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