A STUDY OF THE ARCANE SCHOOL OF ALICE BAILEY (Theosophical Notes)

The Theosophical Notes was a periodical published in California by Victor A. Endersby and his wife Frances. It was issued monthly from 1950 until 1978, and in September 1963, he published a study about Alice Bailey that below I transcribe the text.

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THEOSOPHICAL NOTES

Special Paper, September 1963

A STUDY OF THE ARCANE SCHOOL OF ALICE A. BAILEY

Compiled by the Editor of Theosophical Notes

Contents

Foreword by the Compiler.......................................................1

Introductory Note by J.C. Miller...............................................2

Preface by Alice Leighton Cleather and Basil Crump................3

Notes on "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire"......................................7

Additional Notes by Alice Leighton Cleather............................13

Notes on "Initiation, Human and Solar" - A.L. Cleather.............16

An Advertisement of World Goodwill.......................................26a

"The Reappearance of the Christ" - Review by the Compiler.....31

The Bailey Career by the Compiler.........................................39

God and Prayer by the Compiler............................................43

(The above are interspersed with comments by the Compiler.)

This document is composed by two parts:

1) The first part is the study about Alice Bailey made by Alice Leighton Cleather and Basil Crump (p.2-22), to which Victor Endersby added a foreword (p.1) and additional notes (p.23-26).

The foreword says:

The following is a rather laborious task, undertaken by request in response to a need, and it is one more likely to earn brickbats than roses.

The compiler has no brief for Mrs. Cleather and Mr. Crump personally. In fact a good many years ago he had a rather brisk spat with Mrs. Cleather on another matter. However, both these writers were capable students of their subject, and their comments are documented.

There was something of a problem in how to set up the numerous notes by the compiler which were necessary. As placing them in footnotes would have been very awkward because of the lengths, they have been interspersed between the subjects. This involves the necessity of keeping the book open at two pages at once, which is inconvenient but seems to be the best we can do. It would not bother a real student of a matter which is very important, and our work is done only for the sake of real students.

We do not know how many readers want this; if desired, copies may be returned and if in good condition, no charge will be made for them. We suggest, however, that even if you are not interested in the Bailey cult, a considerable amount of information of other value is contained in the work. The case in hand is the best illustration we know, of the manner in which cycles of Theosophical effort degenerate into personal religions leaving only a small nucleus as the seed of the next effort. This study is dedicated to the members of the next "nucleus".

The study made by Alice Cleather and Basil Crump, more the Victor Endersby comments, you can read here.

2) And the second part is composing by four articles wrote by Victor Endersby:

• An Advertisement of World Goodwill (link).

• "The Reappearance of the Christ" - Review (link).

• The Bailey Career (link).

• God and Prayer (link).

And you can download the entire document in pdf (here).