Leadbeater
Charles Webster
(1847) 1854 - 1934
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Charles Webster Leadbeater se je rodil 17. februarja 1847 (ali 16. februarja 1854) v Nordhumberlandu v Angliji. Otroštvo je skupaj z očetom in mlajšim bratom preživel v Južni Ameriki, v Braziliji, kjer je njegov oče nadzoroval gradnjo železniškega omrežja. A tako brat kot oče sta tam zbolela za tropsko boleznijo, zaradi katere je brat umrl že v Braziliji, oče pa kmalu po vrnitvi v domovino. Charles se je moral na hitro zaposliti v odvetniški pisarni, vendar pa je skrb zanj kmalu prevzel njegov stric, ki je imel visok položaj v anglikanski cerkvi in je tudi nečaka usmeril v študij teologije. Tako je bil Charles decembra leta 1878 posvečen v diakona, leto dni zatem pa v duhovnika. Kot tak je bil zelo dejaven in odpiral ter vodil klube za mladino. Zanimal pa se je tudi za astronomijo in spiritizem. Preko le-tega se je seznanil z delom H. P. Blavatsky in Teozofskega Društva ter se mu novembra 1883 tudi pridružil. Leto dni kasneje je brez posebnih napovedi in pojasnil odpotoval preko Marseilleja v Aleksandrijo in se v Kairu pridružil H. P. Blavatsky na poti v Madras. Na sedežu Teozofskega Društva v Adyarju je postal urednik revije Theosophist in po lastnem pripovedovanju šel leta 1885 skozi posebno urjenje, s katerim je razvil jasnovidnost, ki jo je kasneje uspešno uporabljal za raziskovanje višjih ravni bivanja. Leta 1866 je odpotoval na Ceylon, kjer je pomagal Predsedniku Olcottu pri širitvi budizma in tudi sam sprejel to veroizpoved, ne da bi se mu bilo potrebno odpovedati svoji posvetitvi v anglikanski cerkvi. Deloval je na izgradnji budističnega vzgojnega sistema in napisal The Smaller Buddhist Catechism. Tam je srečal tudi C. Jinarajadaso, ki ga je leta 1888 vzel s seboj v Anglijo. Deloval je kot učitelj in novinar ter navkljub skromnim dohodkom skrbel za šolanje C. Jinarajadase in G. Arundalea. Pisal je knjige, ki so bile povezane z njegovim jasnovidnim raziskovanjem in se uveljavil kot uspešen predavatelj ter učitelj, tako da so mu mnogi starši zaupali svoje otroke, da bi jih vzgajal v duhu načel duhovnosti in okultizma. Med leti 1900 in 1905 je imel dve predavateljski turneji v Združenih Državah, Kanadi in Avstraliji, na kateri je vzel nekatere svoje učence. V letu 1906 so v Združenih Državah Charlesa Leadbeatra obtožili, da je svojim gojencem dajal nasvete v zvezi z masturbacijo, tako da je bila Angleška sekcija društva primorana primer obravnavati. Da bi se izognil javni razpravi o tem vprašanju, je vnaprej odstopil. Potopil se je v svoje raziskave in užival podporo številnih privržencev. Tik pred svojo smrtjo ga je nekako rehabilitiral tudi Predsednik Olcott. Ko je slednji leta 1907 umrl in je predsedovanje Teozofskemu Društvu prevzela Annie Besant je le-ta sprožila postopek njegove vrnitve na položaj, ki ga je zasedal pred škandalom. Toda ukrep je sprožil silovit odziv, tako da je društvo zapustila tretjina članov. Charles je nato prišel februarja 1909 v Adyar in znova začel delovati za Teozofsko Društvo. Tam je spoznal mladega Krishnamurtija in ga na podlagi jasnovidnega raziskovanja prepoznal kot izredno čistega otroka ter se zato posvetil njegovi vzgoji. Januarja 1911 je George Arundale ustanovil Order of the Star of the East, da bi zbiral prispevke, ki so jih člani želeli nameniti Krishnamurtiju kot reinkarnaciji velikih učiteljev. Tako so slednjega, skupaj z mlajšim bratom, poslali na šolanje v Anglijo, vendar pa je njun oče sprožil sodni postopek, da bi si povrnil skrbništvo nad njima. Zato je leta 1913 stroške Krishnamurtijevega šolanja prevzela Miss Dodge. Leta 1914 je Charles zapustil Adyar in predaval v Burmi, na Javi, v Novi Zelandiji in Avstraliji, kjer se je tudi nastanil. Naslednja leta je posvetil raziskovanju energij v ozadju krščanskih in prostozidarskih obredov ter oblikovanju Liberalne Katoliške Cerkve, kar je sprožilo nova nasprotja znotraj Teozofskega Društva in pogrevanje starih obtožb proti Leadbeatru. Leta 1930 se je vrnil v Adyar, da bi tam preživel svoja zadnja leta. Ko se je leta 1934 odpravil na obisk v Sydney je na poti zbolel, tako da je moral v Perthu v bolnišnico, kjer je po šestnajstih dnevih, dne 1. marca, umrl. Svoje jasnovidne raziskave je C. W. Leadbeater opravljal zelo skrbno in natančno ter ni nikoli trdil, da je nezmotljiv, ampak je ljudi vzpodbujal, naj se zanašajo na lastno presojo in intuicijo. |
Charles Webster Leadbeater was born on the 17th of February 1847 (or 16th February 1854) in Nordhumberland in England. During his childhood, he and his younger brother travelled to Brazil, where their father supervised the construction of a railroad. His father and brother, during their stay, contracted a tropical disease and the boy died just before the family returned to England. Charles W. Leadbeater's father died while his only surviving son was a teenager. This necessitated the young man going to work as early as possible. For a while he was working as a clerk, but as his uncle had much influence in ecclesiastical circles it seemed logical that the nephew should enter the Church. After the usual studies, the young Charles was admitted as Deacon in 1878, and ordained to the Priesthood on December 21, 1879. The young Leadbeater was a very active minister. He opened several local branches of clubs and societies for young people. He was interested in astronomy and spiritualism too. It is through Spiritualism and psychic phenomena that he came to discover H. P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society, which he joined in November 1883. A year later he suddenly, without any explanation, departed, through Marseille and Alexandria, to Kairo where he joined H. P. Blavatsky on her travel to Madras. In Adyar he was appointed as editor of the Theosophist and went through a special training program that led him to the development of clairvoyance, later used for the occult investigations of higer planes. In 1886 Leadbeater went to Ceylon to assist President Olcott in spreading buddhism. He joined this faith under the condition that he wouldn't have to abjure the Church of England. He helped to build up the Buddhist Educational Movement and wrote a Little Buddhist Catechism. There he met C. Jinarajadasa and took him to England, in 1888. Charles worked as a teacher and a journalist and in spite of his condition close to poverty, he managed to pay for Jinarajadasa's and Arundale's education. He also lectured, wrote books on a wide variety of topics, but somewhere related to his clairvoyant experiments. Many members of the Theosophical Society sent their children to him to be trained by him according to the tenets of spirituality and occultism. From 1900 and 1905 he made two lecture tours in the United States, Canada and Australia and sometimes took some students with him when travelling. In 1906 Leadbeater was accused to have given advice to a group of young men in regards to masturbation, so the Board of English section had to act. Prior to the meeting, he gave his resignation to avoid the publicity. After this Leadbeater resumed his clairvoyant explorations with the help of many supporters. A short time before his death Olcott realized that he had been unfair towards him and somehow rehabilitated him. When in 1907 Olcott died and Annie Besant was elected the President the Presidents of the International Sections of the Theosophical Society voted Leadbeater's readmission. Mrs. Besant was forced to apologize, but her letter was badly received in England and about one third of the members resigned. In 1909 he was back in Adyar and resumed his work for the Society. There he met young Krishnamurti, recognized him as a very pure child and took care for his education. In January 1911 the Order of the Star of the East was established by George Arundale with the purpose to organize the support for Krishnamurti as he was seen as the reincarnation of a great teacher. The following year Krishnamurti and his younger brother were sent to England to complete their education. As the boy's father wanted his children to be returned to India Miss Dodge established for them a trust fond which covered all the expenses for their education. Charles left Adyar in 1914 for a lecture tour in Burma, Java, New Zealand and Australia where he permanently settled. There he devoted himself to the research of the energies behind the Christian and Freemason's rituals and to the establishment of the Liberal Chatolic Church. The work in the Church had started new opposition within the Theosophical Society and the re-opening of the old charges against Leadbeater. In 1930 he was back in Adyar to finish his life there. In 1934 he traveled to Sydney for a visit. While sailing he became ill and disembarked in Perth to receive medical treatment but after 16 days, on the March 1st, he died. C. W. Leadbeater conducted his clairvoyant investigations with great care and precision and never claimed infallibility of any kind; he always left others free to accept or reject his observation, and encourage everyone to trust his or her own judgment and intuition. |
C. W. Leadbeater je morda najbolj protisloven predstavnik teozofskega
gibanja. Njegova številne knjige in članki še dandanes privlačijo
mnoge bralce in večina teozofov je vstopila v svet teozofije prav
preko njegovih del, napisanih na podlagi razvoja velikih psihičnih
sposobnosti, ki pa so po drugi strani deležna kritike tistih, ki
menijo, da njegova učenja odstopajo od izvirnega sporočila Madam
Blavatsky. To isto velja tudi za samo njegovo življenjsko pot, od
domnevno spornega datuma rojstva in drugih življenjskih podatkov,
do domnevno spornih vzgojnih metod. Zdi se, kot da C. W. Leadbeatrovo
delo in življenje ne dopušča ravnodušnosti, bralci ju, ali izjemno
cenijo ali povsem zavračajo.
C. W. Leadbeater is probably the most controversial representative
of the theosophical movement. His numerous books and articles still
attracts many readers, and the vast number of theosophists entered
the world of theosophy through his works, written on the basis of
the development of great psychic abilities, but which are, on the
other hand, criticized by those who are convinced that his teachings
aren't consistent with the original message delivered by Madam Blavatsky.
And there is similar controversy as regard to his life, from presumably
disputable date of birth and other biographical data to presumably
disputable educational methods. It seems that C. W. Leadbeater’s
work and life do not allow indifference - they are much appreciated
or entirely rejected.Njegova dela in internetni viri |
His works and online resources |
| Spletna stran, posvečena C. W. Leadbeatru | C. W. L. World - Leadbeater's website |
| Adyar, dom Teozofskega
društva |
Adyar, The Home of the
Theosophical Society |
Charles Webster Leadbeater |
Charles
Webster Leadbeater |
Daljnosežni učinki zmotnega predvidevanja, |
The
Far-reaching Effects of a False Assumption |
Spreminjajoči se obraz teozofije, Laurence J. Bendit |
The Changing Face of Theosophy by Laurence J. Bendit |
Pripravil: Anton Rozman |
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