THE
MINSTREL
Tekels Park
to be Sold to a Developer
Tekels Park
is a 50 acre woodland estate near
Camberley, Surrey, England. It is a
spiritual retreat,
a sanctuary for wildlife and has a
consecrated
church. It is currently owned by the
Theosophical Society in
who are selling the park to a developer.
The sale of
exactly taking place in the glare of
publicity
Selling Tekels
Park to a developer is not popular (understatement) with the members
of the Theosophical Society in
Many members regard
News of the sale, and that it is to a developer, is now leaking out
through independent websites, blogs and email between members. Anybody dealing
with the sale proves extremely hard to find and the matter is clearly not up
for discussion.
The fate of the wildlife is of major concern to many and it is difficult
to see how the survival of the deer, badgers and other animals is compatible
with development. There have been no answers on this one.
Theosophy talks
of a compassionate attitude to animals and the sale of a
sanctuary for wildlife to a developer has caused
serious division in the
Theosophical Society in England
Everything at Tekels Park
is for sale
Church of St Francis, which was a
gift from a church member and has been a place of worship since 1931. church
members will have to negotiate with the new owner to be able to worship in,
what they thought, was their own church. The church was founded by a
Theosophical Society member who live for many years at
You would need to have had your head in
block of
cement for the past 3 years not to know
that this
is a bad time to sell.
Many are unhappy that
this is certainly not a good time to get a good price for the Tekels Park Estate and that professional
advice in 2009, not to sell the Park, has been ignored.
There is a rush to sell Tekels Park
Tekels Park is being sold quickly and quietly, hopefully before the
decision can be questioned and alternatives proposed. The need to sell is based
on financial information which has not been presented to the general membership
and which hardly anyone appears to have seen.
It doesn’t require a Diploma in
Finance or even a Diploma in Anything to know that this is a bad time economically to sell Tekels Park.
The secrecy surrounding such a momentous
decision is incredible. You won’t find
anything
about the sale on the
website. It’s as if it just isn’t
happening.
The decision to sell
to be based on dire figures.
It is impossible to find anyone who can even report having seen or is
able to comment on the figures on which the decision to sell
21st Century Theosophy man will
have to come
to terms with the loss of the Spiritual
Home.
We Can Carry On Using
But
We’re Moving Our Activities Elsewhere
There is Confusion as the
Theoversity moves out of
Tekels Park to hired venues in Southampton,
Glastonbury & Chorley in
Lancashire while the leadership claim that the Theosophical Society in England will carry
on using Tekels Park
despite its sale to a developer.
There
is talk of an agreement on the use of
Many
Theosophists have urged the leadership to
consider
alternatives to selling
but have been
ignored.
The underlying resentment within the
Theosophical Society at not being
consulted about the sale or even told
about it officially is enormous.
It is not therefore surprising therefore
that those dealing with the sale have made
themselves scarce.
Don’t Tell anybody but
A sanctuary for wildlife for decades
It is hard to see how the future of the Tekels Park wildlife is compatible with
development. The animals, which include deer and badgers, cannot survive if
their foraging area is destroyed. This is a subject definitely not for
discussion by the Theosophical Society in England’s leadership.
Tekels Park is owned by;
The
Theosophical Society in England (Adyar)
London
W1U-8EA
Tel
0207 563 9817
Please note that there
is more than one Theosophical Society. Only the Theosophical Society with its
headquarters at Gloucester Place, London is connected to Tekels Park. This is
generally known as the Theosophical Society (Adyar) as its international
headquarters are in Adyar, India.
The Theosophical Society
administers the Tekels Park Estate through a limited company
The Tekels Park
Estate Limited
4-6 Church
Road, Burgess Hill,
RH15 9AE,
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From
the Website Owner:- Dave Marsland
I am dedicated to the
future of the Tekels Park animals and have created this website in support of
saving them.
My main concern in
posting information on this, and related websites, is to draw attention to the
sale of the 50 acre sanctuary for wildlife to a property developer and the
inevitable deaths of the animals by slaughter or habitat destruction.
The killing of the
Tekels Park animals would be an obscenity and as a long standing student of
Theosophy, I cannot turn a blind eye.
I maintain that the
Tekels Park management and the Theosophical Society in England leadership have
attempted to keep the fate of the Park and its wildlife from public attention
and the attention of the Theosophical Society in England members.
Dave Marsland
You may contact me on davemarsland@uku.co.uk
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More
info about the Sale of
Tekels
Park to a Developer
Future
of Tekels Park Badgers Now in Doubt
Tekels park Badgers Were Once Highly Valued
Concerns
about Tekels Park Wildlife
Tekels Park & The Loch Ness Monster
Article
describing Tekels Park and its much
cherished
wildlife by Theosophist and long
term Tekels Park Resident Madeleine Leslie Smith
Tekels Park is Being Sold to a Developer
Website owner:- Dave Marsland