Talk:Spiritual Hierarchy

merge proposal
There has been a proposal to merge this article with "Ascended Master Teachings". I disagree with this. It would be the same as suggesting merging "Bishop (Catholic Church)" or "Purgatory" with the article on the "Roman Catholic Church". Arion (talk) 23:43, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Centralized discussion at Talk:Ascended Master Teachings. Fireplace (talk) 23:44, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

About Meher Baba's Hierarchy
The recent added comment by Tom1New is clearly well-intended, but simply untrue. The comment reads, "To be clear, the construct of 'Spiritual Hierarchy' was used prior to its adoption in Theosophy by Meher Baba and Sai Baba of Shirdi and Theosophy has altered the original explanation of its structure rather significantly." Mention of the hierarchy appears in The Secret Doctrine (1888) and Meher Baba was born in 1894. I cannot speak for what Sai Baba said. The editor should give a reference. It is impossible that Blavatsky distorted teachings by Meher Baba, and doubtful she had access to discourses by Sai Baba of Shirdi. If she distorted an earlier doctrine it is not clear whose. Dazedbythebell (talk) 20:39, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Third party sources
I'm finding it difficult to see any third-party sourcing in the article's references section -- necessary both to demonstrate WP:Notability, and to offer a blanced/WP:NPOV viewpoint of the topic. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 07:02, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

I would note that a tiny amount of criticism on the topic of Masters of the Ancient Wisdom (Theosophy) does not amount to third party coverage of this topic, and provides no reason whatsoever not to merge or delete this article. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 08:06, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Likewise adding a few unreferenced third party sources to the 'Sources' section does little for the article. HrafnTalkStalk(P) 10:49, 21 December 2011 (UTC)

Discussion
Hi, Over at Fringe theories/Noticeboard, there is a discussion which this article and maybe some related articles on theosophy. All suggestions welcomed... bobrayner (talk) 01:36, 22 December 2011 (UTC)